To be in His presence is everything you could desire, everything you could hope for. This is the apex. This is heaven’s heaven – to be with Christ, to be His bride, to be in perfect communion with Him, to enjoy knowing Him and seeing Him and loving Him and praising Him and communing with Him uninterrupted – forever basking in His smile and bathing in His glory and feasting in His presence…
– Joel Beeke in How Should We Consider Christ in Affliction?
– Joel Beeke in Revelation
To whom do we live? Whose will must be done? Whose name must be honored? Do we target our lives on self-satisfaction or do we focus upon the will, the Word, and the glory of God?
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:18-29 in Revelation
When we indulge in worldly entertainments, worldly fashions, worldly materialism, and a worldly way of thinking, we are following the Thyatiran inclination to go beyond the borders of God’s Word and what conscience, based on that Word, allows.
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:18-29 in Revelation
The Lord Jesus has eyes that can burn through every conceivable façade and defense that we can devise to hide our true selves from others, eyes that penetrate right into our hearts. When his eyes are upon you, He sees right through you. He knows all things; nothing in my life is shielded from His gaze, even those things that I hide from myself. Nothing is hidden from Him.
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:18-29 in Revelation
A ship at sea is where it was designed to be – in the water. But once water starts to get into the ship, if no action is taken, it is only a matter of time before the ship sinks. Although the ship is meant to be in the water, the water is not meant to be in the ship. As Christians, we are meant to be in the world, but the world must not be in us.
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:12-17 in Revelation
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:12-17 in Revelation
– Joel Beeke on Revelation 2:8-11 in Revelation
– Joel Beeke in Revelation
The giants of church history dwarf us in true prayer…. What most separates them from us is that prayer was their priority; they devoted considerable time and energy to it.– Joel Beeke
Brian J. Mikul 