Jan Beekman

Follower of Jesus Christ whom I love because He loved me first!

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“If God should withdraw His hand a little, all things would immediately perish and dissolve into nothing.”

-John Calvin

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“Man is nothing; he has a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God works in him"

-George Whitefield

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@JeremyBakker37 Happy Birthday Jeremy!
I find young not old...

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Church: Stop romanticizing the idea that Muslims and Jews are somehow “almost there” faith side. 

Islam rejects Christ. That’s not “almost” right: it’s completely wrong.

Muslims don’t need sentimental unity. They need the gospel. Same as Hindus, Buddhists, atheists and Mormons.

Stop treating Islam like it’s halfway home. Muhammad wasn’t an Ishmaelite. Islam isn’t Abrahamic. If Abraham had a passport, Mecca wouldn’t be stamped in it.

The only son of promise is fulfilled in Christ. The only seed is Christ. The only path to God is through Him. Stop idolizing theological fan fiction and go teach the truth of the gospel.

Maranatha 🔥

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Always respond to every impulse to pray.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@KenBoessenkool @TravisToewsAB @jfdinning @PGarritty @trevortombe @andrew_leach @jengerson @DrJaredWesley What a joke!

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

The story in the Bible that rattled me before I converted to Christianity from Islam:

The two thieves crucified next to Jesus. I never knew about them. Bro. They’re the whole Gospel in one scene.

Two men. Same sin. Same cross. Same dying breath. Same distance from Jesus — mere feet away on either side.

One mocks Him. One turns to Him and says, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

And Jesus tells the second man: “Today you will be with Me in paradise.” Luke 23:43.

That man did ZERO good works. He couldn’t. His hands were nailed down. He never prayed five times. Never fasted. Never gave to the poor. Never got baptized. He had nothing to offer but a dying glance toward Jesus.

And Jesus saved him... on the spot.

In Islam, that man was doomed. No time to balance the scale. No deeds to weigh. Game over. A horrible life with a horrible punishment ahead.

I wonder if that would be me…

Yet in the Gospel, that man was in paradise the same day — because salvation was never about his works. It was about WHO he turned to in his last moment.

Two criminals. Same cross. One simple difference: which one turned to Jesus.

That’s why the Gospel is offensive.

And Jesus asks everyone: who do you say I am?

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@JeremyBakker37 @EddyEkofo Many blessings Jeremy!

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

Today at Muskwa River! O. The way to the Yukon. https://t.co/hU9Wz2jO7c

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

another week, another village in Nigeria massacred and slaughtered by Islamists.

And as always, the world is silent.

No word from the Pope.
No word from the UN.
Nothing from France. UK. Italy. Spain. Anyone.

Just silence. So weird.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

When I was Muslim, man, this verse used to mess me up.

Jesus on the cross saying, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

As a Muslim, I used to think: how does God feel forsaken by God? That sounds like weakness. That sounds like a prophet in pain.

But then I dug deeper.

And I realized Jesus was not speaking randomly. He was quoting Psalm 22.

That entire Psalm, written by King David centuries before Christ, is a prophecy about the crucifixion:

“They pierce my hands and feet.”
“They divide my garments among them.”
“All who see me mock me.”

In Jewish culture, quoting the first line of a Psalm pointed people to the entire passage.

So Jesus was not crying out in confusion.

He was declaring fulfillment.

He was saying: “This is that.”

And at the same time, He was carrying the full weight of sin, shame, abandonment, and suffering for humanity.

Every moment humanity has cried out, “God, where are you?” Christ stepped into that pain Himself.

That is not weakness.

That is intentional.

That is prophecy unfolding in real time.

That is the King bleeding on purpose so humanity could be brought near to God.

That is the Gospel.

[redpillbot @redpillb0t]

Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere."

Farmer: "Where did they get it?"

Activist: "What?"

Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere."

Activist: "From... eating?"

Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it."

Activist: "The soil?"

Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from."

Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere."

Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it."

Activist: "Then just don't have the cow."

Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle."

Activist: "It's not that simple."

Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@JeremyBakker37 Mooi!!

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@JeremyBakker37 Yup!!

[Oliver Burdick @oliverburdick]

Peter is not the Rock, Jesus is.

Mary is not the mediator, Jesus is.

The Pope is not the head of the church, Jesus is.

The Catholic Church is not the way to heaven, Jesus is.

[Caleb Bobrycki @BobTheBaptist]

there is a lack of family worship today, and for this, our land mourns

[Jan Beekman @jbeekm]

@JeremyBakker37 What Savior we have in Him!!

[Oliver Burdick @oliverburdick]

Everyone likes Christianity until they’re called to obey.

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