BY ONE WORD! Jesus upholds the universe! “….He upholds the universe by the word of His power.” Hebrews 1:3 BY ONE WORD! The earth was formed! “For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,” 2 Peter 3:5 BY THE SAME WORD! The Heaven and Earth are stored up for fire! “But by the same word the heavens and earth that…..
The Blessing of Brokenness! While listening to a tape by Paul Cain on brokenness, God opened my eyes to the significance of the miracle of the loaves in Mark 8:14. All these years, when I’ve read this account, I have sided with the disciples! I didn’t understand the miracle of the loaves and why God has always hated leaven. When Jesus warned of the leaven of the Pharisees, Sadducees, or Herodians it was basically because levin only does one thing…..
John 13:1 (ESV) – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. It was the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life on this planet. Hanging over His head was the knowledge that He would become “sin for us who knew no sin”. The Father would expend His wrath for…..
Isaiah 33:6 – He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. What a wonderful promise from the Bible for the times we are living in today. In a time when every man-made institution that we’ve placed our trust in is crumbling and failing, God promises us that He will be our sure foundation. Notice that this verse says “He…..
The Bible states in 2 Peter 3:8: “With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” It is interesting to note that we can find two glimpses into heaven that are spaced about 835 years apart. In 740 BC, the Prophet Isaiah got a glimpse of Heaven and the throne room of God. 835 years later, the Apostle John saw the same throne room in 95 AD. This 835 year space…..
One of the factors that determines our self-image is our sense of self-worth. How important am I in the grand scheme of things? How much am I worth? The answer to these questions flavors our entire view of life. Over the centuries, man has developed many different religions and philosophies to try to find the meaning to his life. The Hollywood culture teaches us the value of our life is determined by our external beauty, especially our sex appeal. We…..
There are two frequencies that are ever increasing in volume and being transmitted across our planet in the time in which we now live. One frequency is the discordant sound of rage flowing from Hell, the other is the Song of the Lamb coming from Heaven. As these frequencies impact us, they resonant differently in our being. The sound of Hell resonates with our flesh and stirs up fear, anger and hatred, escalating to a rage that only desires to…..
(Luke 23:39-41 NIV) One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” We don’t even know his name. All we know for sure is that he was a thief and that he…..
“In resisting the devil, we must not become like him” – Charles Stanley When in our nation, we are being daily inundated with news of corruption, injustice and the unfettered advance of evil on all fronts – we must be cautious not to respond in like spirit. 2000 years ago, the Apostle John warned us of the Anti-Christ spirit that was even then operating in the nations. He assured us that “[we] have overcome them, because the one who is…..
Welcome. My name is Mike Beecham, author of Understanding the Mystery of the Cross. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here. I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about Understanding the Mystery of the Cross, expanding on some of the topics in it and blogging on some of the ideas…..