CERTAINTIES IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY

1. UNCERTAINTY defines earthly life; a gauntlet of challenges, not knowing what lies ahead and death, “Man that is born of a woman is of FEW DAYS, and FULL OF TROUBLE. He cometh forth LIKE A FLOWER, and is CUT DOWN: he fleeth also as a shadow, and CONTINUETH NOT” [Job 14:1-2] In recent times, UNCERTAINTY morphed into PERPLEXITY and perplexity to FEAR of future UNCERTAINTIES; nuclear holocaust, climate change, political instability, economic bust, etc., and “MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” [Luke 21:26] As the world stagger from crisis to distress, it is comforting to know and abide in CERTAINTIES IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY, “And ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE” [John 8:32] TRUTH that sets FREE from present fears and terror of what lies ahead is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ and now in us, COMFORTING us and REPROVING the world of UNCERTAINTIES, “Nevertheless I tell you the TRUTH; … if I go not away, the COMFORTER will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will REPROVE THE WORLD of SIN, and of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and of JUDGMENT” [John 16:7-8]

2. SIN is the root of UNCERTAINTY and it is not what you do but who you are by reason of who dwells in you, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but SIN that DWELLETH IN ME” [Romans 7:19-20] SIN is the DNA of Satan passed to us through Adam and Eve and we are SINNERS from the womb; it is not a trait we acquire as we grow. SIN is the reason we are enslaved to UNCERTAINTIES, under sentence of DEATH, “Wherefore, as by one man SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD, and DEATH BY SIN; and so death passed upon all men, for that ALL HAVE SINNED” [Romans 5:12] SIN prepared the way of Satan into our world and the CURSE in Genesis 3:17, gave effect  to a change in dominion with Satan as apex predator, “… Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the DEVIL IS COME down unto you, HAVING GREAT WRATH, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time” [Revelation 12:12] Poverty, sickness, terror, and sundry sorrows are snares of hell, in the beginning it was not so, “And God saw EVERY THING THAT HE HAD MADE, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD. …” [Genesis 1:31] I bring you GOOD NEWS, the yoke of SIN and bondage to UNCERTAINTIES are broken in Jesus Christ; “In whom we have REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, even the FORGIVENESS OF SINS” [Colossians 1:14]

3. UNCERTAINTIES are footprints of rulers of DARKNESS of this world, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the RULERS of the DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in high places” [Ephesians 6:12] We were born in SIN, walked in rebellion against God and suffered in subjection under those who preside over spiritual wickedness in high places, “… STRANGERS from the COVENANTS of PROMISE, having  NO HOPE, and WITHOUT GOD in the world: But NOW IN CHRIST Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ” [Ephesians 2:12-13] Now, in Jesus Christ, we are in Him who is the LIGHT of the world, delivered from present and future UNCERTAINTIES, having in us the CERTAINTY of HOPE in God’s PROMISE, “And this is the PROMISE that he hath PROMISED US, even ETERNAL LIFE” [1 John 2:25] Jesus Christ is ETERNAL LIFE made flesh and dwelt amongst us; this is the TRUTH that anchors our souls in the LIGHT in a world engulfed in DARKNESS, “And we know that the SON OF GOD is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE GOD, and ETERNAL LIFE” [1 John 5:20] The revelation of God in Jesus Christ is the TREASURE of God’s LIFE in us, the CERTAINTY of VICTORY over present UNCERTAINTIES and GLORY at His appearance. We are not exempted from TRIALS but remain unbroken, God is in us and “… we have this TREASURE in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” [2 Corinthians 4:7]

4. This world shall be JUDGED and God has “… appointed a DAY in the which he will JUDGE the WORLD in RIGHTEOUSNESS by that MAN WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD” [Acts 17:31] In the face of present challenges, I encourage you to take solace in CERTAINTY of God’s JUDGMENT, He is RIGHTEOUS. He will not condemn the RICH because of his riches or the poor for his poverty but will JUDGE by Jesus Christ; if any man has not Christ, he is CONDEMNED, “And this is the CONDEMNATION, that LIGHT IS COME into the world, and MEN LOVED DARKNESS rather than light, because their deeds were evil” [John 3:19] In all things, let us keep in mind the CERTAINTY of JUDGMENT DAY, when we shall answer for everything done in this BODY, “For we must all appear before the JUDGMENT SEAT of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” [2 Corinthians 5:10] On that DAY, those who make profit of present UNCERTAINTIES will have no advantage over the oppressed, the Lord shall separate His own sheep to everlasting PEACE and REST, “Then shall he say also unto them on the LEFT HAND, DEPART FROM ME, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matthew 25:41] Secure your REST today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour amen