The Certainties of Life

1. For All Men -- TROUBLE & SORROW: Ecclesiastes 2:22-23



2. For the Christian - PERSECUTION & TRIBULATION:
1. Matthew 5:10-11 -- for RIGHTEOUSNESS' sake
2. Acts 14:22 -- in entering the KINGDOM
3. 2 Timothy 3:10-15 -- because of GODLY living
4. John 16:33 -- be of GOOD CHEER
5. Matthew 5:12; 1 Peter 4:12-16 -- don't WORRY, be HAPPY



3. DEATH: Hebrews 9:27
1. 2 Samuel 2:1
2. Genesis 5:5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 27
3. Life is SHORT
1. Job 14:1 -- "man born of woman is of FEW days"
2. James 4:14 -- our life is as a VAPOR
3. Psalm 90:10, 12 -- we are SOON cut off
4. 1 Peter 1:22-25 -- we are as the GRASS of the field



4. The SECOND COMING of Jesus:
1. John 14:1-3 "I WILL come again"
2. 2 Peter 3:1-10 the day of the Lord WILL come
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 the Lord SHALL descend from heaven
5. The Resurrection of ALL the Dead:
1. John 5:28-29 both GOOD and EVIL
2. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22



6. The DESTRUCTION of the Universe -- 2 Peter 3:10-13



7. The JUDGMENT:
1. Hebrews 9:27
2. Revelation 20:12-15
3. Acts 17:30-31 the RESURRECTION is proof of the Judgment



8. ETERNITY -- Matthew 25:31-46