“I was out walking in my backyard enjoying the fresh air and the view. I had just reentered the house, when looking out the back window I saw my backyard in an instant disappear from view! The ground I had been standing on just a few minutes earlier had suddenly fallen down the high bank and crumbled into the ocean!” a homeowner in the San Juan Islands told reporters. What had seemed so solid under his feet had simply vanished. Unfortunately, after this incident, the man had to evacuate his beautiful oceanfront home because of the instability of the ground.
In Central Florida, a young man in the prime of his life went to sleep in the safe haven of his home. In the middle of the night, a sink hole opened up under his bedroom, swallowing him, never again to be seen alive!
This world we live in is an uncertain place. Even the ground which seems so stable under our feet may prove to be uncertain. Where can certainty be found? Only in God, who is incapable of failing or falsehood, and in His precious Word, the Bible. The Saviour said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away” (Mark 13:3131Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Mark 13:31)). The promises God has made in His Word are the only solid ground we can stand on that will never give way under our feet.
His greatest promise concerns the gift of eternal life. “This is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life” (1 John 2:2525And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. (1 John 2:25)). He has promised that sinners who place their faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, will spend eternity with Him in heaven. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life” (1 John 5:1313These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:13)).
A person can be 100% certain that they have eternal life when they believe in Christ. Where else can you find 100% certainty? Won’t you come to the Lord Jesus Christ by faith so that you might have the certainty of eternal life in this otherwise uncertain world of ours?