Certainty in the Midst of Uncertainty

Jesus wanted His followers to have rock solid certainty to face
whatever the future held
There is the certainty of His risen Life; by 10 appearances and
many convincing proofs over 40 days.
There is the Certainty of who He is; the promised Messiah, the
very Son of God and only Savior, the Good Shepherd who lays His
life down for His sheep.
There is the Certainty of the Provision; the forgiveness of sin
By God and eternal life with God by believing, repenting and
receiving Jesus.
The Certainty of His unseen, but very real ongoing Presence.
Jesus was conditioning His followers with the last 5 appearances
over 39 days; to walk by faith, not by sight.
The Certainty of the Lord’s desire and ability to use us despite
our failures. Jesus forgives Peter and then with confrontational
love accepts Peter’s feeble lesser love and commissions him
despite his failure.
The Certainty that the Risen Christ who stood before them would
soon be within them; the greatest certainty of all, the eternal
intimacy of us in Christ and Christ in us, just as Jesus was in
His Father and He is in His Son.
The certainty of Jesus conditioning us as He did them; Jesus is
preparing us for perhaps a great awakening or even His soon
return, which should motivate us to avail ourselves for His
mission, purifying ourselves.