Question: Does God have a certain time for every one to die? 1. Death is universal (Heb.9:27). Life is both brief and uncertain (Jas.4:13-15). 2. There were times in the Bible when it specifies that God brought about the death of someone. 3. But we live in the flesh. This outer man is perishing, decaying (2 Cor.4:16). Ordinarily, the aging process takes its toll. The body just wears out. There is no evidence that God has a certain time for everyone to die. 4. Principle of Eph.6:4: We can live in such a way so as to prolong life. a. Conversely, we can live so as to hasten death. Drug abuse; some working conditions hasten death. When one dies as a result of sniffing glue, the Bible does not teach that his death was because God had determined that he die at that time. b. Judas (Matt.27:5). No scriptural basis to say that God took him. 5. Some Christians died as a result of persecution (Acts 7;12; Rev. 2:13). 6. Maliciousness of others. 7. Sometimes carelessness; there is such a thing as an accident. (Eccl. 9:11). 8. If in fact, God did intervene and set a time for one to die at a specified time, there would be no way for us to know that, because He has not revealed that to us. cf. Luke 13:1ff