Episie Abdul. Let's get started. First Corinthians chapter 16 on Sunday mornings, we've

been going through 1 Corinthians chapter by chapter and verse by verse and we're actually almost

done with the book. I'm guessing that you don't know what book we're going to go to after

1st Corinthians. Okay, yes you do, 2nd Corinthians.

And then Galatians, then Ephesians, then Philipians, then Colossians, and then the rapture.

Well, hopefully the rapture will happen first. So why don't you stand once you find you

way there? Our text is this going to be two verses today, verses 13 and 14.

The Apostle Paul by the Holy Spirit writes, pardon me, be on your guard, stand firm in the

faith, be courageous, be strong. And verse 14, do everything in love.

Let's pray if you would join with me. We'll ask God's blessing on our understanding.

Loving Heavenly Father, we want to posture ourselves before you this morning humbly.

And as we do, Lord, we want to give you our undivided attention.

That's why we're here today.

We're here because we want to hear you speak into our lives

through your Word. And Lord, when you do, we want to not only hear but heed your word.

So, Lord, will you minister to us? We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

You can be seated. Thank you. So today's teaching will be part one of a new series I've titled

How to Survive the Last Days.

As we reach the end of Paul's first letter here to the church in Corinth, what we're

finding is that there's quite a bit more to it than just the normal and nebulous closing comments as you would maybe expect at

the close of a letter more of a formality. Well that is absolutely not the case here. And

the reason I say that is that one would normally expect at the end of the letter to just

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