Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday, February 20th.

Does the thought of standing before God in final judgment unsettle you even just a little?

Today's message reminds believers that in Christ we have nothing to fear.

You remember when you came to high school the last year and

there was exams and when you finished that exam you said, oh, I'm not glad that's over with.

Then you went to college and you had that last exam and you said, oh, thank God this is over with.

Then maybe you went to some further education and you finished that last exam, you said, this is over with then maybe you went to some further education and you

finished that last exam you said this is it no more but there is one more it's the final

exam it's the ultimate exam that no one escapes no one can avoid it's that ultimate exam that no one escapes, no one can avoid.

It's that ultimate exam that I want us to talk about in this message.

And I want you to turn, if you will, the 1st Corinthians chapter 3, beginning in that

fifth verse.

And I want to give you a little background of what's happening.

The Apostle Paul planted the Corinthian Church on one of his missionary journeys.

And he was there for about 18 months, and he planted the church, and people were saved. And then, of course, others came through to speak.

And one of those who came through to speak was Apollos. And Apollos was a rather good speaker. So some of the people there

began to compare him with Paul. And it's interesting that the scripture says in the 18th chapter of

Acts, while you're still holding in the first Corinthians there. Now, Jew named Apollos and Alexandria by birth, an eloquent man came to Ephesus,

and he was mighty in the Scriptures.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit.

He was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus being acquainted only with the baptism of John.

So he was very eloquent man.

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