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We read in 1st Corinthians chapter 1 verse 8, Paul writes he will also keep you firm to the end so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. And when you read the entirety of 1st Corinthians, you realize Paul's addressing a lot of issues that the Church of Corinth was facing at the time. There was disunity among believers, immoral relationships taking place, disputes, lawsuits. It was really issues that were creating more issues, if you will. And Paul's writing to address it and to help provide some correction to the way that the people should have been living there at the time. And before Paul gets into the thick of his letter, he starts off by bringing everyone's attention to what matters most, which is Jesus. You see in the first ten verses of this chapter, Paul mentions Christ Jesus in every single one of those verses. It's as if to say, hey there's a lot of issues to be addressed here and we're gonna get to that. But before we do so, let's take our eyes off of ourself for a moment and focus on what really matters, which is Jesus. Why? Because it is Jesus who will keep you firm to the end so that you'll be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. There was a lot going on and I feel we relate to that at times as well. There might be a lot going on in your life right now. It could be disputes as well. Maybe there's some disputes among family, among friends that you're really trying to figure out how to navigate. Or maybe it's the weight of our own failures, the mistakes that we make because we are human. But we can find hope in Jesus knowing that no matter what is going on in our life, it is Jesus who will keep us firm to the end so that we can be blameless. So I want to encourage you with that today. Don't lose hope. Don't lose faith because Jesus will keep you firm to the end.