Here are some words near the opening of I Corinthians where Paul is telling again of the Day of the Lord.

I Corinthians 1:6-8—Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Weymouth—•My testimony as to the Christ has been confirmed in your experience, •so that there is no gift of God in which you consciously come short while patiently waiting for the reappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, •Who will also keep you stedfast to the very End, so that you will be free from reproach on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is interesting to note that the above word reappearing is from the Greek apokalúpsis.It is the same word used in the title of the last Book of the New Testament. It means the disclosure, or manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ. While Paul was very concerned about, and addressed, a number of problems that had arisen in the Corinthian church, he also included some of the richest teaching in the New Testament about how a congregation of believers should carry on. His great desire, as with the Philippians, was that they should be free from reproach in the Day of Christ.

This remains as our desire today. It makes it more firm in our conviction that this period of our being—whether we come to the end of our life by dying or by the reappearing of the Lord Jesus—we are here now to be made ready for the Day of the Lord.

DEAR FATHER, again today I present myself before You for that searching work of Your Spirit. I use David’s words: Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there by any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

“God, see what is in my heart. Know what is there. Put me to the test. Know what I’m thinking.
•See if there’s anything in my life you don’t like. Help me live in the way that is always right.”
—Psalm 139:23,24 NIRV