What if the most important alarm in your life isn't the one warning of physical danger, but the one calling you to reset your spiritual priorities? Pastor Evan explores Paul's message in 1 Corinthians 7:25-40, where he sounds an urgent wake-up call to the church about making temporal things ultimate. Drawing from a personal story about his friend's house fire, Pastor Evan illustrates how pressure reveals what truly matters - not our possessions or status, but our devotion to Christ. He unpacks Paul's three-fold call: to stay steady in pressured seasons, to hold loosely to temporal things because time is short, and to live single-mindedly for the Lord whether married or single. He challenges both married and single believers to pursue "undivided devotion" to Christ, warning against making good gifts like marriage into gods. The sermon concludes with a compelling invitation to examine what we've crowned as ultimate in our lives and to recenter everything on Christ, who alone deserves our supreme allegiance.

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