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1 Corinthians 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on
even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 7:30 Those who weep as though they did not weep, those who
rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
1 Corinthians 7:31 And those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form
of this world is passing away.
Corrie ten Boom said (quote)
“Pastor Swindoll, you must learn to hold everything loosely … everything. Even
your dear family. Why? Because the Father may wish to take them back to Himself
and when He does, it will hurt you if He must pry your fingers loose.Remember …
hold everything loosely. . . everything.”
1 Corinthians 7:27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed
from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
1 Corinthians 7:28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin
marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but
I would spare you.
I) HOLD ON LOOSELY TO HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.
1 Corinthians 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on
even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 7:31 “… For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
Matthew 22:28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be?
For they all had her.”
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not
knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
but are like angels of God in heaven.
We are all leaving this world as singles and we are staying as singles for all eternity.
1 Corinthians 7:29 (NLT) So from now on, those with wives should not focus only
on their marriage
Luke 14:25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife
and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Hebrews 13:5 “… For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Romans 8:39 “… [Nothing]shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
II) HOLD ON LOOSELY TO HUMAN EMOTIONS.
1 Corinthians 7:30 Those who weep as though they did not weep, those who
rejoice as though they did not rejoice, …
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common
to man …
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those
who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
Philippians 4:11 “… for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:
Nehemiah 8:10 “… Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
III) HOLD ON LOOSELY TO HUMAN POSSESSIONS.
1 Corinthians 7:30 “… those who buy as though they did not possess,
1 Corinthians 7:31 “… For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you;
then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
Luke 12:21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Matthew 6:19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…
Matthew 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven …
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart be also….
Ernest Hemingway said, ” If I can give these things away then I own them but if
I can’t give them away because they have somehow become so important to me
then they own me. ”
1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out.
If want to know how rich you are add up all the things you have that money can’t buy
and death can’t take away, then you will know how rich you really are.
IV) HOLD ON LOOSELY TO HUMAN PLEASURES.
1 Corinthians 7:31 And those who use this world as not misusing it.
1 Corinthians 7:31 (GW) Those who use the things in this world should do so but not
depend on them.
1 Corinthians 7:31 (ESV) And those who deal with the world as though they had no
dealings with it.
2 Timothy 3:1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, ..
2 Timothy 3:4 “… lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.”
1 Corinthians 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on
1 Corinthians 7:31 “… For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
Life is about holding on loosely and then letting go completely.
Only one life twill soon pass, only what’s done for Christ will last
“Remember hold everything loosely. . . everything.”
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
