Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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… and she turned into a pillar of salt. Jesus said, no man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. So in the race of life, keep looking forward, not looking backwards. And then Paul says, I wanna finish this race with joy in verse 23. I love that. Not just finish the race, finish the race with joy. I have never felt joy when I'm running. I've only felt pain. But he goes, I wanna finish this with joy. So I've been running this race for over 50 years now. And I'm gonna tell you a little secret. It is a joyful thing to serve God. I love it. Don't lose your joy. After he sinned, David said in Psalm 51, a psalm of confession, restore unto me the joy of my salvation, and then sinners will be converted to you. Isaiah 55 says you shall go out with joy, you'll be led forth with peace, and the mountains and the hills will break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. …
… but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house. But Jesus said to him, no one having put his hand to the plow and looking. What's that word? What's that word? Back. Back. In Spanish, back. I don't know how to say back in Spanish. It would have been such a bar though, right? Ayer. I don't know. I feel like you're laughing at me now. I hate that. I hate when you guys do that. No one having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. And so many of us, we get free and we go through a fast or we come to a service or some event happens and we get free and then we go out and we're like. You start instastalking your old circle. looks like they're having fun I'm eating manna they're eating steak you gotta be careful not to look back don't look back and don't stir up you've been called to move forward by faith. …
Again, we are told in St. John's Gospel, "Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto Him, Follow Me." Again, "Philip findeth Nathanael," and in like manner says to him, "Come and see." "Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto Him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile." On the other hand, the young ruler shrunk from the call, and found it a hard saying, "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, and follow Me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." Others who seemed to waver, or rather who asked for some little delay from human feeling, were rebuked for want of promptitude in their obedience;--for time stays for no one; the word of call is spoken and is gone; if we do not seize the moment, it is lost. Christ was on His road heavenward. He walked by the sea of Galilee; He "passed forth;" He "passed by;" He did not stop; all men must join Him, or He would be calling on others beyond them. "He said to another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. And another also said, Lord, I will follow Thee: but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." …