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Going Forward!

Text: Luke 9:62 “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Intro: God’s principles for living are so simple that we often over look them. They do not match up with the Humanistic philosophies of the world.

Go Forward and …

I. Don’t Look Back
Ill. South African Wedding Tradition of the bride jumping the broom. It symbolizes leaving her parents for her husband and if she has any reservations, don’t jump over the broom.
A. Never Under Estimate God
B. Never Question God
C. Never Wonder, What If?

II. Keep Plowing
A. Don’t Quit
B. There Is A lot of Fertile Ground
C. God’s Work Is Never Done
D. Mark 8:36,37 “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

III. Look Forward
A. Produces straight rows
B. The Rewards Are Coming
After a preacher died and went to heaven, he noticed that a New York cabdriver had been given a higher place than he had. "I don't understand," he complained to St. Peter. "I devoted my entire life to my congregation."
"Our policy is to reward results," explained St. Peter. "Now what happened, Reverend, whenever you gave a sermon?"
The minister admitted that some in the congregation fell asleep.
"Exactly, " said St. Peter. "And when people rode in this man's taxi, they not only stayed awake, they prayed."
C. Keeps You Going In the Right Direction
D. Makes Life Worth Living
One of the most grueling of all bicycle races is the Tour De France. A contestant in that event, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, describes it in a National Geographic article titled, "An Annual Madness." The race covers about 2000 miles, including some of France's most difficult, mountainous terrain. Eating and drinking is done on the run. And there are extremes of heat and cold. To train for the event, Lassalle rides his bicycle 22,000 miles a year. What kind of prize makes people endure so much hardship and pain! $10,000? $100,000? No. It's just a special winner's jersey. What then motivates the contestants? Lassalle sums it up: "Why, to sweep through the Arc de Triomphe on the last day. To be able to say you finished the Tour de France."

IV. Put Your Hand To The Plow Today
John 4:35,36 “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
A. Get Saved Today
B. Dedicate Yourself To God’s Work
C. Live For Him

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