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PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW Pastor Steve Odera Discipleship Commitment Training Role Modeling But Jesus told him, Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God . Luke 9:6 :62 In

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PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW

Pastor Steve Odera

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Discipleship

Commitment – Training – Role Modeling

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Luke 9:6 :62

But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”

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In Introduction

THREE DISCIPLES: PHYSICAL COMFORTS OF LIFE URGENT THINGS OF THIS WORLD LOOKING BACK

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In Introduction

  • A Plow
  • Familiar imagery:

agricultural community

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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For Jesus?
  • Matthew 16:24
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Matthew 16:2 :24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any

  • f you wants to

be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For Jesus?
  • Matthew 16:24
  • Taking up your cross
  • You cannot stay idle
  • Single-mindedness
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For the three disciples?
  • “Yes, But…”
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For the three disciples?
  • “Yes, But…”
  • For you and me?
  • Matthew 6:33
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Matthew 6:3 :33

Seek the Kingdom

  • f God above all

else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • A. What does it mean?
  • Love God
  • No distractions or diversions
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • B. What is my plow?
  • Family/Marriage:
  • Families: God’s idea
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • B. What is my plow?
  • Children’s spiritual foundations
  • “Marriage time”
  • Our “Oikos”:
  • Made to live in community
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • B. What is my plow?
  • Our Ministry:
  • Pre-COVID complacency?
  • What is God teaching us?
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  • 1. PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW
  • B. What is my plow?
  • Our Salvation:
  • Forgotten our first love?
  • Signs of neglect of the plow easy to read
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For Jesus:
  • Not the act of evaluating progress
  • Degree of longing to return to what was left behind
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For Jesus:
  • Not the act of evaluating progress
  • Degree of longing to return to what was left behind
  • For the three disciples:
  • Competing personal priorities
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • A. What does it mean?
  • For Jesus:
  • Not the act of evaluating progress
  • Degree of longing to return to what was left behind
  • For the three disciples:
  • Competing personal priorities
  • For you and me:
  • Lose focus on Jesus
  • A higher priority than Jesus?
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  • B. Reasons why we might look back:
  • Regret:
  • Heart stuck to the world’s pleasures
  • Longing for past despite slavery conditions
  • Matthew 6:21
  • 2. LOOKING BACK
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Matthew 6:2 :21

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires

  • f your heart

will also be.

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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • Fear:
  • Taking our eyes of off Jesus
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • B. Reasons why we might look back:
  • Lack of commitment:
  • Forget to count the cost
  • James 1:8
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Ja James 1:8 :8

Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • Commitment and total dedication required
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • C. What happens when we look back?
  • We plow a crooked row
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • C. What happens when we look back?
  • We plow a crooked row
  • We invite confusion into our minds
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • C. What happens when we look back?
  • We plow a crooked row
  • We invite confusion into our minds
  • We cannot bear fruit
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • C. What happens when we look back?
  • We plow a crooked row
  • We invite confusion into our minds
  • We cannot bear fruit
  • We become like flavourless salt
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  • 2. LOOKING BACK
  • C. What happens when we look back?
  • We plow a crooked row
  • We invite confusion into our minds
  • We cannot bear fruit
  • We become like flavourless salt
  • We become poor witnesses
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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
  • Putting our hand to the plow = taking hold of the cross
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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
  • Putting our hand to the plow = taking hold of the cross
  • Our response to Jesus’ statement should be:

−Be single-minded – Philippians 3:13

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Philippians 3:1 :13

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it,but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead

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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
  • Putting our hand to the plow = taking hold of the cross
  • Our response to Jesus’ statement should be:

−Be single-minded – Philippians 3:13 −Put God first before the concerns of the world

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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
  • Putting our hand to the plow = taking hold of the cross
  • Our response to Jesus’ statement should be:

−Be single-minded – Philippians 3:13 −Put God first before the concerns of the world −Fulfil the Master’s plan for your life – Ephesians 2:10

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Ephesians 2:1 :10

For we are God’s

masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

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  • 3. APPLICATION
  • Jesus’ statement: a response to the “But” reaction
  • Putting our hand to the plow = taking hold of the cross
  • Our response to Jesus’ statement should be:

−Be single-minded – Philippians 3:13 −Put God first before the concerns of the world −Fulfil the Master’s plan for your life – Ephesians 2:10 −Follow Me – spend time with the faith community

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