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No one who puts his hand to the plow and LOOKS BACK is fit for the kingdom of God

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Luke 9:
61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”​

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers:
The image which our Lord used was, as usual, one that went home to the personal experience of His hearers. They were of the peasant class, and they knew that the eye of the ploughman if he is to do his work well, must look straight before him at the line of the furrow which he is making. To look back, while working, is to mar the work entirely. The man who so looks is therefore, ipso facto, disqualified for the work of God’s kingdom.​

This guy's heart is divided. He is not competent. Jesus demands the best of our efforts to work for him. We should work for Jesus with our whole hearts.
 

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Are you trying to break the world record in how many threads you can start? Lol
No. I start a new OP/thread to focus on a specific issue. I am one of those who like to file things in their proper boxes :) In fact, if you look at the capitalized words in the title, you will see muy focused keywords of this thread.

Further, if you check Was the first day of the week also called the Lord's day?, I had to spell out what that thread was not about because the Sabbath people flooded that thread with irrelevant posts to the specific issue at hand. It worked. As soon as I added that disclaimer, the flood stopped :)
 
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