so here's the resolution you get it you need to be resolved to go forward and
never look back take out your song books real quick go to go to 316 this is where
this song comes from is from this portion of scripture here in Luke okay
what is he saying I want 100% loyalty I want you to just go forward and put me
first and never look back let's sing it together a cappella we there you don't
have to play verse number one I have decided to follow Jesus I have decided
to follow Jesus I have decided to follow Jesus no turning back no turning back
now pay attention to verse number two though none go with me still I will
follow though none go with me still I will follow though none go with me still
I will follow no turning back no turning back what is he saying even if just I'm
doing this thing by myself if my mom doesn't join me if my dad doesn't join
me if my sister and brother whom I love my friends I'm still just gonna do it
and I'm not gonna turn back that's hard and and I'll be honest with you when I
first got saved you know there's many nights of tears and sorrow because I
wanted my family to come with me I wanted my brother to come with me I
wanted my sister I wanted my family to join me and my expectation was that they
were gonna join me my expectation was they're gonna come with me and we can do
this Christian thing together but you know the reality was it was all by
myself I was all by myself but then you realize you're not by yourself and then
I sung this song and I thought to myself you know what though none go with me I'm
still gonna do this amen though no one join me I'm still gonna follow and I'm
not gonna turn back look at verse number three the world behind me the cross
before me the world behind me the cross before me the world behind me the cross
before me no turning back no turning back what's the resolution to this well
number one be resolved and never look back don't turn back just keep going
forward even if no one goes with you don't turn back recognize the
recompense you know you have a reward waiting for you because you've forsaken
everything the Bible says in Matthew 19 verse 29 and everyone that hath forsaken
houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands
for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit
everlasting life but many that are first shall be last and the last shall be
first go to Matthew chapter 5 and we're done Matthew chapter number five what's
the last thing what's the last resolution here's the last resolution
reward your family with love so those who persecute you who do you wrong who
revile you criticize you who criticize me or the church or you know the beliefs
don't reward evil for evil railing for railing but rather blessing for blessing
look at Matthew 5 verse 43 you have heard that have been said thou shalt
love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy but I say unto you love your enemies
bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them
that despitefully use you and persecute you say why well because you just never
know that five years or ten years from now that they can have a change of heart
and you never want to leave a bad taste in their mouth you never want to be a
bad testimony to your family because you may have believed all these doctrines
right off the bat but other people takes time and I've noticed this
sometimes they're really just waiting to see if this is real to you sometimes
they just think oh he's just going through her face she's going through a
face this will blow over they will change they always do something like
this they go into something new they start doing something new and it's just
a phase it's just this you know and they're kind of waiting to see when you
fall out go back to your old ways right that's what they're waiting for and what
you need to do is be consistent folks one of the greatest qualities that you
can learn and obtain is consistency in the things of God not perfection not
sinlessness because it doesn't exist consistency in church consistency in
your Bible reading consistency in your service consistency in your attitude
consistency in your love consistency in your beliefs consistency consistency
consistency because when people see an inconsistent life they don't buy into
that stuff but when they see you're consistently going to church you're
consistently going soul winning you're consistently reading your Bible it
becomes a reality to them reward your family with love