 these verses in the context of our fall of man series. We're going to end this series this evening. We're going to look at something interesting that happened to Adam and Eve after they rebelled against God. But first of all Exodus chapter 33. What's the context? What just happened here? So Exodus chapter 33. Normally you'd read Exodus chapter 32. Give you some context of why God is so upset here. He's upset with the children of Israel of course because this is right after they have made the golden calf and you know worshiped idols and things like that. And this is after Moses came down and saw what they had done. And God is kind of Moses is interceding for the people here. God kind of wanted to just destroy them all. And Moses was a great advocate for the children of Israel there. But anyway something interesting happens here where God actually speaks to Moses. If you look at verse number 20 of Exodus chapter 33, look at what the Bible says here. I want to point out like an interesting thing about God. An interesting thing that God says that we can't do, that we wouldn't be able to do with him. Where God says to Moses in verse number 20, he says, and he said, thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live. So of course this is talking about God the Father talking to Moses saying no man can look at me and live. Now look at verse number 11 where the Bible says, and the Lord spake on Moses face to face. Well now we see the answer of why God came down in a cloudy pillar when he was making himself present to talk to Moses. He was in a cloud he was covered. So you know he wasn't, Moses wasn't seeing God's face. As a matter of fact that's proven at the end of the chapter when God literally says you know I will show you myself but he's only going to allow Moses to see his back. As he walks by Moses he covers Moses' face with his hand and then Moses is able to see God walking away from him because you can't see God's face and live. So this is just something that the Bible says. Now go to Genesis chapter 33. Now that we know that about God the Father that we will not be able to see God the Father and live on this earth. Look at verse number eight of Genesis chapter three. This is right after you know they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and they were ashamed and they were hiding from God because God regularly the Bible tells us you know God walked through the Garden of Eden. You know this was something that God did. Look at verse number eight. It says they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the Garden of the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the Garden. And the Lord called unto Adam and he said where art thou? So we can infer from Genesis chapter three verses eight and nine here that God walked through the Garden on a regular basis and they didn't hide themselves before. So they walked in the presence of God in the Garden. All right. Now look as far as you know as far as the cloud and Exodus chapter 33 and you know verse number nine here where verse number eight and nine where God walks through the Garden and talks to him. Of course it said they heard him. It never said that they looked at God that they saw God. I actually if it wasn't for John 1 18 why don't you just go ahead and turn there. Actually I'll just read it to you. It says no man have seen God at any time the Bible says. All right. So if it wasn't that verse I might actually say that well maybe this was something that God changed after you know they rebelled against man that after they rebelled at that point no man was able to look upon you know God the Father. However you know it does say no man has seen God at any time. Anyway that's not the point. It does say in verse number eight and verse number nine that they heard God. So it could have been that God came to the Garden in a cloud and a pillar as well and he talked with them face to face but they never looked on him as well. But the point is this the point I'm trying to get at is this. Adam used to walk amongst God in the Garden of Eden. That's the point that I'm trying to get at tonight. All right. That is a change because God after actually look at verse number 22 of Genesis chapter 3. In verse number 22. So we're looking at things that God changed after the fall of man after God's rebellion. So we know that you know God can't look on or man can't look on God and live. Maybe God was in a cloud and a pillar whatever is one of those things that we can ask God when we get to heaven. But the point is the Bible says that God walked amongst them in the Garden and they were with him and they talked with him as we see. But look at verse 22 of Genesis chapter 3 said in the Lord God said behold the man is become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also the tree of life and eat and live forever therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken. So first of all when he says the man has become one of us you know like this is like this isn't Mormon you know we're not going to become God's okay. It's just saying that he he now knows evil is what he's talking about to know good and evil because last sermon what did I talk about what's the difference what were they really trying to get at when they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They already knew good all they knew was good all they knew was good so their eyes were open to evil is the difference that happened okay so that's what God is saying in verse 22 says now they know good and evil just like God knew that and he says therefore God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden so the change here and the change that we're going to talk about tonight is that they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden. They were kicked out and look this is not something that this is not something that that was that could ever have been undone where they could have done something where they could have gotten back to the Garden of Eden. You say why were they kicked out turn to Habakkuk chapter one Habakkuk chapter one in the Old Testament towards the end of the Old Testament go to go to Habakkuk chapter one Adam used to remember this Adam used to walk amongst God in the garden before he sinned against God and now he cannot what's the difference the difference is sin that is the difference and that God cannot be in the presence of sin look at Habakkuk chapter one and look at verse 13 Habakkuk chapter one verse number 13 Habakkuk of course a prophet during the same time as Ezekiel same time as Jeremiah as we talked about this morning towards the end of the lower kingdom of Judah's empire and in Habakkuk chapter one of verse number 13 look what the Bible says about God it says thou art of pure eyes than to be hold evil and can'ts not look on iniquity that's interesting he can't look on iniquity so it's not so much about us seeing him as him being able to be around us really is what you know God can't be in the presence or won't be in the presence of sin okay that's why he kicked man out of the Garden of Eden because there was now sin there okay there was now sin in you know the world turn to Philippians chapter 3 this is why this is why by the way we can't take these bodies into heaven you say I really like my body and I want you're not taking your body to heaven you can't the Bible says that we are not taking these bodies with us to heaven because the Bible Bible says they're vile these bodies look at Philippians chapter 3 in verse number 20 this is why this is why we need glorified bodies to go to heaven okay we will need those glorified bodies because we can't have vile things there's nothing vile there's nothing sinful there's nothing except goodness as it says God is just nothing but goodness it says in Exodus chapter 33 look at verse 20 of Philippians chapter 3 the Bible says our conversation is in heaven from whence we shall look for the Savior the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself so he's going to change this vile body into a glorified body that's why in Matthew chapter 10 in verse 28 when the Bible says fear not them which killed the body we don't have to worry about people killing this vile body we're not to worry about that at all we have to worry about those that would kill our soul of course nobody can kill our soul says fear them that get able to kill the soul you know in Matthew 20 year 1028 it says you know rather fear him that is able to destroy both body and soul in hell all right so look this body means nothing we don't have to fear anybody you know killing our body because we're going to get glorified bodies when we go to heaven so the point is this the point tonight is very simple and the point tonight is that you know Adam Adam and just in general you know Adam there's no indication look there's no indication that Adam and Eve did not serve the Lord for the rest of their lives now I don't think any of us believe that you know they were sin that was the only sin that they committed you know going forward especially with the children that they raised just one chapter chapter over you know one of their sons kills you know Cain kills Abel but the point is is that we need to understand that sin will have rebellion against God will have lasting consequences that's the main thing so the point or the title of sermon tonight is the fall of man you know demoted Adam and Eve were demoted you know they were demoted out of the Garden of Eden that didn't mean they couldn't serve the Lord with their life that didn't mean that they couldn't you know have a relationship with God will look at that in a few minutes but the point is they could never get back to the Garden and that's what we need to understand in our lives as well so here's the first thing the first thing you say well that's kind of depressing you know that's kind of depressing that you know I could do things wrong in my life and you know there could just be consequences for you know for a long time or for the rest of my life or whatever but there's a couple things that we need to understand about God as we go forward in our lives and I'm sure Adam and Eve also understood this I mean they clearly understood it as God didn't kill them God kicked them out of the Garden and they moved on with their lives from there but the point is this God forgives is the first point okay God forgives turn to 1st John chapter 1 in verse number 9 there's always a way no matter what rebellion or how bad the sin there's always a way to get right for those who love God so if you're saved tonight there's always a way to get right there's always a way to get right with God you say how look at 1st John chapter 1 in verse number 9 1st John chapter 1 in verse number 9 a very simple verse in the Bible showing us how easy it is to get right with God 1st John chapter 1 and verse number 9 has nothing to do with salvation it is just about getting right with God it is about having a good relationship with your heavenly Father now a lot of people twist this a lot of Protestants and Catholics twist this to you know have to do with salvation this is where you get the idea of you know going and confessing your sins to a priest this is where you get the idea of a confessional Lutheran who thinks they have to go and and chant a saying every week in order to be forgiven in order to get that this is the Etch-a-Sketch theology right here when you take 1st John chapter 1 verse number 9 and apply it to salvation and then it just like makes none of the Bible make any sense at all all right so if you're reading a verse of the Bible and it you know contradicts other simple verses in the Bible you're misinterpreting that verse this is clearly talking about just how to get right how to have a good relationship with God so look your first thing you need to understand when we look at the consequences of sin is that God forgives that's the first thing that we need to understand verse number 9 it says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and clent and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness meaning look God will forgive you not talking about how to be saved there's nothing about being saved here it's just saying getting right with God is easy okay because God's not like men God's not like men where you can confess your sins and come to them and they could just like no I just they could just withhold forgiveness God is saying hey get your heart right confess your sins to me is like and I'll forgive your sins and I'll cleanse you from all unrighteousness and we'll be good you know going forward all right and point number two tonight is that there's always a plan B going forward no matter what the consequences of your sin in your life is a matter of fact that's a promise I will show you is that no matter what you've done in your life as a saved Christian there's always a plan B going forward in your life God always provides that this is a huge promise for us Jesus emphasize this emphasize this over and over and over in his ministry he's just like hey things that are behind you he's like you're forgiven you know get on with the plan B if you need a plan B in your life but you know what look looking behind us that's our hang up not God's that's not God's God says hey confess your sins and all and all cleanse you God says all forgive you turn to Luke chapter 9 Jesus talked about this all the time look at Luke chapter 9 in your Bible look at Luke chapter 9 so we're looking at tonight how God forgives first of all you know yes we can get demoted in our lives on this earth but God forgives that's the first thing that you need to understand look at Luke chapter 9 look at Luke chapter 9 verse number 57 Luke chapter 9 verse number 57 we're going to look at three failures here in Luke chapter 9 and verse number 57 and a few verses forward from there the Bible says in verse 57 it says and it came to pass that as they went in the way a certain man said unto him Lord I will follow thee whither so ever thou goest and Jesus said unto him foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests but the son of man have not where to lay his head Jesus basically he's going to show three failures here the first one is some guy that wants to you know come with him and Jesus is saying hey this is a camping trip Jesus saying this is not a comfortable journey we kind of have to assume that you know Jesus knew what the guys hang up was this is kind of how Jesus talked to people it's kind of like you know with the rich young ruler the same thing Jesus kind of knew what these people you know their hang-ups were like hey we'll come with you Jesus as long as everything's right in this area so the first guy he tells them it's not going to be comfortable and I assume with the way the next conversation is going in the lesson that's being taught here is that this guy was like yeah okay I'm out since it's not comfortable all right look at the second guy and he said to another follow me but he said Lord so he says to another guy follow me but he said now the guy he's talking to you says Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father notice those three words there and you'll see those those words again in verse number 61 but notice those three words he says suffer me first to go bury my father saying saying hey I will but there's something in front of you this is the point Jesus is trying to get across here is that he's pointing out the weaknesses of these people he's like hey there's something in front of you Jesus but if you'll you'll get second in line then I will all right Jesus said unto him let the dead bury their dead Jesus given the answer he says there should be nothing in front but go thou but go thou and preach the kingdom of God it's like there should be nothing to get in front of you you know to go out and preach the gospel I mean it doesn't get more clear than this look at verse 61 we see another one and another also said Lord I will follow thee now look at these four words he says but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at my house he just wants to go say goodbye but again he's showing that Jesus is number two so you're number two I just got to go say you know goodbye to these people this is the point that Jesus is trying to make here turn to Hebrews chapter eight turn to Hebrews chapter eight he's saying look you know you should be moving forward no matter what that should be the only thing on you know that should be the first priority keep your place in Luke 9 we're gonna go back there just a few minutes but go to Hebrews chapter eight so look God forgives we know this God forgives that's point number one point number two is God always provides a plan B you say sin has consequences I've done things in my life and now I just can't go back you know to certain places I don't have certain options anymore God forgives God always provides a plan B and I will prove that to you tonight but look at Hebrews chapter eight not only does God forgive but Hebrews chapter 8 verse number 12 look what the Bible says he says for I will be merciful to their righteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more God talks about his mercy in Exodus chapter 33 as well but God literally says here he's like I will be merciful this is you know you confess your sins God will cleanse you from all on righteousness and the Bible here says he literally will remember your iniquities no more so this is how stupid it is for people to just be obsessed you know over you know past things in their life and past sins is because like God doesn't even remember them the Bible says once you've confessed them and you've gotten those things right and you've worked that out you know with the Lord yeah there may be consequences on this earth that you still have to deal with but the Bible says God doesn't remember those sins anymore in Hebrews 10 verse 17 he says and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more like he literally doesn't remember on purpose oh that we all could say that you know how much better would relationships that we have be if we could be as holy as God in that area where somebody could get right with us and we could just say you know what I don't even remember what it is so this is what God is saying hey we just need to move forward right so that being said God forgives God doesn't even remember your sins and God always provides a plan B you're like hey that all sounds really really good thanks for the sermon tonight because this is a really positive message but here is the whole point of the sermon consequences may remain after all of that after God forgiving you after God providing you a plan B to serve him with your life and then God literally saying to you you know as if him telling you he doesn't he forgives you isn't enough he's like I literally don't even remember that stuff he's saying look but you need to understand as a perfect example with Adam and Eve that consequences may remain in your life I mean there's there's plenty of examples of this I mean many examples you need to think up for a pastor you know if a pastor gets into sin that you know disqualifies him from being able to be a pastor that's a consequence right there that would be a consequence doesn't mean that that pastor couldn't get right then he couldn't fix that relationship with God and patch that relationship with you know people in his life or whatever but the point is consequences will remain you think about what we talked about this morning you think about this morning you think about I mean just raising kids you think about raising kids what are we doing think about the sermon from this morning what are we doing when we're raising kids we're building a wall aren't we building a wall aren't we putting a layer of brick on foundation we have the right foundation and then we're putting a layer of brick we're using covered mortar we're putting another layer of brick on you know where the best you know where the best point to get a wall straight is those very first few levels of bricks because the thing is you start going off right away it's gonna be a harder harder to get that wall straight now you're gonna have to like re-correct over here and it's gonna be this crazy weird wall it's best to get it correct right away because look here's what you need to understand with your kids your corrections with your children I know a lot of the children in this church are young but the corrections with your children as they get older will become smaller and smaller and smaller as your children grow up the corrections will get smaller and smaller and smaller you think you look at people that you know maybe just raise their kids wrong they raised their kids wrong they just they raise their kids with you know crooked walls with untempered mortar like we talked about this morning and then what what's gonna happen if you do that from this morning that wall is gonna come crashing down that wall is gonna come crashing down this is where maybe you have an older child that just they doesn't have the character that you wish that they did from the Bible because you just raised that child with untempered mortar that and then God literally tore that wall down to expose that rotten foundation so you just did it all wrong and then you figure it out and you get it right you still got that pile of bricks there you still got that pile of bricks or you still have that you know that mess to deal with and to clean up and as look as we're building these walls and strengthening these walls and building these walls straight on a solid foundation you have to understand that you know you want to make those major corrections those major moves right away when they're young and get those first couple rows super straight because as they get older the corrections get smaller and smaller and they will become a point with your kids where you got what you got I hate to just lay it down and break it down to you like that but I mean if you allow if you allow your children to go through pain and suffering and then you get right 20 years later and you figure all right like I didn't do that right and I'm sorry I put you in danger kids and I'm sorry that you know we didn't do this right and we exposed you to that and it affected you here that's just not going to be a simple overnight fix you know that's not something that is going to be easy to just take away because those consequences will remain you just think about outside of your family just think about just individual sins there's individual sins that will just have lasting consequences and you just go on for for hours and hours going through sins the easiest one to think of is you know for vacation you know we talk about you know purity on both you know the the young ladies and both the the young men how they're to go to their wedding day you know pure and undefiled from the world but a lot of people fall into the sin of fornication and guess what there's many times that there could be consequences there whether they be you know bad health consequences you know maybe there's a child out of wedlock that happens and that's something that's just not going to go away maybe that happens with you know a bad person or somebody and then look then you get right well then the other person doesn't get right and there's no marriage there and look that problem will be with you that consequence will be with you for the rest of your life on this earth the same as adam and eve getting thrown out of the garden you think about people that make mistakes in their lives like you know being a drunk and then you know getting in a car and then you know killing somebody you know and they never drink again they they get saved they maybe they were saved they either way they get right they confess it they get saved they confess it to God they get right with God they still killed somebody you know they're still in prison maybe you know maybe for the rest of their life maybe maybe even after they get out of prison there they're suffering because of their their record or they can't get the right jobs or whatever it is look there's plenty of consequences that come from not following the way God wants us to do it even after God has forgiven us even after God has said I don't even remember those things anymore but we deal with the consequences on this earth for years some of these things even simple worldly things like say you just don't understand anything about finances you just make dumb decisions financially those things can stick with you for years you declare bankruptcy or something and like these simple things will affect you there will be constant and you're like just like I'm never doing that again and I'm getting that right and I'm gonna go to church I'm gonna follow what the Bible says about how I should be you know a steward of God's blessings in my life and I'm gonna listen to proverbs and listen to the pastor preaching about all these things there's still consequences though they're still there they're still there even after you get right even after God has forgiven you God has forgotten everything that you've done but the consequences are still there this is what I'm talking about just realizing that some things in our lives or the sin in our lives made to mold us in our lives meaning you know that bar that we were reaching for before we just might not reach that bar because of our sin because of the consequences on this earth maybe somebody has a work history where they just they go and they they work at a different place every month and they just have no references and they just got this horrible reputation and they're just like I'm changing now I'm fixing this I'm fixing this I'm not gonna be like this anymore I'm gonna go somewhere I'm gonna not be lazy I'm gonna work hard I'm gonna serve my master at work like I'm serving the Lord Jesus Christ I'm gonna get this thing right I'm gonna confess all this but there still may be consequences you're starting at the bottom somewhere you're just gonna have to deal with that emotion I mean the point is these things go back to Luke chapter 9 these things there are things there are sins that you commit that will stick with you that will stay with you that will affect you look at Luke chapter 9 and verse number 62 but the thing that you have to remember is verse number 62 of Luke chapter 9 Jesus said unto him no man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God I want to leave you with two points tonight on what you need to remember just like okay I get it there's consequences but you know what I don't like those consequences and how do I handle those consequences and how do I go forward with my life maybe my consequences are severe and look somebody's gonna have more a constant more severe consequences than somebody else it's just gonna be the nature of what they've done and what the other person has done but Jesus is telling us two things that we need to keep in mind here in verse number 62 the first one is this don't look back that is the first lesson that Jesus is teaching these three men don't look back that's why we don't have sin competitions in this church we don't sit in the back of the church and don't ever do this you'll see visitors do this some time you know like you know be generous don't like ball out a visitor or anything but the point is like you'll see visitors come in here and be like oh I used to do this and I used to do this and look we don't have sin competitions in this church we don't have competitions because you know what ends up happening actually it turns into like a bragging contest on who was worse what a what a wicked thing to bring into a church so we don't have sin competitions in this church look if you're into a bunch of stuff that you know that you know I probably wouldn't be into or don't agree with just don't bring it up in the church then at least do me that favor but the point is we're not gonna sit in the back of this church and be like oh yeah I used to do this nice to do that I used to do this I used to do that because we shouldn't make light of sin we shouldn't make mock of sin but the main thing is it doesn't matter what what's back there we're not supposed to look back there it's like God doesn't even remember what's back there why are we looking back there these are things there's a reason that the Bible says these are things that shouldn't even be spoken of because you know all the mistakes that we've made in our lives we're trying to like you know fix in the next generation I hope that's the plan anyway so don't look back is the first thing that Jesus is saying he's saying don't look back there what would be the point what would be the point of that as long as look if you have faith in what God is saying here is you if you I mean just think of the logic of it if you have faith that God has forgiven you if you have faith that look you know you've confessed it you know you had a sort like Godly sorrow second Corinthians chapter 7 sorrow you had the right kind of sorrow where you just had you had indignation towards that sin that sin disgusts you that sin in your path you just it disgusts you you know what you don't have indignation if you're standing up and you're like oh yeah we used to do this and we used to do that you know no no no you have to you have to have indignation towards that sin and then if you if you've done that and confess that with that heart to the Lord then all it takes is faith that God has forgiven you he told you he has faith that God says he doesn't even remember it I mean that's that's what God is telling you he doesn't even remember so don't look there's no logical reason to look back there if you have the right heart have confessed it because God tells you it's gone it's gone and the second thing is this it's the first part of the verse where Jesus says no man having put his hand to the plow so the first one is don't look back and the second one you say this is too simple then why do people mess it up so much the second one is keep your hand on the plow I mean this isn't hard doctrine tonight whatever these things are whatever these consequences are keep your hand on the plow that is what Jesus is saying you know what I'm sick of seeing you know I'm sick of seeing I'm sick of it I'm sick of seeing people take their hand off the plow because of a sin consequence what sense does that make what sense does it make you know what Satan's goal is Satan's goal what can Satan do to you can he send you to hell no Satan can't send you to hell Satan's goal is to get you out of the Christian life Satan's goal is to get you somehow out of the Christian life so you think oh God Satan's gonna try to get me into a bunch of sin he's gonna try to tempt me and and use my my weak flesh and whatever area to get me into yeah maybe that's that's one thing but what difference does it make to Satan if you get out of the Christian life for sin itself or for a consequence of sin what does it matter he wins what does it matter if you know I I capture your your king and chess it you know it doesn't matter how I did it I did it he wins that's his goal is to get you out of the Christian life so people will have what people will do is they'll they'll they'll get right and all these things but then this sin consequence will just take them sideways in their life and they'll leave the Christian life I'm tired of seeing it but Jesus is saying that's why you say oh why is this why is this so you know need to be preached well don't look back number one and don't take your hand off the plow because like that's the whole goal of Satan is to get your hand off the plow I mean people looking back makes no sense but literally leaving and taking your hand off the plow because of a consequence of sin which by the way you take your hand off the plow because of a consequence of sin and sin will follow by the way sin will follow it makes no sense Jesus is literally saying there should be nothing this is the whole point of Luke chapter 9 in these verses there should be nothing that's why he just gives some extreme let me go bury my father it's like we go to my dad's funeral Jesus like get right no it needs to be first don't take your hand off the plow my dad's funeral no keep your hand on the plow that's why Jesus uses extreme examples here so look for the kids and everybody that hasn't made mistakes in their life this is the goal here right this is the goal this is why you know you get up and you preach on divorce because the Bible talks about divorce and that could be uncomfortable because you know people in the church have been divorced and people in all different churches have been divorced the point isn't to beat on people that have been divorced the point is to understand to get the people that haven't been divorced get them that message so they don't have to deal with that consequence so plan a obviously just to wrap things up tonight plan a obviously is to just not fall into these sins these kids and all of us that haven't fallen into things that have these dire consequences obviously plan a is to not rebel against God in the first place so that's the thing with the kids the kids and you know all of us we need to just like hey we're trying to raise our kids with this tempered mortar so they make as fee I mean no children are perfect and nobody's going to be perfect we're trying to raise this strong wall with this tempered mortar so they don't go off and make is massive mistakes that will follow them around the consequences will follow them around their whole life maybe and look the more mistakes like that they make the more risk there is that they will take their hand off the plow to deal with those mistakes to deal with the consequences of those mistakes but the point is this folks Luke 9 62 is a promise it is a promise it says you know keep your hand on the plow you say how is that a promise because what it is saying in Luke chapter 9 chapter 62 it says no man having put his hand to the plow and having looking back is fit for the kingdom of God you like that seems more like a statement but here's the thing if he's saying he's putting this emphasis no man having put his hand to the plow and looking back you know what he's saying he's saying there is a way to keep your hand on the plow that's the promise there he's saying there will always be a way to keep your hand on the plow if you take it off it's because you took it off that's why God what God always provides plan B's God always provides plan B's and C's and D's and E's that's a promise because Jesus is implying specifically in verse 62 that it's possible to keep your hand on the plow you're like but I've messed up so bad doesn't matter just get it right and keep your hand on the plow but oh I really messed up that time just don't let go of the plow get it right God forgives God forgets don't let go of the plow there will be a way to deal with that consequence think about this for a second I guarantee you it's a promise there is a way to deal with the consequences of anything that has gone right wrong in a Christian's life while keeping their hand on the plow and still moving forward but people mess up and they let go of the plow and they're just like forget the whole thing this is what Jesus is telling us here don't do that deal with the consequences get it right take it like a man you're like man I can't I'm just never gonna be that that where I wanted to be fine be down here and God will provide you another plan to plow in a different direction then and he'll provide you things that you never even thought of you know not everybody has to be you know the pastor of the church not everybody I mean there's not everybody needs to be what you think you were supposed to be there's many other different ways to plow in the Christian life but if you let go if you let go it's it's done this is what Jesus is saying no man having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God meaning the kingdom of God on this earth I mean think about this what does the kingdom of God need the kingdom of God needs people that are gonna hang on I mean how are we supposed to meet how are we supposed to fill all these divine appointments for us unless we have people that are hanging on nobody here is is gonna be sinless the point is getting those things right realizing that God lets it go once we've confessed it and moving on and just if there's consequences just like Adam and Eve turned to Micah chapter 6 just like Adam and Eve you know they could no longer walk in the garden with God they just they just couldn't I mean it was just something that they just couldn't do anymore God kicked them out so there was nothing that they could do anymore but turn to Micah chapter 6 and we'll end here it doesn't mean just because here's here's plan B right here you say we can't walk with God anymore no we can still walk with God look at verse number 8 of Micah chapter 6 he has showed me oh man what is good and what does the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy I like how mercy just keeps coming up like when God's talking about these things and what to walk humbly with God so when we live the Christian life when we do the commandments that the Bible is telling us we are walking with God we're walking with with what God has given us about himself you know we're literally walking with him so just because Adam and Eve couldn't literally walk through the garden with God anymore they could still humbly walk with the Lord by by following him in their lives let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer