NO TURNING BACK.

LOOK AT CHRIST WHEN HE WENT TO THE CROSS - WHEN HE WAS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMAINE HE PRAYED - MY FATHER, IF IT IS POSSIBLE, MAY THIS CUP BE TAKEN FROM ME. YET NOT AS I WILL, BUT AS YOU WILL.

HE KNEW THAT HE HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY FOR US TO THE CROSS - THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK - FOR HAD HE TURNED BACK HE WOULD HAVE DISOBEYED HIS FATHERS WILL - HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO SIN AND ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST - THERE WOULD BE NO SALVATION - NO CHURCH - NO HEALING.

BUT HE TOOK THE CUP OF PAIN - TOOK THE CUP OF MANS SIN AND DRUNK IT ALL DOWN TO THE DREGS - TOOK UP THE CROSS - CARRYING THE CROSS - CARRYING THE WORLDS SIN - OUR SIN - YOUR SIN UPON HIS BACK.

THEN HE WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS - POURED OUT HIS BLOOD FOR YOU - TOOK YOUR HELL - TOOK YOUR DEATH - SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE LIFE EVER MORE - THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK FOR HIM FOR YOU - HE WENT ALL THE WAY.

SO SHOULD WE - FOR HE WILL GIVE US THE POWER TO DO SO - FOR HE HAS GONE BEFORE US - BEFORE YOU.

WHEN YOU ARE BORN YOU CANNOT BE UN BORN - THERE'S NO TURNING BACK.

SO IT SHOULD BE WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN - BORN INTO CHRIST - BORN OF THE SPIRIT - WHEN YOU ARE BAPTIZED IN WATER YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE OLD HAS GONE - AND NEW HAS COME - THAT THERE IS NO TURNING BACK BY FAITH.

FOR I DID NOT TURN BACK FOR YOU - I DID NOT TURN MY BACK ON YOU MY CHILD SAYS THE LORD.

FOR I WENT ALL THE WAY FOR YOU - WENT ALL THE WAY TO CROSS JUST FOR YOU - FOR I LOVE YOU WITH A LOVE THAT IS GREATER THAN ALL THE POWERS OF HELL - THAN ALL THE POWER OF DEATH - FOR GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAT HE SHOULD GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR HIM - YES I GAVE UP MY LIFE FOR YOU

GAVE IT UP SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE LIFE ANEW - SO THAT YOU COULD BE BORN AGAIN - FOR I DID NOT TURN BACK FOR YOU - I WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE CROSS FOR YOU.

FOR I HAVE GONE AHEAD OF YOU SAYS THE LORD - GONE A HEAD TO CLEAR THE WAY - YES FOR I HAVE PREPARED A PLACE FOR YOU - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE KEYS FROM MY HAND FOR I HOLD THE KEYS TO LIFE - HOLD THE KEYS TO ALL THINGS SAYS THE LORD.

COME TAKE MY HAND SAYS THE LORD - COME LET ME TAKE YOU FORWARD INTO THE PROMISED LAND THAT I HAVE FOR YOU - IN YOUR PROMISED LAND.

COME - CROSS THE SEA WITH ME - COME - CROSS THE RIVER - FOR AS YOU PUT YOUR FOOT INTO THE WATER - THE WATER WILL PART BEFORE YOU FOR THEN THERE WILL BE NO TURNING BACK SAYS THE LORD.

COME THE FUTURE AWAITS YOU - THE FUTURE WITH ME - THE FUTURE ETERNAL SAYS THE LORD - NO TURNING BACK SAYS THE LORD.

DAVE - 10.5.1999.