“No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

do not look back on your former state and wonder HOW it will disappear from your world

Do not be concerned with the how, and do not look back on your former state.

“This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize.”

Now, he may go back into the old state, like Lot’s wife.

Do not even look back, for no man having put his hand to the plow and then looking back is fit for the kingdom of heaven.

Neither do you need the assistance of anyone to bury the old man for you. Let the dead bury the dead.

You cannot take any part of the old man into the new man. You cannot put new wine in old bottles or new patches on old garments. You must be a new being completely.

“This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before – I press towards the mark for the prize.”