{"id":5663,"date":"2016-08-16T03:47:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/our-point-of-no-return\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T03:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:47:18","slug":"our-point-of-no-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/our-point-of-no-return\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR\n  POINT OF NO RETURN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>Topics:<\/b> Christians; Commitment; Dedication; Faith; Faithfulness; Loyalty; Self-denial; Submission; Surrender; Tenacity<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>References:<\/b> Matthew 10:37\u201339; 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>If you were inside the cockpit of an airplane just before liftoff, you would hear the copilot or captain call out, \u201cV1,\u201d which means the \u201cpoint of no return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>As the airplane accelerates toward the end of the runway, the pilot must decide if the plane is moving fast enough for a safe takeoff. This speed must be determined preflight based on several factors, including the air pressure, temperature, speed of the wind, and weight of the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>The pilot holds the throttle as the plane approaches the V1 speed so that the takeoff can be aborted if something goes wrong. However, after V1 the plane <i>must<\/i> take off.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>As Christians, we also have a V1 commitment. Once we have placed our faith in Christ alone, we have reached the point of no return. We need to adjust our sights, apply full throttle, and take off.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>\u2014Mike Silva, <i>Would You Like Fries with That?<\/i> (Word, 2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics: Christians; Commitment; Dedication; Faith; Faithfulness; Loyalty; Self-denial; Submission; Surrender; Tenacity References: Matthew 10:37\u201339; 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23 If you were inside the cockpit of an airplane just before liftoff, you would hear the copilot or captain call out, \u201cV1,\u201d which means the \u201cpoint of no return.\u201d As the airplane accelerates toward the end &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/our-point-of-no-return\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OUR<br \/>\n  POINT OF NO RETURN&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}