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S PRINGBOARDS FOR P REACHING AND W ITNESSING
Money or Water?
If you were offered a handful of $1,000 bills or a glass of cool water, which would
you choose? The $1,000 bills, of course—anyone in his right mind would. However,
if you were crawling through a desert, dying of thirst, and you were offered a glass of water or a
handful of $1,000 bills, which would you take? The water, of course—anyone in his right mind
would. That’s called “circumstantial priorities.” Your priorities change according to your circumstances.
If there were a way to find everlasting life, would you want to know about it? The answer is
“yes,” of course—anyone in his right mind would. What the Bible contains may surprise you.
The Scriptures speak of riches beyond our wildest dreams—the “riches” of everlasting life—and
they are offered in the form of cool, clear water: “Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17). At the moment, you may not be interested
in the offer, but on Judgment Day your circumstances will radically change. Then it will
be too late.
19 And I will give to you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever you
shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that
they should tell no man that he was Jesus
the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Jesus to
show to his disciples, how that he must
go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things
of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and be raised again the third
day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him, saying, Be it far from you,
Lord: this shall not be to you.
23 But he turned, and said to Peter, Get
you behind me, Satan: you are an offence
to me: for you savour not the things that
be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, If
any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul? or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels; and
then he shall reward every man according
to his works.
28 Verily I say to you, There be some
standing here, which shall not taste of
death, till they see the Son of man coming
in his kingdom.
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CHAPTER 17
ND after six days Jesus took Peter,
James, and John his brother, and
brought them up into an high mountain
apart,
16:23 If you are going to do something in the area of evangelism, be sure you set your face like a
“flint” to do so (Isaiah 50:7). A flint is a very hard stone that produces sparks when struck. That’s
what Peter found when he tried to deter Jesus from doing God’s will. The enemy will try to discourage
you, and where you least expect it.
16:27 Second coming of Jesus: See Matthew 24:27.
17:1–8 The new birth is a Mount of Transfiguration experience. It is divine revelation as to who
Jesus is: He is the One to whom the Law (Moses) and the prophets (Elijah) testify. Those who hear
the voice of the Father hear the voice of the Son. They fall on their faces before Jesus and see no
one but Him.