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Here As In Heaven 在地如在天

以掃和雅各的道路——今生與永世的抉擇

the ways of Esau and Jacob ——the crises in this life and eternity

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1.神引导我们走永生的道路

1. God guides us on the road of eternal life.

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神啊，求你鑒察我，知道我的心思，試煉我，知道我的意念，看在我裡面有什麼惡行沒有，引導我走永生的道路。(詩篇139:23-24 和合本)

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Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!(Psalms139:23-24 ESV)

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2.活在對的次序當中

2. Live in the right order

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你們要先求他的國和他的義，這些東西都要加給你們了。 所以，不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮；一天的難處一天當就夠了。”(馬太福音6:33-34 和合本)

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But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.(Matthew6:33-34 ESV)

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3.雅各和以掃的區別(創世記25：27-33，俄巴底亞1）

3. The difference between Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:27-33, Obediah 1)

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以撒因他妻子不生育，就為她祈求耶和華；耶和華應允他的祈求，他的妻子利百加就懷了孕。 孩子們在她腹中彼此相爭，她就說：“若是這樣，我為什麼活著呢？”她就去求問耶和華。 耶和華對她說：兩國在你腹內；兩族要從你身上出來。這族必強於那族；將來大的要服侍小的。(創世記25:21-23 和合本)

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And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD . And the LORD said to her, ...

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“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”(Genesis25:21-23 ESV)

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4.以掃---今生的需要沒有牽動永世的需要---活在現實的利益得失當中

4.Esau——the needs of this life do not trigger the needs of eternal life---live in the gains and losses of earthly interests

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雅各---今生的需要牽動永世的需要---從地轉向天，從今生轉向永世

Jacob---the needs of this life do trigger the needs of the eternal world---from earth to heaven, from this life to eternity

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耶和華啊，求你用手救我脫離世人，脫離那只在今生有福分的世人！你把你的財寶充滿他們的肚腹；他們因有兒女就心滿意足，將其餘的財物留給他們的嬰孩。至於我，我必在義中見你的面；我醒了的時候，得見（或譯：著）你的形像就心滿意足了。(詩篇17:14-15 和合本)

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from men by your hand, O LORD , from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.(Psalms17:14-15 ESV)

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他将他们所求的赐给他们，却使他们的心灵软弱。(诗篇106:15 和合本)

he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.(Psalms106:15 ESV)

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5.雅各臨終給約瑟的祝福-—有今生的更有永世的承傳

5. Jacob's final blessing to Joseph - there is a earthly and more eternal inheritance

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你父親的　神必幫助你；那全能者必將天上所有的福，地裡所藏的福，以及生產乳養的福，都賜給你。你父親所祝的福勝過我祖先所祝的福，如永世的山嶺，至極的邊界；這些福必降在約瑟的頭上，臨到那與弟兄迥別之人的頂上。(創世記49:25-26 和合本)

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by the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.The blessings of your father are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents, up to the bounties of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.(Genesis49:25-26 ESV)

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6.從永世規劃今天的事

6. Plan today's events from the eternal perspective

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你們要思念上面的事，不要思念地上的事。 因為你們已經死了，你們的生命與基督一同藏在　神裡面。 基督是我們的生命，他顯現的時候，你們也要與他一同顯現在榮耀里。所以，要治死你們在地上的肢體，就如淫亂、污穢、邪情、惡欲，和貪婪（貪婪就與拜偶像一樣）。 (歌羅西書3:2-5 和合本)

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Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. (Colossians3:2-5 ESV)