TO HAVE OR TO BE

1

• TO HAVE OR TO BE
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• Genesis 48 1-16
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2
Genesis 481-16

• After this Joseph was told, "Your father is ill."
  So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and
  Ephraim. 2 When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph
  has come to you," he summoned his strength and
  sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, "God
  Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of
  Canaan, and he blessed me, 4 and said to me, 'I
  am going to make you fruitful and increase your
  numbers I will make of you a company of peoples,
  and will give this land to your offspring after
  you for a perpetual holding.' 5 Therefore your
  two sons, who were born to you in the land of
  Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now
  mine Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as
  Reuben and Simeon are. 6 As for the offspring
  born to you after them, they shall be yours. They
  shall be recorded under the names of their
  brothers with regard to their inheritance. 7 For
  when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in
  the land of Canaan on the way, while there was
  still some distance to go to Ephrath and I
  buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is,
  Bethlehem). 8 When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he
  said, "Who are these?"

3

• 9 Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons,
  whom God has given me here." And he said, "Bring
  them to me, please, that I may bless them." 10
  Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he
  could not see well. So Joseph brought them near
  him and he kissed them and embraced them. 11
  Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see
  your face and here God has let me see your
  children also." 12 Then Joseph removed them from
  his father's knees, and he bowed himself with his
  face to the earth. 13 Joseph took them both,
  Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left,
  and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
  right, and brought them near him. 14 But Israel
  stretched out his right hand and laid it on the
  head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his
  left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his
  hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 He
  blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my
  ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who
  has been my shepherd all my life to this day, 16
  the angel who has redeemed me from all harm,
  bless the boys and in them let my name be
  perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham
  and Isaac and let them grow into a multitude on
  the earth."

4

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• The days of our life are seventy years, or
  perhaps eighty, if we are strong even then their
  span is only toil and trouble they are soon
  gone, and we fly away.(Psalms 9010)

5

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• Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
  What is your life? For you are a mist that
  appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  (James 414)

6

• Life is mortal!

7

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• Jacobs Life from gripping to blessing

8

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  ?(???34)
• Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and
  he ate and drank, and rose and went his way. Thus
  Esau despised his birthright. (Genesis 2534)

9

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  ??16.17)
• Surely the Lord is in His placeand I did not
  know it. How awesome is this place! This is none
  other than the house of God, and this is the gate
  of heaven. (Gen. 2816-17)

10

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  (? 2820-22)
• Then Jacob made a vow, sayingIf God will be with
  me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and
  will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
  so that I come again to my fathers house in
  peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this
  stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be
  Gods house and of all that you give me I will
  surely give one tenth to you. (Gen. 2820-22)

11

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• The change of Jacobs life

12

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• Then he said, Let me go, for the day is
  breaking. But Jacob said, I will not let you
  go, unless you bless me. (Gen. 3226)

13

• Goodness and Love

14

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  6)
• The God who has been my shepherd bless the
  boys and in them let my name be perpetuated,
  (Gen. 4815-16)

15

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• The Life of life

16

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• The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so
  that one may avoid the snares of death. (Proverbs
  1427)
• Whoever has the Son has life whoever does not
  have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John
  512)

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• To Have
• To Be
• A new Life
• Goodness
• Love