Walk: By Faith
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5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
By Faith / pleased
Genesis 5 is a genealogy of Adam all they way through to Noah.
Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
Became the father of:
Lived this long:
And then he died.
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
God told Adam that, if he ate of the tree, he would certainly die (2:17). It included spiritual death, immediately and then physical death, later.
But their is one person mentioned in the Genesis 5 genealogy that skipped the dying part. And the hero of faith we are looking at this week which is again Enoch.
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
I know some of you will not hear the main point of the sermon unless I address the 365 yrs old thing.
Some scholars say you might interpret it figuratively, others scholars say this might mean generations or a time line of a tribe of people.
I agree with the scholars that say’s it is literal.
After this chronology in chapter 5 from Adam to Noah and the flood. In chapter 6 God points out how humanity has gone it’s own way and doing it’s own thing. And God said the life span of a human being will now be 120 years after the flood.
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Walked / Walked
Enoch was the first person in human history not to experience death.
It was “by faith” that Enoch was taken to heaven (Heb. 11:5).
5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
By Faith
He believed God, walked with God, and went to be with God, which is an example for all of us to follow. Imagine how difficult it must have been to walk with God during those years before the Flood, when vice and violence were prevalent and only a remnant of people believed God (Gen. 6:5).
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
But Enoch’s life of faith wasn’t a private thing, for he boldly announced that God would come to judge the world’s sins (Jude 14–15).
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
In his day, the judgment of the Flood did come; but the judgment Enoch was announcing will occur when Jesus Christ returns, leading the armies of heaven and condemning Satan and his hosts (Rev. 19:11ff).
Enoch’s life and witness remind us that it’s possible to be faithful to God in the midst of “a crooked and perverse generation” (Phil. 2:15).
No matter how dark the day or how bad the news, we have the promise of our Lord’s return to encourage us and motivate us to be godly. One day sin will be judged and God’s people will be rewarded for their faithfulness, so we have every reason to be encouraged as we walk with God.
Let’s talk about Walk: By Faith.
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Walked with God
You and I can also walk with God and please Him.
The phrase “walking with God” is used in the Bible to describe a close, intimate relationship with God.
And not be like the Genesis 5 account and be born and die. We can live a God honoring life and enjoy the benefits that follow.
When you are in a relationship with someone you have talk and listen to them.
"Communication is a two-way street. It's not just about talking, it's about listening too." - Unknown
Are you like me? I talk more than I listen.
So how do we listen more to God? Getting into God’s word more.
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart
God’s holy word in the bible can speak to you. When we read the bible it seems like it is reading you.
12 God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey.
Listen
If we are to walk with God, we have to stay in communication with God and start to listen more.
12 For whatever God says to us is full of living power: it is sharper than the sharpest dagger, cutting swift and deep into our innermost thoughts and desires with all their parts, exposing us for what we really are.
exposing us for what we really are - living bible paraphrased
Last week I mentioned the bible app. (I gave an outdated download # last week / 500 mill / 600 mill)
https://youtu.be/z_4leLcjfj8?si=deT5ZrnK2Y7CVBK1
https://youtu.be/ky9LIpIJoOg?si=DQ7loyPQ0XLYYDNZ
https://youtu.be/RrIJNUO-6l8?si=6AIFyeRqjbkZF1rK
You can’t walk in relationship with someone unless you are listening.
If you want to walk in a relationship with someone you have to also communicate talk.
How do we do that. We call it prayer.
ACTS - Adore, Confess, Thank, and Supply
Unfortunately, we often spell our prayer life something like S.C.A.T., because we start with supplication and spend very little time, if any, on adoration, confession, and thanksgiving.
If you want to walk with God and please God as Enoch did work on listening and communicating with God.
Keep in step with God’s spirit.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Step - conform or follow
It means to march in step with your commander so that he can lead you, step-by-step. Therefore, the Holy Spirit must be included in every move we make if we truly want him to lead us. Live based on the divine perspective of God’s Word and pray for the Spirit’s empowerment. The result will be victory over the flesh, the production of spiritual fruit.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Fruit