Enoch’s Amazing Walk

ENOCH’S AMAZING WALK

Genesis 5:21-24

INTRODUCTION

A. HUMOR: BIBLE RIDDLES

1. Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth? A. Ruthless.

2. Q. What do they call pastors in Germany? A. German Shepherds.

3. Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.

4. Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible? A. Pharaoh's daughter. She went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out a little prophet.

5. Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible? A. Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden in a Fury. David's Triumph was heard throughout the land. Also, there was a Honda, because the apostles were all in one Accord.

6. Q. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible? A. Samson. He brought the house down.

7. Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to why he no longer lived in Eden? A. “Your mother ate us out of house and home.”

B. SCRIPTURES

1. “When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. And after[ward]...Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters....Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” Gen. 5:21-25

2. “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.” Hebrews 11:5

C. EARLY REVELATIONS ABOUT GOD. Enoch is called the seventh from Adam (Jude 1:14), to distinguish him from the other Enoch of the line of Cain, who was the third from Adam. God manifested portions of the truth about Himself through the earliest godly fathers. Truths such as:

1. Through Abel God taught the need of approaching the Lord with sacrifice, the need of atonement by blood. Abel’s lamb upon the altar was accepted by God when Cain’s bloodless sacrifice was refused.

2. Through Seth and Enos God taught the necessity of our confession of our faith and of assembling for worship. In their days “men began to call upon the name of the Lord.”

3. Then came Enoch whose life went beyond atonement and confession. God used Enoch to teach the great truth of communion with God. Enoch showed us how we may be united with God in our spiritual being.

4. Church, have you, like Abel, claimed your sacrificial Lamb, trusting in Jesus’ precious blood for the forgiveness of your sins? Have you confessed Him? Are you endeavoring to walk with God as Enoch did?

D. THESIS

1. Today we’re looking at what Enoch’s walking with God implied and then look at 6 aspects of a walk with God.

2. The title of this message is “Enoch’s Amazing Walk.”

I. WHAT IS MEANT BY ENOCH’S WALKING WITH GOD?

A. HE WAS PLEASING TO GOD

1. The Book of Hebrews tells us that Enoch walked with God because he was pleasing to God. Now Enoch was a normal person; he made mistakes and sinned from time to time (The Bible says, “ALL have sinned”).

2. This means that Enoch needed pardon and cleansing, and his sins had to be atoned for, just like ours. Ps. 5:4, “You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; with You the wicked cannot dwell.”

B. ENOCH HAD EXPERIENTIAL FAITH

1. Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” It wasn’t Enoch’s marvelous achievements that made him pleasing to God, but his faith. It was the same faith which saved the dying thief, and Mary Magdalene, and even doubting Thomas.

2. You can’t walk with a person unless you’re convinced He exists. Hebrews says, “He that comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”

3. Enoch didn’t simply believe in a religion or a creed; rather, he had a “know-so” salvation. Faith is the “substance” of things hoped for. Enoch came to know God by experimental knowledge. He sought God and found Him. Jer. 29:13, “You shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart.”

C. HE AND GOD CONVERSED

1. As Enoch walked with God, he conversed with the Most High. What a wonderful time of sharing takes place when a person takes a walk with their friend! Day by day they walk the fields and climb the hills together; what a joyous fellowship there is. One shares his/her trouble, and the Lord consoles us. They share their secrets. They develop the close familiarity of friends.

2. But will God actually walk with humans this way? Yes, He did so with Enoch, and He’s done so with many people since. This is the root and sweetness of the Christian experience. Ps. 34:8 says, “O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusts in Him.”