Well, we started looking at the
early chapters of Genesis a couple of weeks ago. We're looking for
confirmation of what our Lord told us, that the Scriptures,
all of them, they testify of Him. That's their purpose. That's
the purpose of the Bible from start to finish, is to testify
of Christ. It's to tell His people that
in Christ they're made right with God. Most people I know
regard the early chapters of Genesis, most religious people
regard the early chapters of Genesis as myth. But the true
child of God regards them as absolutely, literally true and
absolute foundational truth. If you're wrong about these initial
chapters of Genesis, you'll be wrong about everything. If you're
wrong about the fall of Adam, you'll be wrong about it all.
All the rest, you really will. This is foundational truth. In
these early chapters, we see the nature and character of our
God laid out clearly before us. We see the nature and vileness
of sin laid out before us. We see righteousness, true righteousness,
and where it's found. We see justice established and
how it's established. We see salvation set forth right
at the very beginning. You talk to most religious people
who know nothing of the true gospel, and they'll tell you
the Old Testament is all about getting right with God by works,
and the New Testament, God changed his mind and sent Jesus to be
the saviour of those who accept him into their hearts. Absolute
lies, nothing could be further from the truth. This is all showing
the people of God, God's way of salvation. We see how we ended
up with the society that we've got today, through the fall.
You see in these early chapters, in chapter four you see the first
murder committed, when Cain murdered his brother. What did he murder
him for? Religion. What religion? False religion
of man, compared with the true religion of the elect of God,
which looks to Christ. And because he looked to Christ,
Cain murdered his brother. Hatred rose up within him, and
as Jesus said, if you believe the gospel of grace, he said,
a man's enemies will be those of his own household. That's
awful, isn't it? But it's true. Our Lord Jesus
Christ said it. That's true. We see the development
of sinful mankind in Genesis chapter 4. You see, in the period
of time covered by these chapters, we don't know how long that period
of time was, but there were generations and generations and there were
many, many, many children born. And that incredibly rich gene
pool that was Adam and Eve in the creation of God, was dispersed,
and they were marrying and giving in marriage, and the population
was rising, rising dramatically, they were covering the face of
the earth. And even though sinful mankind
is increasing, God always preserves himself a witness. Look at the
end of chapter 4, verses 25 and 26. We don't know how many children
they'd had, But it says, And Adam knew his
wife again, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For
God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
whom Cain slew. So there is another son. And
to Seth, to him also there was born a son. You see how many
years are encompassed in just that one phrase. He was born,
and then the very next phrase, and to Seth, to him also there
was born a son, and he called his name Enos. Now look at this
statement. Then began men to call upon the
name of the Lord. In the midst of this wicked generation,
which had which had rejected the rule of God. And why did
they do it? Because they were the children
of Adam. That's why they did it. In Adam all die. In Adam
all sin. They took on them the sinful
nature that came from Adam. And in the midst of it, men started
to call upon the name of the Lord. That means that those men,
and women, that means that those people were true believers. Those people were saved people. How do I know? Paul writes, the
Holy Spirit tells us, Romans 10 verse 13, for whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. These men called
upon the name of the Lord. They were saved. What does that
mean to be saved? It means that they were saved
from the certain destruction caused by their sin under the
justice of God. They were saved because somebody
had paid the penalty, had paid the debt on their behalf. They
were saved. Whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved. Not because of their calling,
but because of the one who did the saving and brought them to
call upon the name of the Lord. And what's the name of the Lord?
What name did they call upon? Did they call upon the God of
Islam? Or the God of Hinduism? Or the God of Buddhism? Or the
God of the no end of false Christianity, the God of Catholicism or the
God of high Anglican, did they call, is that the, is it all
the same God as they say? No, no, no, no, not at all. Acts chapter 4 verse 10, Peter
tells us, the Holy Spirit tells us, via Peter. It's the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. For he says to those Pharisees
and rulers, he says, there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved. They began to call
upon the name of the Lord. They began to call upon the Lord
Jesus Christ. Did they use that name? Probably
not. But did they know who they meant?
They meant God who would come in human flesh to redeem them. from their sins. They knew about
a Redeemer. God had shown them a Redeemer.
God had killed animals to clothe Adam and Eve. They knew the gospel
of God's grace. Abel's sacrifice was accepted
because it looked to Christ. They looked to Christ. They looked
to the Messiah. They looked to the appointed
one, the holy one of God, who would come and bear their sins
that they might be made the righteousness of God in Him and thereby be
saved for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved. You see, it's there. The Gospel
is there in these early chapters of Genesis. These chapters testify
of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Gospel of His grace. This
is the name, the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah,
is the name upon whom Adam called, upon whom Abel called, upon whom
Seth called, and those that came from him, looking forward to
the promise, confident that redemption's price would be paid for them
on the basis of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world
as the last book of the Bible tells us Revelation 13 8 It's
the same name that we call upon today. We call upon the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ because we know, as we've been singing
in these hymns, what are these hymns about? Why are they so
gracious and so full of the truth of God? Because they're about
Christ and his redeeming love and his accomplishments of shedding
his blood on Calvary to save his people from their sins and
make them the righteousness of God in him. That's why we sing
these hymns. That's why there's such a glory
and such a joy to the hearts of his believing people. with the internet message and
the parts of the service and I often get messages from people
saying that these hymns in themselves are such a blessing to their
souls, just the words of them are just such a blessing to their
souls because they speak of Christ and they speak of Christ because
the scriptures testify of him. Now I want to look This morning
with you at Genesis chapter 5 verses 18 to 24. Verses 18 to 24 of
Genesis chapter 5 because here we see Enoch. This man Enoch
who testifies of Christ. Let's read these verses. Chapter
5 verse 18. And Jared lived an hundred sixty
and two years and he begat Enoch And Jared lived, after he begat
Enoch, 800 years and begat sons and daughters. Can I just make
a point? You know, you read about these incredibly long lifespans
that men and women had in these days, and people would say, well,
that just proves it's a myth, doesn't it? No, it doesn't, not
at all. Do you have trouble believing
that? I don't have the slightest trouble believing that. You know,
it's only after the flood that the lifespan of man came down
to three score years and ten, as it says, about. You know,
the kind of somewhere, the typical lifespan being somewhere between
fifty and a hundred years, typically. You know, there's always exceptions,
but it's only after the flood that that happened. These people
lived a long time, and you know all the striving of certain quirky
branches of medicine to try and get people to live incredibly
long periods of time now, would say that there's always been
this kind of feeling that there ought to be the capacity to live
long periods of time. Anyway, that's just an aside.
Enoch, Jared lived 800 years after he begat Enoch and begat
sons and daughters, many, many sons and daughters. And all the
days of Jared were 960 and two years and he died. And Enoch
lived sixty and five years and begat Methuselah. Methuselah
was the one that lived the longest. And Enoch, now this is it, Enoch
walked with God. After he begat Methuselah, three
hundred years and begat sons and daughters. And all the days
of Enoch, he didn't live very long, did he? Three hundred and
sixty-five years. A year for every day of the year.
365 years were the days of Enoch, and Enoch walked with God, and
he was not. Do you read, you know, when you
read these early chapters, you know, God said, in the day that
you eat thereof to Adam and Eve, you shall surely die. And we
read, and Adam lived, and he died. Look down at this chapter,
verse 8, and he died. Verse 11, and he died. Verse
14, and he died. Verse 17, and he died. Verse
20, and he died. But Enoch didn't die. He was
not, for God took him. Enoch was not, for God took him. Enoch lived in a godless generation,
just like the one that we're living in. You know, things do
wax worse and worse from time to time, and I don't think there
are many people would doubt that in so many ways and they say
what a wonderful society we now live in and look how politically
incorrect TV comedy was 30 years ago, oh how dreadful, what a
dreadful age to live in and yet in actual fact in terms of morals
and honesty things have degenerated and waxed so much worse and worse
but in another sense The generation that Enoch lived in when he walked
with God was so similar to that of today. I'm sure Enoch was
very much in a minority. He was very much on his own,
like Noah was after him, standing against a wicked generation.
We read in the little epistle of Jude, the next to the last
book of the Bible, that just a few verses, 20 or so verses,
in the 14th verse, Jude says this, talking about those that
pervert the truth of God. And he says that it was exactly
like that for Enoch. Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these that pervert the truth of God, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints to
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are among
them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed,
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken
against him." Enoch lived in a generation which is just as
ungodly as the one that we live in. Nobody, nobody, it seemed,
sought the worship of God, sought the truth of God, sought the
service of God. He lived in a generation, don't
think for one minute because it's here in Genesis 5, it was
inherently better than now. He lived in a generation which
was just as God-rejecting as the generation in which we live.
They may have been more ready to acknowledge the existence
of God, but the very devils believe, and tremble, the very devils
believe, says James, you know, you say you believe in God, well
done, the devils believe, even the devils do that, but they
tremble at what they know. No, there might have been more
acknowledgement of the existence of God than there is in the society
we live in today, but in terms of rightness with God, it was
no better than today. Genesis chapter 6, just turn
over there in the account of Noah. Genesis chapter 6 and verse
5. You see, this is what it was
like in Enoch's day. This is where it was heading
in Enoch's day. And God saw that the wickedness
of man was great in the earth. That wickedness is not just wicked
deeds, it's that which is the root of wicked deeds, which is
the root the root of wicked deeds is sinful unbelief of God. That's
it. Always, that's where it comes
from. Sinful unbelief of God. That's what wickedness fundamentally
is. The wickedness of man was great
in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil, continually. Was only contrary to the things
and the ways and the praise and the glory of God, continually. Enoch was in a minority. Enoch
was in a tiny minority. We don't know how many were with
him. There wouldn't be very many. He was in a tiny minority. You
know, again, when we get to Noah, we'll see. You know how many?
We've said it often, haven't we? There were no two, four,
six. There are more of us here in
this little gathering than were with Noah in that ark when God
swept them all away. There are more of us in this
little gathering than there were, you know, don't think for one
minute that because it's in the early chapters of Genesis there
were hordes and hordes of people following God. He was in a minority.
He was in a minority. It's always been the case. Those
who will seek the truth of God, you're gonna plow a lonely furrow.
You are going to plow a lonely furrow. It's a narrow way that
leads to life. The broad way leads to destruction. It's a narrow way that leads
to life. In that lonely situation, Hebrews
11 verse 5 tells us this, that before his translation and I'll
tell you what that means in a minute, before his translation, Enoch
had this testimony that he pleased God. His translation was his
removal from the earth, from this realm of physical existence,
to existence in eternal glory without going through death. And why did God do that? to demonstrate
that for his people he is the resurrection and the life and
that whosoever believes in him though he die yet shall he live. Graphically demonstrated in Enoch
he was translated from this realm from this world into eternity
without dying and he had this testimony those around him who
rejected his doctrine They said, well, we cannot deny the fact
that Enoch walks with God and that Enoch pleases God. People
knew that Enoch was committed to his God, was committed to
his Redeemer, was committed to his Messiah, to his Christ. And
Enoch pleased God, it says. Enoch pleased God. Well, he must
have been a good chap, mustn't he? He must have been an extra
special sort of person who was so good at living that everything
that God required him to do he did and got a big tick in the
box and he's now there in glory. He lived his life progressively
getting more and more holy. you know, as he went on. And
he got to, it didn't take him long, he got to 365 years old,
only a third of the life of most of the others around him, he
got to 365 years old and he got so progressively sanctified that
God said, you're good enough now, you can come to heaven.
Is that not the doctrine that's taught in so many places? You
know, the believer's rule of life is the law of God for sanctification,
and the more sanctified we get, the more prepared we get to heaven,
and we get ourselves into a state where God says, yeah, you're
good enough now, you can come in now, you've lived a good enough
life now. Is that what it means? Not in
the slightest. Enoch was a sinner. Enoch was
a child of Adam. In Adam, all die. Why do all
die in Adam? For this is the testimony, all
have sinned, all have sinned. Enoch stands with all humanity
in having sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. When the
scripture says there is none righteous, no not one, don't
you think it would have said except Enoch? if that had been
the case, that Enoch was pleasing to God because he was righteous
in himself, he says, no, there is none righteous, no, not one. He was as all in his fleshly
nature, as the Psalmist says, he was like all of us, estranged
from the womb from the things of God. From the things of God,
estranged from the moment we're born, estranged. They go astray
as soon as they be born, speaking lies. That's what it says. That's
the scriptures verdict of us in our sin. And in our flesh,
in the flesh in the bodies in which we live Romans 8 verse
8 if we're living in the flesh with no thought of the spirit
of the things of God it says they that are in the flesh cannot
please God Enoch was a man of flesh and like Adam he was a
sinner but they that are in the flesh cannot please God yet Enoch
pleased God There was only one man in flesh, truly, only one
man in flesh who pleased God in his inherent nature, only
one man. The Word, who was God, who was
made flesh. He pleased God. How many times,
I don't know, it's recorded in the different gospel accounts,
but at least twice, at least at the baptism and then again
on the Mount of Transfiguration. The voice came from heaven, this
is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him. He is
the one in whom I am well pleased. Why? because our Lord Jesus Christ
was not a child of Adam. He wasn't. He was conceived of
the Holy Ghost. Do you believe in the virgin
birth? Oh, it's not necessary to believe in such myths as that.
It's absolutely necessary. If your Lord Jesus Christ was
not born of a virgin, conceived of the Holy Ghost, he's not a
suitable saviour. Because he's tainted with the
sin of Adam. And he needs, like those Old Testament priests,
to make sacrifice for his own sin before he can make an atonement
for anyone else. No. No, he was not born of man,
he was made of woman. Made of a woman, conceived of
the Holy Ghost. He was holy, harmless, undefiled,
fully man, yet without a sinful nature. Tempted in all points
as we are, yet without sin. So how did Enoch please God if
there was only that one ever? 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse
1 says this Paul writing to the Thessalonians he implores them
he says we beseech you brethren and exhort you by the Lord Jesus
that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and
to please God so you would abound more and more the expectation
of Paul, of those to whom he was writing, is that they would
please God. How do we do that? How did Enoch
please God? How did those that are his people
please God? There's a false view, rampant,
in religion. I remember when we were struggling
under legalistic preaching. and this preaching was really
weighing down. Week after week after week, legalistic
preaching. You know, the way to please God
and be right with God. And I remember somebody saying
to my wife, but surely you want to please God, don't you? Surely
you want to please God. Don't you want to please God?
The implication being, by doing those things that were being
taught, you know, that you give up this and you start doing that
and that you don't go there and that you start doing all of this
with your money and you, you know, that by those things you
please God. They that are in the flesh cannot
please God. That's legalism. The scripture
tells us how Enoch pleased God. Turn over to Hebrews chapter
11 and verses 5 and 6. Hebrews chapter 11 verses 5 and
6 okay by faith Enoch was translated
that he should not see death that's what translation he was
taken straight to glory by faith Enoch was translated that he
should not see death And was not found. They looked for him,
but they couldn't find him. Because God had translated him.
For before his translation, he had this testimony. that he pleased
God. Now how did he do that? Verse
6, but without faith it is impossible to please him. Without faith
it is impossible to please him, for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is and that he is a rewarder, he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him. Without faith it is impossible
to please God. It wasn't Enoch's conduct that
pleased God, it was Enoch's faith that pleased God. Or rather,
don't get the idea that it was Enoch's faith as a work that
he did that pleased God, it was the object of Enoch's faith that
pleased God. It was his son coming in the
place of sinful flesh to redeem those who were under the law.
It was that that pleased God. It was his beloved son. And why
Enoch pleased God was because he looked to the only one that
pleased God. And if you are pleasing to God,
it is only for this reason that you look to the only one that
ever pleased God. The One who paid the sin debt
of His people with His precious blood, the One who gave over,
made over His righteousness to His people, He who knew no sin,
was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of
God in Him. And in giving you new life to
believe, He gives righteous desires imparted by God's Spirit And
we are made the righteousness by the faith of Jesus Christ,
the righteousness of God in Him and therefore pleasing to Him
for that reason alone. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 7, how
do we live? We walk, we live by faith and
not by sight. We live by what we see with the
eye of spiritual life, spiritual sight that the Holy Spirit gives.
That's what we look at We're made righteous before God's justice
on the basis of the doing and dying of a substitute. And the
mark of that righteousness is faith, to believe it. Without
faith it is impossible to please God. Without faith it is impossible. When Jesus was speaking about
how hard it would be for a man who was rich and he wasn't meaning
just somebody who was rich, Abraham was rich in possessions he was
talking about somebody who was rich in terms of his own righteousness
and worth before God and he said it is harder for a rich man to
pass through the eye of a needle Sorry, it's harder for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man. One rich
with his own self-righteousness to enter heaven. And they said,
Lord, it's then impossible to be saved. And Jesus said, yes,
what's impossible with man? You're right, it is impossible
with man. But with God, all things are possible. How? How? on the
basis of what faith looks to. On the basis of the sacrifice
of his son that faith looks to. How do you and I please God? By looking to Christ. By looking
to him. By looking to the faithfulness
of Jesus Christ in accomplishing all he has accomplished. And
we're told Enoch walked with God. Enoch walked with God. As a sinner, Enoch, no doubt
as a sinner, he sinned daily. He's amongst the non-righteous,
no not one, in the flesh, in and of himself. In his flesh,
it was impossible for him to please God, but by faith, he
pleased God, looking to Christ. He sinned daily, but the general
tenor of his life was lived through the lens of faith, looking to
Jesus, who is the author and finisher of our faith. That's
how he lived his life. Yes, he was a sinner, he sinned
every day, but he lived his life walking with God. What does that
mean? Believing God. trusting God, looking to Christ,
committed to Christ, committed to the cause and the salvation
of Christ. It wasn't something academic
that he got out and, you know, tumbled over in his mind for
an hour on a Sunday morning and then forgot about. It was his
whole life. He walked with God. He believed
Christ. Faith, looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of our faith. And he was saved Like all saved
sinners, how are all sinners saved? We all start, as Ephesians
chapter 2 tells us, dead in trespasses and sins. Not, well they're mostly
dead, but one or two of them have got glimmers of life and
they start to hear and they do a good work. No, everyone, dead
by nature, dead in trespasses and sins, but by grace. made
alive by the gift of God. For by grace are you saved. What's grace? It's nothing to
do with works. It's completely incompatible
with works. It's the complete opposite of
works. Grace are you saved. And the
means? Through faith. Where did you
get it? Good chap that has faith. No,
not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. The gift
of God. You're given faith to see what
the natural man cannot see. The natural man cannot see the
things, can't receive the things of the Spirit of God. They're
foolishness to him. Neither can he know them, for they're spiritually
discerned. But God gives spiritual discernment
to his people. and were saved by grace to see
the things of Christ and have his redeeming love and have his
precious blood shed for his people to make us the righteousness
of God in him, to give us a hope, to give us a lively hope and
this walking that Enoch did was living, living life, believing
God. Turn to Colossians chapter 3
and the first four verses. What is it to live? your life
walking with God, live your life believing God. Colossians chapter
3 and the first four verses, Paul writes this, if ye then
be risen with Christ, he means if you're a believer, if you're
one of Christ's sheep, one of his people, for if you are one
of his people, then you're united with him. You're united with
him in his life, you're united with him in his death, you're
united with him in his resurrection, you're as united with him as
marriage was intended to illustrate in this life, where Paul says,
so should a man love his wife as Christ loved the church, and
he says, but I speak not about a man and a woman, I'm really
speaking about Christ and his church, united with him. So if
you be risen with him, means if you're in him, when he accomplished
your redemption on the cross of Calvary. If that's you, then
how would you live? How would you walk with God?
Seek those things which are above. Where Christ sitteth, on the
right hand of God, set your affection, what things are dear to you in
this life? Yes, we There's family, there's
friends, there's acquaintances, there's the things we do, there's
the things... All things that have a certain
affection to us and a comfort to us. But above all else, set
your affection on things above. This is what it is to walk with
God. Not on things on the earth. For why? For all practical purposes,
you are dead. You are dead with Christ, you
are crucified with Christ. Nevertheless you live, yet not
I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live
in the flesh, I live by the faith of Jesus Christ, who loved me.
and gave himself for me." That's what it is. You're dead. Your
life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,
he is our life, shall appear, which he will, then shall you
also appear with him in glory. This is living life communing
with God. It's living life hearing his
word. Paul puts it in Philippians 3,
talking about singing in your heart with psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, giving praise to God. Hearing his word, praying,
seeking his guidance in all situations. Knowing this, you know like Nehemiah
went before the king who could have had him killed there and
then if he didn't look happy in his presence. And he says,
this great potentate says to Nehemiah, you look sad in my
presence. That was a sentence of death for most. You look sad
in my presence. And what did Nehemiah do? Lord,
help me. Show me what to say. Teach me
what to say. Guide me here. Just in an instance. He lived. He looked to Christ. He looked to his God. He lived
walking with God. Even in that situation. And this
is how believers walk with God. We live our lives communing with
him. Committed to Christ. Ambitious
to know him more. Paul was an ambitious man. Read
Philippians 3. He was ambitious. What was he
ambitious for? To know Christ more. That I might
know Him. That I might be found in Him.
Not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that
which is of the faith of Jesus Christ. To be found in Him. Come
the day of judgment to be found in Christ, when we must all stand
before the judgment seat of Christ, what an awesome day that will
be, but for those who are in Christ, those who are found in
Christ, what a glorious day that will be. No, this is walking
with God, and He is a rewarder. God, that Hebrews 11 verse 6
tells us, God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
It's walking is living by faith, not sight. It's soul sight, not
eye sight by which we live. Whatever our lot is in life. You know, you say, well it's
all right for such and such a people there. No, whatever our lot is
in life, whether you're in the, you know, your life seems to
be mapped out in front of you and there's everything to do,
well yeah, good, in that situation, living for Christ, living with
Him, walking with God. Whether you're in the middle
of life and you're progressing your career or whatever else
it is that you do, all these legitimate things, whether you're
raising a family, whether you're making a home, whether you're
in a retired state, whether you know that you're in the later
years of your life, whatever it is, walking with God, walking
in the way, not the way that seems right to a man, the ends
thereof as Proverb tells us is death, the end of it, those ways
that seem right to a man, there's a way that seems right to a man
but the end thereof is death, but walking in the way who is
the way, the truth, and the life, the Lord Jesus Christ. Not condemned,
Romans 8.1, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not Walk not in the flesh, but in the spirit. Not
walking in the flesh, but in the spirit. Fulfilling, as Romans
8, verse 4 says, fulfilling the righteousness of the law in walking
not after the flesh, but after the... How do you please God?
How do you fulfill the righteousness of the law? Not by walking after
the flesh and trying to do it in the strength of the flesh.
but after the Spirit, looking by faith to God's Son, who in
the likeness of sinful flesh condemned sin in the flesh, sanctified
in Him, made holy in God's reckoning, made holy in Christ Who alone
is the believer's sanctification? For of God, He is made unto us,
wisdom from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. What's the highest level of sanctification
to which you can attain in this life? I'll tell you, it's the
faith of Jesus Christ. It's trusting Him. It's looking
to Him. It's believing in Him. There's nothing else that you
can do. There's no works of the law that you can do that you
can make you more sanctified. Not in the slightest. Every believer
has that level of sanctification in believing the Lord Jesus Christ. In trusting. In walking with
God. The thief on the cross was fully
sanctified. How long did he live to do works
of righteousness? How long did he live to give
alms to the poor? How long did he live to not cuss
and swear and not get drunk. How long did he live to do all
those things that people say make us sanctified? He didn't.
He was nailed there. Couldn't do a thing with his
hands and feet. He was nailed on a cross, yet he was fully
sanctified in believing. Lord, remember me. This day shall
you be with me in paradise. And because of that, he was pleasing
to God. And finally, quickly, where did
Enoch's walk end? It ended in heaven. Genesis 5,
24. Enoch walked with God and he
was not for God took him. Hebrews 11, 5. Enoch was translated
that he should not see death and was not found because God
had translated him. There was no dead body to bury.
No dead body to bury. Do you know, think about this,
I think I'm right, I'm sure someone will correct me if I've forgotten
something, but the remains of every man and woman who have
ever lived on this earth can be found somewhere except for
three. Right? So whether you've died
and you're buried in the ground and you return to dust, your
skeletons decayed and you return to dust, or whether you were
cremated and there's some ashes left and most of it's gone up
in smoke into the atmosphere, whatever, there are remains of
everyone that has ever lived, except for three. One was Enoch,
one was Elijah, who was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire,
and the other? Our Lord Jesus Christ. our Lord Jesus Christ. You know even Lazarus who was
raised from the dead continued to live and then he died again
and he's now dust. Somewhere there are molecules
that were Lazarus. Somewhere, somewhere there are.
Somewhere of everybody, but not those three. Enoch, Elijah, and
our Lord Jesus Christ. And it's proving to us, it's
proving the truth of life after death. By translating Enoch,
at 365 years old, he was not found because God had translated
him. They looked for him and they couldn't find him. His translation
from life to immediate presence of God in glory demonstrates
to us that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
him. Everyone knew Enoch walked with God and testified to the
gospel of his grace and he was taken directly and they couldn't
find him because there was nobody left. He has this testimony to
us believers. This is the testimony of Enoch.
Keep going. Keep looking, keep trusting,
keep walking with God. Your body will most likely die,
most likely, and return to dust. It's the lot of most of us. Those
that are alive when Christ comes again will be taken straight
up to meet him in the air. But those of us that live and die
in this realm, your body will die and you'll return to dust.
But your soul life, see what the scripture says, ye are dead.
and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our
life, shall appear, then, you know, Enoch's the testimony of
it, then shall you appear with him in glory. Only those, now
this is the serious point, this is the conclusion, only those
who walk with God, and how do you do that? By faith in Christ
in this life. Only those who walk with God
in this life as Enoch did will live with God in heavenly glory.