1. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks Enoch Walked With God Implications of His Walk Consequences of His Walk Questions About the Walk

2. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
The walk (way) of Cain
Depraved by nature because he was descended from fallen parents
Sinner by choice and deed
Rejecter of God’s implementation of grace
Produces an ungodly line of descendants who become more and more depraved

3. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
The walk (way) of Seth
Seth means “appointed one.”
Seth also was a depraved sinner.
Seth received God’s grace and “people began to call upon the name of the Lord.”
“and he died”…“and he died”…“and he died”…

4. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
“This is the book (sepher) of the generations (toledoth) of Adam.”
All other references talk “of generations.”
This could be an actual book – Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:11-15.

5. Malachi 3:16 (NASB)
16  Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

6. Revelation 20: (NASB)
11  Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
12  And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

7. 13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
14  Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15  And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

8. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
“This is the book (sepher) of the generations (toledoth) of Adam.”
All other references talk “of generations.”
This could be an actual book – Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:11-15.
Phrase found in one other place – Matt 1:1

9. Matthew 1:1 (ESV)
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

10. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
“This is the book (sepher) of the generations (toledoth) of Adam.”
All other references talk “of generations.”
This could be an actual book – Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:11-15.
Phrase found in one other place – Matt 1:1
Adam’s book is the Book of Death.
Jesus’ book is the Lamb’s Book of Life.
This is also the line of grace!

11. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Two Walks
Lessons from the genealogy
God is a personal and caring God.
There is a remnant of godly individuals in an ungodly world.
There seem to be family relationships to this godly heritage.
God is always faithful!

12. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Enoch Walked With God
What do we know about Enoch from scripture – Genesis 5:21-24; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 14-15?

13. Hebrews 11:5 (ESV)
5  By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

14. Jude (ESV)
14  It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
15  to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

15. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Enoch Walked With God
What do we know about Enoch from scripture – Genesis 5:21-24; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 14-15?
Seventh from Adam
Preacher of righteousness
The Lord is coming in judgment.
Denunciation of ungodliness
Enoch walked with God.
Enoch pleased God.

16. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Implications of His Walk
Enoch’s walk with God implies
Reconciliation – Amos 3:3

17. Amos 3:3 (ESV)
3  “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?

18. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Implications of His Walk
Enoch’s walk with God implies
Reconciliation – Amos 3:3
Corresponding nature – Light versus Dark
Moral integrity – 1 John 1:6-7

19. 1 John 1:6-7 (ESV)
6  If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

20. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Implications of His Walk
Enoch’s walk with God implies
Reconciliation – Amos 3:3
Corresponding nature – Light versus Dark
Moral integrity – 1 John 1:6-7
Spiritual communion – steady progress
What was the cause of these things?
“he pleased God” … How?
By faith – Hebrews 11:6

21. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Consequences of His Walk
What were the results of this kind of faith?
Forward progress of a growth in grace
A growth in the knowledge of the Lord
A deep, settled joy and peace
A witness for the Lord

22. Walking With God Genesis 5:21-27
Questions About His Walk
When did this walk begin?
At the birth of his first child – Methuselah
When did it end?
He lived 365 years (one day = one year)
How did Enoch leave?
He was “translated” (not experiencing death), becoming a type of those who will experience the same thing at the second coming of Christ.