1. 7th lesson

2. Romans 15:4 (NKJV) 4  For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

3. 1 Corinthians 10:11 (NKJV) 11  Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

4. James 5:17...
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

6. Faith that Saves
Hebrews 10:38—12:3
Hebrews 10:38-39 (NKJV) 38  Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." 39  But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

7. Hebrews 11:1 describes it. “Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”

8. What does Faith Require?
“he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6)
Not just anything you call God!
The true God (1 Corinthians 8:5- 6)
He Described Himself (Ex. 34:6-7)

10. One word about Enoch Faith Pleased Walked No Physical death Heaven
Testimony

11. Surely one of the godliest, as well as, interesting characters who ever lived was a man named Enoch.
He is one of the only two who lived before the flood, the other being Noah, of whom it is said that he “walked with God.”
He is also one of only two individuals who never died, the other being Elijah.
Little is known about him, but the Bible reveals him to be exemplary among men and special to God.  

12. A few years ago the Star Wars craze swept our country
A few years ago the Star Wars craze swept our country. In fact, recently the movie has been remade, and remembered, with all sorts of games, memorabilia and costumes. The movie centered around a man named Luke Skywalker.
In Hebrews 11: 5, we learn that long before there was ever a Luke Skywalker, there was Enoch Skywalker. Before Luke Skywalker ever dreamed of sailing past the stars and planets and visiting far off worlds, Enoch walked with God and one day took a trip past the moon and stars right into the very presence of God.

13. As we continue our journey through the men and women of the Bible, we come to one of my own personal heroes.
He is a man named Enoch. Little is known of him, but of what we do know, we know that he was a man familiar with God, favored by God and faithful to God. His faith demonstrates a faith that sustains.

14. Enoch walked with God
Genesis 5:22-24 (NKJV) 22  After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. 23  So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24  And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

15. A Man FAMILIAR with God!
1.The first time that Enoch is found is in Genesis 5. It is there where we learn that he was a man familiar with God. In other words, as I said earlier, he is only 1 of 2 men, before the flood, of whom it was said to have “walked with God.”
2.More is said about Enoch in New Testament than in the Old Testament. He is described in 51 words in the Old and in 94 words in the New. One of the things the New Testament highlights about his life is his testimony. He had the testimony that he pleased God. Genesis 5 tells us how he pleased God. We read twice, that Enoch walked with God. You could say that his only claim to fame was that he walked with God.
3.We never read about him parting a sea, raising the dead, healing the sick, or leading an army. His entire life is summed up in the words, "He walked with God."

16. A Man FAMILIAR with God!
3.There is nothing greater that could be said about us than that we walked with God. When we are gone, people could say, "He went to the moon, he ran a large company, he was a wealthiest man that ever lived, or that he was president of the United States." But I say unto you the greatest thing that could be said of us is that you or me walked with God.
4.The greatest thing a child could say about his father, is that dad walks with God. The greatest thing a church could say about a member, is that he/she walks with God. The greatest thing the people you work with could ever say about you is that you walked with, and lived for God. As we consider Enoch’s walk with the Lord, we learn:

17. The DIRECTION of His Walk with God!
1.Look with me at Genesis 5: 22. “And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.” And, in verse 24, we read, “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
2.Again, twice we are told that Enoch “walked with God.” It is important to note that it does not say that God walked with Enoch; but, rather that Enoch “walked with God.
3.Someone might ask, “What does it mean to walk with God?” G. Campbell Morgan gave the greatest definition when he said, “Walking with God means that we are going in the same direction as God.”

18. The DIRECTION of His Walk with God!
4.Thus, we gather the idea that Enoch was going in the same direction as God. It was not that God was going in Enoch’s direction; but, Enoch was going in God’s direction.
5.If we are going to walk with God then that means that we are going to go God’s way. We will want to go where God is going, and do what God is doing. Someone has said, “Civilized man has learned how to fly, but he has lost the art of walking with God.”

19. The DURATION of His Walk with God!
1.To get an idea of how long Enoch walked with God, let’s look at verse “And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.”
2.Did you see that? Enoch walked with God for 300 years. Think about that! For 109,500 days, Enoch walked with God. It is not unusual to hear about someone who has walked with God for a few years, and then back off and eventually back out. But, what a blessing to know of someone who walked with God consistently, continuously and constantly for a number of years.
3.To gain a better understanding we must take a closer look at Enoch’s story. As a 65 year-old man God paid Mr. & Mrs. Enoch a visit one day, and gave them a son. They called his name ‘Methusaleh,’ which means, “when he shall die it shall be sent, or it shall come.” His name was in reference to the flood.

20. The DURATION of His Walk with God!
4. In other words, God was saying to Enoch that when Methusaleh died, judgment was coming. When Methusaleh died, God was going to destroy the earth with a flood. It just so happened that Methusaleh lived longer than anyone else in the Bible, a total of 969 years.
5.What a picture of the grace, mercy and longsuffering of God. God could have, and should have destroyed the earth right then, but he gave them 969 years to repent, and turn to him.
6.However, Enoch had no idea how long Methusaleh would live. He had no way of knowing if he would live 96 years, or 969 years. All that he knew was that however long Methusaleh lived was how long he had to serve God, live for God and walk with God.

21. The DURATION of His Walk with God!
7.Thus, as a 65 year-old man, Enoch began his journey of walking with God. And, he continued that journey for the next 300 years.
When we walk with the Lord, In the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way; While we do His good will, He abides with us still, And with those who will trust and obey.

22. How He LIVED in This World!
2.We read in verse 5, “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
3. A preacher was talking to a group of kids in a Sunday School Class. He was asking them question, "Why do you love God?" The best answer he got was from a young girl that said, "I don't know why I love God, preacher. I guess it just runs in my family."
4.Apparently, the matter of serving God, loving God and walking with God ran in Enoch’s family. He set the bar high in relationship to the matter of walking with God.

23. How He LIVED in This World!
5.In fact, we’re told exactly how God viewed the life that Enoch lived in this world. The writer says that Enoch’s testimony was such that “he pleased God.” The English Standard Version renders the phrase, “He was commended as having been pleasing to God.”
6.What a testimony! I can’t think of any greater way to be remembered than having it said of you or I that we pleased God. You may have everything money can buy; but, you should desire the one thing money cannot buy; and, that is a life pleasing to the Lord.
7.Enoch carried an unusual testimony. He pleased God. That is significant considering the type of day in which Enoch lived. We will see, in a few moments, that Jude described Enoch’s day as “ungodly,” wicked and corrupt. Yet, in the midst of a generation that displeased God, Enoch continued to please God.

24. How He LIVED in This World!
8.However, he also carried a unique testimony. We read that he had “THIS testimony, that he pleased God.” It doesn’t say that Enoch had “A” testimony; but, rather that Enoch had “THIS” testimony.
9.Every Christian has “A” testimony. In other words, every Christian can tell of where God brought them from and what God has done for them. But, while every Christian has “A” testimony, not every Christian has “THIS” testimony.
10.That is, not every Christian is able to say that their life pleases God. Not every Christian can lay claim to the unusual, and unique testimony of Enoch.

25. How He LEFT from This World!
1.God’s pleasure was extended to Enoch in a very significant way. In fact, what happened to Enoch only happened to one other man in the Bible, named Elijah. God allowed Enoch to miss death.
2.We’re told in verse 5 that, By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him.” In other words, God gave Enoch a permission slip to miss out on an appointment with death.
3.First, there is Enoch’s transformation. We are told that he was “translated that he should not see death.” The word ‘translated’ is a music term. It literally means, “to transpose from a lower key to a higher key.”

26. How He LEFT from This World!
4.In other words, one day, God transformed, translated and transposed Enoch from the low key of this world to the high key of another world.
5.However, we not only see Enoch’s transformation, but Enoch’s location. We are told that he “was not.” That is a strange description. Yet, that perfectly describes Enoch’s location.
6.In the ’s we learned of ‘astronauts.’ In the ’s we became acquainted with ‘cosmonauts.’ However, Enoch was neither an astronaut, nor a cosmonaut. He was a “was not.”

27. How He LEFT from This World!
7.Enoch walked with God for 300 years. Finally, one day after walking with God, God must have said, “Enoch, you’re closer to my home than your home. So, just come on home with me!” Thus, when they begin to look for Enoch, they couldn’t find him. He was a “was not,” who had been transposed from this life to the next life.
8.Yet, thank God, Enoch is a picture of what will happen to every believer who is alive when Jesus returns. In the moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God, we will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord Jesus.
9.We also will become “was not’s” who have been translated from the low key of this world, to the high key of another world.

28. The final time Enoch is mentioned is in the little epistle of Jude
The final time Enoch is mentioned is in the little epistle of Jude. In two verses, 14-15, we find man whose life was marked by his faithfulness to God. We see:
Jude 1:14-15 (NKJV)  Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,  to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

29. His Faithfulness REVEALED!
1.Enoch’s faithfulness is revealed, first, in his birth. We read in verse 14 that Enoch was the “seventh from Adam.” That is significant because it reminds us that the godly line was restored through Enoch.
2.When Cain rose up and slew his brother Able, the godly line was destroyed. Through the process of time, the plan and purpose of God was continued by the birth of Seth. The name Seth means, “he is appointed.” Enoch was the great, great, great, great, great-grandson of Seth. Thus, God appointed Seth to restore the godly line, and to bring Enoch through that line. God had a will, a way, and a work specifically for Enoch.

30. His Faithfulness REVEALED!
3.However, the faithfulness of Enoch is not only revealed in his birth, but by his behavior. We read in verse 14, that Enoch “prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.” In verse 15, we read, “To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly 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.”
4.The word “ungodly” is used 4 times to speak of the day in which Enoch lived. In fact, Enoch lived in the days preceding the flood, which were days filled with wickedness, corruption and ungodliness.

31. His Faithfulness REWARDED!
1.I believe that we see the faithfulness of Enoch rewarded in our text of Hebrews 11:5. Again, because of familiarity with God, his favor by God, and his faithfulness to God, Enoch received a benefit only rewarded to one other man, Elijah.
2.Because he honored God with his life, God honored him by not allowing him to see death. God gave him a personal escort to the glory-world, not by way of a casket, but by way of a cloud.
3.We often think of our spiritual rewards in terms of prosperity, possessions and prominence. However, a life lived for the glory of God is its own reward.
4.What an example Enoch has lain before us. May we seek his familiarity with God, his favor by God, and his faithfulness to God. And, may God give us the faith of Enoch: a faith that sustains!