Hebrews Chapter Eleven
ENOCH-
Verses 5,6 Heb 11:5 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.
Heb 11:6 But 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 of them that diligently seek
him.
Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred
sixty and five years:
Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for
God took him.
A. Enoch was a prophet.
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh
with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 1:15 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.
From where did he get his information? He walked with
God.
1. To walk BEFORE God denotes
holiness.
Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I
am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2. To walk AFTER God denotes
obedience.
2 Ki 23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a
covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to
keep his commandments and his testimonies and his
statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to
perform the words of this covenant that were written in
this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
3. To walk WITH God speaks of
fellowship.
Rev 3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which
have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk
with me in white: for they are worthy.
What is involved in Fellowship?
a. Agreement.
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be
agreed?
b. It denotes a common goal.
Working toward the same end.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls.
To answer the question, "What is the goal?" we only
need to know the purpose of Christ. HE sets the agenda,
not us.
c. To fail in this is to walk
contrary which is to part company with him. Heb
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
d. False teachers CANNOT walk
in fellowship with Christ.
Eph 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles
walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Eph 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance
that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart:
Eph 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves
over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness.
Eph 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
e. Fellowship with Christ
necessitates fellowship with all others who are in
fellowship with Him.
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
f. This tells us a walk with Christ
MUST be in the light of the Word..
Psa 119:105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.
g. It is a joy-filled walk.
Psa 55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked
unto the house of God in company. [a happy crowd.]
h. It is a safe walk.
Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Psa 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the
living.
i. It need end only when He calls us
home. If in rapture or in death, what matters it as long
as we are with Him?
j. It MUST begin at the cross.
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