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Enoch Walked with God

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[Hebrews 11:5]

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.

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The Bible records many people who had beautiful faith. Among them, there are two people

who ascended to heaven without experiencing death just as Jesus ascended to heaven.

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One of them is the prophet Elijah. The prophet Elijah goes to warn the idolatrous

King Ahab, who has forsaken God.

[Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,

“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor

rain in the next few years except at my word.”] (1 Kings 17:1)

As Elijah warned, it did not rain in the land of Israel for a whopping 3 years and 6 months

from that day.

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The prophet Elijah waged a prayer war with 850 prophets of Baal and Asherah on Mount Carmel.

It was a prayer war that proved that the God who sends fire from heaven is the true God.

God answered Elijah's prayer and sent fire from heaven. God made Elijah a great victory in that war.

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God gave a special gift to the prophet Elijah, who was faithful to God.

It was to take him to heaven without experiencing his death.

The prophet Elijah ascended to heaven in the sight of his disciple Elisha.

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There is another person who ascended to heaven without dying.

This man's name is ‘Enoch’. In the order of people recorded in Genesis,

Enoch is the 7th person including Adam.

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Enoch was born when his father, Jared, was 162 years old.

He lived in those days incomparably longer than he does now.

The Bible records that Enoch's father, Jared, lived to be 962 years old.

[When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. And after he became the

father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether,

Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.] (Genesis 5:18-20)

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When Enoch was 65 years old, he had Methuselah.

Enoch's son Methuselah holds the record of the longest-lived man in the Bible.

Enoch's son Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.

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In those days when he was over 900 years old, Enoch lived a short life.

He gave birth to Methuselah at the age of 65, and lived another 300 years, and had children.

Enoch lived 365 years on this earth.

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The Bible tells us that the 300 years that Enoch lived after the birth of Methuselah was a special life.
[When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.

And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years

and had other sons and daughters.] (Genesis 5:21-22)

The Bible records that Enoch walked with God for 300 years.

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God gave a great gift to Enoch, who walked with God for 300 years.
[Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.]

(Genesis 5:24)

God allowed Enoch to ascend to heaven without seeing death.

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The meaning of walking with God is that he clearly believed in and depended on God

even though he could not see it. So Enoch walked with God all his life without leaving him.

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The New Testament book of Hebrews explains the life of Enoch in words that we can

understand well.
[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)

The Bible testifies that Enoch walked with God by faith and lived a life that was pleasing

to God.

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The book of Hebrews goes on to say that the secret to walking with God and pleasing

God is faith.

[And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.] ((Hebrews 11:6)

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The first of the secrets is that you must believe that God really exists.

Second, the Bible tells us that we must believe that God is a good God who rewards those

who seek Him.

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Enoch, a man just like us, lived with this belief for 300 years.

He was conscious of the fact that God was right by his side no matter what he did,

and he lived by obedience to his faith. Enoch was a man of God who acted according to the

good will of God by faith.

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Like Enoch, we too must live a life of walking with God.

As children of God, God is not far away. He is with us.

God the Holy Spirit within us teaches us that fact every moment.

We need to be conscious of the fact that God is with us at every moment and always depend on Him.

You must pray to him in his faith. If he prays, God will help him.

He guides us on the path that pleases God without going against the will of God. In the coming week, I hope that we will become all friends who walk with God like Enoch with clear and sure faith.

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