Adam, Enoch, Noah & Others

Read Genesis 5

As we read about the descendants from Adam to Noah, we encounter great men with long lives. In the midst of the Patriarchs, we find one that shines even brighter. Enoch’s story is a bit different. Rather than just living a certain number of years after fathering Methuselah, God wants to specifically communicate that Enoch walked with God. We then find that Enoch, whose life on earth was significantly shorter than the other Patriarchs, after 365 years does not experience the sting of death, but rather “he was not, for God took him.” Hebrews 11:5 tells us that it was by faith that he was taken up and that he was commended as having pleased God. In Jude 14-15 we also see that Enoch was especially insightful of the fault of the ungodly…an insight that comes from walking with God for over 3 centuries. So as we ask in every piece of Scripture that we study, “where is Jesus in this?” If we hope to please God and receive eternal life…if we hope to live lives of godliness….then we MUST walk with God. Sin keeps us from walking with God. It separates us from Him. Amos 3:3 says, “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?” How could we possibly convince the only true, sinless, perfect God to meet with us? We can’t. We must have a Mediator. Jesus is our Mediator. And it is only by the work of the cross in which our sins are forgiven and we are made able to stand before the Lord. So I urge you to cling to Christ, your only hope, and walk with God in faith. And with every step, as you overcome each obstacle, and as you move forward in your journey, give God all of the glory. Acknowledge what it is that His hand has done that you could not do even with all of your might. Stay humble, always being mindful of the fact that each breath is borrowed, and it is only by the merciful and graceful will of God that you are made able to walk with Him in Christ.