Faith Exemplified – Enoch Walked with God by Faith

Well, if you would take your Bible, turn with me to Genesis chapter 5. We'll start off there in Genesis 5. I did mention earlier in our scripture reading we will be in three places this morning. It's not often that I get you to turn to various places like this. We'll start off in Genesis 5. We will get over into Hebrews 11, the verses we read in our scripture reading, and then we will turn to Jude 14 and 15. It'll help if you have those passages marked. But I say this often, if you don't turn there and you follow me with your mind and your heart and your eyes, that can be good. You can go study those verses a little later.

Now I think most of you know we've gotten started in chapter 11, which is all about the supremacy of the life of faith. And from verses 1 to 3 we saw the meaning of faith. I would say it like this, verses 1 to 3 are all about the meaning of biblical faith. And we saw how the author explained biblical faith and how he exemplified biblical faith in verse 2 and 3. And then from verse 4 and over into the book of Genesis as well, we saw the first example of faith that the author gives us in this great list of Old Testament saints who certainly live by faith. Of course, I have said that chapter 11 is all about the Hall of Fame of the saints of God.

You may have seen some or heard some who have described this chapter this way. But a question is something to think on here. Is it wise to categorize these men and women as the Hall of Fame of the saints of God? To me it can be good to see these men and women of chapter 11 in this way. People were certainly commended by God for living the life of faith. God has definitely exalted these saints and how they lived the life of faith. But whereas being in some kind of an earthly Hall of Fame is all about the inclusion of the few who excel beyond the norm and the rest being excluded, that is not the case with God. Let me repeat that.

As in being in some kind of an earthly Hall of Fame, that is all about the inclusion of the few who excel beyond the norm and the rest are excluded, that is not the case with God. Now let me explain. The examples of Hebrew 11 were given by God for the purpose of calling us to the life of faith. And God is all about inclusion, not exclusion. God is calling us to live as they did. And we do that by following their examples and applying what we learn here from their examples. Learning from both the good and the bad that we see here because many made some grievous mistakes. We'll see that next week when we get into Noah. So my point here is this.

We can be like these men and women if we live the life of faith. That is because faith is the way to life and faith is the way to live. And MacArthur has taught us that fact and these examples are teaching us that fact. Faith is the way to life and faith is the way to live. Well how can we know if we make God's Hall of Fame of the saints of God? Let me restate that question. How can we know if we make God's Hall of Fame of the saints of God?

Well first if we live out our lives by faith like we see in this chapter and the rest of God's Word, the result will be that we can stand before God and we can hear Him say, "Well done my good and faithful servant." And second if we live our lives by faith like we see here in chapter 11 and throughout the rest of God's Word, the result will be that we leave behind a testimony of the life of faith, though we will be dead we will still be speaking to those who knew us and those we influenced. And church if we live the life of faith this can and will happen.

God will commend us for living the life of faith and when we are dead we will still be speaking. And in my book that puts us in God's Hall of Fame of the saints. And I will revisit that, the conclusion of the message. Now last week we looked at the first saint given in the Hall of Fame of the saints of God and that was Abel. Abel who was the second son of Adam and Eve. And in Abel we saw faith exemplified Abel worshiped by faith. Now we can shorten that message title by just saying Abel worshiped by faith but I lengthen it by saying faith exemplified, that's what we have here.

Abel worshiped by faith because he offered in worship what I believe God commanded and God expected. He offered an animal sacrifice. But Cain, his brother, attempted to worship God by and through works because I believe he offered what he wanted and what he thought would be best not what God had commanded and expected. And to me the great and overarching lesson in Cain and Abel is this, we worship God the way God commands according to his word. Let me restate that. We are to worship God the way God commands according to his word. We do not get to worship God our own way and when we do and if we do we are going the way of Cain.

And look folks we need to be careful because we all have a little bit of Cain in us. We all do. And get this church remember that faith has substance. Faith has substance. Faith rests in and on something. We worship God by faith as seen and commanded in God's word. Faith has substance. Now this morning we have before us the second saint given in the Hall of Fame of the Saints of God. So let's read our Hebrew 11 verses again because those are the verses we are working from and then we'll go to Genesis 5 just a moment or two.

Verse 5, "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death or taste death." And he was not found because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him. That would be God for whoever would draw near to God must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Now right here we have Enoch. And if Abel was an unknown, obscure person to us then Enoch certainly will be obscure and certainly unknown to us. Some of you may say pastor, Enoch isn't even mentioned in the notes of my John MacArthur study Bible. So who was Enoch?

The name Enoch actually means dedicated or consecrated and there are two men named Enoch listed in Genesis. The first being the oldest son of Cain in Genesis 4.17 and the second is the son of Jared seen in Genesis 5. But Enoch was the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah. We see that in Genesis 5.21. In the epistle of Jude he is described as the seventh from Adam and scholars tell us that the number seven or seventh is most likely speaking to the idea of divine completion here with Enoch. Only Enoch as a man was a type of perfected or totally dedicated humanity and there are two very interesting facts about Enoch.

This is still in introducing us to Enoch. First only Enoch and Noah are described as men who walk with God. That might surprise you. Within the scripture only Enoch and Noah are described as men who walk with God. Many are said to have walked before God but only Enoch and Noah are said to have walked with God. And then second only Enoch and Elijah were taken by God or translated from earth into heaven without death and we will see this. Enoch was literally translated or taken from earth to heaven and he did not experience or taste death. And although Enoch can be unknown and obscure to many he shouldn't be.

We actually know quite a lot about the man from Genesis 5 and Hebrews 11 and Jude 14 and 15. We can clearly see just how Enoch walked with God by faith. Well that leads me to the title of our message. Faith exemplified Enoch walked with God by faith. Faith exemplified Enoch walked with God by faith. Now let me explain how I will approach our message and study of Enoch. I will make two observations about the man. First we will examine Enoch's life or how he lived. Enoch's life or how he lived. And then second we will examine Enoch's faith in how he believed. So let's get started. Number one Enoch's life.

We can expand that by saying we will look at how Enoch lived. And to see how Enoch lived we need to go from Genesis 5 to Hebrews 11 and Jude verses 14 to 15. I will let you know where we need to turn and when we need to turn along the way. But I want to point out four distinct ways that Enoch lived. Four distinct ways that Enoch lived. First he walked with God. First he walked with God. Then we will look at Genesis 5 22 and 24. Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and after other sons and daughters. Of course verse 23 tells us how long he lived thus the days of Enoch were 365 years.

Verse 24 Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him. Now I said earlier that in the scriptures only two men are said to have walked with God Enoch and Noah. But what does it mean to walk with God? The word walk here it means to go, it means to traverse, it means to walk, it means to walk along or to walk about. But it was not the Enoch walked physically with God. This is figurative language. This speaks of how he lived day to day, year by year. This speaks of his way of living, his manner of living, the direction and the way that he went throughout life. I give you an example that we can relate to.

If someone is a professional athlete, maybe they're in the Olympics or maybe they're playing professional football or basketball or baseball but day by day, year by year they live according to their sport and according to their discipline, their nutrition, their sleep, their training, everything in their life is according to their sport and the discipline required to play at that level. Their entire way of living is built for and organized around their sport, even their family and family life. Well that's what we have here with Enoch. He walked with God. He walked in the fear of God according to the will of God.

He lived according to the commandments of God that he had and that he knew. And we will see he lived according to the promises of God concerning the promised Messiah of God and the judgment of God. And he did all this living and walking in close personal communion and fellowship with God. And we seem to see two things that had a positive effect in how Enoch walked with God. He walked with God according to his children and family. Let me say that again. He walked with God according to and in relation to his family and children. Let me explain. Genesis 5.22 says that after he fathered Methuselah and had other children, he walked with God.

And get this. It was not that he started walking with God when he had children and when he had a family, no. Moses just may be saying that becoming a father had a positive effect on Enoch's walk with God. And one commentator I came across mentioned that possibility. Men, ladies, husbands, fathers. After you were married, did getting married and the responsibility with marriage caused you to walk with God as you should? Think about that. After you were married, did getting married and the responsibilities that you have within marriage, did those things cause you to walk with God as you should? Maybe to be more attentive in your walk with God.

After you became a parent, did becoming a parent and the responsibilities of parenthood, did all of those things come to bear upon you so that you walk with God as you should? Maybe you tighten things up to walk with God in a better way. And look, church, we must allow our responsibilities with marriage and children. We must allow those things to be brought to bear, to motivate us to walk with God as we should. Husbands, fathers, men, ladies, wives, all of us, if we're not walking with God as we should, especially in relation to our family and family responsibilities, we need to tighten up. And men, look at your wife. Look at your children.

Watch with us. But also, Enoch walked with God in spite of the fact that there certainly were some ungodly people around him. Let me restate that. Enoch walked with God in spite of the fact that there certainly were some around him who were very ungodly. It is safe to say that there were some who had gone the way of Cain. And starting in Genesis 6, we see the increasing sinfulness and corruption of men and man on the earth. So this is my point. In spite of the fact that there certainly were ungodly and ungodliness all around him, Enoch was faithful to walk with God.

Some even speculate that Enoch was all alone in his walk with God, meaning there were very few godly people in the world at this time, and he very well may have been very, very isolated. Now, question an application for us right here. For all of us, do we walk with God in spite of the ungodly and ungodliness around us? Do we excel in our walk with God even when we're around ungodliness? Think about the ungodliness that you're around at your work. Think about the ungodliness and the ungodly people that are within your family. Many of you struggle with the pressures of ungodly parents, ungodly siblings, of an ungodly heritage.

You have ungodliness in your family that's always pressuring you. Do you strive in your walk with God in relation to those things? Think about the ungodliness that is around us in our community. Does that motivate us and push us to even tighten up in our walk with God? And this is good. I ran across this in my study this week. Albert Barnes says that this walking with God implies community. I like that word, community with him. That's God. Let me restate that. Barnes says that this walking with God implies community. I would add to that communion with God in thought, word, and deed and is opposed in Scripture to walking contrary to him.

So look, saint of God, look, brother and sister, we are to be walking with God in communion with God in our thoughts, in our words, in our deeds within the Scriptures. But then second, we see that he pleased God. Second, we see that he pleased God. Now here's where we need to turn over to Hebrews 11, verse 5. I'll read the verse. You can read with me or listen along. "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death or taste death, and he was not found." It just seems like some folks were looking for him. "Because God had taken him.

Now before he was taken, he was commended as having pleased God." Now it is obvious that here in verse 5, the author of Hebrews is really picking up with what we see back in Genesis 5. But he uses some different language. In Genesis 5, Moses tells us that Enoch walked with God. In here in verse 5, the author of Hebrews tells us that he lived a life that was pleasing to God. Listen to some different translations here. The Legacy Standard Bible says he was approved as being pleasing to God. The King James says he had this testimony that he pleased God. I like that. Enoch had this testimony that he pleased God. And listen to the Amplified.

We can see how the Amplified connected Enoch being pleasing to God in Genesis 5 and his walking with God. And the Amplified says he received the testimony still on record. We've got it right here. He received the testimony still on record that he walked with God and pleased him. But why was God pleased with Enoch so much that he received the testimony that he pleased God? It is simple. Because he walked with God by faith. Here now faith rests in and on something. It's not out there in the clear blue sky. Enoch's faith rested on and in God. Therefore he walked with God by faith. His faith was not in something imaginary. It was in God.

So because of this he was commended by God as being pleasing to God. I like how the King James says it. He had this testimony. He still does. That he was pleasing to God. Oh here's a loaded question for us folks. Are we pleasing to God in our walk with God? Are we pleasing to God in our walk with God? And when we get to the end of it all now will God be able to say that we pleased him in our walk throughout life? Third we see that he was a servant of God. Now here's where we need to turn over to the book of Jude. It's just two verses but quite a lot. You can read with me or listen along. Verse 14.

It was also about these that Enoch the seventh from Adam. There's that figurative language. Prophesied saying behold the Lord comes with ten thousand people. Behold the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones 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. Of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Notice something. Genesis 5 nor Hebrews 11 tell us that Enoch was a preacher or a prophet. Nor do those verses tell us of his preaching. But here in the book of Jude we see that Enoch prophesied.

In this word prophesied here it means to act as a prophet to speak out as a prophet with divine inspiration. Simply Enoch was a prophet of God speaking the very prophecies of God. Now it is obvious that Enoch was preaching judgment. But when was or is this judgment? When Enoch preached this message of judgment to come this clearly could have applied to the coming judgment of the flood. Enoch was before Noah and he certainly lived in a very very ungodly time filled with all kinds of ungodliness. So Enoch's preaching concerning judgment could have been referring to the judgment of Noah's flood that was just about to come upon the earth.

But Enoch's preaching and this message of judgment ultimately and finally would apply to the end of time when Jesus our Lord will certainly execute judgment upon all, all the ungodly and all the ungodliness. But notice a few specifics about Enoch's prophecy. Warren Wiersby points this out and I really just put it in my words. First of all this is a personal judgment. The Lord Jesus himself will judge all the ungodly and all the ungodliness along with his saints because Enoch says Jesus will come with ten thousands of His holy ones. Second this is a universal judgment.

Jude says along with his saints Jesus our Lord will execute judgment upon all not some but all. And then third this is a just judgment. Enoch says the Lord will convict and this word convict here in the original it means to find fault, it means to correct, it means to refute, to convict. I like how Warren Wiersby says it. This is good I'm really quoting him word for word. Wiersby says God will convict, convince them of their sins, declare them guilty, pass sentence on them and then execute the punishment. There will be a judge Christ Jesus John 5.22 but no jury.

There will be prosecution but no defense for every mouth will be stopped Romans 3.19. There will be a sentence but no appeal for there can be no higher court than God's final judgment. The entire procedure will be just for the righteous Son of God will be in charge. So Enoch served God. He was a prophet of God and he preached judgment. But one more bit of insight in Enoch here and this helps us to see how this relates to us. This is why I add it to the message. MacArthur says and I'm quoting Jude's report of Enoch's preaching contradicts any notion that Enoch lived in an easy time for belief.

He was surrounded by false teachers and false teaching. We do not know if he had the fellowship of any fellow believers but we know that he lived in the midst of a host of unbelievers. Now look church if Enoch prophesy and preach Christ Jesus if he could preach the imminent judgment to come then we certainly can and we certainly should. Look folks Jesus is coming back. He will execute just judgment on all the ungodly and all ungodliness. Enoch preached Christ and we certainly can and we certainly should. It starts in our homes. It starts in our community.

It starts across the street and it enables us and cause us to even go around the world and we certainly have it pretty easy in our day and time. I believe we do compared to many. But then fourth, fourth we see he was taken by God. Some of you are probably glad we're getting here because you want me to explain that. He was taken by God. Now we see this very interesting fact about Enoch in Genesis 5 and Hebrews 11 and we need to see and hear these verses together. I'm going to read them back to back. Look at Genesis 5 23 to 24 and then Hebrews 11 5. Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him. Verse 5 Hebrews 11. 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. Now this is simple. This is wondrous. This is miraculous but simple. Here we see that after living over 300 years and walking with God, living a life that was pleasing to God and serving God as a prophet preaching the judgment of God all by faith and all in faith God simply and miraculously took Enoch to heaven without experiencing death.

And when he took and when we look at Hebrews 11 5 it says he was not found. I said this earlier it's like some were looking for him but he was gone. God took him. He was translated into heaven and he did not taste or experience death but two questions. Why did God do this? We do not know. There's no reason given. But the second question how does this apply to us and should we expect to be physically taken into heaven if we live the life of faith all the way up to the end? This is simple. We will see that Enoch believed that God would reward him for his life of faith.

In verse 6 the latter part of it that verse says for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him and that is how Enoch lived. So Enoch's great privilege of being taken into heaven without tasting death was a part of his reward. That was just God's plan. And for us it is not that we should expect the same thing for living the life of faith but Enoch's reward should point us to the expectation of our reward. If God blessed and rewarded Enoch he will certainly do the same for us. So look at what we have here in Genesis 5, Hebrews 11 and Jude.

Taken all together we see quite a lot about how Enoch lived. He walked with God, pleasing God because he walked with God by faith and he served God as a prophet and by preaching the judgment of God to come. And a part of his reward he was translated or taken into heaven without tasting death. And look at this example church. Enoch lived in another day and time but his example is so very relevant and applicable to us today. So let's allow Enoch's life and his example call us and motivate us to the life of faith because faith is a way to life and faith is the way to live.

Now next, number two, and this will be a little shorter, I want us to see Enoch's faith. Enoch's faith. Now we can expand this by saying Enoch's faith in belief. Notice that we do not see Enoch's faith in belief in Genesis 5 or in the epistle of Jude. We see this right here in one verse, Hebrews 6, 11. So let's read that verse. Hebrews 6, 11, or excuse me 11, 6. And without faith it is impossible to please him, that's God. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Now verse 6 says, "For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists." But notice how the legacy standard Bible says it. It reads, "For he who draws near to God must believe that he is." Now this is simple, "For whoever would come near to God they must simply believe that God is." God is. And really that means God is, God exists. And take note of what we have here. This is the first step of faith. The first step of true faith is to believe that God is, that God exists. And Enoch certainly believed that God is, that God existed. But a question is this type of faith right here? Is this level of faith right here?

Is that enough to save? No. James 2 tells us that even the demons believe that God exists and they are not saved. You see believing faith is the faith that saves. Romans 10, 9 and 10 says, "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart one believes and is justified and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." So this belief right here in verse 6 is not reflective of saving faith but it is the first step of faith. Simply believing that God is and God exists, that's the first step of faith. Now church notice.

Notice what people do here when they do not have saving faith. They truly may believe that God exists but without saving faith sinful man will inevitably make God into someone they want him to be. Let me give you a couple of examples. You can add to this list. For many God becomes the old man in the sky. You ever heard somebody say something like that? He's the old man in the sky. You know some just treat him like he's jolly old saint Nick. You know, just make a list, he'll check it and he'll give it. Some make God to be their business partner. They'll say something like this.

"Oh I've got an agreement with the big man upstairs." Or he may be the grand old opera God of country music. They can go out and honky-tonk and sleep around and drunk it all up but he's always there to dust him off for another round. What I'm trying to show you is this. When men believe in God but yet they don't have saving faith invariably, inevitably they will create God into something that he is not and it's always to suit their sinful desires. So, Enoch believed that God existed. Second, Enoch believed that God rewards. Enoch believed that God rewards. Listen to the verse.

For whoever would draw near to God must believe that God exists, he is, and that he rewards those who seek him. Now here we begin to see the character of God. The author is saying that God does not simply exist and that he is but for those who diligently draw near to him and seek after him, he rewards them. Vincent in his word study says, "He who approaches God has through faith the assurance that his seeking God will result in good to himself." Let me say that again. That's pointing to the character of God folks.

Vincent says, "He who approaches God has through faith the assurance that his seeking God will result in good to himself." And that is just what Enoch believed. Enoch was convinced that seeking God would result in God rewarding him and doing good on his behalf and Enoch believed that by faith. But notice two very important realities in what's before us. We've got to take verse 6 a little further as it applies to Enoch. First of all we need to see the implications of this faith.

What I'm saying is this, left right here verse 6 does not include or consist of saving faith, believing that God exists and that God rewards those who seek him is not enough for saving faith. But what is implied here and must be a reality with Enoch is this. He certainly possessed a belief that God existed and he believed this by faith. He certainly believed that God would reward him for seeking after him and he believed this by faith as well but Enoch certainly possessed saving faith. At some time Enoch believed God and it was counted or credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15 6 says, "And he," that's Abraham, "believed the Lord and he counted it to him as righteousness." And in Romans 4 Paul comments quite a lot in explaining that Abraham savingly believed in God therefore he was brought into a right relationship with God by faith. Well by implication we see the very important reality that the very same thing happened to Enoch otherwise he could have never walked with God, been pleasing to God, been a servant for God and been taken up to heaven to be with God, you see? So Enoch was able to diligently seek after God like we see here in verse 6 because he had true saving faith.

Folks, no man, no woman ever diligently seeks after God like we see here unless they have true saving faith. But then second the necessity of faith. Listen to the beginning of verse 6, I haven't touched on that yet and without faith it is impossible to please him. That's God. Without faith it is impossible to please him. Now this is simple, nothing completes God apart from faith. Religion and religious works will not please God. Religion and religious heritage, that will not please God, it never can. Of course that was the big hang up of the Jews in this day and even in the day of Jesus.

They believed that God was pleased with them because of their religion, their religious works and their religious heritage. Listen to Romans 3.20 right with Hebrews 11.6. Romans 3.20 says, "For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight." Hebrews 11.6 says, "And without faith it is impossible to please him." So the point here is this, without faith it is impossible to please God. Period. Paragraph underline it and highlight it. Kenneth Woost translates this by saying, "But without faith it is impossible to please God at all." So notice what we have here in verse 6.

Enoch believed that God existed and that he certainly would be rewarded for diligently seeking after him. And get this, we know that Enoch possessed this saving faith and belief by faith because in verse 5 we see that he was commended as being pleasing to God. And it is impossible to please God without faith and saving faith. And Enoch was able to possess faith and live by faith because faith is a way to life and faith is a way to live. Now right here there is a great principle that we need to see. This whole message could be for you right here. Now principle is a rule or a code of conduct.

If someone is a man of principle, if someone is a person of principle, then they have rules or codes that they live by. And what we have here is this, the great principle of faith. People of faith live as if God is, he exists in all things all the time. Let me repeat that. The great principle of faith is this, people of faith live as if God is, he exists in all things all the time. Let me flash this out, let me give you some examples. If someone like Charlie Kirk is killed for his faith, people of faith will know that things will be just fine. Why? Because they know God exists, he is, he's in control.

If the doctor tells the man of faith that he has terminal cancer, it's going to be just fine because the people of faith know that God exists, he is, he's in control. If a man of faith is wealthy or in poverty, if a man of faith is liked or disliked, if a man of faith is popular or unpopular, it's going to be just fine because the man or the woman of faith knows that God exists, God is, he is in total control. There's no panic with a man of faith. People of faith live knowing that God is, he exists. And in all things all the time, he is active and powerful on behalf of his people according to his good and their reward.

You see how it continues? Let me say it again. People of faith live by faith knowing that God is, he exists. And in all things all the time, he, that's God, is active and powerful on their behalf for his people according to his good and their reward. You see the second part of the principle of faith? You see it? So if cancer comes, riches come, if all the kings and presidents and government officials come against us, God exists, he is active and powerful on our behalf for his good, for his purposes, for our good and our reward. Again, some of you needed the message just for this principle of faith. So Enoch's faith.

Now as I move away from the verses, I want to connect Enoch and what we learned from Abel last week. And then I want to give us four facts or lessons based off this teaching. Last week we saw that Abel worshipped by faith, he worshipped God rightly as God expected and certainly, I believe, as he was commanded. And get this, Enoch must have worshipped by faith as Abel did. Enoch certainly worshipped God rightly as God expected as God commanded. Otherwise, Enoch could not have walked with God by faith. See how it's all tied together folks? Look at the implications for us, worship dictates walk. Worship dictates walk.

If our worship is off, our walk with God is off. If our walk with God is off, that tells us our worship is off. Now four lessons from verse 6 and all this teaching and this will wrap it all up. First, one must possess an absolute conviction of the existence of God. For those without Christ, this is the first step towards saving faith. Certainly this is not enough to save, but this is the first step. But for the believer, this is the immovable bedrock of our lives. You see? This is the immovable bedrock of our lives. God is, God is, God exists.

For all things that he brings into our lives are for his glory, his good, his purposes, our good and our reward. Whatever that may look like for God. Second lesson. One must possess the proper conception of the character of God. Look at the application of this fact for us. We must see that God loves and rewards those who diligently seek him and live the life of faith. You see? We must see that God loves and rewards those who diligently seek him and live the life of faith. He rewards us based off his will for our lives, his glory and our ultimate good and it's all saturated by his love. Third, without faith it is impossible to please God.

Because faith is a way to life and faith is a way to live, then it is impossible to please God without saving faith that leads to life and living the life of faith which is the way to live. And then fourth, the fourth and last lesson. With faith it certainly is possible to please God. Because faith is a way to life and faith is a way to live, when we do live the life of faith that he has for us all the way to the end, we please God. We please God. And look at how this all comes back around to where we started.

Because faith is a way to life and faith is a way to live, when we do live the life of faith that he has for us all the way to the end, we please God. And when we live the life of faith all the days of our life, all the way to the end, to me this puts us in the Hall of Fame of the saints of God. Obviously we're not written in here in chapter 11, but we certainly are in the Hall, at least in my book. So the title of this morning's message, "Faith Exemplified Enoch Walked with God by Faith." Let's pray.