Walking By Faith: The Life of Enoch

We live in a world that is obsessed with speed, with running, with racing, with rushing, but god is interested in our walk, our mundane day to day lives. And so this morning, we're gonna examine the life of Enoch to see a life that pleases god. First of all, we see that Enoch walked by faith. Walking by faith as we read in in Hebrews eleven six, but without faith, [00:37:16] (28 seconds)  #WalkByFaithDaily

it is impossible to please him. Notice does that it doesn't say that it's difficult to please God without faith. It's it's hard to please God without faith. No. The Bible says very clearly that if we want to please God, we have to walk, we have to live by faith. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. You can be the most moral person in your neighborhood. [00:37:45] (28 seconds)  #FaithInTrials

Notice again in Hebrews eleven six, it says, but without faith, it is impossible to please him. For he that comes to god must believe that he is and that is a that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. There's two aspects. Believing in the person of god and believing in the character of god. Believing that he is, that he's real, [00:39:04] (24 seconds)  #WalkInWickedTimes

the life of trusting god, of walking with god often leads us to unexpected places and unexpected situations. A life of faith places us in the midst of often places us in the midst of trials and in danger as we're gonna read about as we go through this chapter, chapter 11. When you're living by faith and doing the right things, sometimes you still suffer. [00:40:17] (24 seconds)  #PursueWholeheartedFaith

And that can cause us to go, why? Why is that? I'm doing what god wants me to do. I'm following after god. I'm walking in the footsteps. And then the devil comes alongside of us, and he he whispers doubts in our minds. And he says, you repented of your sins. You trusted in Jesus. You're trying to follow after him, but but look at your bank account. [00:40:42] (22 seconds)  #SalvationFirstTrust

It's down to zero. Look at your health and how you're suffering. Look at how your heart is broken. If there really was a god in heaven, Satan whispers to our ears. Would he really let you be treated this way? And so it causes us to doubt. It causes us to struggle, and a step of faith is believing that he is. When the Bible says that we must believe that he is, it goes beyond just a a simple belief in his existence [00:41:04] (28 seconds)  #HeavenlyRewards

of them that diligently seek him. He's a good god. He is a rewarder of those that seek after him. When tragedy strikes our family or our finances, our lives in various ways, it's easy to doubt. It's hard to say what Job, the lord gave and the lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the lord. Yet in those moments that that the the person that walks in a lot way that pleases god, they say, I cannot see him [00:42:32] (27 seconds)  #WalkInAlignment

but I know that he is, who he said he was, that he he declared himself to be, and I know that he is a good god. He's a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. See, Enoch was a man who walked with god. He was a man that lived in very difficult days. He lived in days before the flood. Genesis six five describes the time of Enoch that he lived saying, and god saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. [00:42:59] (34 seconds)  #MatchGodsPace