Enoch Walked with God

Our afternoon message last Sunday was about Enoch, and the title was taken from "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"--"Pilgrim Through This Barren Land." Pastor had us look at Genesis 4 and 5 for genealogical information. He pointed out the two lists--one the ungodly line of Cain (which also had an Enoch in it), and the other the godly line of Seth. Lamech, a murderous polygamist, was part of the evil line of Cain. The Enoch descended from Seth lived 308 years while Adam was still alive. Pastor reminded us that Adam was the only man who ever knew what it was like to be perfect and have perfect fellowship and open communion with God, so it must have grieved his heart terribly to see how corrupt men had become--the consequence of his disobedience. Throughout the genealogical list in chapter 5 we are told that so-and-so lived, then "and he died." Then we come to 5:24, "And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him." He and Elijah are the only two humans to have never died but were taken alive to heaven.

Genesis 5:18-24 talks about Enoch. He was part of a godly heritage--the line of Seth. In the midst of ever-increasing sin, he was a heavenly citizen with a holy character despite the evil influences around him. Hebrews 11:5 reveals that Enoch was spiritually alive while living among the spiritually dead, with a future hope, while those around him were living in unrest, making advances in an attempt to find purpose and meaning in their lives. Jude 14-15 tell us that Enoch prophesied God's judgment on the evil world.

Enoch lived in close, intimate, open fellowship and communion with God. So close were they that one commentator put it this way: One day when Enoch and God were walking together, God said, "Why don't you just come on home with Me tonight?" (I don't know where Pastor found that). How about me? Do I walk with God like Enoch did?