HE PLEASED GOD

 

HE PLEASED GOD

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. ENOCH’S FAITH MANIFESTED [Genesis 5:18-24]

 

1. Enoch Lived As Do We All [Gen. 5:18-21a]

 

2. Enoch Became a Father with Responsibilities [Gen. 5:21b]

 

3. Enoch’s Response to Fatherhood Was to Walk with God [Gen. 5:22-24a, Heb. 11:5-6]

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

 

II. ENOCH’S FAITH-FILLED MINISTRY [Jude 14-15]

 

1. He Preached the Judgment of God [Jude 4-15]

 

2. He Preached Christ’s Second Coming [Jude 14]

 

3. He Preached Life After Death [Jude 14-15, Daniel 12:2]

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

 

III. ENOCH’S FATE

 

1. Raptured [Gen. 5:24]

 

2. Return Possible [Rev. 11:3-12]                Enoch, Moses, Elijah?

-Elijah [Malachi 4:4-5] Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

-Elijah & Enoch [Hebrews 9:27] And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

-Moses & Elijah [Luke 9:27-31 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem

2 Peter 1:16-18 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

 

The Bible does not reveal the identities of the two witnesses. Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God:

 

3. Return Predicted [Jude 14]