It is true by
investing in our young people
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it will reap eternal benefits.
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Our speaker this
evening is Charissa Fong
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and this passion for evangelism
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was actually bred in
her at a very young age.
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At the age of seven,
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she said she was
actually really very shy
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and she would look at people
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who were speaking and say wow,
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that looks really exciting.
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And so she would go home
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and she would
preach in her mirror
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and her little sister a year
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or so younger
than her would come,
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what you are
doing? I'm playing church.
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Can I play? Certainly.
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So her little sister
would have the opening song
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and the opening prayer
and give the special music
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and take up the offering.
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Charissa would preach the word
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and then meet her
by the bedroom door,
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thank her for coming.
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So she was really
excited and even at a young age
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was passionate
about sharing the gospel.
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And tonight we will hear
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what God has laid on her
heart to share with passion
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what God has given her
just after our young people
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will provide a special number.
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Thank you.
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What heavenly music
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steals over the sea!
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Entrancing the senses
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like sweet melody!
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'Tis the voice of the angels
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borne soft on the air
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For me they are singing,
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their welcome I hear
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On the banks of old Jordan,
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here gazing I stand
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And earnestly longing,
I stretch forth my hand
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Send a convoy of angels,
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dear Jesus, I pray!
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Let me join that sweet music,
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come, take me away
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Though dark are the
waters and rough is the wave
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If Jesus permit, the
wild surges I'll brave
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For that heavenly music
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hath ravished me so
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I must join in that chorus!
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I'll go! Let me go!
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Let me go!
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you young people,
for that beautiful music
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and good evening, everyone.
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Good evening.
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It is so exciting for
me to be here with you.
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I come from the
other side of the world
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and I just can't
believe it I'm actually here
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and to see so many of you.
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Have you been blessed at
ASI? I have been blessed.
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Usually I watch
you all on television
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and when my
sister and I got here
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I was so excited to be
seeing all of these people
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that I see on
television I said to her,
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I don't know if I'm
gonna coup when I get to heaven
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because first of
all if we get there
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we will be surprised
of that we are there,
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but they will be so excited
to see everybody else there.
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So I'm so excited to be here
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and I think I have said
that several times already.
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I would like to open
with a word of prayer
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and then get into our message.
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I've entitled this,
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this testimony
and it's a message
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which the Lord
placed on my heart
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at the beginning this year.
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So let's bow as we open
with the word of prayer.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank you Lord
for brining us here
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to study Your word.
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And as we open the
pages of Holy Scripture now
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we invite the Holy Spirit
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to come and be
present in our midst.
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I pray Lord that You
would speak through me
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that this message would be clear
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that You would help us
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to catch a
fresh picture of Jesus
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and that You would inspire us
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through faithfully is my
prayer in Jesus name, amen.
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If you have your Bibles
and I hope you brought them,
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I invite you to take your Bibles
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and turn with me to
the Book of Genesis,
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Genesis 5 and we are going
to being reading in verse 21.
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Genesis 5:21.
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Genesis 5:21 and we will
read through to verse 24.
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Okay, here we go.
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The Bible says, "Enoch
lived sixty-five years,
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and begot Methuselah.
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After he begot Methuselah,
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Enoch walked with
God three hundred years,
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and had sons and daughters.
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So all the days of Enoch
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were three hundred
and sixty-five years.
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And Enoch walked
with God and he was not,
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for God took him."
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Friends, I would
like to say to you tonight
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that I believe the life of Enoch
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is summarized in the Bible
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with some of the
most amazing words.
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Four words,
Enoch walked with God.
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In fact, twice
the Bible says this.
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It's almost as if,
this is the Holy Spirit'
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way of underlining
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so that we do not miss
this very important point.
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I would like to
submit to you tonight
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that the greatest
thing that your church,
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that your
colleagues, that your children,
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that your family,
that your friends could say
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about you is
that, you walk with God
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Amen? Amen.
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Enoch's life was a specimen
of Christian consistency.
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Constantly, continuously
he enjoyed the companionship
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of Christ for three centuries.
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That's a grand total
of at least 109,500 days.
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God and Enoch were not just
friends they were best friends.
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And I believe that Enoch
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just couldn't get enough of God.
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He loved to talk of
Him, he loved to talk to Him.
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I have a hunch that
if you were to ask Enoch
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about God and
ask him who is God?
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I have a hunch of smile
would spread across his face
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and you would find it difficult
to get him to stop talking.
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Because he would tell
you that God is enduringly--
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He is enduringly
strong. He is entirely sincere.
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He is eternally steadfast.
He is immortally graceful.
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He is imperially powerful.
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He is impartially merciful
and He is altogether lovely.
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Amen? Amen.
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He would tell you, he
said all I have needed
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His hand has provided.
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He gives pardon for sin
and a peace that endureth.
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Strength for today and
bright hope for tomorrow.
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Blessing all mine
with 10,000 beside.
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And he go on
probably and he would tell you
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that He is available for
the tempted and the tried.
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He sympathizes and He
saves, He guards and he guides,
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He heals, He
delivers and He forgives.
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He created this
world in six days.
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He is a price of peace.
He is the Lord of lords.
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He is the King of
kings and he walks with me
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and He talks with me
and He tells me I'm His one
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and the joy that we
share as we tarry together
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none other has ever known.
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Amen.
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I thought you would
have more amen's to that
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because this God is our God.
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Amen? Amen.
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He is a
wonderful, wonderful God.
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And right when you
thought that Enoch had run
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out of things to tell you
about God I bet he would go on
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and he would probably
say something like this.
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I wish that I
could describe Him to you
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but He is indescribable.
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He is
irresistible, He is invincible,
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the heavens cannot contain Him.
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In as sentence Jesus is
more than wonderful to me.
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Amen.
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When I think about
Enoch I believe that
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that's the kind
of person he was.
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He was someone
who was passionately
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in love with Jesus.
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And there are young
people in this world today
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who would faint
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if Justin Bieber
just smiled at them.
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Friends, think of
what the honor it is for us
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to be able to walk with God.
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Amen.
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Take your Bibles and
come over to Amos 3:3.
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It's a short
text but a good one.
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Sheds a little more insight
on this very amazing man.
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Amos 3:3 the Bible simply says,
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"Can two walk together,
unless they are agreed?"
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You know, the Bible
never records that Enoch
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ever argued with God
about where they would walk.
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And the alarm's going off.
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Is that mean we
have to evacuate?
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Should I continue?
I suppose I continue.
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All right, Enoch never argued
about where they should walk.
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He just went
where God told him to go
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because he knew that
God knew the best way forth.
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And I believe that Enoch's heart
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was perfectly in
harmony with the will of God.
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And you might say and I
know this is very destructing.
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Should I
continue? Is this illegal?
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We should pray.
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Let's pray. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven, we can
hear the siren that's in room
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we just pray that
you would help them
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to find a source of this problem
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so that we can continue.
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We ask this in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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Now you might say do
they show us a little bit,
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that's nice but we
live in different times.
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His circumstances
were different to our.
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But friends, listen to
me, antediluvian society
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was only
something to write all about
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for all the wrong reasons.
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The Bible tells us
that during these times
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the thoughts of men's hearts
were only evil continuously.
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In fact, let me
read to you this quote
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from the
writings of Ellen White.
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She says, "There
never has been" amen.
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Amen.
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"There never has been
and never will be an age
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when the moral
darkness will be so dense
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as when Enoch lived a life
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of
irreproachable righteousness."
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That's amazing.
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So listen if a man can
consistently walk with God
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for 300 years in
a world like that
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then this is a remarkable thing.
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Enoch
spirituality wasn't seasonal,
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it wasn't short
lived, it wasn't lukewarm
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and it wasn't
only active during ASI
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or as my mom when she
has been praying for me
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she's been praying
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that God would bless my
sister and I at the CIA.
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She's been getting
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the letters mixed up but at ASI.
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Friends, on and on
through three happy centuries
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Enoch was ever
found consciously abiding
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in the love of God.
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And his was a life
of spiritual progress.
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At the end of 200 years
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for instance he was
not where he started.
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He was still in
the same companionship,
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yes, but he had grown.
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He had come to
understand more to love more
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and therefore he could give more
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because he had grown in grace.
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Amen.
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So the question we
all want to answer,
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would like to
know the answer to is,
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how did Enoch walk with God?
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Let me read to you this quote.
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Enoch's walk with God
was not in a trance or vision
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but in all the
duties of daily life.
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As a husband and
father, a friend, a citizen
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he was the
unwavering servant of the Lord.
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I would like to submit
to you just four ways--
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from the my Bible
study that I can see that
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Enoch was able to develop
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this wonderful
relationship with Jesus.
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The first thing that I
note when the Bible says
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that Enoch walked with God
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I believe it means
that he had a prayer life.
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To him and I quote prayer
was the breath of the soul.
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He lived in the very
atmosphere of heaven.
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Prayer was to him
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the opening of his
heart to his best friend.
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And who could be unhappy
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with such a
wonderful friend as Jesus?
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Amen? Amen.
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I got my first speeding ticket
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while listening to
Wintley Phipps sing
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"His Eyes Is on the Sparrow"
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while I was hurtling
down the highway in Australia,
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I was on my way
to Avondale College
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and I was
running late for class.
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And I have traveled this
road many, many times before.
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I know where all
the police cars sit
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when they are waiting
to try and catch somebody.
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So I know that areas
where I can speed up,
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this is not good.
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I know the areas
where I could speed up
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and the areas where
I need to slow down.
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This particular day
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there was a
policeman waiting in a spot
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where I had never
seen a policeman before
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and next this I know
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these flashing lights behind me.
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He comes out behind
me, it was like a shock.
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Pulls me over and
he said, excuse me,
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do you realize you are speeding?
00:15:54.59\00:15:56.15
I was doing 125
kilometers per hour
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when I should
have been doing 100.
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And I said yes, I realize that.
00:16:01.54\00:16:03.27
He said, may I
have your license?
00:16:03.30\00:16:04.65
Took my license.
00:16:04.68\00:16:05.78
He wrote up my
fine, he gave it to me
00:16:05.81\00:16:08.55
and he actually was
quite gracious to me.
00:16:08.58\00:16:10.45
He gave me much less
than what I deserved.
00:16:10.48\00:16:12.81
Maybe because he thought
00:16:12.84\00:16:13.87
I was a nice
person I don't know.
00:16:13.90\00:16:16.16
But he gives it to
me and then he left.
00:16:16.20\00:16:18.79
And when he left
I was so discouraged
00:16:18.82\00:16:21.69
because this was my
first ticket and I just,
00:16:21.72\00:16:24.15
I just wanted to talk
to somebody who cared.
00:16:24.18\00:16:27.26
Now I wasn't gonna
ring my dad because I knew
00:16:27.29\00:16:30.21
that he would tell
me that I deserved it.
00:16:30.24\00:16:32.85
So I didn't ring
him. I rang my mom.
00:16:32.88\00:16:35.36
But she didn't answer the
phone so I rang my sister,
00:16:35.39\00:16:38.07
she didn't answer the phone.
00:16:38.10\00:16:39.64
It was early in the morning
00:16:39.67\00:16:40.76
so I think who can I
call for some sympathy
00:16:40.79\00:16:42.87
and I thought I will
call my friend Sania.
00:16:42.90\00:16:44.60
So I called Sania, I said Sania,
00:16:44.63\00:16:46.62
I just need to talk to someone
who cares and she says yes
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and you think that's me.
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Friends, aren't you glad that
Jesus always cares about us.
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He is interested in all
00:16:58.77\00:17:00.21
the little details of our lives.
00:17:00.24\00:17:02.34
In fact, when we walk with Jesus
00:17:02.37\00:17:05.17
we can say with the Psalms,
and I'm not gonna turn there
00:17:05.20\00:17:07.90
because I believe
you know the text.
00:17:07.93\00:17:10.06
Psalm 23:4, "Yea, though I walk
00:17:10.09\00:17:13.25
through the valley
of the shadow of death,
00:17:13.28\00:17:15.39
I will fear" how much?
00:17:15.42\00:17:17.26
"No evil, for You are with me."
00:17:17.29\00:17:20.17
Psalms 84:11 "For the
Lord God is a sun and shield,
00:17:20.20\00:17:24.43
the Lord will
give grace and glory,
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no good thing will He withhold
from those who walk uprightly."
00:17:26.74\00:17:31.75
Enoch walked with God
00:17:31.78\00:17:33.33
in all the changing
circumstances of his life.
00:17:33.36\00:17:36.52
He was walking
and talking with Jesus
00:17:36.55\00:17:38.50
in the good times
and in the bad times.
00:17:38.53\00:17:41.37
In fact, the Sprit of
Prophecy even tells us
00:17:41.40\00:17:44.03
that when Enoch would come away
00:17:44.06\00:17:45.76
for sometime with
Jesus he would withdraw
00:17:45.79\00:17:48.04
from the society of others.
00:17:48.07\00:17:49.98
When he came away from
the quiet time with Jesus
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she tells us that
his face was illuminated
00:17:52.93\00:17:56.54
with the glory of God.
00:17:56.57\00:17:58.04
He had a shine at his
face. His face was glowing.
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Friends, are you spending
time with Jesus in prayer?
00:18:01.89\00:18:06.53
I know a lady in Australia,
00:18:06.56\00:18:08.31
she is a senior lady but
she has an amazing prayer life.
00:18:08.34\00:18:12.12
She has a prayer
list with 500 names on it
00:18:12.15\00:18:16.46
and she tells me she prays
00:18:16.49\00:18:18.17
for those names
three times a day
00:18:18.21\00:18:21.29
and she tells me
sometimes I'm on my knees
00:18:21.32\00:18:24.61
and I get sour, my back
get sour and I get tired
00:18:24.64\00:18:27.81
and I just hold
the list up to heaven
00:18:27.84\00:18:29.86
and I say Lord,
you can read this.
00:18:29.89\00:18:33.10
My dad was on that list.
00:18:33.13\00:18:35.73
My dad stopped
walking with Jesus
00:18:35.76\00:18:38.62
shortly after he married my mom
00:18:38.65\00:18:40.34
but he was on
this lady's prayer list
00:18:40.37\00:18:42.54
and he got re-baptized in 2007.
00:18:42.57\00:18:44.89
Amen? Amen.
00:18:44.92\00:18:46.08
Not only that, as
soon as he got re-baptized
00:18:46.11\00:18:48.50
she crossed him off the list
00:18:48.53\00:18:50.42
but we need to be a prayer
people, a people of prayer.
00:18:50.45\00:18:54.95
The communication between
us and God should never stop.
00:18:54.98\00:18:57.99
Amen. Amen.
00:18:58.02\00:18:59.05
Oh, when I do this means, amen.
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All right, so number
one, Enoch had a prayer life.
00:19:03.12\00:19:06.51
Number two, when I say,
00:19:06.54\00:19:09.26
the Bible says
he walked with God
00:19:09.29\00:19:11.02
I believe it
means that he preached
00:19:11.05\00:19:13.71
and practiced what he preached.
00:19:13.74\00:19:15.63
Amen.
00:19:15.66\00:19:16.70
Take your Bibles and come
with me to the Book of Jude,
00:19:16.73\00:19:19.52
Jude, there's only
one chapter, chapter 1
00:19:19.55\00:19:22.18
and notice with
me verses 14 and 15.
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These are the only recorded
words of Enoch in the Bible.
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Jude 1:14, 15 says,
00:19:31.54\00:19:36.55
"Now Enoch, the
seventh from Adam,
00:19:36.58\00:19:39.01
prophesied about
these men also, saying,
00:19:39.04\00:19:42.26
'Behold, the Lord comes
00:19:42.29\00:19:44.59
with ten
thousands of His saints,
00:19:44.62\00:19:46.75
to execute judgment
on all, to convict all
00:19:46.78\00:19:50.22
who are ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds
00:19:50.25\00:19:53.99
which they have
committed in an ungodly way,
00:19:54.02\00:19:56.69
and of all the harsh things
00:19:56.72\00:19:58.50
which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him."
00:19:58.53\00:20:04.26
He was not a sadventist.
00:20:04.29\00:20:05.79
You know, amen.
00:20:05.82\00:20:07.39
Enoch was an Adventist.
00:20:07.42\00:20:08.83
Amen.
00:20:08.86\00:20:09.89
And he preached the undiluted
message from the Word of God.
00:20:09.92\00:20:13.90
He looked down
through the tunnel of time
00:20:13.93\00:20:16.48
and he saw Jesus coming again.
00:20:16.51\00:20:19.17
And this blessed
heart compelled him
00:20:19.20\00:20:22.06
so much so that he
could not be silent.
00:20:22.09\00:20:25.15
He had to tell
others about Jesus.
00:20:25.18\00:20:28.57
There was fire that
burned in his poems of passion
00:20:28.60\00:20:31.90
for the salvation
of the lost around him.
00:20:31.93\00:20:35.42
And as you read I don't know
00:20:35.45\00:20:36.77
if you noticed but he is
classic prophet, isn't it?
00:20:36.80\00:20:40.05
Four times he mentions the
word ungodly in the passage
00:20:40.08\00:20:44.42
that we just read.
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Do you think that people
liked everything that he said?
00:20:45.99\00:20:49.57
No. No.
00:20:49.60\00:20:50.63
He wasn't probably the
most popular preacher in town
00:20:50.66\00:20:53.50
so we can expect the same
reaction to our message today
00:20:53.53\00:20:57.61
and yet admits the
taunt of blasphemy and rebuke.
00:20:57.64\00:21:03.06
In a world so full of wickedness
00:21:03.09\00:21:05.23
that it was catapulting towards
an epic drowning Enoch preached
00:21:05.26\00:21:09.51
the plain and simple
truth and not only that
00:21:09.54\00:21:12.27
but he lived what he preached.
00:21:12.30\00:21:15.34
Amen.
00:21:15.37\00:21:16.47
Martin Luther
once gave a very brief
00:21:16.50\00:21:19.27
but expressive
eulogy for a pastor
00:21:19.30\00:21:22.11
and I hope I say this
right in Zwickau in 1522
00:21:22.14\00:21:25.86
his name was Nicholas Haussmann.
00:21:25.89\00:21:27.64
And of this man the
great reformer simply said,
00:21:27.67\00:21:31.29
"What we preach, he lived."
00:21:31.32\00:21:35.21
Can that be said about you?
00:21:35.24\00:21:38.62
Enoch had a prayer life.
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Enoch practiced what
he preached and preached
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what he practiced.
00:21:43.93\00:21:44.97
Number three, when Enoch walks--
00:21:45.00\00:21:47.30
when the Bible
says he walked with God
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I believe it is telling us
that Enoch had a pure heart.
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Enoch was heaven material.
00:21:54.92\00:21:57.65
Listen to this quote here
from the Review and Herald,
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"Not a thread of
coarseness or selfishness
00:22:00.00\00:22:03.36
was woven into the web
that this servant of God
00:22:03.39\00:22:06.72
was weaving in his daily life."
00:22:06.75\00:22:09.35
This man was a pure man.
00:22:09.38\00:22:11.29
He dressed
different, he talked different
00:22:11.32\00:22:14.23
because he was different.
00:22:14.26\00:22:16.12
Enoch was a paragon
of purity in his time.
00:22:16.15\00:22:19.67
His private, domestic,
social and Facebook life
00:22:19.70\00:22:24.61
was ever regulated by the belief
00:22:24.64\00:22:27.03
that he was ever and
always in the presence of God.
00:22:27.06\00:22:32.37
He was not conformed
00:22:32.40\00:22:33.44
to the world nor
controlled by it.
00:22:33.47\00:22:35.83
And the closer he came to Jesus,
00:22:35.86\00:22:37.97
the further and further
he came away from the world.
00:22:38.00\00:22:41.64
Am I saying to you
tonight that Enoch never sinned?
00:22:41.67\00:22:45.36
No.
00:22:45.39\00:22:46.42
He needed a Savior
just as much as we do
00:22:46.45\00:22:49.79
but Enoch was
just an every day guy
00:22:49.82\00:22:52.76
with an every day faith.
00:22:52.79\00:22:55.24
He was every day
raising his family
00:22:55.27\00:22:58.05
to love and know Jesus.
00:22:58.08\00:23:00.45
He was every
day loving his wife.
00:23:00.48\00:23:03.43
Friends, he was married
00:23:03.46\00:23:04.87
to the same woman for 300 years.
00:23:04.90\00:23:08.23
Amen.
00:23:08.26\00:23:09.55
Amen. Amen.
00:23:09.58\00:23:11.15
All right, he was every
day being a witness for God.
00:23:11.18\00:23:15.00
He was every day living
his life for God's glory.
00:23:15.03\00:23:18.53
He was every day
walking with Jesus.
00:23:18.56\00:23:22.00
And because he
had a heart like this,
00:23:22.03\00:23:24.29
a heart that
was so set on purity
00:23:24.32\00:23:26.81
and following Jesus God
blessed him, God loved him.
00:23:26.84\00:23:31.90
And of course, in Matthew 6:8
00:23:31.93\00:23:34.56
what does Jesus say in
His sermon on the mount?
00:23:34.59\00:23:38.86
Sorry, Matthew 5:8 it says,
00:23:38.89\00:23:41.76
"Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God."
00:23:41.79\00:23:48.26
He had a prayer life.
00:23:48.29\00:23:50.18
He practiced what he
preached and he preached
00:23:50.21\00:23:52.45
what he practiced.
00:23:52.48\00:23:53.55
He had a pure heart.
00:23:53.58\00:23:54.80
Point number four, I believe
00:23:54.83\00:23:56.59
when he walks with God it
means that he pleased God.
00:23:56.62\00:24:00.83
And I get this
straight from the Bible.
00:24:00.86\00:24:02.30
Come over to
Hebrews, Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:24:02.33\00:24:06.55
Hebrews Chapter 11
00:24:06.58\00:24:09.99
and I will read to
you from verses 5 and 6.
00:24:10.02\00:24:14.15
Hebrews 11:5, 6 the Bible says,
00:24:14.18\00:24:17.74
"By faith Enoch was taken away
so that he did not see death,
00:24:17.77\00:24:22.37
'and was not found,
because God had taken him'
00:24:22.40\00:24:26.08
for before he was
taken he had this testimony,"
00:24:26.11\00:24:30.22
mark that because that's a title
00:24:30.25\00:24:31.91
"that he pleased God.
00:24:31.94\00:24:34.30
But without faith it is
impossible to please Him,
00:24:34.33\00:24:37.11
for he who comes to God
must believe that He is,
00:24:37.14\00:24:40.42
and that He is a rewarder
00:24:40.45\00:24:42.06
of those who
diligently seek Him."
00:24:42.09\00:24:44.93
Friends, what a
testimony is this.
00:24:44.96\00:24:48.72
This is not Enoch's
testimony about himself,
00:24:48.75\00:24:52.22
this is the Holy
Spirit's testimony about Enoch.
00:24:52.25\00:24:56.45
Would you love for God
00:24:56.48\00:24:58.10
to be able to say
the same about you?
00:24:58.13\00:25:00.14
Amen.
00:25:00.17\00:25:01.20
I would love for God to
be able to say this about me.
00:25:01.23\00:25:03.95
In fact, in the Book of Romans,
Romans 15:3 the Bible tells us
00:25:03.98\00:25:08.41
that even Christ
pleased not himself.
00:25:08.44\00:25:11.27
He was always seeking to
please the Father in heaven.
00:25:11.30\00:25:14.44
So forget people pleasing.
Enoch was a God pleaser.
00:25:14.47\00:25:19.00
He lived for
the audience of one.
00:25:19.03\00:25:22.03
Ever conscious of God's company
the constant tenner of his holy
00:25:22.06\00:25:27.06
and devout mind was ever
and always to please Him.
00:25:27.09\00:25:31.76
And the Bible says without faith
00:25:31.79\00:25:33.51
it is impossible to do this.
00:25:33.54\00:25:35.23
Impossible is a
very strong word.
00:25:35.27\00:25:38.50
And notice here
too that it doesn't say
00:25:38.53\00:25:41.02
that Enoch had a testimony
00:25:41.05\00:25:43.81
it says that Enoch
had this testimony.
00:25:43.84\00:25:48.06
Now that is very specific.
00:25:48.09\00:25:51.16
Every Christian has a testimony.
00:25:51.19\00:25:53.76
Every single one in
this room can tell us
00:25:53.79\00:25:56.04
the day we met Jesus
and the wonderful change
00:25:56.07\00:25:58.54
that happened in our lives.
00:25:58.57\00:26:00.56
But sadly not every
Christian has this testimony.
00:26:00.59\00:26:05.52
Not every
Christian is able to say
00:26:05.55\00:26:07.47
that their life pleases God.
00:26:07.50\00:26:09.58
Not every Christian is
able to look up to heaven
00:26:09.61\00:26:12.12
and say that there is nothing
between my soul and the Savior.
00:26:12.15\00:26:15.67
I have renounced
those sinful pleasure.
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.78
Not every
Christian can say this,
00:26:17.81\00:26:20.68
but Enoch could say it.
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.76
In the midst of a generation
00:26:22.79\00:26:24.57
that constantly displeased
God he continually pleased Him.
00:26:24.60\00:26:30.70
So let me ask you a question.
00:26:30.73\00:26:32.60
When you do what you please
does what you do please God?
00:26:32.63\00:26:39.30
The Bible tells
us that Enoch's life
00:26:39.33\00:26:42.82
was so pleasing to Him
that guess what friends,
00:26:42.85\00:26:46.23
he walk straight into heaven.
00:26:46.26\00:26:48.55
Amen.
00:26:48.58\00:26:49.61
Can you imagine that? I
love how one preacher put it.
00:26:49.64\00:26:53.19
He said, he
imagines that one day
00:26:53.22\00:26:55.50
Enoch might have
not in the fields
00:26:55.53\00:26:57.18
and he been walking
and talking with Jesus.
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.10
And they had a wonderful day.
00:26:59.13\00:27:01.00
But the sun was
setting and Enoch knew
00:27:01.03\00:27:03.05
he had to go home
00:27:03.08\00:27:04.11
because it was dark
soon and so he said Lord,
00:27:04.14\00:27:06.70
it's getting late, I
best be going home now.
00:27:06.73\00:27:08.70
I should probably turn back.
00:27:08.73\00:27:10.37
And then came God's
gentle but instant reply.
00:27:10.40\00:27:13.28
Enoch, come to
My home it's closer.
00:27:13.31\00:27:16.88
I love that thought.
00:27:16.91\00:27:18.35
All for a closer walk with God.
00:27:18.38\00:27:20.66
Amen? Amen.
00:27:20.69\00:27:21.75
All for a closer walk with God.
00:27:21.78\00:27:23.83
And until this point the
Spirit of Prophecy tells us
00:27:23.86\00:27:26.59
that Enoch had been wondering,
00:27:26.62\00:27:28.49
he had been
questioning the wicket,
00:27:28.52\00:27:31.04
he wondered
that maybe the wicked
00:27:31.07\00:27:32.99
and the
righteous had the same end
00:27:33.02\00:27:34.52
because all seem to die.
00:27:34.55\00:27:36.69
But in the life of Enoch
God showed him and He shows us
00:27:36.72\00:27:40.75
that there is a reward
for the righteous, amen.
00:27:40.78\00:27:44.08
Amen.
00:27:44.11\00:27:45.14
And what a wonderful
reward that, that is.
00:27:45.17\00:27:48.37
And so Enoch the first
among men to enter heaven.
00:27:48.40\00:27:51.56
He walked through the
pearly gates into the holy city.
00:27:51.59\00:27:56.24
I love this story.
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.58
And friends, the life
of Enoch it intrigues me
00:27:58.61\00:28:02.37
and it inspires me.
00:28:02.40\00:28:04.46
This man must have been a
man who loved Jesus so, so much.
00:28:04.49\00:28:09.84
Now, is it difficult
for us to please God?
00:28:09.87\00:28:15.24
No. No.
00:28:15.27\00:28:17.16
Your enthusiasm in
answering that question
00:28:17.19\00:28:20.64
makes me feel I
should tell a little story.
00:28:20.67\00:28:23.18
I'm part of a singing
group back in Australia
00:28:23.21\00:28:25.66
and we have a
regular rehearsal every week
00:28:25.69\00:28:28.69
and one night we were rehearsing
00:28:28.72\00:28:31.16
and then we had a break.
00:28:31.19\00:28:32.58
And while we were in the break
00:28:32.61\00:28:33.97
I noticed one of
the guys in our group
00:28:34.00\00:28:36.29
he took out his phone
and he was looking at it
00:28:36.32\00:28:39.08
and suddenly the
smile swept across his face
00:28:39.11\00:28:42.11
and he went,
oh, this is so good.
00:28:42.14\00:28:44.81
And we looked
at him and we said,
00:28:44.84\00:28:45.94
what happened?
00:28:45.97\00:28:47.00
He said, it's
Sienna, his little baby girl.
00:28:47.03\00:28:49.22
He said, she just rolled over.
00:28:49.25\00:28:52.18
Now friends, that
was really special
00:28:52.21\00:28:54.85
but if that is how
easy it is for a father,
00:28:54.88\00:28:59.01
a human father to be
pleased with a child.
00:28:59.04\00:29:01.93
Friends, the moment we set
our hearts about seeking God
00:29:01.96\00:29:05.34
and serving Him it
thrills Him, it pleases Him.
00:29:05.37\00:29:08.83
Amen? Amen.
00:29:08.87\00:29:10.44
Enoch is my mom's
favorite Bible character
00:29:10.47\00:29:14.01
and now that
I've spend some time
00:29:14.04\00:29:15.76
studying his life I can see why.
00:29:15.79\00:29:18.12
His life has no
recorded adventures.
00:29:18.15\00:29:20.90
It's not like he
conquered a city,
00:29:20.93\00:29:22.30
built the city,
did anything like that.
00:29:22.33\00:29:24.62
But isn't not adventuring enough
00:29:24.65\00:29:27.70
for someone to walk with God?
00:29:27.73\00:29:30.09
I think that this is
the greatest ambition
00:29:30.12\00:29:33.44
that one could ever have,
00:29:33.47\00:29:35.05
one could ever crave
is to walk with Jesus.
00:29:35.08\00:29:39.46
And friends, the life of
Enoch when I think about it,
00:29:39.49\00:29:42.20
it really begs us to
studying the life of Jesus.
00:29:42.23\00:29:46.73
If you have your
Bible come over to 1 John,
00:29:46.76\00:29:49.96
1 John 2:6,
00:29:49.99\00:29:55.48
1 John 2:6.
00:29:55.51\00:29:59.87
Here the Bible simply says
00:30:01.70\00:30:03.56
"He who says he abides in Him
00:30:03.59\00:30:06.66
ought himself also to
walk just as He walked."
00:30:06.69\00:30:12.15
I read a book by
Norman Gulley called
00:30:12.18\00:30:14.55
"Christ, our substitute"
it's a beautiful book.
00:30:14.58\00:30:17.56
And as I was
reading it there is a moment
00:30:17.59\00:30:19.74
in the book where he lets
his spiritual imagination run
00:30:19.77\00:30:23.49
and in there he
imagines that once upon a time
00:30:23.52\00:30:26.79
all the inhabitants
from the far flung cosmos
00:30:26.82\00:30:29.80
gathered into
heavens amphitheater
00:30:29.83\00:30:32.24
one day many years ago.
00:30:32.27\00:30:34.67
And as they did
Jesus announced to them
00:30:34.70\00:30:37.56
that the time had
come for him to leave
00:30:37.59\00:30:39.94
and to come down to this
earth to redeem the humane race.
00:30:39.97\00:30:43.94
And as he is describing
this picture in his book
00:30:43.97\00:30:46.52
he notes that
there would have been
00:30:46.55\00:30:49.05
three members of that company
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.88
that would have been
especially concerned,
00:30:50.91\00:30:53.81
Enoch, Moses and Elijah.
00:30:53.84\00:30:56.65
They've all live on this planet.
00:30:56.68\00:30:58.31
They all know how hard it
is to follow God down here.
00:30:58.34\00:31:01.87
They know what a
bad world this is.
00:31:01.90\00:31:04.18
And he imagines that they
might have said to him Lord,
00:31:04.21\00:31:07.05
why must you go?
00:31:07.08\00:31:08.68
Why can't you-- is
there not any other way
00:31:08.71\00:31:10.85
that You save the human race?
00:31:10.88\00:31:13.18
And in his book he says,
00:31:13.21\00:31:14.60
he imagines that Jesus
might have turned to them
00:31:14.63\00:31:17.01
and said for You I must go.
00:31:17.04\00:31:20.13
And you imagine what
that must have been like
00:31:20.16\00:31:22.61
as those men had processed
00:31:22.64\00:31:24.64
that thought
for us he has to go.
00:31:24.67\00:31:28.61
God himself cannot keep us hear
00:31:28.64\00:31:31.60
unless He pays
the price for our sin.
00:31:31.63\00:31:35.05
And so Jesus
comes down to this earth
00:31:35.08\00:31:36.96
and he watch how he lived.
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.83
He watch how he walked with God.
00:31:38.86\00:31:40.77
Friends, he comes down
00:31:40.80\00:31:42.39
and he lives a
spirit filled life
00:31:42.42\00:31:44.81
so much so that
he lived without sin.
00:31:44.84\00:31:49.03
Wow.
00:31:49.06\00:31:50.42
And friends, let me tell
you Jesus was tempted beyond
00:31:50.45\00:31:53.73
what you and I
will ever be tempted.
00:31:53.76\00:31:55.66
And you say, hang
on a minute Charissa,
00:31:55.69\00:31:57.47
don't bring your strange
00:31:57.50\00:31:59.03
Australian
ideas to this country.
00:31:59.06\00:32:01.08
How can you prove
that, that's impossible?
00:32:01.11\00:32:03.30
But listen, if temptation
is all about encouraging us
00:32:03.33\00:32:07.80
to become reliant upon ourselves
00:32:07.83\00:32:10.46
and the separated from
an abiding relationship
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.59
with God then who Holy
Spirit the greater temptation.
00:32:13.62\00:32:17.12
Jesus who is divine
00:32:17.15\00:32:18.86
and He had everything
worth depending upon or us.
00:32:18.89\00:32:23.79
I think the answer is
pretty self explanatory.
00:32:23.82\00:32:26.98
But friends, Jesus
comes down and He lives
00:32:27.01\00:32:30.07
and He walks in
the spirit, amen.
00:32:30.10\00:32:32.96
And he sets for us
this perfect example
00:32:32.99\00:32:35.29
which Enoch goes and
he follows in his life
00:32:35.32\00:32:38.50
and because Jesus did this.
00:32:38.53\00:32:41.13
Come over to Romans
8:1, because Jesus did this
00:32:41.16\00:32:46.75
and set for us
this wonderful example.
00:32:46.78\00:32:50.69
The Bible tells
us in Romans 8:1,
00:32:50.72\00:32:53.37
"There is
therefore now no" how much?
00:32:53.40\00:32:56.45
"No condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus,
00:32:56.48\00:33:00.71
who do not walk
according to the flesh,
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.10
but according to the Spirit."
00:33:03.13\00:33:05.56
Amen.
00:33:05.59\00:33:06.64
Now if you like thee
00:33:06.67\00:33:07.99
you totally
asking this question,
00:33:08.02\00:33:10.08
what was it that
triggered this amazing walk
00:33:10.11\00:33:13.28
with God that Enoch had?
00:33:13.31\00:33:15.31
I mean, you do not just
roll out of bed one morning
00:33:15.34\00:33:18.60
and start walking
with Jesus like this.
00:33:18.63\00:33:20.84
Enoch's walk was not
some wonderful accident.
00:33:20.87\00:33:24.55
Friends, this walk was
something he intentionally
00:33:24.58\00:33:27.30
and passionately pursued.
00:33:27.33\00:33:30.11
So let's do a little
bit of investigation.
00:33:30.14\00:33:33.66
If you did the match
from the account of Genesis
00:33:33.69\00:33:36.22
you will discover the
Adam would have been about
00:33:36.25\00:33:38.81
622 years old
when Enoch was born.
00:33:38.84\00:33:43.73
This means for the first
308 years of Enoch's life
00:33:43.76\00:33:48.69
Adam and Enoch
are on earth together.
00:33:48.72\00:33:52.63
Wow, that's pretty amazing.
00:33:52.66\00:33:54.59
So here's what I think happened.
00:33:54.62\00:33:56.77
You have all of
these antediluvian people
00:33:56.80\00:33:58.95
on the phase of the planet
00:33:58.98\00:34:00.51
and they've all
heard the story of creation
00:34:00.54\00:34:03.07
and the fall but to
them it is just a story
00:34:03.10\00:34:06.85
that is to
everybody except for Enoch.
00:34:06.88\00:34:09.79
For some reason the story
00:34:09.82\00:34:11.41
of Adam and Eve
just gripped him.
00:34:11.44\00:34:13.54
He couldn't-- it
just wouldn't release him.
00:34:13.57\00:34:15.90
He couldn't shake
the thought from him mind
00:34:15.93\00:34:17.98
to think that his own great
times seven grandfather Adam
00:34:18.01\00:34:22.10
had walked with God.
00:34:22.13\00:34:24.55
And so I imagine
that every opportunity
00:34:24.58\00:34:27.15
that he had he would make time
00:34:27.18\00:34:29.14
to spend time
chatting with Adam.
00:34:29.17\00:34:32.02
And in every conversation
when he made that time with him
00:34:32.05\00:34:35.15
he would make a
beeline at every opportunity
00:34:35.18\00:34:37.64
for his favorite subject
and he might have said grandpa,
00:34:37.67\00:34:40.88
tell me about the good old days.
00:34:40.91\00:34:42.77
What was it like
when you walked with God?
00:34:42.80\00:34:46.15
What did you talk
about? How did you do it?
00:34:46.18\00:34:49.43
And Adam must have
been quite the storyteller
00:34:49.46\00:34:51.78
because there was
something about the stories
00:34:51.81\00:34:54.41
that was just so
captivating for Enoch.
00:34:54.44\00:34:57.63
Maybe as he told
the story of the fall
00:34:57.66\00:35:01.67
his eyes would grow glossy
and his voice would quiver
00:35:01.70\00:35:04.86
as he recalled that faithful day
00:35:04.89\00:35:06.85
when he and Eve had
partaken of that forbidden fruit
00:35:06.88\00:35:10.73
and lost paradise.
00:35:10.76\00:35:12.57
But then one day
Enoch becomes a dad.
00:35:12.60\00:35:17.20
And those of you who are parents
00:35:17.23\00:35:18.94
you will know just
how life changing that is.
00:35:18.97\00:35:21.98
It must have been pretty
exciting for him to be 65
00:35:22.01\00:35:25.49
and suddenly have
a baby in the house.
00:35:25.52\00:35:28.14
But as Enoch looks upon his son,
00:35:28.17\00:35:31.21
this wonderful new
picture of God bursts upon him
00:35:31.24\00:35:35.75
begins to develop for him.
00:35:35.78\00:35:37.84
I imagine that as
little Methuselah grew
00:35:37.87\00:35:40.94
they would take
walks together hand in hand
00:35:40.97\00:35:43.49
and every time
Methuselah looked up at his dad
00:35:43.52\00:35:46.51
with his bright beaming eyes
00:35:46.54\00:35:48.48
Enoch could see that his
son saw him to be the greatest
00:35:48.51\00:35:51.61
and the strongest
most wonderful person
00:35:51.64\00:35:53.79
that had ever lived.
00:35:53.82\00:35:55.21
And he could see that
00:35:55.24\00:35:56.34
his son was never
afraid in his presence
00:35:56.37\00:35:59.25
because he knew that
if there was some trouble
00:35:59.28\00:36:01.48
along the way well,
dad would take care of it
00:36:01.51\00:36:04.31
and so he never worried.
00:36:04.34\00:36:05.66
And as Enoch thought about this
00:36:05.69\00:36:08.03
and his
relationship with his son
00:36:08.06\00:36:10.59
he suddenly realized that maybe
00:36:10.62\00:36:12.77
this was what it was like
when Adam walked with God.
00:36:12.80\00:36:16.42
And maybe the love which he felt
00:36:16.45\00:36:18.26
towards his own son
00:36:18.29\00:36:20.02
was reflective just a little bit
00:36:20.05\00:36:22.12
of how God must
feel towards him.
00:36:22.15\00:36:25.19
And so he dedicated his
life to walking with Jesus.
00:36:25.22\00:36:28.54
In fact, his name in
the Hebrew means dedicated
00:36:28.57\00:36:33.37
and he never looked back.
00:36:33.40\00:36:36.63
And friends, mark this because
as Enoch's life was deepened
00:36:36.66\00:36:41.05
by experience so to our own
are deepened by experiences.
00:36:41.08\00:36:45.01
Well, sometimes God uses trials.
00:36:45.04\00:36:47.68
God uses those
hard times to bring us
00:36:47.71\00:36:50.18
into a place where
we can walk with Him.
00:36:50.21\00:36:54.57
Now I want to
focus on one other thing
00:36:54.60\00:36:56.68
and I see my clock is running
00:36:56.71\00:36:57.80
so I just want to
tell you one other detail
00:36:57.83\00:36:59.63
which I think is fascinating.
00:36:59.66\00:37:01.33
The name Methuselah,
it's an interesting name
00:37:01.36\00:37:04.13
for choose for your
child don't you think?
00:37:04.16\00:37:06.54
I mean, there is
a guy in my church
00:37:06.57\00:37:08.76
and I find names
really interesting.
00:37:08.79\00:37:10.63
We have a man in our
church in Australia called
00:37:10.66\00:37:12.71
Bill Gates and he
says he is the original
00:37:12.74\00:37:16.12
because he was here
before the other Bill Gates.
00:37:16.15\00:37:19.00
But he is a lay
evangelist, you could imagine
00:37:19.03\00:37:21.20
how that guy is
down when he travels.
00:37:21.23\00:37:22.80
Bill Gates is coming to town.
00:37:22.83\00:37:24.64
And when Bill
came back from Zimbabwe
00:37:24.67\00:37:27.23
and he told us
about this family he met
00:37:27.26\00:37:29.02
that had three
beautiful children,
00:37:29.05\00:37:30.84
their names were
Hallelujah, Hosanna, and Amen.
00:37:30.87\00:37:34.66
So can you imagine calling
the family to come for worship?
00:37:34.69\00:37:38.24
Hallelujah, Amen, Hosanna, time.
00:37:38.27\00:37:41.01
But anyway the name Methuselah,
00:37:41.04\00:37:43.16
did you know what the
name Methuselah means?
00:37:43.19\00:37:44.91
It means when he
dies it shall come.
00:37:44.94\00:37:48.30
It was if God was
saying to Enoch, Enoch,
00:37:48.33\00:37:50.80
you see this little baby
that you hold in your hands
00:37:50.83\00:37:53.64
when he dies the end will come.
00:37:53.67\00:37:57.28
Imagine how this would
have fuelled his preaching.
00:37:57.31\00:38:00.91
No wonder Enoch walked
00:38:00.94\00:38:02.43
with God every time
Methuselah fell sick
00:38:02.46\00:38:04.86
I'm sure he
wondered if this was it.
00:38:04.89\00:38:07.18
But friends, when
Enoch was taken to heaven
00:38:07.21\00:38:10.14
Methuselah continued to live on
00:38:10.17\00:38:12.48
and he saw another
preacher of righteousness come.
00:38:12.51\00:38:14.99
Who was it? Noah.
00:38:15.02\00:38:16.23
Noah. That's right.
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.29
His grandson.
00:38:17.32\00:38:18.37
And when I imagine
that he would have seen
00:38:18.40\00:38:20.10
the ark he
perhaps helped build it
00:38:20.13\00:38:22.49
and maybe as he was
there by the ark Noah said
00:38:22.52\00:38:24.97
you see my grandfather there,
when he dies the end will come
00:38:25.00\00:38:29.43
and people would
look at Methuselah
00:38:29.46\00:38:30.92
and they could see he
was seasoned with years
00:38:30.95\00:38:32.79
and they might think
okay, well, must be soon.
00:38:32.82\00:38:35.43
But friends, in the same way
00:38:35.46\00:38:37.43
that Methuselah
was a walking sermon
00:38:37.46\00:38:39.53
so do we are
walking sermons as well.
00:38:39.56\00:38:43.86
Methuselah lived just 31
years shy of a millennium
00:38:43.89\00:38:47.76
and one day after 120
years of building the ark
00:38:47.79\00:38:51.23
the final hammer fell.
00:38:51.26\00:38:53.53
And then if you do the
math the Bible tells us
00:38:53.56\00:38:56.82
that in the very year
he died the flood came.
00:38:56.85\00:39:01.26
You read some
other Hebrew scholarship
00:39:01.29\00:39:03.65
and they believed
that in the very week
00:39:03.68\00:39:05.90
prior to the
flood Methuselah died.
00:39:05.93\00:39:08.65
What's my point?
00:39:08.68\00:39:10.34
My point is this, friends,
00:39:10.37\00:39:12.12
I'm proud to be a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.90
There is no other church
that I would rather be part of.
00:39:14.93\00:39:18.37
In fact, I bumped into
somebody here in Grand Rapids,
00:39:18.40\00:39:21.54
so we were before the
conference started and I--
00:39:21.57\00:39:24.31
I knew them because
I had seen them before
00:39:24.34\00:39:26.08
and I waived at them.
00:39:26.11\00:39:27.14
They didn't know me
but they waived back anyway
00:39:27.17\00:39:30.29
and we started
talking and I said yes,
00:39:30.32\00:39:32.41
we thought you
were an Adventist,
00:39:32.44\00:39:34.45
I was so happy with that.
00:39:34.48\00:39:36.50
Because listen friends,
00:39:36.53\00:39:38.01
we could have been called
the church of Jesus Christ
00:39:38.04\00:39:40.50
because Jesus is
our central theme,
00:39:40.53\00:39:42.72
He is our central doctrine.
00:39:42.75\00:39:43.97
We could have been called
00:39:44.00\00:39:45.05
the church of
the latter day saints
00:39:45.08\00:39:46.78
because we too believe
00:39:46.81\00:39:48.33
that we are
living in the last days
00:39:48.36\00:39:49.85
and that this is God's
last day remnant people, amen.
00:39:49.89\00:39:53.62
We believe that we could have
been called evangelical church
00:39:53.65\00:39:56.82
because we love evangelism,
it flows in our veins.
00:39:56.85\00:40:00.42
We could have been
the Pentecostal church
00:40:00.45\00:40:02.34
because we believe in
the baptism of the spirit
00:40:02.37\00:40:04.46
and being born again
00:40:04.49\00:40:05.72
and we are praying
for the out pouring
00:40:05.75\00:40:07.98
of God's spirit
in latter rain power.
00:40:08.01\00:40:10.33
Amen. Amen.
00:40:10.36\00:40:11.63
We could have been
the Methodist church
00:40:11.66\00:40:13.31
because we believe in
God's method of salvation
00:40:13.34\00:40:16.14
through faith in Jesus.
00:40:16.17\00:40:17.87
We could have been Baptist
00:40:17.90\00:40:19.07
because we believe
in baptism by immersion.
00:40:19.10\00:40:21.71
But guess what, we
are Seventh-day Adventist
00:40:21.74\00:40:24.44
and every time you say your name
00:40:24.47\00:40:26.72
it preaches a
sermon to somebody.
00:40:26.75\00:40:29.01
It brings hope and conviction
to those who are around you.
00:40:29.04\00:40:33.37
And this time
friends, as Enoch was back
00:40:33.40\00:40:35.65
then we too are waiting
for the end of the world
00:40:35.68\00:40:38.73
when Jesus will come.
00:40:38.76\00:40:40.47
And Bible prophecy tells us
that soon laws will be enforced
00:40:40.50\00:40:45.09
that will forbid people
from worshiping God's way.
00:40:45.12\00:40:48.87
In fact, if you-- can
I just read this to you
00:40:48.90\00:40:52.35
"Patriarchs and Prophets."
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.09
"In prophetic vision"
this is for that Enoch.
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.89
"He was instructed
concerning the death of Christ,
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.33
and he was shown
His coming in glory,
00:41:00.36\00:41:03.13
attended by all the holy angels,
00:41:03.16\00:41:05.44
to ransom His
people from the grave.
00:41:05.47\00:41:08.14
He saw the
corrupt state of the world
00:41:08.17\00:41:10.50
when Christ should
appear the second time."
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.77
God showed him all
of this and we know
00:41:12.80\00:41:15.97
from Bible prophecy
that before Jesus comes back
00:41:16.00\00:41:18.94
there will be a death decree.
00:41:18.97\00:41:20.96
God's people will
have to flee and hide.
00:41:20.99\00:41:23.96
But friends,
right when it looks like
00:41:23.99\00:41:26.24
God's church is
about to be defeated,
00:41:26.27\00:41:28.67
run what it looks like
we will not win guess what,
00:41:28.70\00:41:32.13
Jesus will come.
00:41:32.16\00:41:33.28
Amen.
00:41:33.31\00:41:34.43
And when He
comes we will look up
00:41:34.46\00:41:36.96
and we will be able to say
00:41:36.99\00:41:38.30
"For the Lord
himself will come down
00:41:38.33\00:41:40.44
from heaven with a shout,
00:41:40.47\00:41:42.06
with the voice of the archangel,
00:41:42.09\00:41:43.73
and with the
trumpet call of God,
00:41:43.76\00:41:45.41
and the dead in Christ
they are gonna rise first.
00:41:45.44\00:41:48.81
Then we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.05
together with them in the clouds
00:41:52.08\00:41:53.61
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord."
00:41:53.64\00:41:56.22
Amen. Amen.
00:41:56.25\00:41:57.52
I'm so-- I'm an Adventist
00:41:57.55\00:41:58.75
and I get really excited
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.05
when I think about the
advent of Jesus Christ.
00:42:00.08\00:42:03.46
Amen. Amen.
00:42:03.49\00:42:04.53
My grandma passed
away in 2010, my dad's mom.
00:42:04.56\00:42:08.48
She was Samoan.
00:42:08.51\00:42:10.47
My dad is Samoan,
00:42:10.50\00:42:11.76
I should have said
that in the beginning.
00:42:11.79\00:42:13.11
My dad is Samoan
my mom is Australian
00:42:13.15\00:42:15.07
so if I look
mixed up that's what.
00:42:15.10\00:42:18.45
But when my grandma passed away
00:42:18.48\00:42:21.07
just before she did
00:42:21.10\00:42:22.13
my dad managed to
get to Samoan in time
00:42:22.16\00:42:24.64
to spend time with here
which was really special.
00:42:24.67\00:42:27.44
But he told her mom,
listen for the trumpet.
00:42:27.47\00:42:30.73
Listen for the trumpet
00:42:30.76\00:42:32.02
because when Jesus
comes back you will hear it.
00:42:32.05\00:42:35.03
Let me read this quote
00:42:35.06\00:42:36.23
and then we need to
run to our finish line.
00:42:36.26\00:42:38.48
"Enoch's life and
character were so holy
00:42:38.51\00:42:42.09
that he was translated to
heaven without seeing death.
00:42:42.12\00:42:45.48
It represents what the lives
and characters of all must be,
00:42:45.51\00:42:52.00
if, like Enoch,
00:42:52.03\00:42:53.50
they are
subjects to be translated
00:42:53.53\00:42:55.33
when Christ shall come.
00:42:55.36\00:42:57.05
His life was what
the life of every one
00:42:57.08\00:42:59.99
may be who closely
connects with God."
00:43:00.02\00:43:05.25
I didn't just come to the study
00:43:05.28\00:43:06.64
because I
thought it would be nice.
00:43:06.67\00:43:08.30
I came to the study
because it's necessary.
00:43:08.33\00:43:11.12
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:43:11.15\00:43:12.60
if you want to be men and
women of God then walk with God.
00:43:12.63\00:43:18.01
If you want to make something
of your life walk with God.
00:43:18.04\00:43:22.04
Lift Him up in all
that you do because no one
00:43:22.07\00:43:25.83
who has ever walked with
Jesus has ever gotten lost.
00:43:25.86\00:43:29.33
Amen. Amen.
00:43:29.36\00:43:30.62
That nothing and no one
come between you and Him.
00:43:30.65\00:43:34.44
Like Enoch as I
said we are waiting
00:43:34.47\00:43:36.56
for the end of the age
and it won't be long now
00:43:36.59\00:43:39.65
God's wanted ad is out
there I just shared it with you.
00:43:39.68\00:43:43.72
God is looking for
people who will worship him
00:43:43.75\00:43:47.01
in Spirit and in truth
00:43:47.04\00:43:48.69
and are people
who will walk with Him
00:43:48.72\00:43:51.43
so that He can walk them home.
00:43:51.46\00:43:54.20
Now mark this, that
when you walk with Christ
00:43:54.23\00:43:58.33
the same world that crucified
him will not be kind to you.
00:43:58.36\00:44:02.71
But walk with Jesus
anyway because there is a reward
00:44:02.74\00:44:06.75
for those who
are obedient to Him.
00:44:06.78\00:44:09.10
There is a reward
for the righteous.
00:44:09.13\00:44:11.79
I want to be part
of an Enoch generation
00:44:11.82\00:44:14.80
that by God's grace
will walk into heaven.
00:44:14.83\00:44:18.27
And even if I
should die before He comes
00:44:18.30\00:44:21.22
then the promise is still there
00:44:21.25\00:44:22.79
that I will be caught
up to meet Him in the end.
00:44:22.82\00:44:26.67
Friends, do you want to
be a part of this generation?
00:44:26.70\00:44:29.29
Amen. Amen.
00:44:29.32\00:44:30.81
Really?
00:44:30.84\00:44:31.87
Amen. Amen.
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.03
Then listen to this,
you must do what Enoch did.
00:44:34.06\00:44:39.26
You want to
experience what he experienced?
00:44:39.29\00:44:41.97
Do what he did.
00:44:42.00\00:44:43.77
Enoch's life reminds
me that I'm responsible
00:44:43.80\00:44:47.45
for my earned
relationship with Jesus.
00:44:47.48\00:44:49.82
Amen.
00:44:49.85\00:44:50.88
And if Christianity is
a relationship with Jesus
00:44:50.91\00:44:53.35
and you are not
communicating with Him
00:44:53.38\00:44:55.49
you do not have a pure life,
00:44:55.52\00:44:57.62
you're not practicing
what you preach and preaching
00:44:57.65\00:44:59.77
what you practice.
00:44:59.80\00:45:01.08
If all of these points
that I mentioned before
00:45:01.11\00:45:02.76
and not reflected in your life
then there is no relationship.
00:45:02.80\00:45:06.65
So beloved
church, walk with God.
00:45:06.68\00:45:11.80
And if you struggle
to find the motivation
00:45:11.83\00:45:14.96
may I encourage
you to go to Calvary
00:45:14.99\00:45:17.95
because go there daily
because when you go to Calvary
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.53
and you see Jesus
high and lifted up
00:45:21.56\00:45:23.94
dying and
bleeding for love of you,
00:45:23.97\00:45:27.40
I tell you that
will give you motivation
00:45:27.43\00:45:29.57
that nothing else can give you.
00:45:29.60\00:45:31.43
That will bring love
to your heart for Jesus
00:45:31.46\00:45:34.04
and nothing else can
00:45:34.07\00:45:36.19
because the cross
didn't change His mind,
00:45:36.22\00:45:38.53
it changes my mind.
00:45:38.56\00:45:40.06
The cross didn't
change His character,
00:45:40.09\00:45:42.61
it changes my character.
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.99
Flying is a very
spiritual experience for me.
00:45:46.02\00:45:49.50
Flying is for birds and I
really don't like flying at all
00:45:49.53\00:45:53.03
but there is a story of a pastor
00:45:53.06\00:45:55.01
he was traveling on a flight
00:45:55.04\00:45:56.69
and as he was
traveling the pilot came over
00:45:56.72\00:45:59.89
the intercom whatever you call,
00:45:59.92\00:46:01.77
the loudspeaker and he
said ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:01.80\00:46:04.19
there's turbulence ahead
00:46:04.22\00:46:05.34
so we will be unable to serve
your refreshments at this time.
00:46:05.37\00:46:08.26
Please, buckle your seatbelts.
00:46:08.29\00:46:10.06
So everybody buckled up.
00:46:10.09\00:46:11.40
Shortly after that
the voice came on again,
00:46:11.43\00:46:14.39
cabin crew, please be
seated turbulence just ahead
00:46:14.42\00:46:17.52
and moments later
bang, lightening burst
00:46:17.55\00:46:20.88
into the sky and suddenly
this plane was like a cork
00:46:20.91\00:46:24.18
being toss over
on a celestial ocean.
00:46:24.21\00:46:27.62
It was up one minute,
down the next and frankly
00:46:27.65\00:46:30.26
the pastor said everybody
on this plane was frightened.
00:46:30.29\00:46:33.81
That's when he noticed her,
00:46:33.84\00:46:35.87
just across the aisle
from him was this little girl,
00:46:35.90\00:46:38.33
she had her legs folded
and she was just reading a book
00:46:38.36\00:46:41.55
and everything
in her world seems
00:46:41.58\00:46:43.83
so calm and so serene.
00:46:43.86\00:46:45.91
And he was just
captivated with her.
00:46:45.94\00:46:49.16
He thought to himself I got to--
00:46:49.19\00:46:50.58
I got to talk to
this girl when we land.
00:46:50.61\00:46:52.80
Oh, the plane made it
00:46:52.83\00:46:54.35
and as soon it landed everybody
got off that plane real quick
00:46:54.38\00:46:57.84
but the pastor hung around
00:46:57.87\00:46:59.16
because he wanted
to meet this girl.
00:46:59.19\00:47:01.12
She comes off the
plane all peaceful, all calm.
00:47:01.15\00:47:03.95
He says to her, may
I ask you a question?
00:47:03.98\00:47:06.50
She says, yes.
00:47:06.53\00:47:08.13
He says, I
noticed you on the plane.
00:47:08.16\00:47:10.10
When everybody was
scared you weren't.
00:47:10.13\00:47:12.14
May I ask you why
weren't you afraid
00:47:12.17\00:47:15.25
when was plane was
being tossed around?
00:47:15.28\00:47:17.47
And she just looked at him
with her big beautiful eyes
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.41
and she said sir,
my daddy is a pilot
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.78
and he is taking me home.
00:47:22.81\00:47:24.50
Amen. Amen.
00:47:24.53\00:47:26.73
Friends, when the
storms of life are raging
00:47:26.76\00:47:31.29
and they will
rage, physical storms,
00:47:31.32\00:47:34.11
family storms, financial storms,
00:47:34.14\00:47:36.58
all kinds of personal
storms will darken our skies.
00:47:36.61\00:47:40.20
Let us remember
that our Father in heaven
00:47:40.23\00:47:42.95
is the pilot and
even though it seems
00:47:42.98\00:47:45.43
that the plane is
not gonna make it,
00:47:45.46\00:47:47.16
it will because
He is taking us home.
00:47:47.19\00:47:49.30
Amen? Amen.
00:47:49.33\00:47:50.73
And we need to be like Enoch.
00:47:50.76\00:47:52.40
Friends, evidently from
my study of life of Enoch
00:47:52.43\00:47:56.12
everywhere is within a
walking distance even heaven.
00:47:56.15\00:48:00.60
Walk with God and you
will never walk alone.
00:48:00.63\00:48:03.59
Walk with Him in
the times of great joy.
00:48:03.62\00:48:06.90
Walk with Him in the
times of great sorrow.
00:48:06.93\00:48:09.64
And when you feel you
don't have the strength ask Him
00:48:09.67\00:48:13.06
and He will carry you
through in His loving,
00:48:13.09\00:48:16.06
every lasting arms.
00:48:16.10\00:48:17.79
Amen? Amen.
00:48:17.82\00:48:18.91
So church, are you
walking with Jesus?
00:48:18.94\00:48:22.45
Not really.
00:48:22.48\00:48:23.53
How is it with you?
00:48:23.56\00:48:26.43
This is a
challenging message to me
00:48:26.46\00:48:28.67
and I believe the
Lord brought me here
00:48:28.70\00:48:30.11
because He wanted me to
ask myself this question,
00:48:30.14\00:48:33.34
Charissa, are you
walking with Jesus?
00:48:33.37\00:48:36.18
So I just want to
end with a little appeal
00:48:36.21\00:48:38.59
and simple this, do
you want to walk with God?
00:48:38.62\00:48:42.24
Amen.
00:48:42.27\00:48:44.58
All right, that's the
first part of the appeal,
00:48:44.61\00:48:46.13
that's good.
00:48:46.16\00:48:47.75
Second part is
this, hey, friends,
00:48:47.78\00:48:49.88
you have been
reflecting on the life of Enoch
00:48:49.91\00:48:52.72
maybe the Holy
Spirit spoke to you
00:48:52.75\00:48:54.26
and we realize that
there is something in your life
00:48:54.29\00:48:56.95
that is preventing you
00:48:56.98\00:48:58.43
from having that
close walk with God.
00:48:58.46\00:49:01.07
Maybe there is
something that needs to change.
00:49:01.10\00:49:03.27
Maybe you need
to make more time,
00:49:03.30\00:49:05.03
you haven't been
making enough time well,
00:49:05.06\00:49:07.14
you know what it is,
it's between you and Jesus.
00:49:07.17\00:49:09.76
But if there is
something in your life
00:49:09.79\00:49:11.94
that you would like to change
and you want to give it up,
00:49:11.97\00:49:14.97
you want to make that
change make that decision now
00:49:15.00\00:49:18.16
then I would just invite
you to stand in your seat
00:49:18.19\00:49:20.11
where you are and I would
offer a special prayer for you.
00:49:20.14\00:49:26.96
Amen, let's pray.
00:49:26.99\00:49:31.04
Father in heaven, we stand here
00:49:31.07\00:49:34.83
because we want to walk with You
00:49:34.86\00:49:36.68
as Enoch walked in days of old.
00:49:36.71\00:49:39.90
We place now our
trembling hand in Yours
00:49:39.93\00:49:42.93
and we invite You Lord,
00:49:42.96\00:49:44.51
to help us to be
faithful to Jesus.
00:49:44.54\00:49:47.78
We've made commitments
just now and for every person
00:49:47.81\00:49:50.29
that commitment maybe different
00:49:50.32\00:49:52.24
but Lord, I pray and
that You will bless them
00:49:52.27\00:49:54.41
for this decision
that they have made.
00:49:54.44\00:49:56.51
May we too be
part of that last day
00:49:56.54\00:49:58.94
Enoch generation
00:49:58.97\00:50:00.52
that will let nothing
come between us and Jesus.
00:50:00.55\00:50:03.47
This is our prayer, fill
us with Your spirit Lord,
00:50:03.50\00:50:06.34
that we too may
live that spiritual life
00:50:06.37\00:50:09.28
that Jesus called us to live.
00:50:09.31\00:50:11.47
We ask this in
Jesus precious name, amen.
00:50:11.50\00:50:14.65
Amen.
00:50:14.68\00:50:15.71
God bless you.
You may be seated.
00:50:15.74\00:50:17.40
When the storms
of life are raging,
00:50:51.16\00:50:57.57
stand by me
00:50:57.60\00:51:00.12
When the storms
of life are raging,
00:51:04.65\00:51:10.71
stand by me
00:51:10.74\00:51:13.85
When the world is tossing me,
00:51:17.70\00:51:24.38
like a ship upon the sea
00:51:24.41\00:51:31.01
Thou who rules
the wind and water,
00:51:31.04\00:51:37.98
stand by me
00:51:38.01\00:51:41.48
In the midst of
faults and failures,
00:51:45.63\00:51:51.33
stand by me
00:51:51.36\00:51:54.05
In the midst of faults
00:51:58.12\00:52:01.02
and failures, stand by me
00:52:01.05\00:52:06.02
When I've done the best I can,
00:52:09.93\00:52:15.82
and my friends
they misunderstand
00:52:15.85\00:52:22.26
Thou who knows all about me,
00:52:22.29\00:52:28.59
stand by me
00:52:28.62\00:52:31.28
In the midst of tribulation,
00:52:36.10\00:52:41.54
stand by me
00:52:41.57\00:52:44.28
In the midst of tribulation,
00:52:47.81\00:52:53.55
stand by me
00:52:53.58\00:52:56.29
When the host of hell assail,
00:52:59.27\00:53:04.41
and my strength begins to fail
00:53:04.44\00:53:10.09
Thou Who never lost a battle,
00:53:11.66\00:53:18.65
stand by me
00:53:18.68\00:53:21.97
Thou Who rules
the wind and water
00:53:26.48\00:53:33.08
stand by me
00:53:34.39\00:53:38.09
Amen.
00:53:41.33\00:53:43.69