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Have you ever noticed that people can get caught up in the strangest things and somehow think it’s “Christian” or that they’re “having church”?
2. Why do I ask such a question? Because I believe there’s longing in our hearts for what’s authentic. But what does “authentic” look like?
3. The standard for Christian faith and practice is and must be the Bible. So, what does the Bible say about having an authentic relationship with God?
4. Tonight, we’re going to look at a person who had an authentic relationship with God. The writer of Hebrews said this man was one “of whom the world was not worthy”. (Hebrews 11:38)
5. As we look at his life, I believe we will discover principles for what it means to truly walk closer with God.

Genesis 5:21-24

Context
1. When it comes to genealogies, many just skip to the next chapter. Yet, biblical genealogies are filled with wonderful treasures just waiting to be discovered.
2. For instance, in verse 1 we are taken back to the first two chapters in Genesis, when God created Adam and Eve.
3. Then in verse 3, Adam’s son, Seth, is described as being made in the “image” or “likeness” of Adam.
4. But it’s not until we read fifth verse that we realize the innocence of Genesis 1 and 2 is gone, for in that verse we are reminded of Adam’s fall when we see the words “Adam died” at the age of 930.
5. Why did the Bible record Adam’s death? Because God always keeps His Word.
a. God judged the first couple for eating the forbidden fruit which resulted in Adam’s death; a judgment that all of creation still endures.
b. Yet there is hope for God promised a Rescuer who would defeat sin, death, and Satan in Genesis 3:15.
6. In Genesis 5, there is a clear the pattern of life followed by death which is unbroken until we read verse 21. Here we are told of a man who lived and did not die because “he walked with God”. His name was Enoch.

I. Do Life with God

A. Doing life with God is a choice
1. Enoch lived in dark, corrupt times.
a. God was forgotten.
b. Life was not valued so murder and immorality were the norm.
c. The world had a one-track mind; to satisfy self and gratify one’s ego at any cost.
d. It was a world that was willfully rushing towards judgment.


Genesis 6:5-6, Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

2. But it appears that something changed for Enoch
around the time of his son’s birth.
a. For the first 65 years of life, Enoch just walked.

APPL – Many people live their lives this way. They get up, fight through day, and then go to bed. Repeat.

b. After his son’s birth, Enoch “walked with God”.
3. Something had stirred within Enoch.
a. Maybe it was holding his son for the first time and realizing he was raising a son in a wicked world. He wanted to give him more than what the world had to offer.
b. Maybe it was talking with Adam, who would have been 687 years old at Methuselah’s birth.
c. But I believe the name of Enoch’s son provides a clue about the change in Enoch.
• “Methuselah” has been taken to mean one of two things.
• The first meaning is, “When he is dead it shall be sent”.
• The second meaning is, “Man of the dart” or “spear, javelin, arrow”.
• Both appear to relate to a coming judgment.
• Methuselah lived 969 years, longer than any other person mentioned in the Bible.
• When one calculates the year of his death, it matches the year when Noah’s flood began. “When he is dead it shall be sent.”
• A dart or arrow was used as an instrument of death or judgment.
o Remember, after the flood God promised Noah that He would never flood the earth again.
o God gave Noah a sign, the rainbow which signified the bow and arrow were pointed away from the earth; a symbol of peace between God and man.

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