1.

Read Genesis 5:21-24. The expression “Enoch walked with God” is repeated twice. What does it mean to “walk with God”? How did God bless Enoch’s walk with God? What can we learn from Enoch in our walk in the Lord? 

** It means what it says. God does not have any legs or feet like we do. Yet this expression was adopted to tell us the kind of life we are to live in the Lord, that is to say that our life in the Lord should be like two people walking together, side by side, walking along the paths of life, step by step, shoulder to shoulder. The word “walk” is also suggestive of “obedience” (in actions) rather than in words alone. 

** The Lord took him away from this world, so that Enoch would not have to experience the pangs of physical death. 

** We are still living in the year of the Lord’s favor. Unlike the day of Enoch, we are living in the generation where the mystery of Christ is fully known. For example, Jesus who is fully God was born in flesh. He walked on this planet earth. He taught us the way of God. He then rose again. He sends His Spirit to those who put trust in Him, so that those who put trust in the Lord can walk with the Lord in His Spirit. 

We then learn that in our own generation we have more reasons to walk with the Lord than even Enoch did. Thus Enoch’s example provides  a good example for us to copy in our daily walk with the Lord. 

One more encouraging thing we learn is the validity of Jesus’ promise that for those who are in Him, there is no more shadow of death, the promise that death cannot hold its grip on them. Enoch’s example assures us that Jesus’ many wonderful promises like John 5:24 are very realistic. 

2. 

Read Hebrews 11:5-6. This passage says that faith pleases God.  It also says that without faith it is impossible to please God.  Yet what are some of the many different ways people try to please God?  What does this passage teach us about God? 

** Many try to please God by their works alone.  

** This passage shows us that God is a good God. He is not like a dictator who presses his demands on his subjects, and punishes his subjects when his subjects fail to comply with his demands. Many try to please God by their works alone thinking that God is like the evil king Pharaoh in Egypt. Pharaoh demanded the slave nation Israel to make bricks even without providing them with proper raw materials. But God is a good God who loves to richly reward his children, as they come to him expecting him to bless them abundantly. He is of course not a sugar daddy. In love he also disciplines his children, so his children would not be spoiled, but pick up a godly character. The point is God is a perfectly good God who seeks the highest good for those who love and put trust in Him.  

3.

Read Jude 1:14-16.  What does this passage tell us about Enoch’s personal faith in the Lord?  How did he serve his generation with his faith in the Lord?  What can we learn from his example?

** Although he lived well before the first coming of Jesus the Savior of the world, he still believed in the Lord, believing in not only his first coming but second coming. Probably the Lord blessed his close walk with the Lord by revealing this to him in person. Over all, this passage reminds us of the true meaning of “friendship”. Friends do not hide anything. They share everything, so that the two would come to know everything they have in mind. Read Gen 18:17. 

** He helped people of his generation by teaching about the Lord coming again. Perhaps along with the message of Jesus’ second coming, he must have taught creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, all by the Lord and in the lives of those who put trust in Him.

In Hebrew his name Enoch means “teacher”. 

** We too can teach the gospel. Matthew 28:19-20.