Heb 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.
BEFORE God took Enoch, Enoch had a testimony--
What is a testimony?
(Webster)
Affirmation; declaration.
Open attestation; profession.
Confirmation.
If you give a testimony you are giving the truth as you know it, right? If you go to court and give a testimony, you are giving the truth as you perceive it. My testimony, your testimony, their testimony, a testimony is something you believe to be true beyond a doubt. Enoch had a testimony, Enoch had a truth and that testimony, that truth was that he PLEASED GOD. The truth.
Heb 11:6 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.
Enoch had FAITH!
Enoch PLEASED GOD!
Enoch believed that GOD is, was, and will always be.
Enoch believed that GOD is a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek HIM.
Enoch's testimony, Enoch's truth was that God was everything! Enoch had no doubt, no room for doubt at all. This TRUTH was what TRANSLATED Enoch from earth to heaven to be with God without seeing death.
This example is for US.
FAITH pleases God- believing please God.
If you've ever had anyone lose faith in you WRONGLY, you can only imagine on a tiny scale how God feels. If you've ever had anyone stop believing in you WRONGLY, again, you can only imagine on a tiny scale how God feels. It doesn't feel good at all, it feels awful. You feel so incredibly helpless and frustrated because you know you didn't do this thing that has brought about others losing faith in you, no longer believing you. No matter what you say or do it's gone, that faith is gone. It's one thing to have people lose faith in you when you've actually done something to warrant that loss of faith, but when you've done absolutely NOTHING, you are truly helpless. You can hope all you want that someone will believe in you again, but you have no guarantee that will happen, but that hope is what you do have.
God did NOTHING to lose our faith in Him, not a single thing, yet we chose to lose faith in Him. We willingly gave up believing in Him and all He represents. We lost the right to be with HIM, to know HIM as He wanted to be known. We gave up that right willingly when we decided WRONGLY that He wasn't being honest with us, that He was keeping something from us. We had NO proof, NO reason to believe that He would not give us all good things and yet we chose to believe lies rather than truth. And before you say YOU didn't do that, that Eve did, you are being awfully arrogant to believe you would have done differently. We are all a part of this and the weakness that Eve revealed is a weakness we all share.
We accused GOD falsely and then we turn around and HE still LOVES US! HE FORGIVES US! And what does He want in return? He wants us to BELIEVE in HIM AGAIN! He wants us to have FAITH in HIM AGAIN!
And we can't go by sight, we can't go by feelings. We can't go by the things we are called to endure in this world. We have to go by the TRUTH, and the TRUTH is GOD IS ALL LOVE and all that entails.
PLEASE LORD HELP us to have this faith that we need! Enoch had FAITH that pleased YOU perfectly! Please LORD give us this faith! PLEASE in YOU, all in YOU always!
BEFORE God took Enoch, Enoch had a testimony--
What is a testimony?
(Webster)
Affirmation; declaration.
Open attestation; profession.
Confirmation.
If you give a testimony you are giving the truth as you know it, right? If you go to court and give a testimony, you are giving the truth as you perceive it. My testimony, your testimony, their testimony, a testimony is something you believe to be true beyond a doubt. Enoch had a testimony, Enoch had a truth and that testimony, that truth was that he PLEASED GOD. The truth.
Heb 11:6 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.
Enoch had FAITH!
Enoch PLEASED GOD!
Enoch believed that GOD is, was, and will always be.
Enoch believed that GOD is a rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY seek HIM.
Enoch's testimony, Enoch's truth was that God was everything! Enoch had no doubt, no room for doubt at all. This TRUTH was what TRANSLATED Enoch from earth to heaven to be with God without seeing death.
This example is for US.
FAITH pleases God- believing please God.
If you've ever had anyone lose faith in you WRONGLY, you can only imagine on a tiny scale how God feels. If you've ever had anyone stop believing in you WRONGLY, again, you can only imagine on a tiny scale how God feels. It doesn't feel good at all, it feels awful. You feel so incredibly helpless and frustrated because you know you didn't do this thing that has brought about others losing faith in you, no longer believing you. No matter what you say or do it's gone, that faith is gone. It's one thing to have people lose faith in you when you've actually done something to warrant that loss of faith, but when you've done absolutely NOTHING, you are truly helpless. You can hope all you want that someone will believe in you again, but you have no guarantee that will happen, but that hope is what you do have.
God did NOTHING to lose our faith in Him, not a single thing, yet we chose to lose faith in Him. We willingly gave up believing in Him and all He represents. We lost the right to be with HIM, to know HIM as He wanted to be known. We gave up that right willingly when we decided WRONGLY that He wasn't being honest with us, that He was keeping something from us. We had NO proof, NO reason to believe that He would not give us all good things and yet we chose to believe lies rather than truth. And before you say YOU didn't do that, that Eve did, you are being awfully arrogant to believe you would have done differently. We are all a part of this and the weakness that Eve revealed is a weakness we all share.
We accused GOD falsely and then we turn around and HE still LOVES US! HE FORGIVES US! And what does He want in return? He wants us to BELIEVE in HIM AGAIN! He wants us to have FAITH in HIM AGAIN!
And we can't go by sight, we can't go by feelings. We can't go by the things we are called to endure in this world. We have to go by the TRUTH, and the TRUTH is GOD IS ALL LOVE and all that entails.
PLEASE LORD HELP us to have this faith that we need! Enoch had FAITH that pleased YOU perfectly! Please LORD give us this faith! PLEASE in YOU, all in YOU always!
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