- Which of the antediluvian patriarchs has a history that is especially interesting?
- What do we learn of him from Jude 14, 15?
- Of what did he prophesy?
- What does this prove?
- Whose son was Enoch?
- Who was Enoch’s oldest son?
- What is the Bible account of Enoch’s life?
- How long did he walk with God?
- How was he translated?
- What testimony had he, before his translation?
- May we all have the same testimony?
- What does Paul say in 1 Thess. 4:1?
- By whom have we all been told how to walk and to please God?
- Where is their instruction found?
- What are we told in Col. 3:20?
- With what sacrifices is God well pleased? Heb. 13:16.
- What sacrifice does God most love?
- Will those who have such a spirit fail to be obedient and generous?
- What is indispensable if we would please God? Heb. 11:6.
- What must he that cometh to God believe?
- If we would please God, must we seek to please ourselves?—Repeat Rom. 15:1.
- Whom should we try to please?—Repeat Rom. 15:2.
- What course did our Lord pursue? Rom. 15:3.
- What promise have we from God, if we do those things that are pleasing in his sight? 1 John 3:22.
- Review Lesson 4.
- Keep up a consistent review of past lessons.
The history of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, is especially interesting. From Jude 14, 15, we learn that Enoch was a prophet, and that he prophesied of the coming of the Lord to execute judgment on the wicked. This proves that the antediluvians had a knowledge of the coming of the Lord and of the executive judgment. As we have seen in the last lesson, Enoch was the son of Jared and the father of Methuselah. The Bible account of Enoch’s life is very brief. We learn that he walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, then was not, for God took him. In Heb. 11:5, we learn that he was not found because God had translated him. In the same verse we learn that it was by faith that he was translated, and that without seeing death. Before he was translated, he had the testimony that he pleased God. We are all told in God’s word how to please him; for Paul in 1 Thess. 4:1, speaking to the churches, says, “Ye have received of us (the apostles) how ye ought to walk and to please God.” So have we all been told by the apostles and prophets in the word of God; and if we follow the instruction given us, we may all have the testimony that we please God. In Col. 3:20 we are told that to obey our parents in all things is especially pleasing to God, and in Heb. 13:16 that to do good, and to share our blessings with others, are sacrifices with which God is well pleased; but the sacrifice which God most loves is named in Ps. 51:17. One who has such a spirit will be obedient and generous. Without faith it is impossible to please God; for they that would please him must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of all them that diligently seek him. If we would please God, we must not seek to please ourselves, but to please our neighbor for his good. Even Christ pleased not himself. If we do those things that are pleasing in the sight of God, we have the promise that we shall receive whatever we ask of him.