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Questions

How would your relationships change if you consistently remembered
“Christ died for them”?

Do you find it easier to change how you see others or how you see yourself? Why?

Why do you use the Bible translation you use?

Sermon Notes

Enoch’s Faith Is… Walking in the Reconciled Reality of Jesus

Hebrews Anchor Text

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV)
“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.”

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Enoch trusted God so much he was translated.

Enoch

  • 7th from Adam

  • complete picture of a man walking with God

  • the only other one to walk with God → Jesus

“Enoch is translated back to Eden’s code.”

We usually think rapture or heaven.

But think of translation as restoration of corrupted code.

  • We are language

  • DNA

  • information

  • sin corrupts

  • we age

  • we die

Telomeres

Protective caps → shorten → alarm → stop → decay.
Not because body wants death, but protection from corruption.

Why we don’t need extra books

Book of Enoch:

  • 300–100 BC

  • multiple authors

  • borrowed the name

  • answers speculation questions

  • dramatic, apocalyptic

But we already have:

66 books
40+ authors
thousands of years
one message
Jesus

Canon recognized, not invented.

Empires change.
Languages change.
Message doesn’t.

Jesus said:
“They are they which testify of me.”

Walked With God

Genesis 5:24
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

Genesis 3:8
“They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden…”

Humanity walked with God.

Enoch walked with God.

Problem → we can’t.

Command to Walk (but failure)

Deuteronomy 5:33
Walk in His ways.

Deuteronomy 8:6
Walk in His ways.

Deuteronomy 10:12
Walk in His ways.

But:

Micah 6:8
Walk humbly with God.

Jeremiah 11:8
They walked in stubborn evil hearts.

They can’t.
We can’t.

David

Walked with God → blessed.
Stopped walking → sin.

Jesus comes

New covenant promised → heart change.

Jeremiah 31:31–34

Jesus walking with the Father

John 5:19
The Son does what He sees the Father doing.

John 8:29
I always do what pleases Him.

Our call

John 10:27 – follow
Luke 9:23 – follow
Acts 9:2 – the Way

Big stain on church

Pastors failing where politicians succeeded.

Paul’s answer:

How do we walk in the reconciled reality?

2 Corinthians 5

5:7 – walk by faith, not sight.

What do we see?
Pain. Fear. Opinions. Ruin.

Paul gives keys.

1) See others in view of Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:16
regard no one according to the flesh.

5:14–15
He died for all.

Stop seeing:
sin
gossip
junk

Start seeing:
Christ died for them.

This kills half your stress.

Saved or unsaved → heavenly perspective.

2) See yourself in view of Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:17
new creation.

Know what you are now.

First → others.
Second → yourself.

Bible doesn’t teach self-love.
It teaches self perspective.

2 Corinthians 5:21
righteousness in Him.

3) Do the ministry & speak reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:19

God reconciling world.
Not counting trespasses.
Message entrusted to us.

Reconciliation = translation.

Back to walking with God.

By resurrection.
By Spirit.

Example → Sabbath

Matthew 11:28–30

People running back to law because:

  • anxious

  • exhausted

  • want control

But:
That is not cross-centered faith.

A little legalism ruins everything.

What Sabbath means

Rest of God.

Adam created inside rest.

Sin broke it.

Law showed inability.

Jesus

Lord of Sabbath.

From day → to Person.

You can’t calendar into peace.

Jesus is your Sabbath.

Parents with wandering kids

Proverbs 22:6
Isaiah 55:11
Philippians 1:6

Hold on.

Walk by faith, not sight.

Your testimony → gospel planted young, ran far, couldn’t escape.

God does miracles.

Protection

Psalm 91:11–12

Your story → bombs, sirens, on knees.

Faith.

Death & presence

2 Corinthians 5:8

Lead into Carrie Carmen testimony.

Close

We are translated.

Like Enoch.

By faith.

Into walking with God in the reconciled reality of Jesus.