A Walk Like Enoch's

The prophet Enoch walked so close to God, his heart so in harmony with God's will, that eventually they could not be separated.
 

The godly character of this prophet represents the state of holiness which must be attained by those who shall be “redeemed from the earth” (Revelation 14:3) at the time of Christ’s second advent. (PP 88)*

If this means us, which we believe it does, then it is the standard for which we must strive. But how do we attain that state?

What did the life of Enoch look like?

• His walk with God was practical.

"Enoch’s walk with God was not in a trance or vision, but in all the duties of his daily life. He did not become a hermit, shutting himself entirely from the world; for he had a work to do for God in the world. In the family and in his intercourse with men, as a husband and father, a friend, a citizen" (PP 85)

• He was in constant communion with God.

"Pray in your closet, and as you go about your daily labour let your heart be often uplifted to God. It was thus that Enoch walked with God...Satan cannot overcome him whose heart is thus stayed upon God." (Steps to Christ p 98)

In the midst of a life of active labour, Enoch steadfastly maintained his communion with God. The greater and more pressing his labours, the more constant and earnest were his prayers. He continued to exclude himself, at certain periods, from all society...hungering and thirsting for that divine knowledge which God alone can impart. Communing thus with God, Enoch came more and more to reflect the divine image. His face was radiant with a holy light, even the light that shineth in the face of Jesus. As he came forth from these divine communings, even the ungodly beheld with awe the impress of heaven upon his countenance. (PP 86)
 

• He was a fearless reprover of sin.

"While he preached the love of God in Christ to the people of his time, and pleaded with them to forsake their evil ways, he rebuked the prevailing iniquity and warned the men of his generation that judgement would surely be visited upon the transgressor. (PP 86)

• He laboured for the salvation of others.

"remaining for a time among the people, labouring to benefit them by instruction and example" (PP 86) 

• He was educated yet humble.

"Enoch was a man of strong and highly cultivated mind and extensive knowledge; he was honoured with special revelations from God; yet being in constant communion with Heaven, with a sense of the divine greatness and perfection ever before him, he was one of the humblest of men. The closer the connection with God, the deeper was the sense of his own weakness and imperfection." (PP 85)

His was not a mere timeserving, he was a steadfast, unwavering servant of the Lord.

"There are few Christians who would not be far more earnest and devoted if they knew that they had but a short time to live, or that the coming of Christ was about to take place. But Enoch’s faith waxed the stronger, his love became more ardent, with the lapse of centuries." (PP 85)
 

We are instructed to do likewise.

"God’s people will seek for purity of heart and conformity to His will, until they shall reflect the likeness of Christ. Like Enoch, they will warn the world of the Lord’s second coming and of the judgements to be visited upon transgression, and by their holy conversation and example they will condemn the sins of the ungodly." (PP 88)

The example of Enoch shows that it is indeed possible to obey the Law of God, even in the midst of a perverse and sinful generation. By the grace of God we can resist temptation and become pure and holy, children of God.

* PP (Patriarchs and Prophets)