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Newsletter #349 - November 2007~~
Dr. Arnold Murray, DRE
@2007 SCN
[I They Walked With God
Can you imagine what it would be like to walk with
God? There are only two people written of in the manu­
scripts that had the priviledge of walking with God. They
are Enoch and Noah. We are going to cover the in­
stances where Enoch and Noah walked with God, but
even more importantly we are going to cover what it
means to you today. You must be weU-pleasing to God,
before He will walk with you. Let's begin in Hebrews.
Hebrews 11: 1 Now _faith is _the substance of things
hoped for, the eli7aence....or1Fii,fgs notsetrn~- -,
You can not see heaven, but faith gives you con­
fidence that heaven is a reality.
Hebrews 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good
report. 1 Through faith we understand that t.1e worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that things which
are seen were not made of things which do appear.
By faith we know of the three world ages.
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness
that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by
it he being dead yet speaketh.
Though Abel is dead, his righteousness still speaks
to us. It is better to be pleasing to God as Abel was
than to be displeasing to God as Cain was.
Hebrews 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.
What was Enoch's testimony? He taught the truth.
Enoch focused on God's Word not the words of men.
Hebrews 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.
Do you believe God created the heavens and the
earth? Do you have faith that He blesses those who seek
Him? If you answered no to either of these questions,
you can forget about pleasing God or receiving blessings.
There is no such thing as a little faith. You either believe,
or you don't believe. What made the teachings of Enoch
so special to God? Turn with me to the Book of Jude.
Jude 1:1 JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother
of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father,
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Jude was brother to James and one-half brother of
Jesus Christ. To whom is Jude writing? He is writing to
the called, that is to say God's election.
Jude 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be
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multiplied. 1 Beloved, when I gave all diligence towrile~
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me
to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the
saints.
Elect, don't allow the peace, love and common salva­
tion message of those with free will to distract you from
your duty as God's elect. We have responsibilities.
Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares,
whbwere--oefor(F of old ordained ta-this condemftation,~ 1--­
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lascivi­
ousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord
Jesus Christ.
The ungodly men are led by Satan. He wanted to sit
on the mercy seat, not protect the mercy seat, denying
Jesus Christ. Elect, don't ever forget who the enemy is.
Don't ever fail to protect and defend the faith.
Jude 1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though
ye once knew this, how that the LORD, having saved the
People out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them
that believed not.
How many examples must you have to understand that
if you don't believe in God, you are going to be destroyed?
What possible use could God have for you, if you don't
even believe in Him?
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate,
but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in ever­
lasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day.
These are the fallen angels of Genesis 6. They refused
to be born of woman, and left their habitation in heaven
against the will of God. The fallen angels went unto the
daughters of Adam, and the giants were the resalt. They
are doomed, but they have a little work to do still yet.
That is why it is important for you to know the Word.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them, in like manner giving themselves over to
fornication, and gOing after strange flesh, are set forth for
an example, suffering the vengeance of etemal fire.
Our God is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29). He is Judge.
Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the
flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
They scoff at and speak evil of Chrisitianity.
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with
the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not
bring against him a railing accusation, but said, liThe
LORD rebuke thee. 1/
Don't ever argue with Satan. Jesus gave us power over
all of our enemies, including Satan (Luke 10:17-18). Rebuke
Satan in the name of Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which
they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute
beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe
unto lhem! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and
ran greefJi/y after the error of Balaam for reward, and
perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Balaam was in it for the money. Core, the Korah of
the Old Testament, was a Levite. He placed himself on
an equal footing with Moses and Aaron. God opened the
earth's mouth and swallowed Korah and his supporters.
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when
they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear;
clouds they are without water, carried about of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead; plucked
up by the roots; 11 Raging waves of the sea, foaming
out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is re­
served the blackness of darkness for ever.
"Twice dead" means both physically and spiritually
dead. The seven thousand fallen angels have already been
sentenced to death (Revelation 11:13).
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, "Behold, the LORD cometh
with ten thousands of His saints, 1Q To execute judgment
upon all, and to convince aI/ that are ungodly among
them of a/l their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of aI/ their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him."
Jude is reminding us to speak out against evil as
Enoch spoke out against the fallen angels. Doing so is
well-pleasing to God. Turn with me to Genesis. Let's
document that Enoch and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and
begat Methuselah: gg And Enoch walked with God after
he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
Rest assured Enoch's sons and daughters were taught
the truth. Not many others were listening, but Enoch kept
right on teaching. Don't mix with the fallen angels!
Genesis 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three
hundred sixty and five years: If And Enoch walked with
God: and he was not; for God took him.
Enoch was that special to God. God took Enoch up
to Himself as He would later take Elijah. Enoch nor Elijah
died. Skip with me to Chapter 6.
Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were
bam unto them, 2. That the sons of God saw the daugh­
ters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives
of a/l which they chose.
It was to be through the daughters of the man Adam
that Jesus Christ would come. The sons of God are angels
(Job 1:6); however, these particular angels have fallen.
This was Satan's plan to destroy the seed line through
which Messiah was to be born into the world.
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, "My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years." 9. There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after
that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters
of men, and they bare children to them, the same
became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
The children of the fallen angels and daughters of
Adam were giants, because they were hybrids. This was
not natural.
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Almost everywhere God looked on earth He saw
perversion. Fallen angels were polluting the seed line
through which Christ would be born.
Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that He had
made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.
Z And the LORD said, ., will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast,
and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air,' for it
repenteth Me that I have made them."
God understood His plan of salvation was being
undermined by Satan and the fallen angels. But our Father
is so loving that He knows how to deliver a righteous
soul who walks with Him.
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD. 2 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was
a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah
walked with God.
The word "perfect" in the last verse means "without
blemish as to breed or pedigree" in the Hebrew language.
Noah's family hadn't mixed with the fallen angels. That
was well-pleasing to God. What does all this have to do
with you, today? Turn with me to the Book of Matthew.
The disciples had asked Christ what was going to happen
just prior to His return at the seventh trump.
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
;[l But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
"Noe" is transliterated from the Greek name for "Noah".
What was going on in the days of Noah? We just read
about it. The fallen angels were seducing women.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark·
It rained for five months. The equivalent time that
antichrist will be on earth. Are you in the ark of the last
days? Will you be able to weather the five months
without being seduced by the antichrist? Truth is the ark.,
Matthew 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and
took them all away; so shalf also the coming of the Son
of man be.
This is what all of this has to do with you, today.
The fallen angels are going to be kicked out of heaven.
They will be looking for brides. Will you be their bride,
or will you be the bride of Christ? Walk with God as
Enoch and Noah did. Be well-pleasing to God.