Gleanings From Grace

TEXT:Genesis 5:21-24

INTRODUCTION: 1. Someone has called the fifth chapter of Genesis “A desert of death.” You can almost see the pine boxes and the graves. You can almost hear the weeping widows. You can almost smell the stench of death that arises from this chapter. Over and over we read these words, “and he died.” The last words of v.5 read, “and he died.” We read in v.8 “and he died.” We read in v.11 “and he died.” We read in v.14 “and he died.” We read in v.17 “and he died.” We read in v.20 “and he died.” {Read More…}

TEXT: By faith Enoch…Hebrews 11:5,6.

INTRODUCTION: Someone has described Enoch’s relationship with God thus: God and Enoch often walked together. One day, in the cool of the evening, they walked a little farther than usual. Enoch said to God, “Lord don’t you think we had better be getting back home? It is beginning to get a little dark.” God turned to Enoch and said, “Enoch, you are right. Yes, it is getting dusky dark. But you know, Enoch, today it is closer to my home than it is back to yours. Why don’t you just come on and go home with me?” Enoch did as God suggested — went to God’s home without going through the natural process of death. “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death” (Heb. 11:5). Up until the time of Enoch’s translation into Heaven, pleasure and pain, living and dieing, birth and burial was the commentary on life. “AND he died — and HE died — and he DIED,” signified life’s ending. Only once in 1,500 years did this not happen. “And he died,” could not be said of Enoch. By faith Enoch — {Read More…}