Livingthe LifeofEnoch - Present Truth

1 LivingtheLifeofEnochHarvestime BooksEllen G. WhitebyVERSO We are to obey the laws of His kingdom, makingourselves all that it is possible for us to be. Earnestlywe are to cultivate the highest powers of our being,remembering that we are God s property, God s build-ing. We are required to improve every day. Even in thisworld of sin and sorrow, we may, by earnest, persever-ing effort, rise to the highest spiritual efficiency .. Weare to please God. This we may do; for Enoch pleasedGod, though living in a degenerate age. And there areEnochs in this our day. Sons and Daughters, p. 314:1. Pray in your closet; and as you go about your dailylabor, let your heart be often uplifted to God. It wasthus that Enoch walked with God. These silent prayersrise like precious incense before the throne of cannot overcome him whose heart is thus stayedupon God.

2 Steps to Christ, pp. 98:3-99:0. Enoch walked with God. So may every laborer forChrist. You may say with the psalmist, I have set theLord always before me: because He is at my right hand,I shall not be moved. [Ps 16:8]. While you feel that youhave no sufficiency of yourself, your sufficiency will bein Jesus. If you expect all your counsel and wisdom tocome from men, mortal and finite like yourselves, youwill receive only human help. If you go to God for helpand wisdom, He will never disappoint your faith. Gospel Workers (1915 ed.), pp. 417:4-418 402 Living the Life of Enochby Ellen G. WhitePublished by Harvestime BooksAltamont, TN 37301 USAP rinted in the United States of AmericaCover and Text Copyright 1995by Research Institute for Better Reading, / AABK1 Table of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsTable of ContentsPREFACE 4 INTRODUCTION 5 1 - THE EXAMPLE OF ENOCH 8 2 - THE FAMILY OF ENOCH 9 3 - THE HOME OF ENOCH 10 4 - THE PRAYERS OF ENOCH 12 5 - THE COMMUNION OF ENOCH 15 6 - THE FAITH OF ENOCH 21 7 - THE TRUST OF ENOCH 22 8 - THE OBEDIENCE OF ENOCH 24 9 - THE PURITY OF ENOCH 2810 - THE GROWTH OF ENOCH 3011 - THE HUMILITY OF ENOCH 3012 - THE LOVE OF ENOCH 3113 - THE WALK OF ENOCH 3214 - THE SEPARATION OF ENOCH 3615 - THE SOCIALITY OF ENOCH 3716 - THE WARNINGS OF ENOCH 3917 - THE MESSAGE OF ENOCH 4118 - THE TRIALS OF ENOCH 4519 - THE QUESTION OF ENOCH 4620 - THE TRANSLATION OF ENOCH 4721 - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENOCH 51 CONCLUSION 5244444 Living the

3 Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochPeople tell us it is too late to warn of dan-gers, too late to give the final message to theworld, too late to expect others to respond tothe pleadings of the Word of God as are presentedto , my friends, it is not too late. We muststrive and urge and plead and warn until thevery day that probation ends for mankind. Weare to live the Enoch life!This is our commission. And this is a two-fold work to develop a character of righteous-ness by living a life of personal purity and plead-ing with God; to teach a lesson of godliness bykindly acts and warning and pleading with s example and counsels were not ap-preciated by many. The majority scorned andhated him.

4 If most men merely tolerate you, thenyou are not living deep enough. We are not toseek their animosity, but we are not to quail be-fore them. We are not to pick and choose andmoderate our words merely that we may be ac-cepted of all men. Come up to higher end is almost upon us. Souls are dying out-side of Christ (though many think they arewithin). There is no time for ease for self. We mustlive a life of crying to Christ and pleading withmen. Between the mountain and the plain. Ourwork must not end until Jesus steps out of theSanctuary above and human probation is this life, properly entered into, shouldlead us into the country. That is God s appointedplace to live in this degenerate age. It is too latefor city or suburban living. Come out of her, mypeople, that ye be not partakers of her sins, andthat ye receive not of her plagues (Rev 18:4).

5 God s plan for your life is abundantly worth hav-ing. And you will find it outlined in Scripture in the Bible and the Spirit of , view again the life of him who is ourexample today, the one who lived and walkedand worked with God in an evil and corrupt time,the one who lived at the end of his time andwarned the world on the verge of destruction,the one who was translated to heaven withoutseeing death and without having been over-whelmed by that destruction. His life is to beyour , view the life of Enoch and you willreturn from the study prepared to gather warmthfrom the coldness of others and courage fromtheir cowardice. You will be prepared to sufferhardship and strife and personal vilification ashe did. You will be prepared to walk with Godday by day, regardless of what others may say orthink or bless you.

6 I know you want to be anovercomer. God will help you day by day. Hispromises will never fail. Open the Word of Godand, with crying and strong tears, claim them. Iknow you want to witness for Him. He will speakthrough your voice, and lead you to the very oneswho need your help just then. He calls you tolook at the life of By faith Enoch was translated that he should notsee death, and was not found, because God had trans-lated him, for before his translation he had this testi-mony, that he pleased God. Hebrews 11 The very atmosphere is [today] polluted withsin. Soon God s people will be tested by fiery tri-als, and the great proportion of those who nowappear to be genuine and true will prove to bebase metal. Instead of being strengthened andconfirmed by opposition, threats, and abuse,they will cowardly take the side of the promise is: Them that honor Me I willhonor.

7 Shall we be less firmly attached to God slaw because the world at large have attemptedto make it void? Already the judgments of God are abroad inthe land, as seen in storms, in floods, in tem-pests, in earthquakes, in peril by land and bysea. The great I AM is speaking to those whomake void His law. When God s wrath is pouredout upon the earth, who will then be able tostand? Now is the time for God s people to showthemselves true to principle. When the religionof Christ is most held in contempt, when Hislaw is most despised, then should our zeal bethe warmest and our courage and firmness themost unflinching. To stand in defense of truthand righteousness when the majority forsake us,to fight the battles of the Lord when championsare few this will be our test. At this time wemust gather warmth from the coldness of oth-ers, courage from their cowardice, and loyaltyfrom their treason.

8 The test will surely come .. The Captain ofour salvation will strengthen His people for theconflict in which they must engage. How oftenwhen Satan has brought all his forces to bearagainst the followers of Christ, and death staresthem in the face, have earnest prayers put up infaith brought the Captain of the Lord s host uponthe field of action and turned the tide of battleand delivered the oppressed. Now is the time when we should closely con-nect with God, that we may be hid when thefierceness of His wrath is poured upon the sonsof men. We have wandered away from the oldlandmarks. Let us return. If the Lord be God,serve Him; if Baal, serve him. Which side willyou be on? 5 Testimonies, pp. 136:1-137 is only as we draw near to God and studyHis Word and the lives of Jesus and holy men ofold that we shall be strengthened to have warmthamid the coldness and apostasy around us.

9 Itwas for this reason that we prepared this com-pilation on the life of Enoch. We are to obey the laws of His kingdom,making ourselves all that it is possible for us tobe. Earnestly we are to cultivate the highest pow-ers of our being, remembering that we are God sproperty, God s building. We are required to im-prove every day. Even in this world of sin andsorrow, we may, by earnest, persevering effort,rise to the highest spiritual efficiency .. We areto please God. This we may do; for Enochpleased God, though living in a degenerate there are Enochs in this our day. Sonsand Daughters, p. 314:1. How little is said of Enoch; how brief is hisbiography! Many volumes are written of Napo-leon; much is said of Caesar and other great menof the world. Their exploits are recorded and sentthrough the length and breadth of the land; yetwe have no evidence that these men honoredGod, or that God honored them.

10 Of Enoch it isrecorded, Enoch walked with God: and he wasnot; for God took him. Review and Herald,April 15, 1909, para. 3. I am comforted with the conviction that theLord has made me His humble instrument inshedding some rays of precious light upon thepast. Sacred History, relating to holy men of old,is brief. Inspiration has dealt sparingly in praiseof the noble deeds and holy lives of the example, the life of righteous Enoch issummed up in these words: And Enoch walkedwith God, and he was not, for God took him. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. v:1. That God who walked with Enoch was ourLord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He was the lightof the world then just as He is now. Those wholived then were not without teachers to instructthem in the path of life; for Noah and Enoch wereChristians. The gospel is given in precept inIntroductionIntroductionIntroductionIn troductionIntroductionIntrIntrIntrIntrIn troductionoductionoductionoductionoducti on66666 Living the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLiving the Life of EnochLeviticus.