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The First Rapture - 4/12/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  Amen. Take God's word. Turn with me to
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  the book of Genesis. Book of Genesis,
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  chapter 5. When you find your place, if
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  you would stand on reverence to the
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  reading of God's word. Genesis, chapter
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  number five. Appreciate you being here
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  in the service today. And I thank the
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  Lord for his mercy and for his grace.
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  And I tell you what, church, he's good.
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  And uh regardless whether you feel like
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  it or not, he's good. He's worthy of
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  praise. And I pray that you'll set
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  everything aside right now in your mind
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  and give us some time this morning to
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  preach. I know there's a lot on our mind
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  right now. Heavy hearts this morning.
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  But I tell you this, if there's a lost
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  sinner in this place, I tell you, I
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  wouldn't want to hinder that. Amen. And
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  you need to be saved this morning. Amen.
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  And I want to make sure that we do what
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  God wants us to in this service today.
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  Genesis chapter number five. I want to
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  read just a few verses this morning out
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  of this text. The thought the Lord has
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  laid upon my heart. And I kind of uh
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  said something about this in Sunday
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  school this morning, but I do believe
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  the Lord is soon coming. Amen. And I
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  really don't think it's going to be
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  long. I believe it could be today. Amen.
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  And I tell you this, I hope that's all
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  right with you. Amen. And I'll tell you
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  this, it's all right with me. Amen. And
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  y'all can stay here if you want to, but
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  I'm getting out of here. Amen. And uh I
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  want to ready to go home and ready to be
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  with Jesus, man. I'm telling you, I
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  ain't got nothing nothing on this side
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  holding me here. Amen. Hallelujah. Bless
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  his name. I appreciate the goodness and
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  the grace of God this morning. Genesis
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  chapter 5. Let's read in verse number
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  verse number 19. Genesis chapter number
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  five. Begin reading there. Pray for us
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  uh that God would help us. And if you're
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  missing some glasses, let me put this
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  out there to you. My little boy picked
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  these up somewhere at some point in the
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  past and they've been up here on the
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  pull pit for a little while. And so if
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  you're missing some glasses, amen, I'm
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  sorry for the fingerprints, but just
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  come get them. Amen. And uh Amen.
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  Genesis 5 and we'll begin reading in
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  verse number 19. And let's ask the Lord
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  to help us this morning when we get
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  done. Genesis 5 verse number 19. The
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  Bible says, "And Jared lived after he
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  begget Enoch 800 years. Begget sons and
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  daughters." And all the days of Jared
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  were 960 and two years and he died. And
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  Enoch lived 60 and five years and begat
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  Methuselah. And Enoch walked with God
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  after he begat Methuselah 300 years and
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  begat sons and daughters. And all the
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  days of Enoch were 360 and five years.
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  And Enoch walked with God and he was
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  not. For God took him. And I want to
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  look at this text this morning. Preach
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  with the help of the Lord on this
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  subject. The first rapture.
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  The first rapture. Now, what you find in
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  this text right here is the first man in
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  history to ever leave this world without
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  dying. But I want to remind you this
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  morning, if you're saved by the grace of
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  God, one of these days, if you don't go
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  by the way of the clouds, Amen, you're
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  going to go by the clouds. Amen.
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  >> And you'll not die. You'll not see
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  death. Amen. But when the Lord comes and
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  we hear us, hear that trumpet sound and
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  the voice of the archangel. Amen. And he
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  calls us home, you know what? We'll
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  never have to see the ground. But thank
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  God, we'll be in glory. Amen. And I
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  bless his name for it. Let's pray and
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  ask God to help us this morning. Father,
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  thank you for this good day for your
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  grace and your mercy. And Lord, I
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  appreciate your hand, God, in our lives
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  this morning. I realize that if it were
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  not for your grace, ain't a soul of us,
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  it would be in this building. And Lord,
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  probably none of us would never have met
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  outside of salvation and by the grace of
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  God. But Lord, you've brought us
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  together to this service for such a time
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  as this. And God, I pray today that you
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  would be lifted up and exalted and
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  glorified cuz Lord, you alone are worthy
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  God of all praise, glory, and honor. And
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  I pray today that you would be pleased
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  with our worship. I pray that you'd
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  touch, Lord, and bless the preaching of
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  thy word, God, as we've come today to
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  hear from the word. I pray you'd speak
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  to my heart and speak to every heart
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  that's here this morning. I pray we'd
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  see no man save Jesus only. God, we
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  would see and behold wondrous things out
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  of thy law this morning. And God, for
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  everyone that's hurted this morning, we
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  know, God, there's heavy burdens on the
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  hearts of your children. And God, I pray
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  for a little while, you lift those
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  burdens and give strength, God, and help
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  where help is needed this morning. God,
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  I pray, Lord, you touch my throat and
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  touch my voice this morning. Give me
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  liberty and uncction to preaching power
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  and demonstration of the spirit of God.
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  Help us today. Save that one nearest
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  hell, Father. And for what you do, we'll
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  give you thanks, all the honor and
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  glory. For we ask it in Jesus' name. We
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  do humbly pray. Amen. And amen. You can
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  be seated. Thank you for standing this
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  morning. Now, when we come to Genesis
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  chapter number five this morning, we
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  dealt with the beginning portion of this
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  chapter in Sunday school this morning
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  concerning the matter here, the
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  genealogy of the sons of Adam. And we
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  made the statement that Cain had been
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  rejected because he himself rejected
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  God. And let me say this this morning,
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  God has never, and I repeat to you,
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  never rejected anybody against their
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  will. Amen. Cain rejected God. And so
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  because Cain chose to go against God,
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  God was against him. Amen. And let me
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  say this to you this morning. If you're
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  here in this place and you're lost
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  without God, the Bible says that
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  presently, even in this very moment
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  right now, that the wrath of God abides
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  on you because of your sin and and your
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  INJUSTICE AGAINST GOD ALMIGHTY. Let me
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  say this to not choose to choose to be
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  against God. Amen. And I notice in this
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  text this morning, we have the lineage
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  of Adam's sons that came out of that
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  line of Seth. And I'll just say this. I
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  didn't preach it in Sunday school, but I
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  wanted to shout when I was reading it.
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  You understand that the devil thought if
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  he took out Abel, friend, he thought he
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  was going to doom and damn the human
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  race because he figured that Jesus would
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  come THROUGH THE SEED OF ABEL. But
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  aren't you thankful that when God, hey
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  friend, when the devil took out Abel by
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  Cain's murder, amen, God had Seth that
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  would come along behind and through him
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  we would have the seed of our Lord Jesus
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  Christ. And so in Genesis chapter number
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  five, you see 10 generations. You see 10
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  sons that are mentioned here in this
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  chapter. Enoch here in the text. Of
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  course, you notice by way of
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  introduction this morning, I notice his
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  birth. And verse number 18, the Bible
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  says, "And Jared lived 160
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  years and begat Enoch." And what you're
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  going to find is that all of these men
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  in this text, they are born, they live,
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  they beget sons, and they die. But I
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  notice in this story, you see Enoch's
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  birth. You see his begetting. He begets
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  a son by the name of Methusela. And this
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  boy here in the text, the Bible says
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  that Methuselah lived to be 969
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  years old. The oldest man that ever
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  lived was the son of Enoch. And I think
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  about this text, you understand that
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  every man before Enoch comes on the
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  scene had died. And every man that would
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  come on the scene after Enoch died. But
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  the man in this text, our son Enoch here
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  in the text, he did not die. HE DIDN'T
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  GO BY THE WAY OF GRAVE. And you can
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  notice in every one of these verses, he
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  was born. He lived and he died. But
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  Enoch, the Bible says in verse number
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  24, he was not for God took him. And I
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  notice not only his birth, his beetting,
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  his boy Methuselah, but I notice his
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  blessing in this text. For the Bible
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  says in verse number 22, "And Enoch,"
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  notice this now, "walked with God."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You understand what had to happen for
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  him to get to this point?
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  >> You're right.
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  >> You realize just two chapters prior, God
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  had banished Adam and Eve from the
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  garden where you know what they had done
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  before? What' they do every day? They
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  walked with God. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> But you know what? Because of their sin,
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  God had to banish them because of their
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  choice to eat of that forbidden fruit.
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  And so because of that, they lost
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  fellowship with God. But because of the
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  sacrifice, later on, chapter number
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  five, it's revealed that then began men
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  to call upon the name of the Lord. That
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  God granted fellowship with him on the
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  on the terms of a blood sacrifice. And
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  Enoch, in this text, the Bible says that
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  he walked with God. Let me say this to
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  you this morning. The greatest blessing
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  that you and I can have, the greatest
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  privilege that you and I can know in
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  this life is to have a relationship with
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  a holy God. Have a relationship with the
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  creator, with the king, with the
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  sustainer. Amen. That loves you more
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  than you can even fathom this morning.
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  Amen.
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  >> And it's a privilege. It is a blessing.
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  But I thought about this in this text.
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  What stands out to me about Enoch more
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  than anything else is his faith. Now,
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  people say, you say, "Preacher, well,
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  faith didn't begin till the New
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  Testament. Faith didn't begin till Jesus
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  died on the cross." Well, I submit to
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  you, that's just not the case.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> You see, faith was long before the
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  cross.
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  >> Faith was even in the beginning, the
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  very beginning. Faith was there in the
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  garden of Adam. When Adam and Eve, they
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  had sinned there in the garden. And you
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  know what they had to do? They had to
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  believe the commandment of the Lord when
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  he spoke to them,
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  >> right?
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  >> But you know what? Because they were
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  weak in faith. That first Adam, you know
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  what he did? Bible says in Adam all
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  died,
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  >> right?
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  >> Because he did not believe God. Because
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  he refused to have faith. You know what
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  happened to him? He lost his rights to
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  the garden.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> But I notice in this text, and what I'll
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  say more about here in just a minute,
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  that faith is a Bible thing. And Enoch
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  is a man of faith. And I notice about
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  his faith three things that I want to
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  give to you this morning and preach on
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  this thought. The first rapture. You
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  see, he pictures to us a type of what
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  you and I are going to experience one of
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  these days when our Lord comes back to
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  take us home with him. And this
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  illustration here is given. And I'll say
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  more about that in just a minute. But
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  when I think about Enoch's faith, I
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  number one think about where did it
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  start? Where did Enoch's faith begin?
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  Well, I notice in this text what is
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  said. I need you to stay with me this
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  morning. You'll miss the message if you
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  don't stay with me. Look what the Bible
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  says. Verse number 20. All the days of
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  Jared were 960 and two years. This is
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  Enoch's daddy. Verse 21. Enoch lived 60
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  and 5 years and begat Methuselah. Notice
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  verse 22. And Enoch walked with God.
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  What's that next word?
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  >> After. Enoch walked with God after he
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  begat Methuselah 300 years. and begat
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  sons and daughters. And when I look at
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  this text and I think about Enoch this
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  morning, I'm I see where it started. It
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  start his faith started at the birth of
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  this little boy. And you say, "What do
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  you mean by that? Was it something that
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  he saw in this son of his that made him
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  realize that uh you know Jesus was the
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  s? Was it something that made him
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  realize and come to his senses?" I'll
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  tell you this. I don't believe it was so
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  much something that he saw in this boy,
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  but I'll tell you this. There was an
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  experience that Enoch had in his life
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  that caused him to name this boy what he
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  did.
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  >> You say, "What do you mean?" Well, when
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  you look up that word Methusela in your
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  Strong's concordance, that word
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  Methusela, that name, it means this. It
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  means that he is the man of the dart.
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  Or when he dies, it shall come.
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  >> Right? And when Methuselah was born unto
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  Enoch, evidently Enoch had had an
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  experience with God. And he had realized
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  that judgment was coming.
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  His name literally means a you look it
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  up. It's two Greek words you can look
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  up, two separate words. And the first
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  part speaks of a man and the last part
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  speaks of a dart or a missile and
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  signifying judgment. Stay with me. All
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  right. Signifying judgment. And Enoch
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  obviously had heard a word from God that
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  judgment was coming. You say, "Preacher,
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  how do you know that? That's not on the
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  pages of scripture." Well, I submit to
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  you it is. Listen to what Jude verse
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  number 14 says. Jude verse number 14. Go
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  to the book of Revelation, chapter
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  number one. Turn back a page. You'll
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  find the chapter of the book of Jude.
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  Jude, of course, recording the record of
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  Enoch's preaching. Notice what your
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  Bible said. Jude verse number 14. The
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  Bible said, "And Enoch also the seventh
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  from Adam prophesied of these, saying,
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  notice this, behold, the Lord cometh
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  with 10 thousands of his saints, to
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  execute judgment upon all, and to
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  convince all that are ungodly among
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  them, of all their ungodly deeds, which
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  they have ungodly committed, and of all
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  their hard speeches which ungodly
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  sinners have spoken against him." You
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  see, Enoch evidently had heard somewhere
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  judgment was coming.
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  >> You're right. And I'm here to tell you
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  this morning, judgment's coming.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. Hey, friend, the Bible said, Jesus
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  said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so
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  shall it be also in the days when the
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  coming of the Son of Man shall be." And
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  let me remind you this morning, we're
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  2,000 years closer to that than we was
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  at Calvary. Jesus could come back at any
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  moment. You understand this morning,
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  there's nothing left that has to be
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  done, but judgment could fall ON THIS
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  EARTH AT ANY POINT IN TIME. And you say,
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  "PREACHER, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE
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  PRECEDED BY?" WELL, IT'S GOING TO be
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  preceded by the rapture of the church.
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  Amen. The church is going to get out of
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  here. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
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  HAPPEN WHEN THE CHURCH is removed and
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  the spirit's work changes from
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  convicting to convincing the lost that
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  they're going to be all right.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, how could a holy God
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  do that?" Well, he's given opportunity
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  after opportunity.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. For years and years and years, the
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  opportunity has been laid out there for
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  men to come to Christ. But the truth is,
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  one of these days that door is going to
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  be closed. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> And I notice in this text, Enoch has
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  heard a word of God. And it started
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  because Enoch believed the word of the
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  Lord. You say, "Preacher, how do you
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  know that he heard a word of God?" Well,
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  Paul said this. He said, "Faith cometh
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  by hearing."
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Faith that Enoch had had to come from
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  something somebody told him.
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  >> You're right. Faith cometh by hearing
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  and hearing by what? The word of God.
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  Amen. He Enoch had heard the message
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  from God that judgment was coming and
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  because OF THAT HE EXERCISED FAITH. He
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  believed the word of the Lord and thus
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  he names his son Methuselah that
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  judgment was coming and the and the
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  NECESSITY OF FOLLOWING THE LORD BEGAN.
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  You see, at the birth of his son, God
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  showed him that Methuselah, his son
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  would be the one, THE LAST SOUL TO DIE
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  before Noah and his family would enter
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  into that ark, you can look it up and
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  figure the numbers. The Bible literally
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  teaches that that Methuselah died the
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  very same year that Noah entered the
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  ark.
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  >> And Methuselah here is the
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  representation, the final truth of God's
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  judgment that was impending upon the
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  world that was present. And I noticed
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  Enoch's faith, it start, let me say
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  this. You got to have a place where your
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  faith starts.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. And you know what's going to
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  happen? It's going to start when you
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  hear that word.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> When God shows up and you hear that word
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  in your life and you say, "Preacher, but
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  I thought salvation was grace and a
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  blessing." And it is. But you know what?
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  You got to realize before you realize
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  that YOU CAN BE SAVED, YOU GOT TO
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  REALIZE THAT YOU'RE LOST. AMEN. YOU GOT
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  TO REALIZE THAT THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDES
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  ON YOU AND THAT JUDGMENT IS IMPENDING ON
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  YOUR LIFE. AND THAT ANY MOMENT GOD COULD
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  TAKE YOU OUT OF HERE AND BE COMPLETELY
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  JUSTIFIED IN DOING SO, I'M SAYING,
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  FRIEND, IF YOU'RE LOST THIS MORNING,
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  JUDGMENT IS IMMINENT IN YOUR LIFE this
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  morning.
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  >> Say, preacher, you don't know that. I
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  know what the Bible SAYS. AND HE SAID,
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  "THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDES PRESENTLY
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  >> on you this morning." Enoch's faith, it
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  started at the birth of his son. And
• 16:40
  Edict's faith is expressed by his
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  relationship to God because in in uh
• 16:45
  Hebrews chapter number 11, he said,
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  "Without faith, it's impossible to
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  please him." God is not pleased with
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  anything other than our faith in him and
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  simple trust.
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  >> And I notice in this text, not only we
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  consider Enoch's faith where it started,
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  but I want you to notice, second of all,
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  I want you to notice not only where it
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  started, but notice why it stayed.
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  You know what I You know, people say,
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  "Well, you believe that once saved
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  always saved stuff."
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  >> Right?
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  >> Let me tell you about that this morning.
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  I believe the Bible says, "If any man be
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  in Christ, he's a new creature."
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  >> Right?
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  >> And you know what Paul said after that?
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  He said, "Old things are passed away."
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> So, you know what that means? You can't
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  go back. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> Amen. Anybody glad you've been
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  delivered? You've been passed from death
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  unto life. You've been delivered from
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  darkness. Amen. You were once a child of
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  hell, but now you're a child of the king
• 17:36
  and of heaven. AMEN. ONCE YOU WERE
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  HEADED TO DOOM and despair AND ETERNAL
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  DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU'RE HEADED TO A
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  DIVINE CITY FULL OF GLORY AND BLESSING.
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  I'M SAYING TO YOU THIS MORNING, THANK
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  GOD WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT OUT. AMEN. AND
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  THERE'S A REASON WHY we're not holding
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  ON TO BE SAVED. WE'RE HOLDING ON BECAUSE
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  WE ARE SAVED. SOMEBODY AMEN. SAY AMEN.
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  THIS MORNING I I NOTICED NOT ONLY HIS
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  FAITH WHERE IT STARTED, BUT NOTICE WHY
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  IT stayed in verse number 22. The Bible
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  says, "And Enoch walked,"
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  >> Amen.
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  >> with God,
• 18:08
  >> right?
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  >> You see, his faith started at the birth
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  of his baby boy. But I'll say this, it
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  stayed for the entirety of his life. 300
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  years, 65 years, Enoch begat his son
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  Methuselah. And 300 years he walked with
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  God. And I notice in this phrase, that
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  phrase walk with God. I'm going to skim
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  the surface of this. There's enough
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  preaching this. I can preach five
• 18:30
  sermons on this text, but I'm not going
• 18:31
  to do that this morning. But I NOTICE
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  WHY IT STAYED. NUMBER ONE, I WOULD SAY
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  IT STAYED because of his conversation.
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  >> Notice the verse. And Enoch walked
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  with God. He walked with God. You know
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  what that means? It means he lived it.
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  >> You're right.
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  The reason why so many people that are
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  saved doubt their salvation is because
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  they don't live it.
• 18:53
  >> Right?
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  >> Amen. The reason why you have no
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  assurance when you die where you're
• 18:57
  going to go is because you've never
• 18:59
  lived the Christian life, you're just as
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  saved as I am, but you don't understand
• 19:03
  the truth that if you're going to live
• 19:04
  for Christ, if you're going to know that
• 19:06
  you're saved and live for Christ, you're
• 19:08
  going to HAVE TO CHOOSE THAT DAILY.
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  That's
• 19:10
  >> right. And I thought about these verses.
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  Paul told the Ephesian church in chapter
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  number five of Ephesians verse number
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  one that we're to walk in love. And he
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  said in Ephesians 5 and verse number
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  eight, we're to walk as children of
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  light. And in verse 15, he said you're
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  to walk circumspectly, redeeming the
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  time because the days are evil. What was
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  he talking about? He was talking about
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  living the Christian life. HE WAS
• 19:34
  TALKING ABOUT LOVING OTHERS. He was
• 19:35
  talking about letting the light of the
• 19:37
  WORD OF GOD SHINE ON YOUR LIFE AND
• 19:39
  LETTING THE HOLY GHOST OF GOD KEEP YOU
• 19:41
  IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT CIRCUMSPECTLY. HE
• 19:43
  WAS TALKING ABOUT STAYING WHERE YOU'RE
• 19:45
  SUPPOSED TO BE.
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  >> Let me say this to you this morning,
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  church. If you're a member of Meta's
• 19:50
  Baptist Church, you're to be here every
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  search.
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  >> And yes, for those that don't like it,
• 19:57
  it is expected.
• 19:59
  >> Amen, friend. Hey, if you want to be if
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  YOU WANT TO KNOW GOD AND BE BLESSED BY
• 20:04
  GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS, "FORSAKE NOT THE
• 20:06
  ASSEMBLING of yourselves together as the
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  manner of some is, but exalting one
• 20:11
  another and so much the more AS YOU SEE
• 20:13
  THE DAY APPROACHING." THAT'S SUNDAY
• 20:15
  SCHOOL, THAT'S PREACHING, THAT'S SUNDAY
• 20:17
  NIGHT, THAT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THAT'S
• 20:19
  EVERY OTHER SERVICE THAT WE HAVE. YOU
• 20:22
  OUGHT TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. AND YOU
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  SAY, "PREACHER, WELL, I JUST CAN'T BE I
• 20:26
  GOT TO DO OTHER THINGS." LET ME TELL YOU
• 20:27
  THIS. YOU MISSING A BLESSING?
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  >> YOU'RE RIGHT. AMEN.
• 20:31
  >> Knowing God.
• 20:31
  >> Amen.
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  >> The difference comes down to this this
• 20:34
  morning. Look up this way this morning.
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  I want you to understand something. When
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  your life and mine, it gets down to the
• 20:40
  nitty-gritty. When you get to THE END OF
• 20:42
  YOUR DAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU'D
• 20:43
  HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY TIME THE DOORS WAS
• 20:45
  OPEN. YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU HIT THE
• 20:47
  ALTAR EVERY TIME THE PREACHER GAVE AN
• 20:48
  ALTAR CALL. YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU GOT
• 20:50
  HELP EVERY TIME IT WAS OFFERED FROM THE
• 20:52
  PULL PIT. DON'T YOU BLESS GOD FOR A MAN
• 20:55
  OF GOD. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ME, BUT I
• 20:57
  MAN I THINK ABOUT THOSE PREACHERS IN
• 20:59
  DAYS GONE BY THAT AFFECTED MY LIFE THAT
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  PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO ME THAT GAVE ME
• 21:04
  HOPE WHEN I WAS HOPELESS THAT HELPED ME
• 21:06
  WHEN I FELT HELPLESS WHEN I THOUGHT I
• 21:08
  WAS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF MY
• 21:10
  WICKEDNESS. THEY GAVE ME PEACE AND THEY
• 21:13
  GAVE ME JOY IN A TIME WHEN I COULDN'T
• 21:15
  FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
• 21:17
  >> And let me say this to you, you're not
• 21:19
  going to find help anywhere else.
• 21:21
  >> You're right.
• 21:21
  >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND HOPE ANYWHERE
• 21:23
  OUT THERE. YOU CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
• 21:25
  YOU CAN LOOK EVERYWHERE ELSE. BUT LET ME
• 21:27
  SAY THIS. EDICT WALKED WITH GOD. HIS
• 21:29
  CONVERSATION WAS IN HEAVEN WITH GOD.
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  AMEN.
• 21:33
  >> RIGHT?
• 21:34
  >> He had fellowship with the father.
• 21:38
  His conversation
• 21:39
  was close to God. Peter said this in
• 21:42
  second Peter chapter 3 verse number 11.
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  Seeing then that all thing all these
• 21:46
  things shall be dissolved. speaking of
• 21:48
  the judgment of God. Seeing then that
• 21:51
  all these things shall be dissolved.
• 21:52
  What manner of persons ought you to be
• 21:54
  in all holy conversation
• 21:56
  and godliness. You see, there's a way
• 21:58
  that you're supposed to live in order
• 22:00
  for that faith to stay big in your life.
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  >> I see not only is conversation, but I
• 22:05
  see his closeness. Look what the Bible
• 22:07
  says in verse 22. And Enoch walked with
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  God. That word with literally means
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  near.
• 22:12
  >> That's right.
• 22:13
  >> Enoch walked close to God. You know why
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  we watch people that they fall out of
• 22:19
  the way and get out and sin. You know
• 22:21
  what they do? They quit being close to
• 22:22
  God.
• 22:23
  >> You're right.
• 22:23
  >> They got away from where they were
• 22:25
  supposed to be.
• 22:26
  >> They let something in their life
• 22:27
  discouraged them so much to the point
• 22:28
  that they lost hope in God. You say,
• 22:30
  "Preacher, how is that?" Well, Jeremiah
• 22:32
  the prophet, he said, "My hopes perish
• 22:34
  from the Lord."
• 22:35
  >> Right?
• 22:35
  >> Remember what he said? Lamentations 3,
• 22:38
  he said, "My hopes perish from the Lord.
• 22:40
  I've forgotten. I've left it. I don't
• 22:42
  believe anymore." BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
• 22:44
  JEREMIAH SAID? THAT DIDN'T STAY too
• 22:45
  long. AMEN. BECAUSE HE FOUND OUT THAT
• 22:48
  THE SAME ONE HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT
• 22:50
  STILL BELIEVED IN HIM, STILL TRUSTED HIM
• 22:52
  WITH THE GOSPEL. AND HE SAID THAT FIRE
• 22:55
  THAT SHUT UP IN MY BONES, IT WILL NOT
• 22:57
  STAY. I'M SAYING I'M THANKFUL FOR
• 22:59
  SOMETHING IN THE DARK DAYS, FOR
• 23:01
  SOMETHING IN THE DARK TIMES THAT THERE'S
• 23:03
  LIFE ON THE INSIDE THAT HOLDS ME UP WHEN
• 23:06
  EVERYTHING ELSE IS FALLING DOWN AROUND
• 23:08
  ME.
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  >> There's life on the inside.
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  >> He was close. Enoch stayed close to God.
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  David said this in Psalm 119 and verse
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  number 10. He said, "With my whole heart
• 23:20
  have I sought thee. Oh, let me not
• 23:22
  wander from thy commandments." And as
• 23:24
  the psalm says, "PRONE TO WONDER, LORD,
• 23:27
  I FEEL IT." PRONE TO LEAVE THE GOD I
• 23:29
  LOVE. TAKE MY HEART, LORD. TAKE AND SEAL
• 23:31
  IT. SEAL IT FOR HEY FRIEND, WE NEED SOME
• 23:33
  PEOPLE THIS MORNING THAT'LL DECIDE IN
• 23:36
  THEIR HEART THAT COME WHAT MAY, YOU'RE
• 23:38
  GOING TO STAY CLOSE TO GOD. AMEN.
• 23:41
  >> Close to God. near to his heart. Draw me
• 23:44
  nearer, NEARER, NEARER, BLESSED LORD, TO
• 23:47
  THY PRECIOUS BLEEDING SIDE. YOU GOT TO
• 23:49
  HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO God in these days.
• 23:52
  If you're going to have your faith stay,
• 23:54
  I notice not only is conversation is
• 23:56
  closeness, but I notice it's Christ in
• 23:58
  the verse.
• 23:59
  Bible says and Enoch walked with God.
• 24:02
  You say, "Well, that's God the Father."
• 24:04
  Well, let me ask you something. Bible
• 24:07
  says no man's ever seen God.
• 24:10
  speaking of God the Father.
• 24:13
  And that word God in the text in the
• 24:15
  Hebrew is Elohim. It's God the Father,
• 24:19
  God the Son, God the Holy Ghost. And the
• 24:22
  writer of Hebrews said this, that Christ
• 24:24
  is the express image of the invisible
• 24:27
  God.
• 24:28
  >> Right?
• 24:28
  >> And so if Enoch walked with God, you
• 24:30
  know who he was walking with?
• 24:32
  >> He's walking with Jesus.
• 24:34
  >> He had fellowship with Jesus. You see in
• 24:37
  his relationship with Elohim, this God,
• 24:39
  God is potentate. He is king. He's
• 24:41
  above. He's the one that we we go to
• 24:44
  Christ and Christ goes to God. You see,
• 24:46
  God is potentate. He is first in charge.
• 24:48
  Christ is his person. The one that lives
• 24:51
  on the inside. The Bible says, "And God
• 24:54
  said, let there be." You know what that
• 24:55
  was? That was the word. That word was
• 24:58
  Jesus. And Jesus is the one THAT WE HAVE
• 25:01
  FELLOWSHIP WITH. GOD IS POTENTATE.
• 25:04
  CHRIST IS HIS PERSON. And the spirit is
• 25:06
  his power. It's what allowed him to live
• 25:09
  the Christian life. WHAT ALLOWED HIM TO
• 25:12
  KEEP HIS FAITH.
• 25:14
  >> I give you this. If you're not going to
• 25:17
  help me preach this morning, I'm going
• 25:18
  to enjoy it myself.
• 25:19
  >> Come on, God.
• 25:22
  >> I noticed not only where it started and
• 25:25
  where it stayed, but let me show you
• 25:26
  where it stopped.
• 25:28
  >> Come on, preach.
• 25:30
  >> Is anybody in the building?
• 25:33
  >> Verse 24. Verse 23. And all the days of
• 25:35
  Enoch were 360 and5 years.
• 25:40
  Verse 24. And Enoch walked with God and
• 25:42
  he was not. What your Bible say? For God
• 25:46
  took him. Now, I don't know about you,
• 25:49
  but I'll say this. I'm going to tell you
• 25:51
  this. Actually, I do know about you.
• 25:52
  There ain't nothing else going to
• 25:53
  encourage you but this.
• 25:55
  >> Right. Amen.
• 25:56
  >> You're right.
• 25:56
  >> Look, I realize we're discouraged this
• 25:58
  morning. And let me just take time out
• 26:01
  right here for a minute.
• 26:03
  Do you think the lost world needs to see
• 26:05
  us beat down?
• 26:06
  >> No.
• 26:07
  >> We're not super human. That's right.
• 26:09
  >> But let me tell you this this morning.
• 26:10
  We got to have some faith.
• 26:12
  >> You're right.
• 26:13
  >> Believe God. That's
• 26:14
  >> right.
• 26:14
  >> You say, "WHAT'S COMING, PREACHER?"
• 26:16
  WELL, WHAT COME FOR ENOCH IN THIS TEXT
• 26:18
  IS WHAT'S COMING FOR YOU IF YOU'RE SAVED
• 26:20
  BY THE GRACE OF GOD. LOOK WHAT HE SAYS.
• 26:22
  I SAY HIS FAITH STOPPED SOMEWHERE.
• 26:25
  Notice what your Bible says. I see not
• 26:27
  only here in the text that his faith
• 26:29
  stayed, but it had it come to a day
• 26:31
  where it stopped. The Bible says, "And
• 26:33
  Enoch walked with God." His character is
• 26:35
  displayed. Once again, it said twice
• 26:38
  THAT ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD. HE WAS
• 26:40
  PROPHET FOR HIS GENERATION. HE PREACHED
• 26:43
  THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JUDE. HE SHARED
• 26:45
  THE TRUTH. HE WAS PRIEST FOR HIS FAMILY.
• 26:48
  YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAN IN these
• 26:50
  homes IN THE ANTIDOLIVIAN AGE WERE
• 26:52
  RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE SACRIFICES FOR THEIR
• 26:55
  FAMILY. HE WAS PROPHET. HE WAS PRIEST.
• 26:58
  BUT LET ME SAY THIS. THERE COME A DAY
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  WHEN ALL OF THAT WAS OVER. THERE COME A
• 27:02
  DAY WHEN PRAYERS WILL NO LONGER TO BE
• 27:04
  MADE. THERE'S COMING A DAY WHEN THE
• 27:06
  PRIESTLY DUTIES IS GOING TO END. YOU
• 27:08
  SAY, "WHAT IS THAT FOR YOU AND I?" WELL,
• 27:10
  THERE'S COMING A DAY WHEN WE WON'T PRAY
• 27:12
  NO MORE PRAYERS. THERE'S COMING A DAY
• 27:15
  WHEN WE WON'T HAVE TO MAKE NO MORE
• 27:16
  SACRIFICES. THERE'S COMING A DAY WHEN
• 27:19
  EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OVER AND IT'S
• 27:21
  GOING TO BE DONE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
• 27:23
  "AND ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD AND HE WAS
• 27:26
  not
• 27:27
  >> for God took him." His character is
• 27:29
  displayed again. But I'll say this, his
• 27:31
  capture is described.
• 27:32
  >> Right?
• 27:33
  >> God took him
• 27:34
  >> right
• 27:36
  >> now. This is where I want to get to this
• 27:37
  morning.
• 27:39
  You see, there were some according to
• 27:41
  this verse who spent days looking for
• 27:42
  him. Look what the Bible says. And ain't
• 27:46
  it walked with God and he was not. Now,
• 27:48
  I've heard people preach that and they
• 27:49
  preach about all the things that In
• 27:50
  wasn't. You know, he wasn't a
• 27:52
  fornicator, an adulterer, you know, all
• 27:53
  that stuff. That ain't scripture. Okay?
• 27:55
  >> We don't know what In was,
• 27:57
  >> right? I tell you what this text says.
• 28:00
  The Bible literally says that Enoch was
• 28:01
  not found. That's
• 28:02
  >> right.
• 28:03
  >> Notice Hebrews chapter 11.
• 28:08
  Should be in your margin. Hebrews
• 28:09
  chapter number 11.
• 28:13
  Listen. Verse 5. By faith Enoch was
• 28:17
  translated that he should not see death.
• 28:20
  What's those next four words? And was
• 28:23
  not found. because God had translated
• 28:27
  him.
• 28:28
  >> For before his translation, he had this
• 28:30
  testimony that he pleased God. You see,
• 28:33
  there were some that spent days looking
• 28:34
  for him. But you know what? They didn't
• 28:36
  find him.
• 28:37
  >> Right?
• 28:38
  >> But I'll say this. There was one who
• 28:40
  spent all his days with him.
• 28:42
  >> Right?
• 28:43
  >> One day, he took him home.
• 28:44
  >> Right?
• 28:47
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 28:48
  >> Let me ask you this. All right. This is
• 28:50
  how my mind works. Okay? How did they
• 28:53
  know God took him?
• 28:55
  How did his family know that God took
• 28:58
  him? How did they know that some
• 29:00
  ravishing beast didn't come take his
• 29:02
  life?
• 29:05
  >> And let me just say time out right
• 29:06
  there. You know what? There's a lot of
• 29:07
  things we don't know.
• 29:08
  >> That's right.
• 29:09
  >> Right.
• 29:10
  >> There's a lot of things we don't
• 29:11
  understand.
• 29:13
  >> Let me tell you this in this verse. I'll
• 29:14
  tell you how they knew God took him.
• 29:18
  They knew number one, they knew God took
• 29:20
  him number one because of what he said.
• 29:22
  >> That's right.
• 29:24
  Notice Jude 14 again.
• 29:28
  It's recorded in your Bible.
• 29:33
  You see, Enoch didn't leave them with an
• 29:34
  empty hope.
• 29:37
  I had a grandfather
• 29:39
  told the story here at the church
• 29:41
  before.
• 29:43
  He died
• 29:45
  an alcoholic
• 29:46
  63, 64 years of age few years ago. Told
• 29:51
  me he was saved. His alcohol killed him.
• 29:55
  And I remember when he died, I remember
• 29:57
  that after he was gone, the Lord gave me
• 29:59
  a message on Udicus. Udicus fell out the
• 30:03
  window. And when he hit the ground, you
• 30:06
  know what? He was gone.
• 30:07
  >> Right.
• 30:08
  >> Bible says they took him up dead.
• 30:09
  >> Yeah.
• 30:10
  >> And I made this statement in that
• 30:11
  sermon. I said, you know, when Udicus
• 30:12
  was gone, he couldn't tell them where he
• 30:14
  went.
• 30:15
  >> Right.
• 30:16
  >> When my grandpa died, he told me he was
• 30:18
  saved, but he never lived it. He
• 30:21
  couldn't tell me where he's at.
• 30:22
  >> Right?
• 30:23
  >> I don't know where he's at to this day.
• 30:25
  But let me say this. If you're going to
• 30:26
  let people know where you're at, you're
• 30:28
  going to let them know why you're here.
• 30:29
  That's
• 30:29
  >> right.
• 30:30
  >> Jude verse 14 said this. And Enoch also
• 30:32
  the seventh from Adam prophesied of
• 30:34
  these, saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh
• 30:36
  with 10,000 of his saints."
• 30:40
  Enoch told him where he was going.
• 30:41
  That's
• 30:42
  >> right.
• 30:43
  >> Because God told him where he was going,
• 30:45
  >> right?
• 30:47
  >> That's good.
• 30:47
  >> He believed the word of the Lord. You
• 30:50
  know how they knew he was gone and he
• 30:52
  didn't die is because he told him he
• 30:53
  wasn't going to die.
• 30:55
  You're listening to a preacher this
• 30:56
  morning's telling you I'm not going to
• 30:58
  die.
• 30:58
  >> Amen. Amen.
• 31:01
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 31:02
  >> Hey, friend. If they some reason if
• 31:04
  y'all if I die young and y'all all still
• 31:06
  here and they roll me up here in a
• 31:08
  casket, you just know the man didn't
• 31:10
  die.
• 31:11
  >> That's right.
• 31:12
  >> The shell did. That's
• 31:13
  >> right.
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  >> Let me say this. Enoch told him, "I'm
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  leaving here."
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  >> Yeah. You know why he said that? Because
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  he walked with God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And you know what God told him? He said,
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  "Look, I'm going I'm going to flood this
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  earth." He named Methusela, "Judgment's
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  coming."
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  >> God told him, "Judgement's coming, ain't
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  it, but you ain't going to see it,
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  >> right?"
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  >> Amen.
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  >> They knew that God took him because of
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  what he said. But I'll say this, they
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  really knew that God took him not just
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  because of what he said. They knew it
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  because of how he lived.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> 300 years.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> Every day.
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  >> Blessing.
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  like clockwork. Walk with God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Had fellowship with God. You know what
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  the greatest testimony to those around
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  you is? That you love God. Steady
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  faithfulness.
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  >> Right?
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  >> They knew that God took Enoch because of
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  what he said. They knew that God took
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  Enoch because of how he lived. But I'll
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  tell you this, and this is what I like
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  the best. They knew that God took Eno
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  because he wasn't here anymore.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Let me say this. If if there's one of
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  these days y'all don't see me no more.
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  >> Come on now.
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  >> And there ain't nobody on this earth can
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  find me, I can tell you exactly where
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  I'll be.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. Hey friend, this sh I may live my
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  life and die of old age and lay in THE
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  GROUND SOMEWHERE. BUT OH FRIEND, IF YOU
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  FIND THE BODY, you dig up the bones. YOU
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  JUST KNOW YOU'LL NOT FIND ME THERE.
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  AMEN. YOU'LL NOT FIND ME IN THE GRAVE.
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  BUT THANK GOD MY LORD AND SAVIOR TOOK ME
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  HOME TO BE WITH HIM. AND ENOCH, FRIEND,
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  HE WAS TRANSLATED. HE WAS CALLED AWAY.
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  AND LET ME SAY THIS, THE APPLICATION
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  SENSES THIS. YOU SEE, THERE'S COMING A
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  DAY WHEN JESUS, WHEN THE LAST SOUL GETS
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  SAVED, HE'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS
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  EARTH. AND HE'S GOING TO CALL FOR HIS
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  CHILDREN, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL
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  RISE. AND THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND
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  REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER IN
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  THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.
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  AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "SO SHALL WE EVER BE
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  WITH THE LORD. AND JUST LIKE ENOCH,
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  WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS world and not
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  die." Right?
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  And all those who refuse to trust Christ
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  will be left behind. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> You see, the truth is about Enoch's
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  life. What Enoch believed, proclaimed,
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  and performed in his life, he got to
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  behold inside
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  >> the moment he was delivered from death.
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  And this is the message this morning.
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  This is the first illustration of the
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  rapture in our Bible. And you say, "How
• 33:38
  is it an illustration of the rapture?"
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  Well, I've held it back to give you
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  this, and some of you already know this.
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  What happens a chapter later?
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  >> Come on.
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  >> Noah, the Bible says, is a just man,
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  feared God. And the same description is
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  given to Noah that was given to Enoch.
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  What did it say? He walked with God.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> And you know what happened? God told
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  Noah, Noah, you need to build an ark.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Judgment's coming.
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  >> Told Enoch the same thing. But you know
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  what the difference was?
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  God come and got Enoch out before the
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  judgment.
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  >> Right?
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  Enoch represents the church. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> Noah represents the Jew. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> You know what? Noah and his family got
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  on that boat. And when the whole world
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  was drowning,
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  Noah floated across the judgment of God.
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  >> You see, the wrath of God is what held
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  that boat afloat. You say, "Preacher,
• 34:34
  what does that mean for us?" Well, I'll
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  say this. For those of you that are
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  saved here this morning, we're going to
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  be like Enoch,
• 34:39
  >> right?
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  >> We preach that judgment's coming. Ain't
• 34:42
  it preached it? We preach it. We know
• 34:45
  it's coming. And there's people say
• 34:47
  Peter said, he said, "There'll be those
• 34:48
  in the last days." Said, "Where is the
• 34:49
  promise of his coming since the fathers
• 34:51
  fell asleep, all things continue as they
• 34:53
  were from the beginning of the
• 34:54
  creation?" But here's what Peter said.
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  He said, "You know, this is what they're
• 34:57
  ignorant of." He said, "They're ignorant
• 34:58
  of the fact that God brought judgment
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  one time before."
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And you know what he did? He killed the
• 35:03
  whole human race, but one family.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> If you don't think judgment's coming,
• 35:07
  friend, you better think again.
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  >> Come on, pre.
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  >> Cuz it could come. Amen. It could come
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  before the day's over. And if you look
• 35:13
  at this world, if you watch the news,
• 35:15
  friend, you'd be scared to I'd be scared
• 35:17
  to death I was lost.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Looking at the news headlines,
• 35:21
  >> right?
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  >> Boy, I look at him, I say, "Thank God we
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  moving out."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Enoch
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  >> got to walk in sight. You You say,
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  "Preacher, what what are you trying to
• 35:32
  display by that?" I'm saying Enoch got
• 35:34
  to watch from heaven.
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  >> Come on. Amen. Go ahead.
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  >> He got to watch from heaven with his
• 35:44
  with his great great great great grandpa
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  Adam
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  >> and Abel who was dying.
• 35:50
  >> He watched his grandson and his family.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> Float across that water.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> On the ark from the banister of heaven
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  and saw them delivered. And Enoch says
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  he didn't even leave me down there for
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  it. He just took me home. That's
• 36:03
  >> right.
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  >> You know what? That's the way we're
• 36:05
  going to be brought home.
• 36:07
  >> I really believe it. I don't believe
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  there's anybody in here that's going to
• 36:09
  die. I believe the rapture is going to
• 36:10
  take place and we're going to go home.
• 36:12
  >> Amen.
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  >> If you're lost, you'll die. But I
• 36:16
  believe Jesus is coming. That's
• 36:17
  >> right.
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  >> Every head bowed and every eye closed
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  this morning. What Enoch believed, he
• 36:23
  proclaimed and performed in his life. He
• 36:25
  got to behold in sight. And one of these
• 36:27
  days, our faith is going to become
• 36:28
  sight. Enoch believed it. Noah believed
• 36:32
  it. You say, "Preacher, but was the
• 36:36
  faith the same for Noah?" Yes, it was.
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  Because you know what he had to knew had
• 36:39
  to believe God to build that ark. Never
• 36:42
  seen a drop of rain fall from the sky.
• 36:45
  He'd never seen a flood on the earth.
• 36:48
  But you know what? When them waters
• 36:50
  came, you know what was done? That boat
• 36:52
  was finished.
• 36:54
  And when they went into that ark, God
• 36:56
  shut the door. They weren't going to get
• 36:57
  out for another year until those flood
• 37:00
  waters assuaged from off the earth.
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  You say, "Preacher, what does that
• 37:05
  represent for me?" It represents the
• 37:06
  judgment of God. Those
• 37:09
  waters that condemned an entirety of the
• 37:12
  human race aside from knowing his family
• 37:15
  were because of sin.
• 37:18
  God saw that the wickedness of man's
• 37:20
  heart was thoughts of his heart were
• 37:22
  only evil continually.
• 37:26
  And the truth is your life and mine this
• 37:28
  morning, we were that same way. You see,
• 37:30
  every one of us has failed God.
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  Every one of us has missed the mark.
• 37:36
  Every one of us has said things, has
• 37:37
  done things that we ought not do.
• 37:40
  Let me tell you this this morning. Jesus
• 37:42
  died to forgive you of those things. And
• 37:45
  if you're tired of living and not having
• 37:48
  peace,
• 37:49
  if you're tired of living and never
• 37:51
  being able to have victory,
• 37:54
  if you're tired of wondering when you
• 37:56
  lay your head on your pill at night
• 37:58
  where you'd be,
• 38:01
  let me say this. Jesus can save you
• 38:03
  today.
• 38:05
  There's nobody looking around at me. I
• 38:07
  want to ask you this morning. You say,
• 38:08
  "Preacher,
• 38:10
  if I died right now, I don't know where
• 38:12
  I'd go. Never been saved.
• 38:15
  I don't know the Lord." Preacher, would
• 38:17
  you pray for me?
• 38:19
  Hey, sinner. There's people praying for
• 38:21
  you on this altar right now. Say,
• 38:23
  "Preacher, would you pray for me? You
• 38:24
  just slip your hand up and I'll pray for
• 38:26
  you this morning. Preacher, I'm not
• 38:28
  saved. I don't know the Lord.
• 38:32
  Preacher, would you pray for me? Just
• 38:33
  slip your hand up. I'll pray for you
• 38:35
  this morning. Hey, God knows your heart.
• 38:39
  God knows your heart. Jesus loves you.
• 38:43
  But if you die refusing his gift of
• 38:46
  grace, you know what'll happen? You'll
• 38:49
  enter that judgment
• 38:51
  never to be freed.
• 38:54
  Let me remind you of this truth today.
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  When you go to hell, you can't get out.
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  When you end your life in that place,
• 39:06
  you'll never escape.
• 39:09
  But Jesus made a way. And he's brought
• 39:12
  you the word this morning. It's been
• 39:14
  shared. JUDGMENT'S COMING. BUT JESUS
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  SAVES.
• 39:18
  We've heard the JOYFUL SOUND. JESUS
• 39:20
  SAVES. JESUS SAVES. HEY, IT STILL RINGS
• 39:24
  LOUD AND CLEAR IN 2026. THANK GOD HE'S
• 39:27
  STILL ABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THEM
• 39:30
  THAT WOULD CALL UPON HIM by faith.
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  >> Yes.
• 39:33
  >> And he wants to save you today.
• 39:36
  You say, "Preacher, I'm here. I'm saved.
• 39:40
  Preacher, I'm getting weary in this
• 39:42
  journey." Well, I'm reminded what Paul
• 39:43
  said. Galatians. He said, "Be not weary
• 39:45
  and welloing.
• 39:47
  Keep on, child of God. Don't quit. Hey,
• 39:51
  when things get hard, when times get
• 39:53
  desperate and sorrowful, that's not time
• 39:54
  to leave. It's time to get in.
• 39:57
  >> It's not time to move. It's time to
• 39:59
  stand,
• 40:01
  >> to stay. Hey friend, when you need help
• 40:03
  THE MOST, THAT'S WHY IS IT THAT WE run
• 40:05
  from the cross when we're broken? Why is
• 40:08
  it we leave? Why is it we WALK AWAY?
• 40:10
  IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TACKLE THE
• 40:13
  TRUTH THAT OUR OWN SIN hinders us many
• 40:15
  times.
• 40:16
  >> Right?
• 40:17
  >> You see, trials have a way of bringing
• 40:19
  out our own faults.
• 40:24
  And what you need to know this morning
• 40:27
  is that everything in your life,
• 40:30
  Jesus is in control. He's in control.
• 40:34
  Don't let the devil take your fault.
• 40:35
  Hey, if you're saved, child of God,
• 40:37
  don't let your trouble in your life make
• 40:40
  the faults, your past. Don't Don't go
• 40:42
  back to those things. Don't let the
• 40:44
  devil remind you of those things. God
• 40:47
  doesn't want you to remember that. He's
• 40:49
  forgotten it. Why would you Why would he
• 40:50
  want you to remember that?
• 40:52
  Give it to God. You say, "PREACHER, BUT
• 40:55
  IT WAS MY FAULT." BUT IF YOU ASK FOR
• 40:57
  FORGIVENESS, GOD FORGAVE THAT THING AND
• 41:00
  IT'S OVER. IT'S DONE. IT'S FORGIVEN.
• 41:02
  FORGOTTEN FOREVER. And you can have
• 41:05
  peace today. Stick your finger in the
• 41:07
  face of the devil and remind him where
• 41:11
  he's headed.
• 41:13
  >> His doom is set.
• 41:16
  His life is over. Don't let him take
• 41:19
  your joy. Don't let him take your peace.
• 41:23
  Man, I'm telling you, happiness and
• 41:25
  tranquility. I was talking to a preacher
• 41:27
  just the other day. He said, "So many
• 41:29
  people, they say they want joy and
• 41:31
  peace, but what they really want is
• 41:32
  happiness and tranquility. That stuff
• 41:34
  comes and goes.
• 41:36
  >> Life's not always tranquil. Life's not
• 41:39
  always happy, BUT JOY AND PEACE, THEY
• 41:42
  OVERRIDE the circumstances of life. HEY,
• 41:45
  YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A SMILE ON
• 41:46
  YOUR FACE. BUT YOU CAN HAVE JOY IN YOUR
• 41:49
  HEART AND PEACE IN YOUR SOUL. YOUR LIFE
• 41:51
  MAY BE IN TURMOIL. YOU MAY BE ON THE
• 41:54
  STORM IN THE WAVES OF THE SEA TOSSED
• 41:57
  ABOUT. BUT YOU CAN STILL HAVE JOY and
• 42:00
  still have peace.
• 42:03
  Father, I pray in Jesus name.
• 42:07
  Lord, I pray for that soul that's here
• 42:09
  today and lost.
• 42:12
  God, I pray they wouldn't leave today
• 42:14
  without trusting you. God, I pray for
• 42:17
  that soul that's here today and
• 42:18
  troubled.
• 42:20
  God, there's heavy burdens that we all
• 42:22
  bear. And Lord, help us not think we're
• 42:25
  the only one. God, we've all got
• 42:28
  problems. We've all got troubles. Lord,
• 42:30
  we get so we get so many times we get to
• 42:33
  looking at ourselves. God, forgive us of
• 42:35
  that. Lord, help us remember,
• 42:38
  Lord, that everybody we go through
• 42:40
  things. Lord, help us look every man on
• 42:43
  the things of others.
• 42:45
  God, help us consider one another to
• 42:47
  provoke unto love and good works.
• 42:50
  Lord, Enoch made it because he walked
• 42:52
  with you. And Lord, there's no doubt in
• 42:54
  my mind that others made it because of
• 42:57
  his walk with you. Lord, I pray God
• 43:00
  today,
• 43:02
  Lord, for each heart here today that we
• 43:04
  would be strengthened by this fact that
• 43:05
  we're getting out of here soon.
• 43:08
  We're going to leave here. We're going
• 43:09
  to go home and it's all going to be all
• 43:12
  right.
• 43:13
  When you take us home, Lord, help us
• 43:16
  today. I pray.
• 43:19
  Every head still bowed and every eye
• 43:20
  still closed. I just feel led. She's
• 43:22
  going to play another verse.
• 43:25
  If you're here and you're lost, don't
• 43:26
  wait.
• 43:28
  Don't wait.
• 43:31
  Jesus died to save you. He promised to
• 43:34
  save you if you'll trust him. If you'll
• 43:37
  give your life to him, he'll make a
• 43:38
  difference.
• 43:40
  He'll make a difference.
• 43:44
  Hey, child of God, you don't have to let
• 43:47
  this trial take you out.
• 43:49
  Stay with God.
• 43:52
  Believe. Trust him.
• 43:54
  Hey, if he can save you from hell
• 43:57
  and deliver you from all your sin, don't
• 44:00
  you think he can handle that problem you
• 44:02
  got?
• 44:04
  We talk about miracles a whole lot. Man,
• 44:07
  this one got healed from cancer and this
• 44:09
  one got healed from this disease. This
• 44:11
  baby survived, but you understand the
• 44:13
  greatest miracle that's ever took place
• 44:17
  salvation
• 44:18
  of a sinner who had no hope for himself.
• 44:22
  And if you're here and you're saved,
• 44:24
  there is no greater miracle that can be
• 44:26
  done than that.
• 44:27
  >> Right?
• 44:28
  >> Just believe God. Believe God.
• 44:32
  Father, in Jesus name, thank you once
• 44:36
  again,
• 44:37
  Lord. May we be thankful today for how
• 44:41
  good you've been to us. And I pray for
• 44:43
  those that struggling today that you
• 44:44
  would help them, encourage them,
• 44:47
  because God, we've got too much to gain
• 44:49
  to lose.
• 44:50
  We've won. We're on the winning side.
• 44:53
  We're not fighting for victory. We're
• 44:55
  fighting from victory. Lord, let us not
• 44:58
  let the troubles and trials of this life
• 45:00
  discourage us and dispel us from your
• 45:01
  truth. Lord, we love you. Thank you for
• 45:04
  loving us. We ask it in Jesus name.
• 45:08
  Amen.
• 45:09
  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
• 45:11
  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
• 45:14
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 45:16
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
• 45:19
  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
• 45:23
  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
• 45:26
  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
• 45:28
  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
• 45:33
  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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