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Deuteronomy 11:22
• New Living Translation (NLT)
• 22 “Be careful to obey all these commands I am
giving you.
• Show love to the LORD your God by walking in
his ways and holding tightly to him
“First Mention”
• Is not a “law”
• There can be no man made laws of how to
interpret the Bible
• It may be useful or insightful to study the first
time a word is used
• Many “first mentions” are in Genesis….
First Mention of Walking
Gen
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• 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound
of the LORD God as he was walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and they hid
from the LORD God among the trees of the
garden.
• 9 But the LORD God called to the man, ‘Where
are you?
Walking
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This seems to have been a usual, routine thing
God walking (and talking)
Part of Adam & Eve’s natural relationship
“having fellowship”
Adam’s Sin spoiled it all
Enoch
• Genesis 6
• 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became
the father of Methuselah. 22 After he became
the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked
faithfully with God 300 years and had other
sons and daughters.
• 23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he
was no more, because God took him away.
Hebrews 11
• 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to
heaven without dying—“he disappeared,
because God took him.” For before he was
taken up, he was known as a person who
pleased God.
• 6 And it is impossible to please God without
faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must
believe that God exists and that he rewards
those who sincerely seek him
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Babel
Make a name for ourselves
Enoch
Had the name as the man who pleased God
Enoch
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Did not just disappear or fall down a ravine
or be eaten by a beast
Someone must have seen God take him
God also took Elijah
Word is “Translated”
After Babel you needed a translator
1 Cor 15
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since death came through a man, the
resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
• 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made
alive.
• 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he
comes, those who belong to him.
• 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the
kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all
dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign
until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The
last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Thessalonians ch 4
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the Lord himself will come down from
heaven, with a loud command, with the voice
of the archangel and with the trumpet call of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left
will be caught up ( just like Enoch!!) together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And so we will be with the Lord for
ever.
Walking
• Adam and Eve walked with God
• Enoch walked with God
• So should we…
Genesis 6
• 9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
• Noah was a righteous man, blameless among
the people of his time, and he walked
faithfully with God.
Hebrews 11
• 7 By faith Noah, when warned about things
not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save
his family.
• By his faith he condemned the world and
became heir of the righteousness that is in
keeping with faith.
Hebrews 11
• 8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a
place he would later receive as his inheritance,
obeyed and went, even though he did not
know where he was going
Summary of Whole Bible !!
• Genesis 3
• The problem
• Walking alone
• Gen 12 – Rev 22
• God’s solution
• Walking together by faith
Summary of Whole Bible !!
• Genesis 1-11
• The problem
• Gen 12 – Rev 22
• God’s solution
Prophets
• Both Noah and Enoch were prophets
• Jude attributes a prophecy to Enoch
• Even though the book of Enoch was not
considered canonical ( inspired) by OT or NT
people
Jude
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certain individuals…have secretly slipped in
among you. They are ungodly people …
• 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
about them: ‘See, the Lord is coming with
thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to
judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all
the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly
sinners have spoken against him.’
Enoch walked with God
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AV
has “walk” or “walking” 388 times
NIV 202
often using “manner of life” or “live”
Why “walking”?
• You can tell a lot about illness by how people
walk
• Certain diseases has characteristic “walking
gaits”
• Walking is an important part of body language
and attitude
• Spiritual limp??
Walking UP-hill
• The world is an escalator
• If we are not walking up, it is inevitable we
will move down
Exhotation
• Stand firm
• Stand fast
• Stand up
Exhortation
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Stand firm
Stand fast
Stand up
BUT
never stand still
Walking
• Leading recreational activity
• “Rambles rights”
• Much better with someone
• God wants to walk (and talk) with us
• Walking in silence means something is wrong
Walking in the Old Testament
Genesis 17(NIV)
• When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God
Almighty walk before me faithfully and be
blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant
between me and you and will greatly increase
your numbers.”
Leviticus 12
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11 I
will put my dwelling-place among you…..
12 I will walk among you and be your God, and
you will be my people.
• 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you
out of Egypt so that you would no longer be
slaves to the Egyptians;
Gal 5 ( AV)
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16 I
say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall
not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
• 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary
to one another, so that you do not do the
things that you wish.
• 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not
under the law.
Walk
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Our walk has a direction
“Move forward”
A purpose
Guide/Leader
• 1 Peter 2 v21
• To this you were called, because Christ
suffered for you, leaving you an example, that
you should follow in his steps.
I John
• God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and
yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not
live out the truth.
• 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us
from all] sin.
I John
• 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive
ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness.
• 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make
him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
Walk
• 2 John 1:6
• And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his
commands.
• As you have heard from the beginning, his
command is that you walk in love.
• 3 John 1:3
• It gave me great joy when some believers came
and testified about your faithfulness to the truth,
telling how you continue to walk in it.
What do I wear on a walk?
• Eve’s first question
Revelation 3 (NKJV)
• 3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,
• ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits
of God and the seven stars: “I know your works,
that you have a name that you are alive, but you
are dead.
• 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which
remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found
your works perfect before God. 3 Remember
therefore how you have received and heard; hold
fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I
will come upon you as a thief, and you will not
know what hour I will come upon you.
Revelation 3 (NKJV)
• 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who
have not defiled their garments; and they
shall walk with Me in white, for they are
worthy. 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed
in white garments, and I will not blot out his
name from the Book of Life; but I will confess
his name before My Father and before His
angels.
• 6 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the churches.”’
Echoes of Genesis
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Revelation
Light
Darkness
Walking
Liar ( Satan’s lie)
Tree of Life
However God will judge
Fellowship with God restored
Walking is not Silly”
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Walking By Faith
is essential for a Christian today
Men of old.. Enoch …were commended for it
So will we be