5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11)
This chapter began with a statement of faith about God as existent and as our Creator. We then saw a line in the sand drawn when Abel gave God what He wanted, and Cain did not. Enoch's greatest name to fame was not just that he did not experience physical death due to sin, but that he lived to please God - not in some passive way, like he was "taken away", but through an active seeking for God Himself. God wants more than our dumb obedience; He wants our active involvement in getting to know Him better and better. The Christian life is not just "pie in the sky when I die", but a walking through this life by faith, getting closer to God, so that when we do leave this life we walk with Him through death into His greater presence.
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