Testimony of Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV 1900)

5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Abel teaches us the need to come to God through Jesus, the substitute, the lamb.

Testimony of Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV 1900)

5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

How can we have a testimonio of pleasing God

To please God we must have faith

Hebrews 11:6 (KJV 1900)

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

We can not please God if we are in Adam, the flesh

Romans 8:8 (KJV 1900)

8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Hebrews 13:16 (KJV 1900)

16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 (KJV 1900)

1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

Romans 12:2 (KJV 1900)

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Enoch walked with God

Genesis 5:21–23 (KJV 1900)

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

a close intimate relationship

let Jesus Christ live out His life through us.

We don’t quit being us and Jesus doesn’t quit being Jesus

But Jesus lives in and through us

Galatians 2:20 (KJV 1900)

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

don’t trust your abilities

Proverbs 3:5–6 (KJV 1900)

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.

walk in the light of the Scriptures and the Spirit of God

1 John 1:7 (KJV 1900)

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

we do good works

Ephesians 2:10 (KJV 1900)

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Share the message of God

Jude 14–15 (KJV 1900)

14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Genesis 6:5 (KJV 1900)

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:11 (KJV 1900)

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV 1900)

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.