Sermon Tone Analysis

Were going to continue our teaching where we left off two weeks ago.

We started a *series* called, *“WALKING WITH GOD.”*

The title that I put on this particular *message* is called *“WALKING IN THE GLORY.”*

*I) **Last time* we found out that *Adam and Eve* *forfeited* their *rights to* enjoy *the presence of God* *when* they *committed high treason* against Him.

Their high treason was *rebellion* against God, which in turn was *sin*.

*A) **Until then*, *they* had the privilege of *walking with God* in the cool of the day.

*1) **After the fall*, they were *banished* *from* the *Garden* *and* from *God’s refreshing presence*.

*B) *But this *does not mean* that *no one ever walked with God again*.

*1) *In fact, *in Genesis 5* we find an *interesting* *note* in the genealogy of Adam *regarding* his descendant, *Enoch*.

*C) *Turn with me to *Genesis 5:23-24*

*1) *Many *preacher* and *theologians* have *speculated* about what (verse 24) means when it says, “*And Enoch walked with God*.”

There have been many different theories on the subject.

But it’s *not any great mystery*.

*a) **To walk with God* simply *means, “To obey Him, to keep His commandments, and to fellowship with Him.”*

*2) **God found* that *He was able* *to trust Enoch with His presence*.

*Enoch was a man* *who would obey God*.

*a) **We also know* *something else about Enoch*.

*He was a man of faith*.

*b) *And *how* we *know that?*

*(i) *Turn with me to *Hebrews 11:5-6a*

*(ii) **Doesn’t that tell you something?*

After *Adam fell*, *God started looking for a man He could fellowship with*, *a man He could walk with* in the cool of the day.

*(iii) **He* finally *found one* *when He found a man of faith*, *a man* *who* could *take God at His Word* *and* *obey it*.

*3) **God is looking for the same kind of people today*.

*His eyes are searching* to and fro throughout *the world* *for men and women* *who lived by faith* *and* *obey His Word*.

*a) **These* are the people *He wants to walk with*, the *people* He *wants to bless*.

*b) *There’s *something else about Enoch* that I want you to notice.

In (*Genesis 5:24*) it says, *“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not: for God took him.”*

*(i) **Enoch never died*.

He never left a body behind to be *buried* and *decay*.

*(a) **His walk of fellowship with God was so strong* that *one day* the *Lord came for a visit* *and* *Enoch* just *went home* with Him when they were done.

He simply *disappeared* from the face of the earth!

*4) *Although *Enoch was* the *1st* *man* in history *to be taken up to heaven without dying*, he certainly *was not the last*.

*D) **In the book of second Kings*, we find *another man* whom *walked with God*, *and that was Elijah*, the prophet.

*1) **In chapter 2* *we see God sending down a chariot of fire* *to pick up Elijah* *and carry him to heaven*.

*a) **Once again*, *a man who knew intimate fellowship with God* *was whisked away without tasting the sting of death*.

(*Second Kings 2:11*)

*2) **I’m convinced* that *were living in a day that we’ll see the same thing happen again*, *only* *this time on a much larger scale*.

*a) **I believe we’re the generation of believers who will one day*, in the twinkling of an eye, *be snatched up to heaven to be with the Lord.*

*3) *This great event is called “*THE RAPTURE*.”

*a) *(*1THES 4: 16-17*) says, “*For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.*”

*4) **I’m* *also* *convinced* that *not every person* that *calls himself a* “*CHRISTIAN*” *will be making this* glorious *trip*.

*a) **Many religious people* are going to *be in for the shock of their lives* *when they discover* that their *church membership* was *not enough* *to qualify* them *for* the *Rapture*.

*b) *But for *those* *who are* *walking with God*, *walking in obedience to His Word* *and* *fellowshipping with Him*, *that day* *will hold nothing but pure joy*.

*II) **Enoch* *had* a *great grandson* named *Noah*.

Not too many years after Enoch’s disappearing act, *Noah discovered* *another one of the prime benefits of walking with God*, and that is *PROTECTION*.

*A) **In Noah*, *God found a man* *who would walked in OBEDIENCE AND FAIT*H.

*1) *Turn with me to *Genesis 6:9*.

Now look at *Genesis 6:22*.

*a) **Noah’s* close *walk with God* *resulted* *in him* *and* *his entire family* *being saved* *from* the *destruction* of the *flood*.

It *also* *resulted* in the *preservation* of the *human race*.

*B) **The same will be true for God’s people today*.

*1) **A great tribulation* *is about to come upon the earth*; *but if you will walk with God*, *you will be spared*.

*The Ark of Jesus* *will carry us away*, *above the wrath and destruction* that is about to be unleashed upon mankind.

*2) **There is protection in the presence of God*.

*III) **The next one* that I want to *look at* who walked in the presence of God, is *Moses*.

*A) **Few men* in history *have experienced* *the presence of God to the degree that Moses did*.

*1) **He experienced God* in the *burning Bush*.

He experienced Him in the *miraculous plagues* that came upon Egypt.

He experienced Him in the *fire and thunder on Mount Sinai*.

And he experienced Him *in the tabernacle*.

*B) *The *tabernacle of Moses* is actually a *type or a foreshadow* *of* the *Son of God*, who is Jesus.

*1) **In Moses’ time* *God dwelt in the tent of the tabernacle*, *under* the *New Covenant* *God dwelt in a house of flesh*—the *body of Jesus*.

*2) *And even more astounding is that the presence of *God now* *can dwell within you and me!*

*C) **There is a lot of revelation and truth* that we can *get from the tabernacle of Moses*.

So let’s take a look at how the presence of the Lord was manifested there.

*1) **Exodus 33:9*

*a) *The “*CLOUD*” *that filled the tabernacle* *was the presence of the Lord* and it was a *very common* experience in the *Old Testament*.

*(i) **Moses and God* *had an extraordinary relationship*.

*D) *Let’s go on reading in *Exodus 33:11-15*

*1) *Did you *notice* the *exchange* in conversation *between Moses and God?*

*a) **God said* to Moses, “*My presence shall go with thee*.”

In response, *Moses was saying*, “*That’s good, Lord, because if Your presence doesn’t go with me, I don’t want to go*!”

*b) **Moses understood something about the presence of God* that *most believers* today *don’t*.

*(i) **He knew God’s presence* was the *only thing* that would *carry them* all the way *through* *to the Promised Land*.

*(ii) **He* had the wisdom to *realize* that *without the power and provision* *which comes from abiding in God’s presence*, he might as well *not even try to walk down the block*, *much less walk through the wilderness*.

*2) **One thing* *I’ve noticed* *about spending time in the presence of God* *is* that *it makes you want more*.

*3) **Spend a little time in God’s presence* *and soon* *you won’t be satisfied with just a little* taste now in then.

*a) **You’ll want more* of His *presence*.

More of His *power*.

And more of *walking in His glory*.

*E) *Look at *Exodus 33:18*

*1) **After Moses* had *experienced* a little of *God’s* glorious *presence*, *he wanted more*!

*a) **He was saying*, “*Lord I want to see Your Glory*! *I want to see Your face*!”

*b) **Did God reject Moses’* *request* *and* *rebuke* him for asking?

*Absolutely not*.

*(i) **God* will *always* be just as *eager* *for* your *fellowship* *as you are* for His, *and* *even more* so.

*(ii) *Remember that it was *God* who *set* *Adam* *in* the *Garden* to be able *to enjoy* a *closed*, *intimate* *communion* with him.

It was *man* who *put* the *wall of separation* between the 2 of them.

*c) **God* *will always* *grant* you *fellowship and revelation* *to the degree* that *you can handle* it *without being harmed*.

*IV) **Look* *at* how *God responded to Moses’* *request* to see His glory.

*A) **Exodus 33:19-23*

*1) **That cleft* *in the rock* is a *foreshadow* *of* the *ultimate* *Rock*, *Jesus*.

*a) *(*1Cor 10:4*) *says* that *Jesus is the Rock*.

*b) *It is *in Him* that *we are able to experience God’s* *goodness* *and* *glory*.

*B) **We see Moses and the cloud of glory one more* time in history, *but* he was nearly *2500* *years* *after* the *events* we just *read about*.

*1) *Let’s take a look at it in *Matthew 17:1-5a*

*a) **Once again* we find *Moses on a mountain* *in the midst of a cloud*.

*But* *this time something is different*.

*2) **This time* *God is present on the earth in human flesh*.