IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ENOCH - Conclusion of "ENOCH KEPT WALKING WITH THE TRUE GOD"

The inspired record offers only tantalizing hints on that score. It says nothing about the faith of Enoch's son Methuselah, whose life span became the longest in the Bible record, ending in the year that the Great Deluge came. However,  Methuselah fathered a son named Lamech, Lamech's  life overlapped  with  that of his grandfather Enoch for a century. And Lamech grew up to show notable faith. Jehovah inspired him to utter a prophecy about Noah, Lamech's son, and that prophecy came true after the Flood. Noah, like his great-grandfather Enoch, was singled out as a man who walked with God. Noah never met Enoch. But Enoch left a rich legacy.  Noah could have learned of that legacy from his own father, Lamech, or from his grandfather Methuselah or perhaps even from Jared, Enoch's father, who died when Noah was 366 years old. - GENESIS 5:25-29; 6:9; 9:1. 

Think of the contrast between Enoch and Adam. Adam, though perfect, sinned against Jehovah and left his descendants a legacy of rebellion and misery. Enoch, though imperfect, walked with God ad left his descendants a legacy of faith. Adam died when Enoch was 308 years old .  Did Adam's family mourn that profoundly selfish forefather? We do not know. In any case, Enoch "kept walking with the true God." - GENESIS 5:24.

If you are providing for a family, consider what you can learn from the faith of Enoch. Vital though it is to provide for your family physically, there is no need more important than the spiritual kind. (1 Timothy 5:8)  You fill that need not only by what you say but what you can do. If you choose to walk with God as Enoch did, letting God's inspired standards guide you  in life, you too will give your family a rich legacy- a priceless example for them to imitate.

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