I have written this week with the Lord’s help about the subject: “Walking with God by Faith!” The scripture text for this article comes from the book of Genesis. This book is the history of the beginning of all things: The heavens and the earth all plant and animal life the origin of man and woman and the unveiling of God’s divine master plan for all mankind including his existence and salvation. We believe that Genesis is the accurate account of God’s creation, and of how all things came into existence. (Genesis 1:1) says = In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Hebrews 11:3) says = Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Genesis is the seed plot of the Bible, where the seeds of biblical doctrine are sown, about God, man, sin, and our salvation. The author of the book of Genesis is Moses, the servant of the Lord God. This book was written 2500 years after the creation. The purpose for writing the book of Genesis is God wanted all of us to know the history of God’s dealing with our previous generations and the origin of all things. For this Wordsmith article, we want to focus our attention upon the scripture text for this article. It is found in (Genesis 5:21-24). It says = 21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24and Enoch walked with God: and he was not for God took him. This passage of scripture is a genealogy which begins with the first man, Adam, and ends with Noah. The word, genealogy, means = study of family pedigrees. Some bible readers do not like to read genealogies, but the author of Genesis wrote footnotes in this one about Enoch, who was a man who walked with God. (Genesis 5:22, 24). Also, Jude wrote about him in his book and said = And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, (ungodly sinners), saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 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. (Jude 1:14, 15). And from this scripture we can learn more about Enoch, who was also a prophet. The third place in the Bible where he is mentioned is in the book of Hebrews. Enoch was one of the heroes of faith (Hebrews 11:5, 6) says = 5By 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. Read: (Genesis 5:22, 24). 6But 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. Enoch walked with God by faith. His faith in God caused him to experience his translation into a world which we know truly little about. The Bible says in (Genesis 5:24) and he was not for the Lord took him, but before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God. Read: (Hebrews 11:5). The word, translation, in the Greek means transferal to heaven and the word, translate means to change from one form into another. Enoch did not see death because he walked with God by faith. He believed in an invisible God which he could not see with his natural eyes. His walk and fellowship with God were so close that one day God took him out of the natural world to another place, so that Enoch could be with him. Enoch was translated into the spiritual, righteous realm of God without tasting of physical death. We believe that our church must walk with God by faith too! We want to please him in everything we do, in word, and in deed. (Hebrews 11:6) says = 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 must believe in the character, nature, and attributes of our God. He is an eternal spirit. He is a living, powerful force that is regarded as a mystical entity. The word, mystical, means = mysterious or someone who is beyond human understanding. The word, entity, means = someone with separate and real existence. Our God is supernatural and has powers and abilities far beyond our comprehension or thinking. Read: (Isaiah 55:8, 9). But our God will honor “us” when we have faith in him. And when we continue to walk with him by faith and not by sight it pleases our God, and he is a rewarder of all those who diligently seek him. Zion Temple First Pentecostal Church and all the dear children of God, keep walking with God by faith! Do not be influenced by the things we see going on at this present time in the 21st century. Continue to believe God, hold to his unchanging hand, and he will bring us out! He is a rewarder of those who walk with him by faith! Suffragan Bishop Charles L. Smith, D.D., Emeritus October 12, 2025
