I want us to further consider Enoch,that godly man who walked with God,in Genesis 5 v 22 we read that he had a family, Leupold comments,'Celibacy is not a requisite for a holy life', So having a wife and a family did not stop him in his relationship with God.Marriage is God's way for humanity and yet it is coming more and more under attack,in Hebrews 13 v 4 reads 'Marriage should be honoured by all,'.and of course it should only be between a man and a woman'. Likewise in Hebrews 11 v 5 ,we read he was a man of faith, ,we are told the just shall live by faith, Paul wrote,'I live by faith in the son of God,{Galatians 2 v 20) John Stott comments on these words ,'Faith is not just an intellectual conviction , but a personal commitment to Christ....a daily running to Him for refuge and calling on Him for mercy',that's the walk that Enoch walked ,and we are called to walk.
'O walk with Jesus! to thy view
He will make all things sweet and new;
Will bring new fragrance from each flower,
And hallow every passing hour.
Jesus a great desire have we
To walk life's troubled path with Thee;
Come to us now,in converse stay;
And walk with us day by day'
'E.Paxton Hood.
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