If an assessment was done on how you live your life, what would the evidence reveal in terms of who you live to please?

Enoch was commended as one who pleased God.

What does it take to be commended as one who pleases God?

1. Faith – The gift of God (Heb. 11:5-6)

- “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb. 11:6)

- With faith, you are able to believe in God and fully trust in His promises

- With faith, you are saved from God’s wrath (cf. Eph. 2:8-9)

Have you received the gift of faith required to please God? If not, God might be preparing your heart to receive the gift of faith to believe in Jesus as your Saviour and Lord (cf. Acts 16:31). If you have, are you walking by faith in a way that is pleasing to God, fully trusting in His promises with a grateful heart?

2. Fellowship – The joy of walking with God (Gen. 5:22, 24)

- By faith in Jesus Christ (cf. Jn. 14:6), anyone can experience the joy of walking with God in the truth (cf. 3 Jn. 4)

- Walking with God by faith happens one obedient step at a time, following His will (cf. Ps. 119:1-3)

- If you prioritize walking near to God, He will come near to you (cf. James 4:8)

If God was to rank the intimacy of your relationship with Him based on how you daily “walk with Him,” how do you think He would rank your relationship – intimate, occasionally intimate, casual, or neglected? Does your faith joyfully lead you to regularly spend time with God in prayer and study His Word?

3. Fervency – The unwavering trust in the promises of God (Jude 14-15)

- By faith, trusting in the promises of God, you are able to persevere in a crooked and perverse society (2 Pt. 1:1-3; Jude 20-21)

- An indicator of unwavering trust in the promises of God is a willingness to tell others the truth (cf. Jude 14-15)

- No matter how dark the day, or how bad the news, you can live with the hope of Christ’s return (cf. 1 Cor. 11:26; Acts. 1:9-11)

By faith, are you fervently trusting in the promises of God that find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus? Are you enjoying the peace that comes from knowing that “Jesus is the same yesterday and today and forever?” Out of the hope and peace you live with, by faith in Christ Jesus, are you compassionately sharing the truth with others, imploring them to be reconciled to God?

To be commended as one who pleases God requires us to live by FAITH (the gift of God), demonstrated through FELLOWSHIP (the joy of walking with God) and FERVENCY (the unwavering trust in the promises of God).

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