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An Open Door, January 25
By 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.
Hebrews 11:5
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When we learn to walk by faith and not by feeling, we shall have help from
God just when we need it, and His peace will come into our hearts. It was this
simple life of obedience and trust that Enoch lived. If we learn this lesson of
simple trust, ours may be the testimony that he received, that he pleased God
In every phase of your character building you are to please God. This you
may do; for Enoch pleased Him though living in a degenerate age. And there
are Enochs in this our day
For three hundred years Enoch had been seeking purity of heart, that he
might be in harmony with heaven. For three centuries he had walked with God.
Day by day he had longed for a closer union; nearer and nearer had grown the
communion, until God took him to Himself. He had stood at the threshold of
the eternal world, only a step between him and the land of the blest; and now the
portals opened, the walk with God, so long pursued on earth, continued, and he
passed through the gates of the holy city,—the first from among men to enter
there
With the word of God in his hands, every human being, wherever his lot in
life may be cast, may have such companionship as he shall choose. In its pages
he may hold converse with the noblest and best of the human race, and may
listen to the voice of the Eternal as He speaks with men.... He may dwell in this
world in the atmosphere of heaven, imparting to earth’s sorrowing and tempted
ones thoughts of hope and longings for holiness; ... like him of old who walked
with God, drawing nearer and nearer the threshold of the eternal world, until the
portals shall open, and he shall enter there. He will find himself no stranger. The
voices that will greet him are the voices of the holy ones, who, unseen, were on
earth his companions—voices that here he learned to distinguish and to love.
He who through the word of God has lived in fellowship with heaven, will find
himself at home in heaven’s companionship
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My Life Today, 14
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Christ’s Object Lessons 332
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Gospel Workers, 53
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Education, 127
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