[0:00] Let's turn to the portion of scripture that we write together, the epistle of Paul to the Hebrews chapter 11 and verse 5. 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. 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.
[0:41] The writer's selection of these people that he mentions here in chapter 11 of Hebrews is not done at random, but there is a clear order in his selection. The first three names that we have, Abel, Enoch and Noah, were a people who lived before the flood, although Noah entered into the new era after the flood. There were men who virtually stood alone for their faith in their own time and in their own generation. It was not an easy time for them, as the chapter declares. There was always the constant conflict and battle between faith and unbelief between the godly and the ungodly.
[1:48] Now, last Sabbath, in the preaching of the word, we were reminded of when the Lord Jesus came into the country of the country of the Gadarenes, that there he met with a man who was possessed with the devil, or with devils, with demons. He was known as Legion. And he cured that man. And that man wanted to follow Jesus when he left the country of the Gadarenes, or the land of the Gadarenes.
[2:31] But also in that episode, or in that event, there was something told to us that is very important for us to note.
[2:42] And that is, despite the miracle that happened there, for the people feared that man, yet they prayed that the Lord Jesus would leave their country. They prayed that the Lord Jesus would leave their country, and he did, because he crossed over the sea. He did leave that country. That prayer was made by a people who didn't want any influence of the gospel among the people, despite the fact that they had seen what the Lord had done to the man that was possessed with the devil. Now, we mustn't think that that is confined to those days and to that generation.
[3:38] It would surprise us how many are pleading, even within our own community, that there would be no influence felt by anyone as regarding the gospel.
[3:52] And we must always be aware of the powers of darkness. The Bible warns us about the powers of darkness.
[4:07] But what I want to draw your attention especially to is this. The man that had been cured wanted to go along with Jesus. He wanted the easy life, to follow Jesus wherever Jesus would go.
[4:21] But Jesus did not allow that. Jesus told him, go back to your own people. Go back to Decapolis. Go back to your own people and tell them what the Lord has done for you.
[4:37] Now, that was not easy, to go back to a people who were praying that there would be no influence of the gospel felt or experienced by the people.
[4:49] And that's just our situation today as well. There is nothing new under the sun. There are people who are pleading that the gospel would have no influence upon the people of this village, upon the people of our island, upon the people of our nation.
[5:04] And yet we are called on to witness among such. Now, that is not easy. And it wasn't easy for that man either to go back to Decapolis and to declare what the Lord had done for him.
[5:20] But there is a few words at the end of that narrative that is interesting. And that is when the man went back and when he proclaimed what the Lord had done in his life, it is said, and the men did marvel.
[5:41] Those who heard it did marvel. So, despite everything, there was some influence through this man's witness.
[5:51] And although we may think and we may find it hard, you know, eternity will reveal to us the influence that our witness may have had in our own family, in our own homes, in our neighbourhood, in our community.
[6:12] So let us not be discouraged, cast down. Let us not come to the brink of despair. However terrible we may see things and however awful we may contemplate things are, the witness of God's people can have an influence.
[6:38] And that is why my mind was drawn to this man that we're going to think about for a short time this evening. I would like to look at Enoch and his walk with God and the relevance of that for ourselves.
[6:58] Now, to understand the verse that we've taken, we have to go back to the Old Testament and to the fourth and fifth chapters of Genesis. And the fourth and fifth chapters of Genesis outlines for us two cultures from the earliest years of the world's history.
[7:16] We have the culture of the godless and the culture of the godly. And there's always, as prophesied in chapter 3 of 15, a verse that we're all very familiar with, there's always going to be a conflict between them.
[7:33] Genesis chapter 4 up to verse 24 gives to us the descendants of Cain.
[7:44] How he went out from the presence of the Lord and built a city and the resulting civilization. An attempt by civilization to form itself without God was the result of restlessness.
[7:58] Then in verse 25 of chapter 4, we have the birth of Seth. And then it begins the godly line.
[8:10] At the end of verse 26, we have the phrase that men began to call on the name of the Lord. Now how should this phrase be taken?
[8:24] Well, it deals with worship. And those of Seth's line began to worship God in a regular way. Luther calls it the formation of a small church.
[8:39] The fifth chapter is a genealogy and gives us a list of descendants from Adam down to Noah through Seth. And in the midst of the genealogy, there is an interesting man called Enoch.
[8:56] Now Jude tells us that Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Now in this period, there were two Enochs.
[9:06] First of all, if we look at chapter 4 and verse 17. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch.
[9:20] And he built a city and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. But there is also the second Enoch, which is the seventh from Adam through Seth.
[9:34] We have that in chapter 5 and verse 18. And Jared lived 162 years, and he begat Enoch.
[9:45] And that's the Enoch that we are going to concentrate upon this evening. We are told that Enoch walked with God.
[9:56] Now what is the significance of this phrase? We have it twice said of Enoch in Genesis 5 and verse 24. And Enoch walked with God, and he was not.
[10:10] For God took him. And we have it there in verse 22 as well. And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah 300 years, and begat sons and daughters.
[10:28] Twice it is said of this Enoch that he walked with God. And there are other two times in Scripture that that phrase is being used.
[10:41] It is also said of Noah, chapter 6, verse 9, that Enoch, that Noah rather, walked with God.
[10:51] And we find the same phrase again in the prophecy of Malachi. Malachi describes the ideal priest in these words. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips.
[11:07] He walked with me in peace and equity, and did not turn away from iniquity. Now, there are many similar terms found throughout Scripture.
[11:22] For instance, we have the phrase before God and after God. But this term, walked with God, is only found these four times in Scripture.
[11:34] Here we are told that before his translation, he had this testimony that he pleased God. What is it to walk with God? Well, to walk with God is to please God.
[11:48] There is no doubt that in pleasing God is connected with what we have, this phrase that we have, that he walked with God.
[12:01] Well, let us consider the commencement of Enoch's walk with God. Now, we must remember that his day was a time of relatively little spiritual light when we compare it to our own day.
[12:20] There was no written Bible as we have. We have a great advantage over Enoch in that we have the reality of a saviour that has come, a manifested saviour.
[12:33] We have the outpouring of the Spirit. We have a completed Bible. However, there was an overlapping at this time with Adam and others.
[12:50] We just don't need to go into that at this time. But if you look at it more closely, you will see that there was an overlapping with Adam and others at this time.
[13:04] Now, we know that Enoch lived in a society of increasing wickedness. He did not live in a golden age of revival. Let's remember that.
[13:15] This man who walked with God and pleased God did not live in a golden age. It wasn't a golden age of spirituality, a golden age of revival.
[13:31] He lived in a society where sin was increasing. And there is no doubt that he would have been under an intense pressure from outside.
[13:43] He lived in a society where sin was on the increase, where godliness, where godlessness was the norm of the day.
[13:59] The Jew tells us that Enoch was a prophet. And there is no doubt that through the prophetic ministry of Enoch that the Spirit of God was thriving with mankind.
[14:13] Despite the increase in sin and the wickedness of his generation, here was a prophet. Here was a man who brought to the people the message of God.
[14:26] And the context of us preaching, the context of his prophecy is given to us by Jude in the New Testament. He says, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them.
[14:41] See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness and of all the defiant words and godly sinners have spoken against him.
[15:03] When did he begin to prophesy? Well, he lived in a wicked time among a wicked generation.
[15:15] He was a prophet. He took God's word to the people. But when did he begin to prophesy? Well, at the birth of his son, Methuselah, something happened, which I think we will be right in calling it his conversion experience.
[15:37] For we are told in Genesis that after he begat Methuselah, that he began to walk with God. Chapter 5, verse 21.
[15:49] And Enoch lived sixty and five years and begat Methuselah. And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah. Three hundred years and begat sons and daughters.
[16:06] So for the first sixty and five years of his life, it looks as if Enoch was a man who lived without God and without hope.
[16:18] However, the birth of the son became a turning point in his life. And it began with faith, of course.
[16:29] It began with faith. In Hebrews, it is for his faith that he is praised. There in the text we have taken, it is for his faith that he is praised.
[16:41] The naming of his son even is very significant. The naming of his son, Methuselah, which means when he is dead, it shall come.
[16:53] And that naming was done in a spirit of prophecy. Because soon after Methuselah died, the flood came. The flood came.
[17:03] And so the naming of his son was done by faith. It was done in prophecy. When he is dead, it shall come.
[17:13] I don't think that it would be far-fetched for us to say that in some way, Enoch was given a revelation from God regarding the birth of his son.
[17:27] He was the oldest person ever to have lived. The oldest person ever to have lived. And soon after his death, God judged the evil of society by a flood.
[17:41] But now I think there is a great significance in all that. At the birth of his son, Enoch's life was changed.
[17:54] He began to prophesy. And I believe that in some way, he was given this revelation regarding his son, the oldest person that ever lived.
[18:05] That when he would die, that it would come. That is, judgment. Destruction of the old world. The flood. And we are told here that he walked with God.
[18:20] Now, that tells us something else about Enoch. That he walked with God because he had delight in the company of God.
[18:32] Because the Bible says, can two walk together unless they are agreed? It cannot be said of anyone that they walk with God unless God himself becomes their chief delight.
[18:49] Can you imagine Enoch walking with God for 300 years? Unless he found delight in God's company. When God becomes our delight, it is more than just a word.
[19:06] That we take upon our lives. When we say that God becomes our delight, it affects our whole being. It affects our will.
[19:18] It affects our affections. It affects our whole being. All controversy with God comes to an end. And you will be attracted to God.
[19:31] And you will be attracted to the things of God. We will manifest. We will show forth our delight in God.
[19:43] God's revelation of himself and his son Jesus Christ and him crucified becomes our delight. Jesus Christ and him crucified becomes our delight.
[19:56] As Paul said when he went to Corinth, he says, I don't want to know anything. I don't want you to gossip. I don't want to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
[20:10] Because that was his delight. Now, that's a great thing for me and for you too. Self-examination.
[20:21] What is our delight? What's our main delight? Is it to hear the gossips about this and that and the other thing? Or is it Jesus Christ?
[20:33] Is Jesus Christ my delight tonight? Is Jesus Christ your delight tonight? Enoch walked with God for he was determined to go in the way of God.
[20:47] He delighted in God and he was determined to go in the way of God. To go in the same direction. To follow the path that God had marked out for him.
[20:58] Because he knew that only in doing so would he enjoy God's companionship. When we are in the way that God has marked out for his children.
[21:12] What is true is that we enjoy his companionship. Enoch walked with God. Which means that his life, his conversation, his conduct was regulated by a hatred of anything that would take him away from God.
[21:35] If one walks with God then that person will be opposed to sin. When we do not walk with God, sin will not seem to be so bad to us.
[21:49] You see, the thing is it is so easy for me and for you to accommodate ourselves to sin. So easy for us to accommodate ourselves to sin.
[21:59] How? Well this is one of the ways. We will call it something else rather than sin. We will call it a failure.
[22:11] Or we shall say that we made a mistake. Or we will say that we were simply protecting our own interest. We shall always find a way of reinterpreting sin.
[22:27] But the fact is that God calls sin, sin. Now we see that in our society. We see that among our politicians. How often do you hear them taking that word upon their lips?
[22:43] Sin. No, no. But they'll speak about mistakes. And they'll speak about failures. And so on. But never take the word sin. But God calls sin, sin.
[22:55] And it is always tempting and always dangerous for the church of Jesus Christ to fall into that way that we have with our politicians. And to think of sin as just a failure or a mistake.
[23:09] But no, sin is sin. God calls sin, sin. And Enoch recognized sin and he turned away from it. John Owen says that every sin is a fruit of being weary with God.
[23:26] Sin is a fruit of being weary with God. Now we can ask, well did Enoch find it easy to live that godly life?
[23:37] Of course not. He didn't find it easy. In his own personal life and experience, he would have been struggling with remaining sin in his body.
[23:50] The same as you and I have to struggle. Enoch had the same struggles as you and I have with indwelling sin.
[24:01] The same struggles. He had to face the temptations of his own day. He had to overcome them and to bear this testimony that he pleased God.
[24:15] How many things we have in our day to stir up our unclean desires to sin. And the thing is, how do we fare? We have the television, we have the internet and many other gadgets.
[24:29] And in the privacy of our homes, these things can induce us to sin mentally. To sin in thought and may lead us to sin indeed.
[24:44] And I am sure that I and every one of us knows something about that. He lived with the same struggles as I and you have to live with.
[25:00] That is, indwelling sin. And he lived in a wicked society where he was open to all the pressures that such a society would impose upon him.
[25:14] The devil would have been out like a roaring lion seeking to devour this man who walked with God, whose delight was in God, who had all these struggles with indwelling sin.
[25:29] The devil would have been out like a roaring lion seeking to devour him. Who knows how many times he was tempted and enticed to go and sin.
[25:41] How many temptations that he had to endure. But he had to forsake. He had to forsake them all to enjoy the companionship of God.
[25:52] There were probably many crunch times and crisis times in his life. But he overcame them all. He was a prophet and a preacher.
[26:08] And according to what we are told in Jude, Enoch preached the threatenings of the law. He preached about the future judgment with a vengeance that would be taken on ungodly sinners, especially scoffers and persecutors, which is the substance of his prophecy as recorded for us there in the book of Jude.
[26:29] So from what we are told, it would seem to indicate that he would meet with much suffering because of his preaching.
[26:44] He lived in a wicked society and he was bringing before the people their sin and he was preaching before the people that God would judge sin. And undoubtedly, he would have met with great suffering because of that.
[27:03] But Enoch walked with God. And this was not something that happened just for a day, but continuously. It was the walk of a lifetime.
[27:15] In the midst of all the ordinary domestic pressures and joys and sorrows, Enoch kept his walk with God. He had to work.
[27:26] He had to provide for his family. Food did not just appear on the table, but nevertheless, he walked with God. How often we excuse ourselves from our duty and obligation and use our domestic situations as an excuse.
[27:45] You know, we can find an excuse if we go and look for it. It's as easy to find an excuse. But here's a man who fulfilled all the obligations that was laid upon him to look after his wife and family and the home.
[28:04] In the midst of a wicked and perverse generation. A preacher of the truth. But he walked with God.
[28:15] He walked with God. It was a personal walk which he took steadily and faithfully each day at a time. It was a public walk for he did not hide his delight in God.
[28:26] He let others see how he conducted himself. It was a personal walk. It was a public walk because he manifested that his delight in God.
[28:38] And that's not easy in a wicked society to make public your delight in God. Don't I know it? Don't you know it? Don't you know it? Don't you know it? But it was a progressive walk.
[28:51] Because he came to know God better day by day. Then we read here in Hebrews that he was translated.
[29:04] That he should not see death. Or in the words of Genesis. He was not for God to come. He was translated from one state unto another.
[29:15] Without the intervention of death as we know it. Here the writer says that he was not found. He was not found. So obviously the people went to look for him.
[29:33] For we are told that he was not found. Enoch in his own day as we have noted was a great prophet and preacher. And there is no doubt that the eyes of the world would be upon him.
[29:46] The people's curiosity maybe was engaged. But he was not found. Now how God took him we are not told.
[29:57] Whether there were any visible signs given us. Were later given to Elisha when God took Elijah away. Well we are not told about that.
[30:09] However there is no doubt that upon the disappearing of so great a person from the world. There would be some inquiry regarding him. For instance when Elijah was taken up into heaven.
[30:22] Although there was a visible sign of it. And his divine rapture was quite evident. As it appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
[30:34] However the sons of the prophets insisted to go and such. Whether he was not let down again on some mountain. Or did he come down in some valley.
[30:45] And they saw for him three days. And they didn't find him. And here regarding Enoch. The writer seems to indicate that the same thing happened regarding Enoch. There was a such made for him.
[30:58] And he was not found. He gives to us a reason why he was not found. Because God translated him. God took him.
[31:11] Enoch's translation was an act of God himself. It was an act of his power. And of his grace. And of his favour. Now we are told that by faith Enoch was translated.
[31:26] That he does not see death. There again we are given the importance of faith. Faith was the instrument that brought Enoch into a state of acceptance before God.
[31:41] So that he was capable of receiving so great grace and favour. And Hebrews verse 11.6 reminds us. Without faith it is not possible to please God.
[31:54] So Enoch pleased God. So Enoch was a man of faith. Faith. And before his translation we are told Enoch was praying witness or a testimony that he pleased God.
[32:06] And he could only please God by faith. John Owen judges it probable that Enoch's translation was visible in the sight of many that feared God.
[32:19] He was to be witnesses offered unto the world. That it might be his ordinance for the conviction of sinners on the strengthening of the faith of the church.
[32:30] As also an exposition of the church. As also an exposition of the first promise. Father Owen maintains. John Owen maintains. John Owen maintains. That it was by the ministry of angels as was that of Elijah.
[32:41] That he was carried immediately into heaven itself. And into the presence of God. That he was allocated of all the glory which was allocated into the heavenly state.
[32:53] Before the ascension of Christ. That's John Owen's own particular opinion. However, what we are to draw our mind to is that the life of Enoch is a reminder to us.
[33:11] That faith is the only way and means whereby anyone can please God. To please God means that the person be accepted with God.
[33:25] As the person of Abel was accepted by God. By faith Abel offered unto God.
[33:42] A more excellent sacrifice than Cain. By which he obtained witness. That he was righteous. God testifying of his gift. By it he been dead.
[33:52] Yet speaketh. In Genesis 4. There in verse 4.
[34:05] We read about Abel and his offering. And it says. And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his flock. And of the father of. And the Lord had respect unto Abel.
[34:17] And to his offering. And I think there is some significance attached to that. We often say that Abel's sacrifice was a blood sacrifice.
[34:27] And that is true. That is true. And the blood sacrifice was always the first one that had to be offered. There was actually nothing wrong with the sacrifice of Cain.
[34:39] Who came with the fruits of the field. Except one thing. There was no blood in it. It was a bloodless sacrifice. Abel's was a sacrifice of blood.
[34:54] And what made the difference between Abel's and Cain's is this. That Abel's was suffered by faith. Cain's wasn't. Faith was missing.
[35:05] He came with a perfect sacrifice. But there was no faith. He saw no need for the blood. But Abel was by faith. He saw the need for blood.
[35:17] He saw the need for the shedding of blood. And here it is said in Genesis 4.4. And the Lord had respect unto Abel. And therefore his offering was accepted.
[35:31] And what that means to us is that the person of Abel was accepted with God. Because he was a person who was at peace with God through faith.
[35:48] And the same is true of Enoch. And the same is true of me and you. If we have faith tonight. We have been accepted with God. We have peace with God.
[35:59] We are reconciled to God. And to please God means that the person should please God. That is, God is well pleased with us.
[36:12] And with them as he was pleased with the gifts of Abel. And with the obedience of Enoch. And thirdly, that such a person have this testimony that they are righteous or just or justified.
[36:28] Just as Abel was and just as Enoch was. We have peace with God. We are reconciled to God. And we are accepted by God.
[36:40] And faith is the only way whereby we can be brought into that position. Wherein we please God. Wherein we please God.
[36:50] Wherein we are accepted by God. And reconciled to God. You see, many in all ages have attempted to please God without faith. Such as we have already noted.
[37:01] Cain, whose design as he came with his sovereignty was to please God. But he did not please God. Because he had no faith. He had no faith.
[37:12] And people yet continue to do so and try by their own works and duties which they do and perform. That they may do so very faithfully. Very faithfully they can do it.
[37:23] And full of enthusiasm they can do it. Yet they fail because faith is wanting. When it's weighed in the balances. Good as it may be. It is found wanting because faith is not there.
[37:39] Where God has put impossibility upon anything. It is vain for anyone to attempt it. And yet from the days of Cain. Many are still trying to please God by their own works.
[37:52] And by their own doings. It reminds us that it is of the highest importance to examine us to the sincerity of our faith. Seeing that the acceptance of our person.
[38:04] And the acceptance of every duty that we perform. Depends upon it. Enoch's faith was more than just acceptance into the truth of the being of God.
[38:20] Or of God's distribution of rewards and punishment. All that is involved but his faith and respect unto the promise that was given in Genesis 3.15. Of the seed of the woman.
[38:30] Namely Christ. There is no encouragement given to us in scripture of coming to God directly. For his holiness would burn us. For he is a consuming fire.
[38:44] But there is encouragement given to us to come to God through Christ. Through Jesus Christ. That is why Jesus and him crucified is so precious to us.
[38:55] Because that is the only way there is to God. No other way. But Jesus and him crucified. Therefore as we see Enoch here.
[39:06] He came to God with respect into the promise of Genesis 3. He came to God through Jesus Christ. Through the one that was promised.
[39:17] Faith therefore is necessary for coming to God. Because it is by faith alone we receive and lay hold and embrace the promises. And it is by faith that we are made partakers of the promises.
[39:33] Well here is a man who lived in a wicked generation. And as we see sin was on the increase. A wicked society.
[39:45] A society that was influenced by wickedness and by evil. But this man walked with God.
[39:56] Yes this man found it difficult. Maybe members of his own family were not told. But maybe members of his own family did not walk with God. Maybe members of his own family were seduced by the wickedness of his generation.
[40:11] And he may have found it very difficult. In domestic ways of living this life. But the testimony of the scripture is.
[40:24] Enoch walked with God. And that is for me and you as well. As we go out. As we go out into the world.
[40:36] We. It's not going to be easy. We live in a generation. That is wicked. That is evil.
[40:47] In a generation where wickedness prevails. And yet it is our duty. To walk with God. To have God as our delight. To.
[40:58] To live. For Jesus. To live for Jesus. And him. Crucified. Just like the man. Possessed. For the devil that was cured.
[41:10] He went back to Decapolis. Go back he says. To Decapolis. And proclaim there. What Jesus. Has done. For you. In your. Life.
[41:22] And that's what I and you have to do. However difficult it may be. We are to shed forth. Our light. We are to be the light. Of the world. A world that lieth in weakness.
[41:33] We are to be. The light of the world. That lieth in darkness. We are to be the light. For. That world. It's not going to be easy. It wasn't easy for Enoch.
[41:45] It was not easy for the man that went up. Took Decapolis. It is not easy for the Christian tonight. In Tolstair either. And it won't be. Until the end of time.
[41:56] And the easy thing to do. But in the midst. Don't be discouraged. And don't. Don't come to the brink of despair. Although.
[42:07] Society and our generation. May be like the people of the Qataris. Praying that the influence of the gospel. Will not be felt by our people. Yet you pray.
[42:19] And you strive. And you plead. With heaven. And in the midst of all the discouragements. That you may. Be confronted with. Keep on.
[42:30] Pleading. Keep on. Telling people. What the Lord has done. And the Lord. May do for you. And for me. What he did. To the people of the Qataris.
[42:41] Where it ends. And the men. Did marvel. Is that not what we're looking for? When the pews here. Would be filled. On a Thursday evening. People.
[42:52] That the people would marvel. That the people would come. And that they would see the preciousness. Of what we have found. In Jesus Christ.
[43:04] May that be our banner. As we go forth. From this day. Onwards. May the Lord bless our thoughts.
[43:15] Let us pray. Eternal and ever blessed Lord. Thou knowest how. Difficult it is. For thy people. Who live in that generation.
[43:28] That sees no relevance. At all in the gospel. And we. Especially. Remember our young people. Who instead of being. Under thy word.
[43:39] Now find themselves. Walking the streets. Of our town. Who see no relevance. To come. To hear the preaching. Of the gospel. Oh Lord.
[43:50] Lord. Will thou not. Will thou not. Be mindful of our need. Will thou not. Come in thy mercy. And in thy grace. Will thou not. Stir them up.
[44:01] In their hearts. And to see. And to see the folly. And to see the folly. Of their way. Will thou not. Draw them to thyself. For oh Lord. We confess that.
[44:11] We cannot do it. It is impossible for us. We can only plead with them. But without thee. Thy word tells us.
[44:22] That we can do nothing. Therefore we are independent. Upon thee. May thou. In thy grace. Intervene. May thou bring a generation. To call upon thee.
[44:33] A generation. Who would repent. And would seek the mercy. Of God. In Jesus Christ. Lord. We pray that. In days to come. That we would see. Our churches.
[44:44] Filling with people. Who have a desire. For the gospel. A desire. That would be implanted. In their hearts. By thee. And by thee alone. For to thee.
[44:54] Belongs that glory. And that honour. Oh Lord. Remember thy cause. Remember thy glory. And may thou work.
[45:05] In our day. And in our generation. Bless thy people. In all the struggles. That they have in life. With all the struggles. With indwelling sin.
[45:16] With all the struggles. Of the temptations. That are set out. Before us. To entrap us. The snares of the devil. Oh Lord. Help us. To overcome. Those things.
[45:28] And may we have. That testimony. Of thy servant of old. That he walked with God. For his delight. Was in God. We ask. Oh Lord. That thou would watch over us.
[45:39] That thou would keep us. From the paths of temptations. And from the paths of sin. And protect us. From the evil. That there is in the world. And all that we ask.
[45:50] Is in Jesus name. And for his sake. Amen.