Walking With God in a Corrupt World {a devotional}
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24.
Enoch’s
life and character, which were so holy that he was translated to heaven
without seeing death, represent what the lives and characters of all
must be, if, like Enoch, they are to be translated when Christ shall
come. His life was what the life of every individual may be if he
closely connects with God. We should remember that Enoch was surrounded
with influences so depraved that God brought a flood of waters on the
world to destroy its inhabitants for their corruption....
When
Christ shall come, our vile bodies are to be changed, and made like His
glorious body; but the vile character will not be made holy then. The
transformation of character must take place before His coming. Our
natures must be pure and holy; we must have the mind of Christ, that He
may behold with pleasure His image reflected upon our souls....
Joseph
preserved his integrity when surrounded by idolaters in Egypt, in the
midst of sin and blasphemy and corrupting influences. When tempted to
turn from the path of virtue, his answer was, “How can I do this great
wickedness, and sin against God?” Genesis 39:9.
Enoch, Joseph, and Daniel depended upon a strength that was infinite.
This is the only course of safety for Christians to pursue in our
day....
The
lives of these marked men were hid with Christ in God. They were loyal
to God amidst infidelity, pure amidst depravity, devout and fervent when
brought in contact with atheism and idolatry. By faith they gathered to
themselves only those properties which are favorable to the development
of pure and holy characters. Thus may it be with us; whatever our
position, however repulsive or fascinating our surroundings, faith can
reach above it all and find the Holy Spirit.
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