These observations bring to mind the faith of one man—Enoch—who lived near the beginning of our race. We can only wonder how he would have measured Christianity as we know it in the twentieth century! One of the greatest Bible commentaries on godly faith is the single sentence in Genesis telling us that “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). The New Testament assessment of Enoch’s faith is also brief—a single paragraph in the letter to the Hebrews: By faith
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