Our Faith as Seen in Abel and Enoch

Our Faith as Seen in Abel and Enoch – Hebrews 11: 1 -6 Dec 4, 2019 Thought Question (before class) Heb 11: 1 -2 What does commendation mean to you?

Class Outline 5 min – Pre-class Thought Question 5 min – Review class Goal and Objectives 5 min – Define faith. 10 min – Read passages about Abel and Enoch Hebrews 11: 1 -6, 13 -16 Genesis 4: 1 -12; 5: 15 -32 Luke 1: 5 -6; 3: 36 -38; Colossians 3: 22; Jude 1: 14 -16 5 min - Fill in the blanks from homework 5 min – Timeline and Thought question #3 5 min – Class Activity – table exercise 5 min – Other characters who “walked with God” 10 min – Remaining thought questions

Class Goal and Objectives Goal: Understand how Abel and Enoch demonstrated their faith and how we can emulate that faith in our lives. Objectives Provide a practical definition of faith. Provide two examples of demonstrable faith as seen in Abel and Enoch. Describe how God rewarded Abel and Enoch.

How would you define faith? noun 1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Faith is the connecting power into the spiritual realm, which links us with God and makes Him become a tangible reality to the sense perceptions of a person. Faith is the basic ingredient to begin a relationship with God. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" Hebrews 11: 1

Read Following Passages about Abel and Enoch Hebrews 11: 1 -6, 13 -16 Genesis 4: 1 -12; 5: 15 -32 Luke 1: 5 -6; 3: 36 -38; Colossians 3: 22; Jude 1: 14 -16

Homework – Fill in the blanks Heb 11: 3 -6 (ESV translation – attached) more _____ acceptable offered to God, a ______ By faith Abel _____ sacrifice than Cain, obtaining a ________ commendation ______ righteousness to Abel’s __________ with God accepting ________ of his gifts. was taken ______, up By faith Enoch ______ so that he did see death not _______, for before he was taken, he had he was commended having ______. pleased God this testimony, _______ faith But without ______, it is impossible to please God ______ Him, for he who comes to _____, believe that He is and that He is a must ______ rewarder seek ________ of those who ______ Him.

Enoch Timeline ? ? ? – Cain and Abel born ? ? ? – Abel killed by Cain / Cain flees, descendants follow 130 - Adam and Eve receive a son, Seth (generation 2) Observations 235 - Enosh is born (generation 3) 325 - Kenan is born (generation 4) Only Noah from the line of Adam and Eve via Seth remained alive at the flood 395 - Mahalaleel is born (generation 5) 460 - Jared is born (generation 6) Enoch taken up 700 years before the flood 622 - Enoch is born (generation 7) 687 - Methuselah is born (generation 8) Enoch taken up only 57 years after Adam dies (knew each other for 350+ years) 874 - Lamech is born (generation 9) 930 - Adam dies, aged 930 Methuselah lived almost 1000 years, same age as Enoch 987 - Enoch taken up by God (did not die), aged 365 1042 - Seth dies, aged 912 1056 - Noah is born (generation 10) We are not told how and where Cain and Able fit into the timeline with brother Seth 1140 - Enosh dies, aged 905 1235 - Kenan dies, aged 910 1290 - Mahalaleel dies, aged 895 1422 - Jared dies, aged 962 1556 - Noah has three sons: Shem, Ham, Japheth (generation 11) 1651 - Lamech (Noah's father) dies, aged 777 1656 - Methuselah dies the same year as flood aged 969 1656 - The Flood kills all people except for Noah and his children for their evil ways Question Why are Enoch and Abel grouped together in this passage? What do they have in common?

Break into groups and fill in the table below Abel Action of Faith Reward Sacrifice Stood up to Cain God’s acceptance Heaven? Example for Us to Follow Do the right thing Do what is right Righteous God’s commendation Do what is right Life Enoch Walked with No death Strive to live for God

Bible characters who walked with God Enoch Noah Abraham Zacharias and Elizabeth Questions Name one thing they did that was pleasing to God… How can we imitate Abel and Enoch and demonstrate our faith?

Thought Questions 4. Define how faith is used in this passage for Abel and Enoch. Is it the same usage as we learned about in the first class on faith? 5. How did Abel demonstrate his faith? What evidence do we have? 6. How did Enoch demonstrate his faith? What evidence do we have? 7. What is meant when we read that “Abel’s faith still lives on today”? 8. Who else did not die? Who else did God “take”? Where do we read about him (them)? 9. What matters most to God? Your actions or your heart?