August 17, 2025 -- Genesis 5:21-27 -- The impact of a faithful parent

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When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Genesis 5:21-27 ESV
 
Okay, okay, I know, genealogies are boring. But they are recorded in Scripture because they highlight the unfailing mercy of God. When Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they should have died. But God set aside His wrath. He showed them mercy, waiting until the day He poured out His just anger and holy wrath on Jesus. So, every single person who is born is a sign that God is so merciful, patient and loving.
 
It is interesting also to note that Enoch walked with God. In the Greek translation, called the Septuagint, it is recorded that Enoch pleased God. Oh, what sweet and blessed fellowship must have existed between Enoch and our faithful Father! Who had the longest recorded lifespan? It is the son of Enoch, Methuselah. A few observations. Methuselah was raised by a father who pleased the LORD. He was raised by a man whose example in godliness and joy in the LORD must have been contagious. He saw modeled before him, in daily, busy, child-rearing life, how his dad loved God. I am wondering if perhaps the reason Methuselah had the blessing of such a long life landed precisely on the fact he was instructed in the fear of and delight in the LORD by a dad whose faith was glorious?
 
Parents, how you live has a massive impact on the next generation. Uncles and aunts, sisters and friends, your godly attitude and humble service to God will impact the people around you. Today is Sunday. Get to a bible-preaching, Christ-believing assembly.
 
Father in heaven forever blessed be Your Name.
Thank You for faithful dads and moms who teach their children to walk in the fear and delight of the LORD. Thank You for friends and cousins, fellow church members and leaders who show others how blessed it is to walk with God. Spirit of God, thank You for sealing to our hearts the accomplished work of Jesus and cause us, out of reverent love for our Father to walk in open-hearted, submitted, devotion to Jesus. Amen.
 
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