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Few words are needed to describe the salient features of the majority of human lives. It is not needful to write a volume to tell whether a man has spent a noble or a wasted life. One stroke of the pen, one solitary word, may be enough.

I. HERE IS A LIFE SUDDENLY AND PREMATURELY CUT SHORT; for, although Enoch lived 365 years, it Was not half the usual age of the men of his day.

II. A LIFE SPENT AMID SURROUNDING WICKEDNESS.

III. A LIFE SPENT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. In the expression "walked with God," there is the idea of —

(1)  strong persistence and determination;

(2)  progress.

IV. A LIFE OF NOBLE TESTIMONY. "V. A LIFE CROWNED BY TRANSLATION. His translation was —

(1)  A reminder to the men of his day that there was another state above and beyond the present;

(2)  an intimation of the final reward of the saints.

(J. W. Atkinson.)

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KJV: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

WEB: Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.