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Living the Enoch Lifestyle The Walk That Pleases God | Until He Comes
What does it mean to truly "walk with God" in the last days? In this first message of a new series, Bible Teacher Greg Hinnant explores the remarkable life of Enoch, the man who pleased God so deeply that he was taken to heaven without experiencing death. Discover the meaning of Enoch's name, the spiritual decline of his generation, and why his life serves as a prophetic picture of believers preparing for Christ's return. As Scripture points toward the promise of the rapture, learn how living an abiding, God-centered life today prepares us to faithfully await our Lord—until He comes.
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The spiritual fire that fell at Pentecost not only destroyed sin but also, at times, impenitent sinners. Yes, that's right, unholy sinners in the midst of the Spirit-filled assembly. Annanias and his wife, Sapphira, gave us a lesson for the ages in what not to do in the midst of a Spirit-filled assembly: try to hide sin and lie to spirit-filled leaders! Their experience, like that of Nadab and Abihu, underscores that we who know God must stay self-examined and be prepared to deal with heresy in the church whenever it rears its ugly head. The Spirit's holy fire, which draws so many to Jesus and his lifestyle, repels others who have no intention of becoming true disciples. Paul warned us to reject confirmed heretics for the protection of the church. Jesus, too, warned us to watch out for them and judge them by their spiritual fruit – and issued a most solemn warning to the "Jezebel" that was misleading and harming the church at Thyatira. Do we fear God? That is, give Him the deep, reverent respect He alone deserved.
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We know the tongues of fire that fell at Pentecost brought many constructive blessings. But did they also bring a destructive force? And if so, what was it? And why did it visit the Spirit-filled assembly of Christians? John the Baptist warned that the Baptism with the Holy Spirit would bring spiritual "fire" into our lives (Matthew 3:11-12). Just as flesh cannot stand before fired, our "flesh," or sinful, selfish, carnal nature and its ways and acts cannot stand before the examining, purging, purifying fires of the Holy Spirit. John said Christ came to "destroy" the works of Satan in us. n this episode Greg explains how the destructive force of the Spirit's spiritual fire works constructive wonders in us: purifying us, sanctifying us, making us a part of the bride church, qualifying us for the rapture, hastening the Lord's appearing, and making us effective believer-priests. And this fire is "unquenchable," meaning the Holy Spirit never stops trying to purge us as long as we live. Have you become weary of His holy fire cleansing you? Don't be!
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Glorious as Pentecost's Christ-ignited fires were, there was more to the story: fiery faith always ignites fiery opposition! But if believers are willing to withstand this heated opposition, God always causes their fires of faith and devotion to grow hotter and wider! And we must also understand another key fact: only God's people can stop the rushing fires of revival. Sadly, this has happened all too frequently when hotly revived Christians cool off. Why? They reacted wrongly to resistance or persecution. Or, they seduced by immorality or heresy. Have you realized that unchecked sin checks revivals? That carnal attitudes – of envy, ministerial competition, sectarianism, and so forth – if not snuffed out by pastoral correction, will snuff out even God's hottest, most powerful heavenly revival fires? And that, for this reason, every Christian needs to learn how to overcome adversity God's way? Then neither external adversities nor internal carnality will overcome us and quench the precious revival fires the Holy Spirit so graciously ignites?
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The tongues of fire that appeared at Pentecost did not flicker, fail, and die. They ignited a raging fire of Gospel faith and devotion to Christ that roared through Jerusalem. Within weeks it had engulfed Jerusalem. Furious, the corrupt religious leaders – who had promoted Jesus' crucifixion – begrudgingly acknowledged His amazing post-resurrection victory: "You have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine [of salvation through Christ]" (Acts 5:12). But this was just the beginning. The "rushing mighty wind" of the Spirit rapidly spread the Gospel through Samaria, Caesarea, Antioch, Macedonia, all the way to Rome! The good news for us in 2026 is … Jesus has decreed that another great fire of Gospel faith and devotion to Christ will break out in these last days, when His sleeping church is awakened by the cry, "Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him" (Matt. 25:6-7). Are you ready for this? Willing to be ignited with holy devotion? Ready to be sent out to spread heavenly fire wherever God takes you?
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Religion is ritual, but faith is fire! The psalmist said God "makes his ministers a flaming fire" (Psalm 104:4). Greg explains that as we obey Peter's admonition to "sanctify the Lord God in your heart" and "be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks" you about the hope you have (1 Peter 3:15), we are spiritual incendiaries – igniting faith-fires in previously cold hearts that have never glowed with ardor and zeal for Jesus. And since, as James teaches, a little spark often spreads into a great fire, who can tell how hot and far the faith-fires God ignites through you will go? Perhaps to the ends of the earth. You may be speaking to the next Dwight L. Moody, John Wesley, or Billy Graham. Is Jesus set-apart in your heart today? Are you ready to spread the fire?
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Greg gives more information on the light that came with the "tongues of fire." Specifically, the light-filled life, the amazing ability to "walk in the light, as He is in the light" (1 John 1:7) – something impossible before we received Jesus and His Spirit. To live light-filled lives, we must root out all spiritual darkness, including our old, prideful habit of judging others' perceived faults while ignoring our real faults! We then examine the eternal implications of walking in darkness or light in this world. Ultimately, we will make our eternal residence inside New Jerusalem (inner light) or outside it (outer darkness) somewhere on the new earth. If we "walk in the light" consistently now, we will live in the light of New Jerusalem then. But if we habitually walk in darkness (sin, self-will) now, we will inevitably experience some measure of "outer darkness" then. How much we cannot tell. But why risk it? Why not rather walk in the light now and know where we will live forever!
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In this episode, Greg explains that all fire produces light! Similarly, when "tongues of fire" suddenly appeared in the Upper Room, light came with them. Spiritual light! Supernatural light! Divine light! Unconquerable light! Specifically, that light was the light of truth – which frees us from all deception; the light of the Father – making known to us in terms we could understand exactly who and all the Father is; the light of salvation – definitively answering for us the most important question in life, how we may be eternally saved and not lost; the light of divine guidance – the immense privilege of having God Almighty personally guide our steps in life by His Holy Spirit, who always marks out a path for us with consummate love and wisdom. Listen and learn, and then let this light enlighten your heart, your life, and your legacy so it will shine the message and way of the Light of the World brightly to all who follow you.
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Ah, fiery passion for God . . . the proverbial burning heart . . . red hot coals of burning zeal for Christ, isn't this the ideal? The way it should be? So we never fall into the terrible spiritual and moral lukewarmness Christ condemned in the Laodiceans twenty centuries ago? For this, we must answer some key questions. Will fire continue burning hot, or even warm, if not attended? Or do we simply light a fire and that's it? Is fire indeed self-sustaining? Well, as in nature, so in grace, our heart fires of devotion to Christ, after being initially ignited, will not burn hot with love for Christ and the things of Him ad infinitum. No, not at all. We must feed, nurture, and sustain the fires of devotion that burn in our hearts. In this segment, Dr. Hinnant explains when, how, and with what we feed the wonderful fires of devotion to our Lord that were lit the day we received Him as our Lord and Savior; and lit again when we received from Him the mighty Baptism with the Holy Spirit. Linger, listen, and learn the secrets of the perpetually burning heart.
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When strange flames of fire manifested over the heads of those gathered in the Upper Room, they were forever changed. Oh, they loved and believed in Christ before that electrifying visitation, but afterwards their lives were radically changed by the full infusion of the Spirit. Those tongues of fire ignited their passion for Christ and thereafter they were blessedly driven the rest of their lives with a glowing loyalty and enthusiasm for the Nazarene. Persecution didn't quench their devotion. Were these fires of devotion self-sustaining? They were of divine origin – sent straight from the hand of Jesus – so did God design them to steadily burn regardless of how the believers lived their lives? Or was some kind of daily maintenance needed to keep the inner burning strong, hot and full of irrepressible power and joy? And did their burning hearts change their attitude toward Christ's prophesied return to earth? If so, how? Oh, my friend, you don't want to miss this episode!
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In this episode, Greg outlines the diverse spiritual fires that began spreading out into the world from Jerusalem after the amazing, Christ-designed-and-executed outpouring of the Holy Spirit as tongues of fire: fires of devotion, of light, of rapidly spreading faith, and so forth. Was this New Testament fire something new? Or was it like previous fires manifest during the period of Law? Was it "strange fire"? Or was it the same fire that burned in the bush which Moses gazed upon and to which, captivated with wonder, he drew near? Was it the same fire that was enveloped by the cloudy pillar Israel followed in the wilderness? Or was it the very "consuming fire" of God himself? Whatever it was, it created an unrelenting intense zealousness in the apostles and the rest of the 120 who were filled by it. Download, listen, and learn. Then live what you learn!
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In that upper room two millennia ago, the mighty Holy Spirit fell on the church with strange-yet-dynamically-productive tongues of fire. As a result, when those first believers exited that famous ecclesiastical birthing chamber, they burst out into the world on fire! It is indisputable that the source of that unquenchable spiritual burning was the "Baptism with the Holy Spirit." What is this experience? Why don't we hear more about it? Does it occur when we are water baptized? Or born-again? Or when we go through confirmation as a youth? Or receive the elements of the Lord's Supper? In this episode, Greg answers these and other crucial questions. It's time for the church of Jesus Christ worldwide to awake. Will we awake, as the first Christians did, filled with spiritual fire? Or merely a pile of old, cold, religious ashes? Listen, and make up your own mind.
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Jesus, John the Baptist, and Luke (Acts) heavily emphasize the Baptism with the Holy Spirit. It appears at the beginning of Church history (Acts 2), continues throughout Luke's record of the church's first thirty years, and was valued and ministered by the apostle Paul. Yet, strangely, many evangelical and liturgical Protestant organizations ignore or oppose the experience. Greg uses scripture to establish the fact that both Father and Son promised true believers could, and should, receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit. The artesian well (Gihon, or gusher) of the Spirit's "living water" (John 4:10-14). Or the "rivers of living water" Jesus promised on the last day of the Sukkot Festival (John 7:37-39). If the Father and Son are for this experience, why should any of us be against it? An enemy has done this. Let us rise above this opposition, study this special Baptism, pray for full insight, and prepare to receive this second blessing!
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In John 14:21, 23, Jesus established that if we love Him we will obey His teachings. All of them! If we are selective in our obedience—obeying some of His teachings but rejecting others—our love is lacking. True devotion to Christ accepts everything of Him, from Him, and by Him. Greg shows by scripture that the "tongues of fire" at Pentecost were connected with the "Baptism with the Holy Spirit." In all four gospels, John the Baptist emphatically identifies Jesus as the Baptizer with the Holy Spirit. Every experience of this crucial infilling, heavily emphasized in Acts (chs. 2, 8, 9, 10, 19), was Christ's personal work. How may we be sure? He, and no one else, is the Baptizer with the Spirit! If we reject this life-changing experience, we will answer directly to Him for doing so at the Judgment Seat. No excuse will excuse us: Christ and His Word have spoken on this subject. Plainly. Repeatedly. And all for our good! If we have not received this Spirit-baptism, we should at the least respectfully study it until we are ready to receive it. For our full empowerment, the church's growth, and Christ's glory.
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Greg continues teaching on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and tongues of fire that appeared at the birth of the church on Pentecost Day. Did Jesus promise or prophesy any of the things that occurred during that dramatic and dynamic experience? Were the tongues of fire a divine sign of things to come or a passing anomaly? And more importantly, were the things that occurred in the Upper Room linked to the risen Christ? Or were they simply things that His followers experienced, yet had no direct connection to Him? Greg answers these questions, and more, in this episode, and reminds us of this vital maxim: we exclude Jesus' opinion on any revelation, doctrine, or practice at our own peril!
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The birth of the church of Jesus Christ on Pentecost Day, as recorded in Acts 2, was accompanied by some admittedly strange phenomena – the sound of a rushing tornado, visible flames of fire over the heads of the 120 believers present, and speaking in strange, unknown languages. Why did these things happen? Were they of God? Of Men? Of Satan? Had those present previously received the Holy Spirit? If so, when and where did they receive Him, and how much? And what does this historical account tell us about our Christian walk today? In this first episode, Greg shares the first 3 of 8 biblical facts about the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and the strange "tongues of fire." What you learn may just change your understanding of Pentecost – and your life!
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In this episode, Greg points out that the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids, which warns us to be ready for Jesus' appearing, is followed immediately by the Parable of the Talents, which warns us of what we will experience at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Is this rapture-judgment order coincidental or intentional? Greg believes the latter. He proposes that Jesus' sudden appearing to retrieve His bride church (the Rapture) - because it is a divine decision rendered (or judgment) as to who is ready and who is not - is in a sense the first part, or preliminary phase of the Judgment Seat of Christ. Jesus' promise to bring rewards with Him at His appearing (Rev. 22:12) confirms that the Judgment Seat will indeed occur just after the church is taken to heaven. Are you ready?
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In this episode, Greg explores three other New Testament passages in which Christ, as in His Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids, pointed out the possibility of spiritually unprepared Christians being left behind when He appears. He also addresses the question sometimes posed by Christians who dislike the concept of a partial rapture, "Does a Christian have to be perfect to be taken in the rapture?" The answer, of course, is no! But although we do not have to be sinlessly perfect for Christ to take us, we must be serious about our walk with God and, more precisely, about preparation for Jesus soon coming.
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In this episode, Greg uses texts from the apostle John's Gospel and Apocalypse to identify and describe the "door" Jesus refers to in this crucial prophetic parable. Why is it important? Simply because this door is the designated portal through which "they that are ready" will pass to enter the great marriage in heaven. He also addresses the claims of some evangelical Bible teachers, based on 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12, that all professing Christians left behind at the Rapture cannot subsequently successfully prove and purify their faith in the trials of the Tribulation period, but will instead be eternally lost.
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In this episode, Greg defines the terms "wise" and "foolish" as they are used in the Parable of The Ten Bridesmaids. He also explains what the "extra oil" is, and is not, and how we obtain it. He furthermore explains why Jesus' warning that only "they that were ready" went to the great marriage supper, while the others were left behind, is a very accurate and binding statement: Jesus said what He meant and meant what He said! And if in this text He did not mean what He said (which is preposterous), what other vital New Testament facts and doctrines would also be subject to doubt? Salvation by grace through faith? The necessity of spiritual rebirth? Heaven and hell? We sow what we reap?
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