Are You Pleasing to The Eternal YHVH? by D. J. Love, Minister, TSN, SBC upgraded 7-23-2003 refined 6-24-2007
Hebrews 11:5-6 5 By Faith, Enoch was "Translated" (see note), so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because YHVH translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been "Well Pleasing" to YHVH.
Note: Enoch found Favor or Grace with YHVH, because of his faithful love for YHVH, but Enoch was not sinless. "Translated" is a mysterious word for the layman, but its true implication is that those who become "Translated" are actually "Turned Towards Righteousness" meaning that their faith has been accounted as "Righteousness". A person that has truly repented (rejected SELF) becomes "Translated", but "Translated" does not mean "Hidden". Enoch's body may have been "Hidden" but only because of his "Translation" (POSSIBLY to prevent him from being worshipped as God. The same holds true for Moses).
6 Without Faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes to YHVH must believe (by Faith) that He exists AND that He is a Rewarder of Those Who Seek Him (His Righteousness).
Hebrews 12:5-14, 26-29 . . . . "MY SON, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For whom YHVH loves, He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives."
7 It is for discipline that you endure. YHVH Deals With You As With Sons, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline? 8 But If You Do Not Receive The Discipline, whereof All have been made partakers, Then You Are Illegitimate, and Not Sons 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall We Not Much Rather Be In Subjection To The Father of Spirits, And Live? 10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but He (YHVH) for Our Profit, that we may be Partakers of His Holiness. 11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful Fruit of Righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby. 12 Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, 13 and Make Straight Paths For Your Feet, that that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 14 Follow after Peace with All Men, and The Sanctification, which without no man will SEE (figure of speech) the LORD, 26 .............. "Yet once more will I shake not only the Earth, but also the heavens." 27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, receiving a kingdom that can't be shaken, Let Us Have Grace (YHVH's Favor), Whereby We May offer Service Well Pleasing To YHVH, With Reverence and Awe, 29 For Our YHVH Is A Consuming Fire.
* Our Creator YHVH Seeks Obedient Children Who Put The Will Of Their Father YHVH Above Their Own Will. . . . . . . Are You Pleasing To YHVH?