Jan 29
What would it take for an invitation to wow you these days? With all of the access we have to entertainers, celebrities, and icons via social media, what invitation would seem worth it to interrupt your daily life?
Most of us would jump at an opportunity to meet our favorite actor or athlete, yet we barely give attention to the greatest invitation that has and will ever come across our desk. The God of the Cosmos is inviting you today, not just to know Him (although that alone would be a miracle) but to walk with Him daily. To hear His heart, learn from His wisdom, and align your life with His vision of life.
The invitation is on the table.
Scripture References
From Adam to Noah
1.This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2.He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”5:2 Hebrew adam when they were created.
3.When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4.After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5.Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
6.When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father5:6 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 7-26. of Enosh. 7.After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8.Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
9.When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 10.After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11.Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
12.When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13.After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14.Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
15.When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 16.After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17.Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
18.When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 19.After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20.Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
21.When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22.After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23.Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24.Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
25.When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26.After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27.Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28.When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29.He named him Noah5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort. and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.” 30.After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31.Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
32.After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
5.By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”11:5 Gen. 5:24 For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6.And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
14.Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15.to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)
7.Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
16.Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17.At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’18.
“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’19.
“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’20.
“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
23.Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24.Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.