I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.   It is so much fun having family together.

The Jews to whom the New Testament letters were written had a rich heritage.  They knew the stories of their ancestors and held the faithful forefathers in high esteem.  So when Jude mentions Enoch, those to whom his letter was written already knew all about him.  Jude must have gotten his information from other letters that were lost, or from oral tradition, because he tells us things that aren't recorded in the Old Testament. He calls Enoch a prophet.

What Jude tells us (Jude 1:14-16) is that Enoch told the people of his time that they were ungodly.  And that their deeds were ungodly.  Jude is concerned about the people who have come into the church and have began to divert the simple truth of salvation.  He uses Enoch as a godly example.

He tells us in Jude 1 that Enoch said that these people are constant gripers.  Never satisfied.  Doing whatever evil they feel like; showing respect to others only to get what they want.  Sounds like us.

We gripe.
We are never satisfied.
We want to do whatever we want.
We manipulate people for our advantage.
Why in the world do we think God will approve of us.

Enoch pleased God.  I keep trying.  I can't think of anything better than to please God.  I'd like to be like Enoch and just vanish to heaven and not have to go through anymore misery to get there.