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Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ruth1:5bothMahlonandKilionalsodied,andNaomiwasleftwithouthertwosonsandherhusband.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Naomi’sAssessment
Ruth1:13wouldyouwaituntiltheygrewup?Wouldyouremainunmarriedforthem?No,mydaughters.Itismorebitterformethanforyou,becausetheLORD’shandhasgoneoutagainstme!”
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ruth1:20-21¶“Don’tcallmeNaomi,”shetoldthem.“CallmeMara,becausetheAlmightyhasmademylifeverybitter.Iwentawayfull,buttheLORDhasbroughtmebackempty.WhycallmeNaomi?TheLORDhasafflictedme;theAlmightyhasbroughtmisfortuneuponme.”
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ofteninthepainandafflictionoflifeourperceptionisobscured.Wedependonourlogic,whichishelpfultoapoint.Buthumanlogicbreaksdowninthemidstofpain.
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Ruth : Redeeming Love
Lesson:Goduseseventheuglyandchallengingthreadsofourlivesinthefabricofredemption.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Providence–God’sactivityinguidinganddirectingthecourseofeventstofulfillhispurposes.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ruth2:1¶NowNaomihadarelativeofherhusband’s,aworthymanoftheclanofElimelech,whosenamewasBoaz.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Rom.8:28AndweknowthatforthosewholoveGodallthingsworktogetherforgood,forthosewhoarecalledaccordingtohispurpose.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ruth3:1-2¶ThenNaomihermother-in-lawsaidtoher,“Mydaughter,shouldInotseekrestforyou,thatitmaybewellwithyou?IsnotBoazourrelative,withwhoseyoungwomenyouwere?See,heiswinnowingbarleytonightatthethreshingfloor.
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Ruth3:9Hesaid,“Whoareyou?”Andsheanswered,“IamRuth,yourservant.Spreadyourwingsoveryourservant,foryouarearedeemer.”
Ruth : Redeeming Love
John5:19¶SoJesussaidtothem,“Truly,truly,Isaytoyou,theSoncandonothingofhisownaccord,butonlywhatheseestheFatherdoing.ForwhatevertheFatherdoes,thattheSondoeslikewise.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Ruth4:17Andthewomenoftheneighborhoodgavehimaname,saying,“AsonhasbeenborntoNaomi.”TheynamedhimObed.HewasthefatherofJesse,thefatherofDavid.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Matt.1:1-6¶ArecordofthegenealogyofJesusChristthesonofDavid,thesonofAbraham:AbrahamwasthefatherofIsaac,...SalmonthefatherofBoaz,whosemotherwasRahab,BoazthefatherofObed,whosemotherwasRuth,ObedthefatherofJesse,andJessethefatherofKingDavid.
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Rom.15:4Forwhateverwaswritteninformerdayswaswrittenforourinstruction,thatthroughenduranceandthroughtheencouragementoftheScriptureswemighthavehope.
Ruth : Redeeming Love
Troublesalmost’whelmthesoul;Griefslikebillowso’ermeroll;Temptersseektolureastray;Stormsobscurethelightofday:ButinChristIcanbebold,I’veananchorthatshallhold.-Verse4ofMyAnchorHolds