Ruth: The Romance of Redemption

A THREE-FOLD REDEEMERRuth 4Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 4 of 4 A TALE OF THREE REDEEMERS: #1 BOAZ – REDEEMED FROM Alienation Ephesians 2.12 “… you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.” (csb)   v. 10 “… Ruth the Moabitess … my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name … so that his name will not disappear among his relatives …” (csb) Ephesians 2.13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who…

RUTH & BOAZ “DTR”: DEFINE THE REDEMPTIONRuth 3Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 3 of 4 v. 20 “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” (esv) IS THIS A GOOD PLAN? Description DOESN’T MEAN Prescription v. 4 “… lie down, and he will tell you what to do.” (esv)  v. 14 “… [she] got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, ‘Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.’” (niv) Psalm 103.10 “He has not dealt with us as our…

THE RIGHT MAN MAKES A DIFFERENCERuth 2Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 2 of 4 Romans 6.13 “… offer yourselves to God … and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.”(niv)                      THE GOD OF THE ORDINARY LOVES TO WORK THROUGH … WOMEN Working Hopefully v. 2 “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” (niv) Psalm 90.17 “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work…

AN EXCEPTIONAL GOD IN ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCESRuth 1Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 1 of 4 Judges 21.25 “In those days … Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (esv) GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE ORDINARY HELPS US TO …                                [vv. 2-5 & 19-21]   PROCESS HIS Dark Providences v. 21 “I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty.” (esv) v. 19 “… the whole town was excited about their arrival and the local women exclaimed, ‘Can this be Naomi?’” (csb) v. 20 “… call me Mara,…