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Intro Don’t take the easy way out. Naomi was an Israelite living in Moab, and she had a Moabite daughter-in-law named Ruth. Their husbands had died, they had no other children and so they were two widows out on their own trying to survive. They we vulnerable to starvation, to attack. Naomi hear’s the…

Genesis 49:8-12 The Prophecies Concerning Jesus Christ Part 3 The Gospel According to Genesis For the past few weeks, we have studied the prophecies concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord. We were looking primarily at the book of Genesis, with the title: The Gospel According to Genesis. The question is: Is…

Rev 5:1-7 1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under…

Ruth 4 : Hope Redeemed Ruth 4 “Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth. Boaz said, “Come here, what’s-your-name, and sit down.” So he came and sat down. Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat…

As we look at last weeks description of Ruth, again we see the love story for her mother in law. Being in a foreign land and losing her husband, and two sons had left Naomi without any way of caring for herself and certainly not her two daughters in law. The difficult decision was made to go back home,…

Introduction 7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel. 8 Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his…

Let’s open in prayer before we begin. Heavenly Father, We come before you with hearts full of gratitude for the gift of friendship. You, who are the ultimate Friend, have shown us the way to connect with one another in deep and meaningful ways. As we gather today to explore the beauty of spiritual friendship,…

Introduction: Good morning once again and welcome to Hope. At this time our children can be dismissed to children’s worship. I invite the rest of you to open your bibles or devices to Matthew 1 with one finger and Ruth 1 with the other. Leading up to Christmas Sunday we are spending the sermons walking…

If you recall from last week, we saw that Naomi was so excited that Ruth had “stumbled” upon Boaz’ field and that he was treater her so well. One of the reasons for this excitement was that he was a “close relative of ours, one of our redeemers” We are going to see the significance of that statement…

Introduction: Redemption is a word we don’t use quite as often in today’s world. When we think of the word redemption today, we probably think about coupons! As helpful as saving a few dollars here and there is, this use of the word redemption pales in comparison to the Biblical use of this great theological…

Naomi and her family Naomi and her family had relocated to Moab because there had been a famine. Ruth’s husband, Naomi’s son, had died; in fact, all of Naomi’s sons had died. Naomi returned to her ancestral land with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth. Ruth had committed to love and care for the well-being…

In the days when the judges ruled... 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 10 Years in Moab 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her…

Series for 2021 - Jesus is In! “He Is” goes through the books of the Bible highlighting things about Jesus, the Messiah In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer Personified in: Messiah would be a descendant of Boaz and Ruth ( Ruth 4:12-17 ) The life of Boaz - The Kinsman Redeemer ( Ruth 2:1 ) This book is like…

Recap: We are finishing the sermon series from the book of Ruth. Adversity and Redemption. The first sermon I preached about repentance. Naomi’s repentance of the decision to leave Bethlehem during famine brought her back into God’s people, where God was blessing, and into a season of harvest. The second…

Ruth has proposed marriage to Boaz and he said yes. It appears that the maiden from Moab and the bachelor from Bethlehem are going to wed. However, a closer relative than Boaz has the first right of redemption and therefore can marry Ruth. Boaz is determined to settle the issue ASAP (cf. 3:18) and so the stage is set for our seeing “the rest of the story.” If nothing is impossible with God, how are we to proceed? What are we to do? How should we act? Chapter 4 provides 3 lessons we should learn.

The Book of Ruth opens with three funerals but closes with a wedding. Not all of life’s stories have this kind of happy ending; but this little book reminds us that, for the Christian, God still writes the last chapter. In today's message Pastor Leger unpacks the correlation between Boaz and our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Trust the hidden hand of God; he brings his sunrise to the worst nightmares.

Today we look at Matthew 5:7 and the beatitude about being merciful. Ultimately God showed us the greatest form of mercy through His son Jesus. Listen today as we look into the story of Ruth and Boaz to discover how great God's mercy is. This is a love story that conradicts everything the world paints as love and ends with a promise. Listen up and be encouraged! (The song played in this sermon at 36:10 is called "What mercy did for me" and it is performed by the band People & Songs)

The Story So Far Ruth 1 - Story opened with Naomi loosing everything (land, husband, kids) Ruth 2 - Ruth Gleans in the Fields of Boaz (kindness, mercy, compassion) Ruth 3 - Naomi has a plan - Boaz is a redeemer Go to the threshing floor (end of harvest) Let Boaz know you are available (mourning, need,…

4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Discreet The Greek word, σώφρων -ος, ὁ; (sōphrōn) means: moderate — wisely keeping…

Ruth What nationality was Ruth? What nationality was her husband? Why was this a problem? Where did this problem originate? Putting all this into context, Ruth paints a story of true love and compassion…and tells it is 85 verses. It goes through every emotion known to man, loss, pain, grief, separation,…

Intro: Last week we started this mini series entitled “Prophecies of Christmas”… and we saw the very first mention of the Birth of Jesus in the book of Genesis. Peter tells us in 1 Peter 1:20 that Jesus was “ Chosen before the creation of the world... ” Which tells us that, God in His omniscience, knew…

Finishing or Fulfilling the Law Imagine a world that has not heard a fresh message from God for over 400 years. Imagine a nation that forsook God and hence God had brought them into captivity. Imagine a priesthood that has taken the covenantal relationship between God and His people and added to, taken…

Evil schemes are no match for God's shelter!

I think some here today or listening have had a hard week… maybe “hard” does not do it justice. Most likely some are dealing with things, circumstances, hurts, failures of the past… maybe "words” don’t describe it. We have looked at: Genesis : God is powerful creator and sovereign Exodus : He is salvation…