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A Beautiful Redemption The motivations of Naomi Ruth Boaz 1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. 2 Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit…

Woman of Character Ruth’s noble choice (1:1-22) Her love, dedication, devotion to Naomi She gave up home, religion to adopt Israel and the true God Ruth’s humble service (2:1-23) She exercised her right as a widow to glean providing sustenance for herself and Naomi She found favor with Boaz Ruth’s tender…

How Ruth Shows us that God is With Us. Chapter 1: God has not abandoned you Chapter 2: God is already providing for you Chapter 3: God is ready to receive you Chapter 4: God had made you His own 1 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken,…

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…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 Review Shemini mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara The Great Day - Picture of Torah Readings Summary of the Passover Torah Readings Picture of the two prophecies. dry bones and Ingathering A Holy People Nakedness Picture Love Others as yourself Picture…

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,…

Torah Portion: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 Road Map Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zadok Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir ( Numbers 6:1-21 ), Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת) Nazir nṣr (to guard) Picture of the Branch…

Ruth 1-4 President Theodore Roosevelt once said: The good mother, the wise mother...is more important to the community than even the ablest man; her career is more worth of honor [the career of motherhood] and is more useful to the community than the career of any man, no matter how successful. The challenge…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

TEXT: RUTH 1:1-2 | THE OTHER SIDE OF FORGIVENESS INTRO EXPLANATION : The book of Judges is a difficult book to read through. Not because of the words of the book but because of the events that take place in the book. It is a cycle of the life of the children of Israel as they go through a good time and…

Call to Worship I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare…

The Prophecies Concerning Jesus Christ Part 2 | The Abrahamic Covenant

Where it Started As I mentioned a while back we are going to do something a little different we are going to look at the various Scriptures that paint a picture of David’s life. This is what you would call a biographical sermon series. We will be introduced to hopefully familiar characters, and My hope…

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…

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…

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,…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

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…

Sec. 2. Article 22 of Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution is added to read: Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty] That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified…

Have you ever planned anything? Do you know what a Plan is? a plan can be written down on paper a plan is an idea of something before it happens. you make a plan to build something, like a tree house. Like this one. Does that look like fun? Or you might make a plan to travel somewhere in the world, like…

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…

16 But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more…

Ruth accompanied a despairing Naomi home to Bethlehem out of a strong bond of loyalty. She did not expect anything from the move. Yet she gained a protector and a son, and even a place in the ancestry of the savior of the world! What pleasant surprises have we had in our own new beginnings?

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 5 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., June 2022. 3 Considerations for the dating of the writing of Ruth: First any dating of Ruth should take…