The Power of Expectation

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Ruth 3:15–18 KJV 1900
15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

It is Going to Happen

What is Redemption?

To redeem something
++To take possession of
++To assume physical ownership
Ownership is
++More than control
++The taking of responsibility
++To care for

This was the purpose of the Kinsman Redeemer

Ruth 3:1–2 KJV 1900
1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Naomi wanted
++The best for Ruth
++It to be well with her
Ruth’s connection to her mother
++Created and opportunity
There were
++No guarantees
++Only possibilities
Hebrews 11:1 KJV 1900
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is
++Substance
++Evidence
Faith gives hope a body

There is nothing more powerful than faith

Hebrews 11:3–6 KJV 1900
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Faith puts belief into action

Faith declares
++God is
++God rewards
++We have a reason to seek him
Ruth’s connection to her mother
Created and opportunity
++Opportunity requires preparation
Naomi prepares ruth
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity that never comes than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Ruth 3:3–4 KJV 1900
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
Ruth had to
++Do something different
++Trust a foreign system
Ruth 3:18 KJV 1900
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

It is Going to Happen

You shall
++Be redeemed
++Be chosen
++Be Favored

This is why Jesus Came

Galatians 4:4–5 KJV 1900
4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

It was all in time

In time
++God would send His son
++As a man
++Under the law
For the purpose of
++Redemption
++Adoption
2 Timothy 3:1–3 KJV 1900
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Luke 21:28 KJV 1900
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
No matter what we face
++God is at work
++His purpose is our redemption

Now we know it

Romans 8:28 KJV 1900
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
All things work together for good
++Good things
++Bad Things
++Unexpected things
Ruth demonstrated
++Her devotion to Naomi
++Her love for her God
++She had a greater purpose
God started something
He will finish what he has begun
Philippians 1:6 KJV 1900
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
It’s Going to Happen
Ephesians 4:26–30 KJV 1900
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
We have been
++Bought with a price
++Given the spirit
++Sealed until the day
It is coming
It is Going to happen
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 KJV 1900
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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