Ruth: A Journey of Loyalty and Redemption
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"Now the Moabites are very pagan people. They don't worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Moabites are descendants of an incestuous relationship between Lot and one of his daughters who got him drunk one night and slept with him. So the Moabites are descendants of incest. But while there, this family, the two boys get married, and they marry a couple of Moabite women. Killian marries Orpah, her name means gazelle, and Mylon marries Ruth, and her name means friendship." [00:01:34]
"And God’s going to take a bitter story and make it very sweet. And that’s the wonderful thing about what God often does in our lives. Now it isn’t that every story ends up happily ever after. You know, some stories are that God sees us through the difficulties, and God’s ever-abiding present is there through the difficulties. And then there are other times that He brings us out of the difficulties and He takes what is bitter and makes it sweet." [00:03:36]
"Jesus is reflected in every book of the Bible, including the Old Testament, and we will see Jesus revealed in this redemptive love story too, but probably not until we get to chapter four. But for tonight, we’re here in chapter three. Now I will tell you that this chapter, as we begin to read it, is a very painfully practical chapter. And the reason I say painfully is because some of you might be a little offended by the advice that Naomi gives her daughter-in-law." [00:04:37]
"Naomi concerned for Ruth and sees kind of this little love scenario happening here. She’s like, okay, like, like I want security for you. I want you to be able to get married and have security here. And so here’s your advice. Verse three, therefore, wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your best garment. Okay, pause right there in the middle of the verse because here’s where all this practical advice from Naomi to Ruth comes." [00:07:35]
"Ruth was a virtuous woman, so she wasn’t trying to turn heads, you know, or dress to impress. The fact that she is having to be coached here a little bit indicates that, you know, she’s not all that concerned about her physical appearance per se. Her noble character is going to attract a man of noble character because we find that in this story both Ruth and Boaz are people of noble character. You will attract the kind of person that you are." [00:10:37]
"Naomi basically says to Ruth, take a bath, soak in some bath salts, go get your nails done, and then go on over to Ulta, slap down a few Ben Franklins, and get some makeup and some Moabite delight perfume, and doll yourself up. Now remember Ruth has been working in the fields, so she’s a little grungy at this point, and Naomi’s just telling her to clean up a little bit. If you want Boaz to notice, clean up a little bit." [00:12:09]
"Naomi continues with her advice. She says, then it shall be when he lies down that you shall notice the place where he lies, and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell you what you should do. Now this is not typical advice you would think to give to your single daughter. You know what I’m saying? Like you’re really interested in a guy, okay, go find out where he lives, stalk him at his apartment." [00:16:40]
"Ruth is going to show here her humility in this act of what she’s doing here. The third point that Naomi makes here out of verse four is that it’s okay to let a man know that you are interested and available. Now you say, but I don’t want to chase a guy. Okay, true, you shouldn’t. You shouldn’t be chasing after a guy, but it’s okay to get in his way. It’s okay to get in front of him once in a while." [00:17:46]
"Ruth has already expressed her desire to not only be with Naomi but to worship the God that Naomi worships. So she’s become a proselyte to Judaism here, but she’s new to all this, and Boaz has already calculated this. He goes, yeah, I’m interested too, but I’m not the closest relative. And he says, but I tell you what, he says, you know, I’ve noticed you haven’t gone after all the other young rich men like you’ve been waiting." [00:29:21]
"The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was. And in this particular case, he’s related to Maelon in some way by blood, and so he senses this obligation. But you can see here in his response, it’s more than an obligation. He actually has a heart for her." [00:33:04]
"Naomi just encourages her like, all right, look, he’s going to have to investigate who the nearest relative is. You just, you know, be patient, you know, don’t worry about it. God’s gonna sort all this out. He’s gonna take care of it because Naomi knows that Boaz is a man of character too. He’s a man of virtue, and if he said this, he’s gonna do it. So he’s just, you know, you can imagine like anybody would be in this situation." [00:35:51]
"Naomi says to her daughters-in-law, I’m going to go back home. It’s been 10 years now, but you ladies are from Moab, so you should stay here. And Orpah says, okay, that sounds good to me. I’m gonna start a huge media conglomerate and have a talk show. No, that’s Oprah, I’m sorry. This is Orpah. And so she stays in Moab, but Ruth says, no, I’m gonna go with you, and where you go, I will go, and your God will be my God." [00:02:39]
"Boaz notices her and he even warns his fellow employees. He gathers all the guys together. He says, guys, don’t you be making any advances towards that young lady. And he warns them, it basically challenges them because he becomes very protective of Ruth. You can begin to see his heart is turning towards her. And so he warns all the other guys. He’s like, don’t you dare touch her, okay, and if you do, I own all these fields." [00:09:20]
"Ruth is appealing to him. If you’re interested, I’m interested. You are a close relative because I am interested, but I’m not the closest, so we got to figure that out first before we can get married potentially. So to summarize it, here it is. The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was." [00:32:58]
"Boaz is related to Maelon, but he’s not the closest relative. So he’s obviously not the brother because the only other brother, Kilian, died. And it means that he’s not the next relative in the list would be an uncle. So he’s not the uncle because he says I’m not the closest relative. So he could be the uncle’s son, he could be a cousin, or he could be someone after that down the line." [00:28:21]
"Naomi says to Ruth, because they don’t take showers every day, why don’t you take a bath, like, you know, clean yourself up. Now, Ruth was a virtuous woman, so she wasn’t trying to turn heads, you know, or dress to impress. The fact that she is having to be coached here a little bit indicates that, you know, she’s not all that concerned about her physical appearance per se. Her noble character is going to attract a man of noble character." [00:10:36]
"Ruth is going to show here her humility in this act of what she’s doing here. The third point that Naomi makes here out of verse four is that it’s okay to let a man know that you are interested and available. Now you say, but I don’t want to chase a guy. Okay, true, you shouldn’t. You shouldn’t be chasing after a guy, but it’s okay to get in his way. It’s okay to get in front of him once in a while." [00:17:46]
"Naomi says to her daughters-in-law, I’m going to go back home. It’s been 10 years now, but you ladies are from Moab, so you should stay here. And Orpah says, okay, that sounds good to me. I’m gonna start a huge media conglomerate and have a talk show. No, that’s Oprah, I’m sorry. This is Orpah. And so she stays in Moab, but Ruth says, no, I’m gonna go with you, and where you go, I will go, and your God will be my God." [00:02:39]
"Boaz notices her and he even warns his fellow employees. He gathers all the guys together. He says, guys, don’t you be making any advances towards that young lady. And he warns them, it basically challenges them because he becomes very protective of Ruth. You can begin to see his heart is turning towards her. And so he warns all the other guys. He’s like, don’t you dare touch her, okay, and if you do, I own all these fields." [00:09:20]
"Ruth is appealing to him. If you’re interested, I’m interested. You are a close relative because I am interested, but I’m not the closest, so we got to figure that out first before we can get married potentially. So to summarize it, here it is. The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was." [00:32:58]
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"And God’s going to take a bitter story and make it very sweet. And that’s the wonderful thing about what God often does in our lives. Now it isn’t that every story ends up happily ever after. You know, some stories are that God sees us through the difficulties, and God’s ever-abiding present is there through the difficulties. And then there are other times that He brings us out of the difficulties and He takes what is bitter and makes it sweet." [00:03:36]
"Jesus is reflected in every book of the Bible, including the Old Testament, and we will see Jesus revealed in this redemptive love story too, but probably not until we get to chapter four. But for tonight, we’re here in chapter three. Now I will tell you that this chapter, as we begin to read it, is a very painfully practical chapter. And the reason I say painfully is because some of you might be a little offended by the advice that Naomi gives her daughter-in-law." [00:04:37]
"Naomi concerned for Ruth and sees kind of this little love scenario happening here. She’s like, okay, like, like I want security for you. I want you to be able to get married and have security here. And so here’s your advice. Verse three, therefore, wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your best garment. Okay, pause right there in the middle of the verse because here’s where all this practical advice from Naomi to Ruth comes." [00:07:35]
"Ruth was a virtuous woman, so she wasn’t trying to turn heads, you know, or dress to impress. The fact that she is having to be coached here a little bit indicates that, you know, she’s not all that concerned about her physical appearance per se. Her noble character is going to attract a man of noble character because we find that in this story both Ruth and Boaz are people of noble character. You will attract the kind of person that you are." [00:10:37]
"Naomi basically says to Ruth, take a bath, soak in some bath salts, go get your nails done, and then go on over to Ulta, slap down a few Ben Franklins, and get some makeup and some Moabite delight perfume, and doll yourself up. Now remember Ruth has been working in the fields, so she’s a little grungy at this point, and Naomi’s just telling her to clean up a little bit. If you want Boaz to notice, clean up a little bit." [00:12:09]
"Naomi continues with her advice. She says, then it shall be when he lies down that you shall notice the place where he lies, and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell you what you should do. Now this is not typical advice you would think to give to your single daughter. You know what I’m saying? Like you’re really interested in a guy, okay, go find out where he lives, stalk him at his apartment." [00:16:40]
"Ruth is going to show here her humility in this act of what she’s doing here. The third point that Naomi makes here out of verse four is that it’s okay to let a man know that you are interested and available. Now you say, but I don’t want to chase a guy. Okay, true, you shouldn’t. You shouldn’t be chasing after a guy, but it’s okay to get in his way. It’s okay to get in front of him once in a while." [00:17:46]
"Ruth has already expressed her desire to not only be with Naomi but to worship the God that Naomi worships. So she’s become a proselyte to Judaism here, but she’s new to all this, and Boaz has already calculated this. He goes, yeah, I’m interested too, but I’m not the closest relative. And he says, but I tell you what, he says, you know, I’ve noticed you haven’t gone after all the other young rich men like you’ve been waiting." [00:29:21]
"The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was. And in this particular case, he’s related to Maelon in some way by blood, and so he senses this obligation. But you can see here in his response, it’s more than an obligation. He actually has a heart for her." [00:33:04]
"Naomi just encourages her like, all right, look, he’s going to have to investigate who the nearest relative is. You just, you know, be patient, you know, don’t worry about it. God’s gonna sort all this out. He’s gonna take care of it because Naomi knows that Boaz is a man of character too. He’s a man of virtue, and if he said this, he’s gonna do it. So he’s just, you know, you can imagine like anybody would be in this situation." [00:35:51]
"Naomi says to her daughters-in-law, I’m going to go back home. It’s been 10 years now, but you ladies are from Moab, so you should stay here. And Orpah says, okay, that sounds good to me. I’m gonna start a huge media conglomerate and have a talk show. No, that’s Oprah, I’m sorry. This is Orpah. And so she stays in Moab, but Ruth says, no, I’m gonna go with you, and where you go, I will go, and your God will be my God." [00:02:39]
"Boaz notices her and he even warns his fellow employees. He gathers all the guys together. He says, guys, don’t you be making any advances towards that young lady. And he warns them, it basically challenges them because he becomes very protective of Ruth. You can begin to see his heart is turning towards her. And so he warns all the other guys. He’s like, don’t you dare touch her, okay, and if you do, I own all these fields." [00:09:20]
"Ruth is appealing to him. If you’re interested, I’m interested. You are a close relative because I am interested, but I’m not the closest, so we got to figure that out first before we can get married potentially. So to summarize it, here it is. The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was." [00:32:58]
"Boaz is related to Maelon, but he’s not the closest relative. So he’s obviously not the brother because the only other brother, Kilian, died. And it means that he’s not the next relative in the list would be an uncle. So he’s not the uncle because he says I’m not the closest relative. So he could be the uncle’s son, he could be a cousin, or he could be someone after that down the line." [00:28:21]
"Naomi says to Ruth, because they don’t take showers every day, why don’t you take a bath, like, you know, clean yourself up. Now, Ruth was a virtuous woman, so she wasn’t trying to turn heads, you know, or dress to impress. The fact that she is having to be coached here a little bit indicates that, you know, she’s not all that concerned about her physical appearance per se. Her noble character is going to attract a man of noble character." [00:10:36]
"Ruth is going to show here her humility in this act of what she’s doing here. The third point that Naomi makes here out of verse four is that it’s okay to let a man know that you are interested and available. Now you say, but I don’t want to chase a guy. Okay, true, you shouldn’t. You shouldn’t be chasing after a guy, but it’s okay to get in his way. It’s okay to get in front of him once in a while." [00:17:46]
"Naomi says to her daughters-in-law, I’m going to go back home. It’s been 10 years now, but you ladies are from Moab, so you should stay here. And Orpah says, okay, that sounds good to me. I’m gonna start a huge media conglomerate and have a talk show. No, that’s Oprah, I’m sorry. This is Orpah. And so she stays in Moab, but Ruth says, no, I’m gonna go with you, and where you go, I will go, and your God will be my God." [00:02:39]
"Boaz notices her and he even warns his fellow employees. He gathers all the guys together. He says, guys, don’t you be making any advances towards that young lady. And he warns them, it basically challenges them because he becomes very protective of Ruth. You can begin to see his heart is turning towards her. And so he warns all the other guys. He’s like, don’t you dare touch her, okay, and if you do, I own all these fields." [00:09:20]
"Ruth is appealing to him. If you’re interested, I’m interested. You are a close relative because I am interested, but I’m not the closest, so we got to figure that out first before we can get married potentially. So to summarize it, here it is. The kinsman redeemer was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family. The persons, the property, and the posterity of the family, that’s what his role was." [00:32:58]
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