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16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
INTRODUCTION
“Loyalty is a rare commodity in today’s world.
Employers deplore the lack of it in the workplace.
Church leaders grieve its disappearance in churches, and its absence is a major cause of family problems and the diminishing number of long-term marriages” (Redick, n.d.).
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Our lesson today is a story of a woman who demonstrated loyalty.
2. The story of Ruth begins when Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem in Judah.
3. The time frame of this story is the generation following Joshua’s invasion of Jericho.
The story of Ruth begins when Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem in Judah.
4. Elimelech and Naomi left the Promised Land because there was a famine in the land.
I. RUTH’S EARLY LIFE
A. Ruth’s Birthplace—Moab
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After leaving Bethlehem, Judah, the boys married Moabite women.
I. RUTH’S EARLY LIFE
A. Ruth’s Birthplace—Moab
I. RUTH’S EARLY LIFE
A. Ruth’s Birthplace—Moab
1. Ruth was a Moabitess.
2. God’s people were never to intermarry, or even convert a Moabite.
2. God’s people were never to intermarry, or even convert a Moabite.
3. Apparently God made an exception.
Deuteronomy 23:33.
Apparently God made an exception.
3. Apparently God made an exception.
“Ruth was a remarkable fruit of an unfortunate scenario.
Ruth’s conversion to Naomi’s faith was an unexpected.
“Apparently, God Himself was impressed with Ruth’s conversion, because He chose to send the Messiah through Ruth’s offspring” (Davis, 2000, winter, p. 51).
4. We know nothing of Ruth’s own family.
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All we know is that she married Naomi’s son, Mahlon.
Which made her an in-law.
B. Time to Return
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Three graves were dug over a ten-year span; all three women were left widows.
2. Naomi offers the two younger women freedom from the responsibility of staying with her and providing
for her.
3.
In fact, she encourages them to return to their parent’s homes while they are still young enough to re-
marry.
4. One of them, Orpah, does return, and we hear nothing more of her.
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The other, Ruth, does not, and her response to Naomi is an expression and demonstration of unwavering
loyalty.
6.
In this study Ruth’s loyalty is an example of something all too rare.
7. Oh, that we could have more of it among God’s people today!
II.
SOME IMPORTANT TRUTHS ABOUT LOYALTY
A. You Cannot Have Loyalty without Liberty
“‘Look,’ said Naomi, ‘your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods.
Go back with her’” ().
1.
The story of Ruth demonstrates what we all need to know: Loyalty cannot be demanded, coerced, or purchased.
2. When people choose to backslide or leave the church, the pastor is very limited in what he can do.
a.
We have to let them go!
b.
We have to give them the liberty to walk away.
b.
We have to give them the liberty to walk away.
3. What they lack is loyalty, and loyalty cannot be demanded, coerced, or purchased.
“You can issue ultimatums, you can bark orders, you can pronounce condemnations all day long, but none of these things will produce loyalty in people who do not want to be loyal.
They must be given the freedom to depart” (Redick, n.d.).
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This is an important truth for those who are married, or even those who are dating.
You have to give freedom to choose if there ever is to be loyalty.
“A New England girl had just become engaged when the Civil War broke out.
Her fiancé was called into the army, so their wedding had to be postponed.
The young soldier managed to get through most of the conflict without injury, but at the Battle of the Wilderness he was severely wounded.
His bride-to-be, not knowing of his condition, read and reread his letters, counting the days until he would return.
“What those persons who refuse to be loyal to anything beside themselves usually do is drift.
In their conceived ‘freedom,’ they go carelessly from one thing to the next to the next.
They studiously avoid commitment.
They zealously guard their free time and their sel sh interests.
They form no bonds and no bonds are formed with them.
They live for themselves and themselves alone” (Redick, n.d.).
“A New England girl had just become engaged when the Civil War broke out.
Her fiancé was called into the army, so their wedding had to be postponed.
The young soldier managed to get through most of the conflict without injury, but at the Battle of the Wilderness he was severely wounded.
His bride-to-be, not knowing of his condition, read and reread his letters, counting the days until he would return.
5. Ruth lived in the time of the judges, a time very similar to ours.
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People did only what they wanted to do—those things that gratified.
B. You Cannot Put Conditions on Loyalty
1. Ruth’s declaration of loyalty was unconditional.
a. Whatever the path.
b.
Whatever the place.
c.
Whomever the people.
b.
Whatever the place.
c.
Whomever the people.
b.
Whatever the place.
c.
Whomever the people.
2. Notice the open-ended nature of the words.
2. Notice the open-ended nature of the words.
3.
No “ifs, ands, or buts.”
4. Unconditional commitment—that’s what loyalty is.
5. Whatever path you choose, wherever the path may lead, whomever I meet on the path, I will stick with
you!
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