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Better Than I could Ever Imagine
Ruth 4.
I think that you would all agree that it has been a pleasant and encouraging journey through the book of Ruth.
We are all familiar with the fairy tales of our youth.
Most of them begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “Happily ever-after.”
The book of Ruth fits that line of thought.
However, we have not read a fairy tale or fable, but an eternal testimony of the grace and mercy of God being extended to those who are desperate, defeated, and even undeserving.
The desperate and undeserving are the winners here.
Can you imagine the anxiety and anticipation that Ruth must have felt as she waited for Boaz to return that day?
Illustration - of waiting ; April 7, 2006 waiting for results of biopsy; if it was colon cancer time is short ; had seen many die quickly with this disease
Waiting for PE exam results
Waiting for CPA results
Waiting for grades from NC State University - Colleen
Waiting for delivery of child
He had gone to secure her redemption.
I can picture her standing in the doorway all morning waiting upon the arrival of Boaz.
He had gone to secure her redemption.
I can picture her standing in the doorway all morning waiting upon the arrival of Boaz.
He had gone to secure her redemption.
I can picture her standing in the doorway all morning waiting upon the arrival of Boaz.
Hers had been a very difficult and yet a very blessed journey.
We found the Desperation of a Widow in Chp.1,
The Determination of a Worker in Chp.2,
The Dignity of a Woman in Chp.3,
and the Delight of a Wife in Chp.4.
The Delight of a Wife in Chp.4.
In these concluding verses we find Ruth and Naomi happy once again.
They had faced devastation in Moab, but God had been merciful in Bethlehem and now they are blessed with a family and a home.
There is great application for all believers in these verses.
I want to consider the wonderful truths of
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The Grace (4:13a)
– So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
Take just a moment to consider all that we have learned of Ruth and the adversities she faced.
She had lost her husband in Moab, made her way to Bethlehem with Naomi, a place she knew nothing of, in essence a Gentile in desperate need of mercy and grace.
Now she is the bride of Boaz.
This almost seems too good to be true.
As we first encountered Ruth it appeared that she had little hope for the future, but God was working in her life and His marvelous grace was shown to her.
Would we not have to admit that our lives closely resemble Ruth’s in many ways?
We may not have lost our spouse, or even faced the financial or social limitations that she did, but we too have received more than we could possibly deserve.
When it appeared that all hope was lost, God showed mercy and grace to us and met our every need.
God met every need she had physically.
She went from the poor house to a penthouse.
She went from gleaning among the leftovers to marrying the owner of the field.
No doubt she wondered if she would live the rest of her life alone and God provided a companion.
(Surely God has met our every need as well.
He has blessed us abundantly and beyond measure.)
God also met Ruth’s needs spiritually.
She was a gentile from Moab, one whom most Jews had no desire to show compassion.
She was a stranger to the commonwealth of Israel.
It is nothing short of a miracle that she was accepted and cared for, but God chose to show her favor.
BTW thats is the way a church should be ....
Welcoming strangers, giving them hope,
We too were in the same situation.
We were strangers and foreigners to the family of God.
We possessed no goodness or worthiness of His grace and yet He chose to show us favor, providing for our redemption!
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The Gift (4:13b) –
Naomi had lost her husband and her two sons.
Ruth had lost her husband.
There were no children left in the family of Elimelech.
This was of great importance to Ruth and Naomi.
They desperately desired a son to carry on the lineage of the family.
God honored their desires as Ruth and Boaz were blessed with a son.
Aren’t you glad for the Son we were given.
isaiha 9.6
God blessed them beyond their wildest dreams.
Thanksgiving 1999 - remodel the auditorium $100K beyond our wildest dreams
He knew that His only begotten Son was the only means of our salvation.
We too were offered the greatest gift ever given!
He knew that His only begotten Son was the only means of our salvation.
We too were offered the greatest gift ever given!
III.
The Glory (14-17)
– The son that Ruth bore to Boaz was named Obed by neighbors of Ruth.
V.17 – And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
As we will discover, the birth of Obed was significant in the lives of his family and all following generations.
His name means “worshipping.”
With the birth of Obed, there was a season of worship and rejoicing.
A. God’s Preeminence (14) –
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
The women prayed that God would raise Obed up and make a mighty man of him.
Pray for your children - pray that God would do great things for them ....
They had no idea just how God would do that.
But we cannot overlook the fact that they gave God the glory in all of this.
They rejoiced that a son had been born, but they blessed God because He was responsible for this blessing.
They were careful not to receive the blessing without acknowledging the source of the blessing.
We need to be reminded of the source of our blessings as well.
I fear that we often enjoy the many blessings we receive, but never take the time to be thankful for them.
All that we have or ever hope to have is a direct result of the goodness and mercy of God.
He alone is responsible for all that we enjoy.
Apart from Him we are nothing!
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.
– I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
B. God’s Provision (15a) –
He would be there to care for them in their old age.
They were no longer dependent on the kindness of strangers because they now had a family to care for them.
God had made provision for their lives.
We ought to rejoice and praise God for the provision that was made for us as well.
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