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CHURCH ON RANDALL PLACE SERMON NOTES 1~/4~/09
“COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES” A STUDY IN RUTH
TODAY’S MESSAGE: RUTH 1:1-5 “WHERE IS GOD?”
I. Introduction
a.
Where is God?
b.
A book w~/ many relevant lessons
i.
God’s unseen activity on behalf of His covenant people
ii.
God’s care for the socially insignificant.
iii.
God’s tireless effort to fulfill His promise of redemption.
iv.
Encourages confidence and security
II.
A Sneaky Little Book
a. Buried in this love story is a God who doesn’t explain Himself
i.
We love to masquerade.
b.
Providence of God
i.
He is not only Creator, He is Sustainer and Ruler.
ii.
He knows the great things and the mundane
1.
All things great and small have been purposed that He might share His life, love and glory with us.
iii.
All things work for good, evil for good
1. Easy to say at the end of the story.
A challenge when lanquishing alone w~/o support, means or hope.
c. Target Audience
i.
Those who wonder where God is when things go from bad~/worse.
ii.
For those who can’t imagine anything great coming from the ordinary
III.
Beauty in an Ugly Era
a.
When the judges judged
i.
Governors, local chieftans called by God to deliver.
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The dark ages of Israel’s history.
Cruelty, war, selfishness
b. Root problem
i.
Judges 17:6; 21:28
1.
The precepts of God had been abandoned.
Individual became the std of right~/wrong.
a. Subjective feelings replace objective truth.
ii.
Application
1. Social: When objective stds are rejected then anything goes.
a. From small (cheating in sports)
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To large (life issues)
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Human life is not intrinsicly valuable
ii.
Value is determined by its contribution
1. Fetus, clone, Down Syndrome, creation of uber race, etc.
2. Church: God’s Word no longer authorative.
a. DOEM.
Church Discipline.
b. 2 Corinthians 10:5
i.
Every error taken captive and subjected to Christ.
c. Philosophies of men are caged by the overarching idea of obedience to Christ.
c. Ruth is an oasis
i.
In the midst of this filth stand two women who will take a risk to serve God.
And in this filth God is at work.
IV.
Famine
a.
We have no concept
b.
A means of God’s judgment
i.
God is clear.
Leviticus 26:3-4; Deuteronomy28:23-24
1. Truth is suppressed a lie is believed and every wickedness is practiced
ii.
God still judges sin
iii.
God still provides light for a way out
1. General revelation
2. Spoken truth
3. Natural evil.
Purpose is to bring repentance (Amos 4:6)
a. Affects event the righteous
c. Bethlehem
i.
Where one would expect to find nourishment was desolate
1. Why?
God no longer honored
d.
A Family plays with fire.
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