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Speaker 1: to God. So all right, so let me just go
Speaker 1: over like a little intro to Ruth. So the Ruth's Story.
Speaker 1: The Book of Ruth tells the story of Ruth, a
Speaker 1: Moabite woman who, after the death of her husband, chooses
Speaker 1: to remain with her Israelite mother in law, Naomi, rather
Speaker 1: than returning to her own people. Ruth's loyalty and kindness
Speaker 1: led her to meet and Mary Boaz, relative of Naomi,
Speaker 1: which we're going to kind of go over. So one
Speaker 1: thing I wanted to point out about this book is
Speaker 1: Ruth is actually mentioned in the lineage of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: She is one of the women specifically named in the
Speaker 1: genealogy found in the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew one verses
Speaker 1: five through six. Ruth, a Mobite woman, is a great
Speaker 1: grandmother of Dick King David, and through David becomes an
Speaker 1: ancestor of Jesus. So I just want to let you
Speaker 1: guys know that Matthew's line actually goes through Joseph, and
Speaker 1: then Luke's line goes through Mary. Okay, So Joseph obviously
Speaker 1: is not his real father, but in Jewish lineage, if
Speaker 1: you are adopted like Jesus would be to him, then
Speaker 1: his lineage is also important, right, because he basically adopted Jesus, right,
Speaker 1: So that is in the Jewish history, that's how they
Speaker 1: do it. So all right, so we will go ahead
Speaker 1: and kick off today's study with Ruth. Chapter one. Let
Speaker 1: me go ahead and go there real quick. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: this is not just a love story or anything like that.
Speaker 1: The most important part is that you understand that through
Speaker 1: all this stuff that happens in this book, jesus Is
Speaker 1: lineage comes through David. Okay, that's very important. So you've
Speaker 1: been seeing basically everything everything in the Old Testament that
Speaker 1: we've been reading about is all leading up to Jesus's
Speaker 1: birth right, So everything that was it that we're talking
Speaker 1: about is all leading towards that. And you're and you're
Speaker 1: seeing all these things, interchanging things happening, But the lineage
Speaker 1: is there. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all these different people are
Speaker 1: through this lineage, and Ruth is also part of this lineage,
Speaker 1: and it's very important. You even see Judah right through
Speaker 1: his daughter in law and that to Perez. Then you go,
Speaker 1: I mean, all these this, all this stuff that's explained
Speaker 1: in Matthew and Luke, these lineages are all interwoven through
Speaker 1: the Old Testament. So it's all preparing for Jesus to
Speaker 1: be born through King David's lineage. So it's really really
Speaker 1: awesome and amazing. So let's go ahead and start. I'll
Speaker 1: just do a little intro to Ruth chapter one. Ruth
Speaker 1: Chapter one beautifully encapsulates the human struggle with loss, the
Speaker 1: courage of courage to make difficult decisions, and the power
Speaker 1: of loyalty. Ruth's unwavering commitment to Naomi is an inspiration
Speaker 1: demonstrating the faith and loyalty can't create Demonstrating that faith
Speaker 1: and loyalty can't create an unbreakable bond even in the
Speaker 1: face of hardship. It reminds us that even in the
Speaker 1: midst of bitterness and despair, the seeds of hope can
Speaker 1: be sown, foreshadowing God's providential care. Okay, so let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and get right into it. So we're gonna be
Speaker 1: in Ruth chapter one, and I'm just gonna let you
Speaker 1: guys know, I went over these three chapters and I
Speaker 1: thoroughly enjoyed it. I really enjoyed going over these chapters,
Speaker 1: and I hope you guys do too. All of it's important.
Speaker 1: The whole Old Testament is important. So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go over that. So Ruth chapter one, verse one,
Speaker 1: it's Alimolex family goes to Moab, is the title. So
Speaker 1: now it came to pass. This is Ruth chapter one,
Speaker 1: verse one. Now it came to pass in the days
Speaker 1: when judges ruled. There was a famine in the land,
Speaker 1: and a certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to dwell
Speaker 1: in the country of Moab. He and his wife and
Speaker 1: his two sons. The name of the man was Alimelech,
Speaker 1: the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names
Speaker 1: of his two sons were Milan and Chilean. If Ephriytes
Speaker 1: it's Ephratites Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah, and they went to
Speaker 1: the country of Moab and remained there. Okay, so we
Speaker 1: have that. Let's go ahead and stop real quick. So
Speaker 1: there's the context of famine and departure. So Ruth one,
Speaker 1: verse one and two introduces the time of famine in Bethlehem,
Speaker 1: promoting Elimelech and his family to move to Moab. This
Speaker 1: decision sets the states for the unfolding drama and highlights
Speaker 1: of the theme of display, displacement and survival. And one
Speaker 1: thing I want to go over before we continue is
Speaker 1: that the way the Moabites came about. Okay, we have
Speaker 1: the Ammonites, not to be mistaken with the Amorites, but
Speaker 1: we had the Ammonites and the Moabites. Okay, So what
Speaker 1: happened was a lot from the story of Sodomgamora took
Speaker 1: his two daughters up to the mountains because he was
Speaker 1: afraid for them to come down the mountain. So they
Speaker 1: thought that they were going to be stuck up there
Speaker 1: on the mountain and not be able to have children.
Speaker 1: So what do they do there? Used to being in Soadomegamore,
Speaker 1: they're used to sin. They get their father drunk, They
Speaker 1: hook up with their father, each one, and they both
Speaker 1: get pregnant, and they have the Moabites, the oldest, the
Speaker 1: eldest has the Moabites, the youngest has the Ammonites. And
Speaker 1: throughout throughout the Old Testament, as we've been reading, we've
Speaker 1: been reading this war has been happening between the Mobites.
Speaker 1: Sometimes the Ammonites are involved the Mobites, between the Israelites
Speaker 1: their enemies. Okay, even to the point where they were
Speaker 1: asking to go through the land of the Mobites, just
Speaker 1: to walk through. They're not going to drink any of
Speaker 1: their water, They're not gonna eat any of their food,
Speaker 1: they're not gonna take any of their animals. They're just
Speaker 1: gonna walk straight through. And they denied them, and they
Speaker 1: told them to go around. Okay, So they were beefing. Okay,
Speaker 1: So just want to let you guys know that history
Speaker 1: before we continue. Ruth one, verse three. Then Alimelech, Naomi's
Speaker 1: husband died and she was left. She was left and
Speaker 1: her two sons. Now they took wives of women of Moab.
Speaker 1: The name of the one was Oprah and the name
Speaker 1: of the other Ruth. And they dwelt about ten years.
Speaker 1: Then both Molan and Chilean also died, so the women
Speaker 1: survived under two sons and her husband. Then both Mohon
Speaker 1: and Chillan also died, so the woman survived her two
Speaker 1: sons and her husband. So we have Naomi alive, her
Speaker 1: husband passes away, her two sons pass away. All you
Speaker 1: have left is Naomi, Oprah and Ruth. Now so they
Speaker 1: are widows, okay, all three of them. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and continue. So in my notes it says tragedy
Speaker 1: and loss Verses three through five describes the death of
Speaker 1: Alimelech and his sons, leaving Naomi and her daughters in
Speaker 1: laws as widows. This passage underscores the vulnerability and grief
Speaker 1: experienced by these women. Okay, so let's go ahead and continue.
Speaker 1: Naomi returns with Ruth. That's the title. This is Ruth
Speaker 1: one verse six. And then she arose with their daughters
Speaker 1: in laws, and she might return to the country of Moab.
Speaker 1: For she had heard in the country of Moab that
Speaker 1: the Lord had visited his people by giving them bread.
Speaker 1: Therefore she went out from the place where she was,
Speaker 1: and her daughters and daughters and her two daughters in
Speaker 1: law with her, and they went out of the way
Speaker 1: to the land of Judah. And Miaomi said to her
Speaker 1: two daughters in laws, go returned to her mother's house.
Speaker 1: Go return each to your mother's house. The Lord deal
Speaker 1: kindly with you, as they have dwelt with the dead
Speaker 1: and with me. And the Lord grant you may find
Speaker 1: rest in each of these houses of her husband. Naomi's
Speaker 1: telling them, go back to your parents' house. You know,
Speaker 1: we lost my two sons. You were now released. You know.
Speaker 1: She wants them to go back, and it continues and says,
Speaker 1: So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices
Speaker 1: and wept, and they said to her, surely we will
Speaker 1: return with you to your people. By Naomi said, turn back,
Speaker 1: my daughters. Why will you go with me? Are there
Speaker 1: still sons in my womb that they may be your
Speaker 1: husband's Turn back, my daughters, go for I am too
Speaker 1: old to have a husband. If I should say that,
Speaker 1: I have hope. If I should have a husband tonight,
Speaker 1: should also bear sons? Would you wait for them till
Speaker 1: they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No,
Speaker 1: my daughter's for it grees me very much, for your sakes,
Speaker 1: that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.
Speaker 1: So you see what's happening. She's basically saying, you know,
Speaker 1: I had my two sons, they both passed away, or
Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? Wait for me to get
Speaker 1: remarried and then have two new sons when they turn
Speaker 1: you know older eighteen sixteen whatever, however old that they
Speaker 1: used to marry back then, are you gonna wait all
Speaker 1: that time? No, she said, it grieves me for you
Speaker 1: to stay with me and be loyal to me, but
Speaker 1: when you should be going out and finding and basically
Speaker 1: a new husband, right. So that's and then also you're
Speaker 1: noticing that Naomi is talking about that the hand of
Speaker 1: the Lord has gone out against me, right, because she
Speaker 1: lost her husband and she lost her two sons, So
Speaker 1: she's feeling like something is going on, right, that the
Speaker 1: Lord is against her. And obviously she even though they
Speaker 1: were in the land of the country of Moab, you know,
Speaker 1: because of the famine that was going on at the time.
Speaker 1: That's that's kind of why they ended up going there.
Speaker 1: But you're noticing that, you know, her Lord is the
Speaker 1: Lord God right of the Bible's yeahweh right, so God
Speaker 1: the father right. So the Moabites, they primarily worshiped the
Speaker 1: god Chimash. He was a national deity and considered the
Speaker 1: patreon god of the Moabite people. The Misha steel On
Speaker 1: inscription around a forty provides historical evidence of the Shamasa's
Speaker 1: significance to the Moabites. Okay, so that's the god that
Speaker 1: they were worshiping. So you're gonna notice here something very
Speaker 1: interesting about Ruth what she says, even though that she
Speaker 1: was a mobite. Okay, so let's continue Ruth one verse fourteen.
Speaker 1: Then they lifted up their voices and wet and Oprah
Speaker 1: kissed her mother in law. But Ruth clung to her,
Speaker 1: and she said, look, your sister in law has gone
Speaker 1: back to her people and her gods return after her
Speaker 1: sister in law. Right, Rex Coral. Sorry, my dogs are
Speaker 1: being very loud. They're fighting. Sorry, guys, if you guys
Speaker 1: hear that in the background, I do apologize. Look, your
Speaker 1: sisters in law has gone back to the people. Okay,
Speaker 1: So it says Oprah kissed her mother in law, but
Speaker 1: Ruth clung to her, and she said, look, your sister
Speaker 1: in law has gone back to her people and to
Speaker 1: her gods return after her sister in law. Give me
Speaker 1: one second, cap all right, let's go back. Sorry guys,
Speaker 1: you probably didn't notice the pause, but okay, you're sharing screen.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and continue. Okay, let's continue to share screen.
Speaker 1: Hold on, guys, I want to go back to my screen. Sorry.
Speaker 1: I had to put one of my dogs away. They'd
Speaker 1: be doing that for hours. And I don't want you
Speaker 1: guys to hear that in the background. That sound if
Speaker 1: you could hear it, and let's go ahead and continue.
Speaker 1: So all right, so you're noticing that. Ruth clung to her.
Speaker 1: She said, look, your sister in law has gone back
Speaker 1: to her people and her gods return after your sister
Speaker 1: in law. You see you see what she's saying there.
Speaker 1: She's like, hey, you know, you know I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: going to Jerusalem to Judah says, right, Judah, I think
Speaker 1: she's gonna be going back to her land where you
Speaker 1: know we're they going to be worsiping yahweight. She said,
Speaker 1: you know your sister in law has gone back to
Speaker 1: her people and to her God's return after your sister
Speaker 1: in law. But Ruth said, and treat me to entreat
Speaker 1: me not to leave you or to turn back from you,
Speaker 1: following after you. For wherever you go, I will go,
Speaker 1: and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall
Speaker 1: be my people, and your god my god. Very interesting.
Speaker 1: Where you die, I will die, and there will I
Speaker 1: be buried? The Lord do to me? And more also,
Speaker 1: if anything but death parts you in me, so if
Speaker 1: anything but death parts you in me, so very very interesting.
Speaker 1: So in sixteen and through eighteen it contains Ruth's famous
Speaker 1: declaration of loyalty Dioma Naomi, where she says, where you go,
Speaker 1: I will go, where you stay, I will stay. Your
Speaker 1: people will be my people, and your God will be
Speaker 1: my God. This commitment exemplifies the steadfast love and faithfulness.
Speaker 1: So I'll go over a little bit more notes here,
Speaker 1: look at it. Let's look at it a little more deep.
Speaker 1: Ruth's loyalty is a central theme of the Book of Ruth,
Speaker 1: a narrative found in the Old Testament. Her account is
Speaker 1: profound example of faithfulness, devotion, and providence of God. Ruth,
Speaker 1: a Mobi woman, becomes an ancestor of King David and
Speaker 1: ultimately Jesus Christ. Her and wavering loyalty to her mother
Speaker 1: in law Naomi, and her commitment to God of Israel
Speaker 1: are celebrated throughout scripture. Ruth live, Well, we already we
Speaker 1: already kind of went over that. So Ruth's loyalty is
Speaker 1: the most vividly expressed in her response to Naomi urgently
Speaker 1: to stay in Moab and Ruth one sixteen through seventeen,
Speaker 1: we kind of already went through the declaration. This declaration
Speaker 1: is a testament to steadfast commitment, and only to Naomi,
Speaker 1: but also to the God of Israel. You know. So
Speaker 1: you say that part where she says, and you're God,
Speaker 1: not God's, but God will be my God. You see
Speaker 1: how she doesn't say God's. She knows that there's only
Speaker 1: one true God, and she's declaring it here, and she's
Speaker 1: declaring that she wants to worship yahweh right, So very
Speaker 1: very good man, interesting stuff. So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go back. And it says when she saw that she
Speaker 1: was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her. Now,
Speaker 1: the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem,
Speaker 1: and it happened when they had come to Bethlehem that
Speaker 1: all the city was excited because of them. And the
Speaker 1: women said, is that Naomi? But she said to them,
Speaker 1: do not call me Naomi, but call me Mara. Mara,
Speaker 1: it actually means hold on. Let me see, I think
Speaker 1: it means man. I can't remember. I was studying that.
Speaker 1: I forgot what it meant, something about something. Let's see
Speaker 1: maara in Hebrew bitter or bitterness. So don't call me Naomi.
Speaker 1: Let's see what Naomi means, Naomi Naomi okay. So Naomi
Speaker 1: means pleasantness, delight, or beauty okay, and Mara means bitterness. Okay.
Speaker 1: So you notice that since her her husband died and
Speaker 1: her two kids now, she's filled with bitterness. Okay. So
Speaker 1: it says, for the Almighty has dealt very bitter with me,
Speaker 1: bitterly with me. That's why she calls maraa and then
Speaker 1: Ruth one one says, I went out full and the
Speaker 1: Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you
Speaker 1: call me Naomi? Since the Lord has testified against me
Speaker 1: and the Almighty has afflicted me. You see, she's just
Speaker 1: going through a time right now of grief, very tough.
Speaker 1: You know, she lost her husband for ten years and
Speaker 1: then she and then she lost her two sons now,
Speaker 1: so that's a very tough thing for a woman, obviously,
Speaker 1: anybody to go through. If a man lost his wife
Speaker 1: and two sons, or wife and two daughters, I'm sure
Speaker 1: he would feel pretty bitter. Also, you know, I don't
Speaker 1: think you should feel bitter towards God, but you probably
Speaker 1: will just be feeling bitter. So in in my notes,
Speaker 1: it says in verses twenty through twenty one, Naomi expresses
Speaker 1: her bitterness, feeling the Almighty has dealt harshy with her.
Speaker 1: Her honesty about her pain invites us to bring our
Speaker 1: own struggles before God. Right, So she's saying it out loud,
Speaker 1: she's expressing it. And you know that God can hear
Speaker 1: everything that you say, right, So let's go let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and look at to this topic a little deeper. Naomi,
Speaker 1: a central figure in the Book of Ruth, is a
Speaker 1: poignant example of human suffering and divine providence. Her account
Speaker 1: unfolds during the time of the Judges, a period marked
Speaker 1: by social and spiritual upheaval in Israel. Noami's journey from
Speaker 1: Bethlehem to Mohab went back as a narrative loss of
Speaker 1: bitterness and ventual restoration. Why do you think they're going
Speaker 1: through a famine at that time? Because they because of
Speaker 1: their upheaval and the spiritual upheaval. It's because they're worshiping
Speaker 1: other gods. It's because just like we read in the
Speaker 1: very end of Judges, what do we read? We read
Speaker 1: the guy that the boy with the telling his mom
Speaker 1: that he's the one that took the thousand pieces of silver,
Speaker 1: gives a thousand pieces of silver back to her. She
Speaker 1: praises Yahweh and says, Okay, I'll take two hundred of
Speaker 1: these silvers and I'll build an idol. You see, they're mixing.
Speaker 1: They're mixing religions, right, they're mixing like what the pagans do,
Speaker 1: mixed with what God wants, how God wants to be worshiped.
Speaker 1: And you see when that happens, then what happens. The
Speaker 1: disobedience caused us a famine in the land. Okay, so
Speaker 1: that's what's happening. That's probably why she's bitter, because she
Speaker 1: feels like it's God's fault, but really it's her own
Speaker 1: people's fault. That's the reason why it's happening. So Nowami's
Speaker 1: bitterness is the most vividly expressed upon her return to Bethlehem.
Speaker 1: That's where they're coming back to Bethham. Sorry, I said
Speaker 1: you when the women of the town recognize her, she
Speaker 1: responded to you do not call me Naomi, call me Mara,
Speaker 1: because the Almighty has dealt with me bitterly. The name
Speaker 1: Mara means bitter, which I talked about, reflecting her deep
Speaker 1: sense of loss and a perceived divine judgment upon her life.
Speaker 1: What's the theological implications. Well, Niaomi's experience raises profound theological
Speaker 1: questions about suffering, divine sovereignty, and the human response. Her
Speaker 1: lamentation acknowledges God, God's hand in her circumstances, yet it
Speaker 1: also reveals a struggle to understand his purposes. Naomi's bitterness
Speaker 1: is not merely personal grief. It is a theological crisis,
Speaker 1: questioning the goodness and faithfulness of God amidst adversity. And
Speaker 1: we will see later that her biddenness does turn to joy. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: And that's a testament of God's faithfulness. You'll see that later.
Speaker 1: But I don't want to ruin any of that part
Speaker 1: for you guys. Let's go ahead and go back to
Speaker 1: my notes and let's continue. So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to Ruth one verse twenty two. We have we
Speaker 1: still have another verse to go. So Naomi returned and
Speaker 1: Ruth the moabites her daughter in law with her. Ruth
Speaker 1: the mobiteists her daughter in law with her, who returned
Speaker 1: from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the Barley Harvest. Okay, So let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and look up that what so In the
Speaker 1: Bible of barley harvest is a significant agricultural event, typically
Speaker 1: occurring in the spring around the time of Passover. It
Speaker 1: was the first major grain harvest of the year and
Speaker 1: was often associated with the Feast of First Fruits. Barley
Speaker 1: was a staple food, particularly for the poor, and was
Speaker 1: used for animal feed. The key aspects of the barley
Speaker 1: harvest and the Bible timing. The barley harvest usually began
Speaker 1: in the spring around Passover late March or April, and
Speaker 1: marked the start of the agricultural calendar. The wheat harvest followed.
Speaker 1: The wheat harvest followed a few weeks later. The barley
Speaker 1: harvest was important for sustenance, especially when the winter months.
Speaker 1: It was also religiously significant for the Feast of First Fruits,
Speaker 1: involving offering the first sheaf of the barley harvest to God.
Speaker 1: Spiritual symbolism, the barley harvest is the first harvest was
Speaker 1: seen as the foreshadowing of the first resurrection in Christ.
Speaker 1: Resurrection very interesting why barley was a common food, especially
Speaker 1: for the poor. It was also used for feeding animals
Speaker 1: like horses and donkeys. The Book of ruth It says
Speaker 1: it right here. The story of Ruth was connected to
Speaker 1: the barley harvest. But I know me and Ruth arriving
Speaker 1: in Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley harvest. Harvesting process.
Speaker 1: The harvest involved cutting the barley with sickles, threshing, crushing
Speaker 1: the grain, and win win a wing, separating the grain
Speaker 1: from the chaff. Okay, So I just wanted to go
Speaker 1: over that with you guys, so you knew what's going
Speaker 1: on with the barley harvests, all right, So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and check out some let me see if there's
Speaker 1: anything I'm missing here, Okay, So all right, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and check out some teaching, are some practical applications.
Speaker 1: So first, trust in God's provision even in times of
Speaker 1: famine or loss. Trust that God is working behind the
Speaker 1: scenes to provide for your needs. So God is definitely
Speaker 1: working behind the scenes. There's things happening in this spiritual
Speaker 1: world which I always tell you guys, that we don't see.
Speaker 1: There could be an attack happening, a spiritual attack that's
Speaker 1: preventing you from doing something, and God might go and
Speaker 1: intervene and take that spiritual attack away. You don't know
Speaker 1: because you're feeling a spiritual attack and then you start
Speaker 1: maybe you're praying, or maybe you're trying to maybe fight
Speaker 1: it off by using scripture, or you might just be
Speaker 1: going along with it and doing it whatever they're being
Speaker 1: attacked about. And God intervenes and we don't even know
Speaker 1: when he intervenes or when he doesn't. And when it
Speaker 1: comes to famine or loss, God's also intervening because God
Speaker 1: is assisting you emotionally and you don't even know it. Okay,
Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit is assisting you because he's guiding you on.
Speaker 1: You know, he's like I said, he's like a he
Speaker 1: is like our compass, right, he's showing the way right,
Speaker 1: he's on moral compass, and he's also guiding you. So yeah,
Speaker 1: definitely providing for your needs. Commitment to relationships like Ruth
Speaker 1: demonstrates loyalty and commitment to those God has placed in
Speaker 1: your life, even when it requires sacrifice. And then honesty
Speaker 1: and prayer follow Ninewies example by being honest with God
Speaker 1: about your feelings, trusting that He can handle your pain
Speaker 1: and bitterness. Obviously, God is going to understand you just
Speaker 1: lost your husband and then you're you know, ten years
Speaker 1: ago and now you lost your two sons and you're
Speaker 1: walking around. You're feeling bitter. There's a famine going on.
Speaker 1: You're probably hungry, you have no money, You're a widow.
Speaker 1: Why do you think God says in the Bible take
Speaker 1: care of the widows? You know, God says it. Let's
Speaker 1: try to I think I have that on my next
Speaker 1: page of notes, the Sabbath, the Sabbath moment. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let me see where hold on. Yes, not communion, widows,
Speaker 1: taking care of widows. Okay, I have a few examples
Speaker 1: of where God says to take care of widows. The
Speaker 1: Bible frequently discusses the care of widows throughout both the
Speaker 1: Old and New Testament. Key passages include Exodus twenty two
Speaker 1: twenty two. Right. In Exodus twenty two twenty twos, it
Speaker 1: sternly warns against afflicting widows and fatherless children, stating God
Speaker 1: will hear their cries when they are wronged. Okay, The
Speaker 1: next passage would be Deuteronomy fourteen twenty eight through twenty nine.
Speaker 1: This includes the widow and the community provision of tithes,
Speaker 1: ensuring that they have food and are cared for, and
Speaker 1: Psalms one six nine. God highlights protection over the widows.
Speaker 1: Zachariah seven nine through ten calls for righteous judgment and
Speaker 1: compassion towards widows and oppressed. In the New Testament James
Speaker 1: one twenty seven, it defines pure religion as visiting orphans
Speaker 1: and widows and their affliction understand. And then one Timothy
Speaker 1: five fifty three through sixteen provides specific instructions for the
Speaker 1: church to care for widows, emphasizing honor, emphasizing honoring those
Speaker 1: who are truly in need, and established criteria for support.
Speaker 1: It also encourages family members to support the widows before
Speaker 1: the church. So it actually goes into detail in Timothy
Speaker 1: five thirteenth one Timothy five thirteen through sixteen. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: let me just go ahead and look at that real quick.
Speaker 1: Fir Timothy five, it says, honor true widows. I'll just
Speaker 1: read it real quick, so you guys can go to
Speaker 1: get an idea. Honor widows who are really widows. But
Speaker 1: if they are, if any widow has a children or grandchildren,
Speaker 1: let them first learn to show piety at home and
Speaker 1: to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable
Speaker 1: before God. Now she who is really a widow and
Speaker 1: left alone, trust in God and continues supplications in prayers
Speaker 1: night and day. But she who lives in the pleasure
Speaker 1: is dead while she lives. And these things come, and
Speaker 1: these things command that they may be blameless. But if
Speaker 1: anyone does not provide for these own, for his own,
Speaker 1: and especially for those of his household, he has denied
Speaker 1: the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Do not
Speaker 1: let a widow under sixty years old be taken into
Speaker 1: the number. Okay, So got to understand, when you become
Speaker 1: a widow and you're over sixty, you have nobody to
Speaker 1: hunt for you. You have nobody to get food for you. Okay,
Speaker 1: So you are in a very, very vulnerable position. And
Speaker 1: Paul recognizes that. So what he's explaining here is saying
Speaker 1: that do not let a widow under sixty years old
Speaker 1: be taken into the number, And not unless she has
Speaker 1: been the wife of one man well reported for good works.
Speaker 1: If she has brought up up children, and she has
Speaker 1: lodge strangers, if she has washed their saints' feet, if
Speaker 1: she has relieved the afflicted, then she has diligently followed
Speaker 1: every good work. But refuse the younger widows from when
Speaker 1: they begin to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to
Speaker 1: marry having condination because they have cast off their first faith.
Speaker 1: And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about their
Speaker 1: house to house, and not only idle, but gossip and busybodies,
Speaker 1: saying things that are not ought okay or not okay.
Speaker 1: So therefore I desire that younger widows marry, bear children,
Speaker 1: manage the house. Give no opportunity to the adversary to
Speaker 1: speak reproachfully, for some have already turned aside after Satan.
Speaker 1: If any believing man or woman has widows, let them
Speaker 1: relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened
Speaker 1: that it may relieve those who are really widows. Okay.
Speaker 1: And that's for Timothy three through sixteen. I just read
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five thirty four through forty connects caring for
Speaker 1: the vulnerable, including widows, to carrying for as the same
Speaker 1: as caring for Christ himself. Okay. So it's very important.
Speaker 1: The reason why I bring this up is because Ruth
Speaker 1: and Naomi are widows, okay, and they're trying to go
Speaker 1: through They're about to enter the land of Bethlehem, and
Speaker 1: this is the beginning of the barley harvest, Okay. So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go to Ruth chapter two, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna get into when Ruth meets Boaz. Ruth chapter two.
Speaker 1: Let me go over a little intro for Ruth chapter two.
Speaker 1: It says, Ruth two paints a beautiful picture of God's
Speaker 1: guidance even in our unawareness. It's a testament to the
Speaker 1: rewards of unwavering faithfulness and humility. The generosity shown by
Speaker 1: Boaz serves as a reminder that acts of kindness can
Speaker 1: bring profound impact and those in need. Yes, amen, all right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and go ahead and start Ruth two.
Speaker 1: Let me go pull up my notes real quick. Ruth two.
Speaker 1: Verse one. There was a relative of Naomi's husband, a
Speaker 1: man of great wealth, let me turn out silent, a
Speaker 1: family of a alimelech. His name was Boaz. So Ruth
Speaker 1: the moabitiss said to Naomi, please let me go to
Speaker 1: the field and glean heads of grain after him, and
Speaker 1: whose sight I may find favor. And she said to her, go,
Speaker 1: my daughter, And she left and went and gleaned in
Speaker 1: the field after the reapers. And she happened to come
Speaker 1: to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who
Speaker 1: is the family of Alimelech. Now what's happening here is
Speaker 1: the reapers are the one that work for Boaz. Okay,
Speaker 1: so the reapers are the ones gathering the the They're
Speaker 1: the ones that are gathering the grain, right, so the harvest. So,
Speaker 1: and what happens is the poor or the you know
Speaker 1: what they're they're trained basically in the law. Let me
Speaker 1: let me just read it real quick before we before
Speaker 1: we get to do it. Their training, the law, uh,
Speaker 1: the law actually requires for them to do this. I'll
Speaker 1: show you. Leviticus nineteen versus nine through ten says, when
Speaker 1: you reap the harvest of your land, you shall actually
Speaker 1: let me read this in the New King James, Leviticus
Speaker 1: nineteen nine and ten. Leviticus, here we go, Here we go,
Speaker 1: we go where we Fittius nineteen Okay, it says, when
Speaker 1: you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not
Speaker 1: wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you
Speaker 1: gather the gleanings of your harvest. You shall not glean
Speaker 1: your wneyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard.
Speaker 1: You shall leave them for the poor and the stranger.
Speaker 1: I am the Lord your God, So it's meant for
Speaker 1: the traveler, and it's also meant for the poor. You
Speaker 1: leave a little in your corner for them to eat.
Speaker 1: You gather your whole field besides a little area. You
Speaker 1: leave that for the poor, and you also leave that
Speaker 1: for the travelers, the sojourners that are walking through. That's
Speaker 1: what that is. And bo As they are, they're widows,
Speaker 1: so they are very hungry, so they're going to be
Speaker 1: following the reapers, who are the ones that actually work
Speaker 1: for Boaz. So there we go, and let me also
Speaker 1: go back back to Deuteronomy twenty four nineteen. Is another one,
Speaker 1: when you reap your harvest in your field. This is
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy twenty four verse nineteen. Deuteronomy twenty four verse nineteen,
Speaker 1: it says, when you reap your harvest and your field
Speaker 1: and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not
Speaker 1: go back for it. It shall be for the stranger,
Speaker 1: the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God
Speaker 1: may bless you in all your work in your hands. Okay,
Speaker 1: So it also says that in Deuteronomy or twenty four nineteen,
Speaker 1: same concept. And then and then also when you go
Speaker 1: into the New Testament, you're gonna notice that. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you guys remember we talked about this where
Speaker 1: Jesus and his apostles are as disciples were Actually I'm
Speaker 1: saying apostles because I'm reading the book Acts. Jesus and
Speaker 1: his disciples get criticized for picking the the grain the
Speaker 1: field of grain on the Sabbath. Let's look at that
Speaker 1: real quick. On the Sabbath day, Jesus and his disciples
Speaker 1: were walking through a field of grain. His disciples, being hungry,
Speaker 1: began to pluck and eat the heads of grain. The Pharisees,
Speaker 1: observing this, criticized them for working on the Sabbath. Jesus
Speaker 1: defended his disciples by referencing instances in scripture where David
Speaker 1: and his companions ate consecrated bread and where the priests
Speaker 1: worked in the temple on the Sabbath. Being without being condemned,
Speaker 1: then he proclaimed that the Son of Man is the
Speaker 1: Lord of the Sabbath. It's the same kind of scenario
Speaker 1: that Ruth is doing right here. Okay, Jesus's disciples were
Speaker 1: walking through the grainfield, and the Sabbath disciples, being hungry,
Speaker 1: they plucked and ate the heads of grain. Right So, yes,
Speaker 1: very interesting so I just wanted to kind of go
Speaker 1: over that, so you guys are aware of that, and
Speaker 1: we'll go ahead to jump back into Let me just
Speaker 1: look look at my other notes. Okay, Yeah, So Ruth's
Speaker 1: initiative and faith. Ruth takes the innative. Ruth takes the
Speaker 1: initiative to glean in the fields, demonstrating her willingness to
Speaker 1: work and her faith of God's provision. Let me go
Speaker 1: to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind
Speaker 1: anyone in whose eyes I find favor? Okay, and and
Speaker 1: uh Ruth two verse four. Now, behold, Boaz came from
Speaker 1: Bethlehem and said to the reapers, the Lord be with you,
Speaker 1: and they answered him, the Lord bless you. So you
Speaker 1: see that that Boaz is a man of God. Right
Speaker 1: he comes out, he says, the Lord be with you,
Speaker 1: and they answered him, the Lord bless you. So he
Speaker 1: says that to his workers, his reapers. So I think
Speaker 1: that's really cool. It's kind of like if you're at
Speaker 1: work and your and your boss came up to you
Speaker 1: and said God is great, and we were like all
Speaker 1: the time. You know, like if you had a boss
Speaker 1: like that, you know that would for me. You will
Speaker 1: motivate me. I'd be so happy if my boss said
Speaker 1: something like that to me. So Boaz notices Ruth and
Speaker 1: extends kindness of protection of her, reflecting God's care which
Speaker 1: is going to happen here, Lord Boothie Boas called to them,
Speaker 1: the Lord bless you. They replied, so and then God's providence.
Speaker 1: The chapter illustrates God's providence as Ruth happened to glean
Speaker 1: in Boaz's field their relative Naomi, as it turned out,
Speaker 1: she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who
Speaker 1: was of the clan of alimelech Let's continue. So then
Speaker 1: Boa said it was servants who was in charge of
Speaker 1: the reapers. Whose young woman is this? So the servant
Speaker 1: who was in charge of the reaper's answered and said,
Speaker 1: it is the young Moabite woman who came back with
Speaker 1: Naomi from the country of Moab. And she says, please
Speaker 1: let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheeves.
Speaker 1: So she came, and she continued from more until now,
Speaker 1: though she rested a little in the house. Then Boaz
Speaker 1: said to Ruth, you will listen, my daughter, Will you
Speaker 1: not do not go to glean in another field, nor
Speaker 1: go from here, but stay close to my young women.
Speaker 1: Let your eyes be on the field which they reap,
Speaker 1: and go after them. Have I not commanded the young
Speaker 1: men not to touch you? And when you go thirsty,
Speaker 1: go to the vessels and drink from the young men
Speaker 1: who have drawn. So you see him already kind of
Speaker 1: feeling some type of way about Ruth, letting her know,
Speaker 1: don't go to other fields, stick with my field. And
Speaker 1: I already let my reapers know not to touch you,
Speaker 1: you know, So that's good, you know, like basically, don't
Speaker 1: hit on you, if we put it in terms nowadays,
Speaker 1: don't hit on her, don't touch her, don't assault her,
Speaker 1: do not do anything like that. Don't try to hook
Speaker 1: up with her. Right he's saying, don't do that. And
Speaker 1: if you're thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from
Speaker 1: the young men have drawn. So the young men have
Speaker 1: drawn water, they're going to go ahead and give you
Speaker 1: water as well. So she fell in her face, bowed
Speaker 1: down to the ground, and said to him, why have
Speaker 1: I found favor in your eyes that you should take
Speaker 1: notice of me since I am a foreigner? And Boas
Speaker 1: answered and said to her, it has been fully reporting
Speaker 1: me that all you have done for your mother in
Speaker 1: law since the death of your husband, and now you
Speaker 1: have left your father and your mother and the land
Speaker 1: of your birth and have come to the people whom
Speaker 1: you did not know before. The Lord repay your work,
Speaker 1: and a full reward be given to you by the
Speaker 1: Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come
Speaker 1: for refuge. See very very awesome, knowledgeable and wisdom words
Speaker 1: that he's speaking to her. I like the way he's
Speaker 1: talking to her. Women, Just so you guys know, he
Speaker 1: is being a protector, protector, and he's being a provider. Okay,
Speaker 1: you see the way he's talking to her. Also he's
Speaker 1: being a spiritual leader by saying that may the Lord
Speaker 1: God of Israel, whose wings you have come come for refuge.
Speaker 1: You see. So women, they love her protector, they love
Speaker 1: her provider. That's kind of what Bolas is being. He's
Speaker 1: being a protector right here in verse eight through nine,
Speaker 1: right telling all the men not to touch her, not
Speaker 1: to not to do anything with her. And then he's
Speaker 1: being a provider right here where he's telling her that
Speaker 1: she can go and drink from the water and also
Speaker 1: not to go to any other field you can glean
Speaker 1: in my field, right, So yeah, and just to let
Speaker 1: women know or just let the men know that, you know,
Speaker 1: that's what women love, right, A protector and a provider
Speaker 1: and also a spiritual leader. Perfect. And then let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and go here. On verse thirteen, then she said,
Speaker 1: let me find favor on your site, my lord, for
Speaker 1: you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your
Speaker 1: maid servant, though I am not like one of your
Speaker 1: maid servants. So yeah, so she probably feels very special
Speaker 1: at this moment. She's been having a tough time. They've
Speaker 1: been going through famine, and they're probably very hungry, and
Speaker 1: it was probably hard for them to find food for
Speaker 1: a while. Now she actually finds a place where bo
Speaker 1: As is treating her kindly, and she's probably very happy
Speaker 1: at this moment. Let's go ahead and go over some notes.
Speaker 1: It says Ruth's character and reputation precedes her as Boad's
Speaker 1: acknowledges her lord to Naomi, all that you have done
Speaker 1: for your mother in law since the death of her
Speaker 1: husband has been fully reported to me. So character and
Speaker 1: reputation can go a little deeper into that. In the
Speaker 1: Biblical context, character refers to the moral and ethical qualities
Speaker 1: that define an individual. That's what he was talking about
Speaker 1: with her. In the inner disposition of govern's one action's
Speaker 1: decisions reflecting one's relationship with God and inherence to his commandments.
Speaker 1: The Bible signifies emphasis on development of godly character as
Speaker 1: it is indicative of a life transferred by faith and
Speaker 1: obedience to God's word. Reputation reputation of Biblical sense refers
Speaker 1: to the perception others have of an individual character and conduct.
Speaker 1: Why character is a true measure of a person, reputation
Speaker 1: is how that character is perceived by others. The Bible
Speaker 1: acknowledges the importance of maintaining a good reputation as it came,
Speaker 1: as it can influence one's abilities to witness and serve effectively. Okay,
Speaker 1: I just wanted to kind of go over those and
Speaker 1: now we are on. We go back. We're on Ruth
Speaker 1: two verse fourteen. Now Boas said to her in mule time,
Speaker 1: come here and eat of the bread, and dip your
Speaker 1: piece of bread into the vinegar. So she sat beside
Speaker 1: the reapers, and he passed parts grain to her, and
Speaker 1: she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back. And
Speaker 1: when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying,
Speaker 1: let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not
Speaker 1: approach reapproach her. Also, let grain from the bundles fall
Speaker 1: purposely for her, leave it that she may glean, and
Speaker 1: do not rebuke her. You see, so he's basically just
Speaker 1: totally taken care of her at this point, just saying, hey,
Speaker 1: I want you to I want you to grab as
Speaker 1: much great as you can, but kind of let them
Speaker 1: fall purposely for her. What a blessing ruth two verse seventeen.
Speaker 1: So she gleaned in the field until evening and beat
Speaker 1: out what she had gleaned, and it was about an
Speaker 1: ephah of barley. Then she took it up and went
Speaker 1: into the city. And her mother in law saw that
Speaker 1: she had gleaned, and she brought out and gave to
Speaker 1: her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied,
Speaker 1: And her mother in law said to her, where have
Speaker 1: you gleaned today? And where did you do work? Blessed
Speaker 1: be the one who took notice of you. And she
Speaker 1: told her mother in law and whom she had worked,
Speaker 1: and said that the man's name whom I work today
Speaker 1: is Boaz. Then Noaomi said to her donal Law. Blessed
Speaker 1: be he of the Lord who has not forsaken his
Speaker 1: kindness of the living and the dead. And Naomi said
Speaker 1: to her, this man is relation is in relationship of ours,
Speaker 1: is in relation of ours one of our close relatives,
Speaker 1: Ruth and na Moabite said the Moabite Tis said. He
Speaker 1: also said to me, you shall stay close to my
Speaker 1: young men until they have finished my all my harvests.
Speaker 1: And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter in law, it
Speaker 1: is good, my daughter, that you go out with this
Speaker 1: young woman, and that people that do not meet you
Speaker 1: in other field. So she stayed close by the young
Speaker 1: women of Boaz to glean until the end of barley
Speaker 1: harvest and wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother
Speaker 1: in law. You see this little love story that's starting
Speaker 1: here between bo as in Ruth. Right, let's see what
Speaker 1: I have Deuteronomy. We read. We talked about the incident
Speaker 1: with Jesus right there on the Okay, Also, I want
Speaker 1: to find out where in.
Speaker 2: The Bible it talks about without.
Speaker 1: It might be I might have it in my notes
Speaker 1: for chapter three. Butt's let's go ahead. And since we
Speaker 1: finished the chapter, this is chapter two already done. Kind
Speaker 1: of kind of went by pretty fast. We will go
Speaker 1: into some practical applications. So step out in faith. Like Ruth,
Speaker 1: we should take initiative and trust God to provide for
Speaker 1: our needs even in uncertain circumstances. Show kindness to others.
Speaker 1: Bo as example, encourages us to show kindness and protection
Speaker 1: and those in need, reflecting God's love. Amen, So recognize
Speaker 1: God's hand. Be attentive to how God might be working
Speaker 1: in the ordinary details of your life, orchestrating the events
Speaker 1: for his purposes. You see what's happening orchestrating an event
Speaker 1: for his purposes right now, because Ruth is in need
Speaker 1: of barley. Boaz is looking like he's getting interested in
Speaker 1: Ruth as maybe a woman or a wife. And what's
Speaker 1: happening is the fact that she needed is barley. And
Speaker 1: you know, the circumstances coming together, Ruth and Boaz, you know,
Speaker 1: come together, and what happens, Well, she's the grandmother of
Speaker 1: King David. I mean, this is can't get any better
Speaker 1: than that, right, So recognize God's hand. Okay, be attentive
Speaker 1: to how God might be working in the order. I
Speaker 1: already talked about that Bill a godly reputation. Strive to
Speaker 1: live in such a way that our character and actions
Speaker 1: speak positively to others about your faith. You know, So
Speaker 1: we got to make sure that we understand that other
Speaker 1: people are watching. Okay, even me. Okay, I mean I'm Christian,
Speaker 1: and when I'm at work, I mean obviously you know
Speaker 1: I'm Christian. I'm Christian, you know, And at work, what
Speaker 1: happens is people they watch my actions, they watch what
Speaker 1: I do, you know, because they know that I represent
Speaker 1: the Lord. They know that I have this show, they
Speaker 1: know that I have a podcast, and they just know
Speaker 1: that I'm Christian by the way that I act, the
Speaker 1: way that I do things, and they're literally watching my
Speaker 1: ever move. So I guarantee it. I guarantee if my
Speaker 1: boss or my lead heard me cuss, they would be like,
Speaker 1: what are you doing? You know, they would be very surprised.
Speaker 1: Not you know, when they hear other people cuss, it's nothing,
Speaker 1: but when they hear me cus. You know, if I
Speaker 1: if I stub my toe or I said something like whatever,
Speaker 1: they would be very surprised, you know, and would they
Speaker 1: would just look at me, probably kind of like with
Speaker 1: a weird look on their face, like why are you
Speaker 1: doing that, so just different. So strive to live in
Speaker 1: such a way that our character and actions speak positively
Speaker 1: to others about our faith. Right. And then also I
Speaker 1: like to give you, guys, connecting scriptures Proverbs thirty one,
Speaker 1: ten through thirty one. The virtuous woman like Ruth is
Speaker 1: carrying industrious in caring for her family. So let's look
Speaker 1: up Proverbs thirty one. Let's see Proverbs thirty one, ten
Speaker 1: through thirty one. The virtuous woman who can find a
Speaker 1: virtuous wife for her worth as far above rubies. The
Speaker 1: heart of her husband safely trusts her, so she so
Speaker 1: have no lack of gain. She does aim him good
Speaker 1: and not evil all the days of her life. She
Speaker 1: does him good and not evil in all the days
Speaker 1: of her life. She seeks wool and flax and willingly
Speaker 1: works for her hands. She is like the merchant ships.
Speaker 1: She brings her food from afar. She also rises while
Speaker 1: it is yet and provides food for her household and
Speaker 1: a portion of her maid servants. If he has noticed
Speaker 1: that the world wants the women to be totally opposite
Speaker 1: of what this is saying here, she considers a field
Speaker 1: and buys it for her profits. She plants a vineyard.
Speaker 1: She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms. She
Speaker 1: perceives that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does
Speaker 1: not go out by the night. She stretches out her
Speaker 1: hands to the distaff, and her hand holds the spindle.
Speaker 1: She extends her hand and the poor, and she reaches
Speaker 1: out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid
Speaker 1: of snow for her household, for it is for her
Speaker 1: household is clothed with scarlet. She makes tapestry for herself.
Speaker 1: Her clothing is fine, linen and purple. Her husband is
Speaker 1: known in the gates, and she sits among the elders
Speaker 1: of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them,
Speaker 1: and supplies sashes for the merchants. Strength and honor for
Speaker 1: her clothing. She shall rejoice in the time to come.
Speaker 1: She opens her mouth with wisdom, and her tongue is
Speaker 1: the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of
Speaker 1: her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Speaker 1: Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband
Speaker 1: also as he praises her. Many daughters have done well,
Speaker 1: but excel, but you excel them. All charm is deceitful,
Speaker 1: and beauty is passing. But a woman who fears the
Speaker 1: Lord shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands,
Speaker 1: and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Speaker 1: So day, this is Solomon, I'm sorry, not David. This
Speaker 1: is Solomon doing you know. This is in Proverbs, and
Speaker 1: he's basically explaining what a virtuous woman would be like, right,
Speaker 1: a virtuous wife. Not saying that everybody can meet this
Speaker 1: qualification or every woman should. It's just he's explaining what
Speaker 1: he feels is a good wife. And what they try
Speaker 1: to do with women nowadays is they want to have
Speaker 1: one of them, the husband, working, and they want to
Speaker 1: have the wife also working, and the kids they want
Speaker 1: to have them in daycare. And they want to have
Speaker 1: us so filled with bills and everything that both of
Speaker 1: us have to work and our children are being raised
Speaker 1: by the system. And they also want you to put
Speaker 1: your child in school so that the government raises your
Speaker 1: child as well while you're out at work, working and
Speaker 1: they're taking all these taxes from you and you are
Speaker 1: basically just trying to provide for your household, and that's
Speaker 1: what they would like, especially in California. My goodness is
Speaker 1: just really is like that praise God, that God has
Speaker 1: blessed me with a life where my wife doesn't have
Speaker 1: to work, and that I'm you know, in this situation
Speaker 1: where we're able to homeschool our kids. I mean, what
Speaker 1: a blessing. But you know, this whole virtuous white thing,
Speaker 1: I think it goes along with like like a virtuous
Speaker 1: woman like Ruth is industrious and caring for her family
Speaker 1: is is what it was connecting there Matthew twenty five
Speaker 1: versus thirty five forty, Jesus teaches about serving others as
Speaker 1: Boaz serve Ruth. Let's go ahead and go to those scriptures,
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five, thirty five through forty. Let's go there,
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty five. All right, thirty five through forty, go
Speaker 1: to Yad thirty five through forty. Here we go. For
Speaker 1: I was hungry and you gave me food. I was
Speaker 1: thirsty and you gave me drink. This is Jesus speaking, Okay, guys,
Speaker 1: I was a stranger and you took me in. I
Speaker 1: was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and
Speaker 1: you visited me. I was in prison and you came
Speaker 1: to me. Then the righteous won't answer. I'm saying, Lord,
Speaker 1: when you when you see, when did you see? When
Speaker 1: did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty
Speaker 1: and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger,
Speaker 1: or take you in or naked or clothe you? Or
Speaker 1: when did we see you sick or in prisoner? Come
Speaker 1: to you? You and the King will answer and say
Speaker 1: to them, as surely I say to you, And as
Speaker 1: much as you did to one of my lead these,
Speaker 1: my brethren, you did to me. So as you're taking
Speaker 1: care of the poor, you're taking care of the needy,
Speaker 1: you're taking care of the vulnerable, the less vulnerable. It's
Speaker 1: just like taking care of Jesus himself, is what he's saying.
Speaker 1: So as bo As is doing this with Ruth, it's
Speaker 1: kind of exactly what Jesus is saying in that verse,
Speaker 1: beautiful Romans eight twenty eight. God works all things together
Speaker 1: for good, as as seen in the providence of Ruth's life.
Speaker 1: Let's look up that verse real quick. It probably says
Speaker 1: God works all things together for good, But honestly, if
Speaker 1: it says anything else Romans eight, verse twenty eight. And
Speaker 1: we know that all things work together for good to
Speaker 1: those who love God, to those who were called according
Speaker 1: to his purpose, for whom he fore knew. He also
Speaker 1: predestined to be conformed to the image of his son,
Speaker 1: that it might be the firstborn among many brethren. That's
Speaker 1: twenty eight and twenty nine I read. Okay, just so
Speaker 1: we kind of get the context and also kind of
Speaker 1: a little further blessings. Okay, awesome, awesome, awesome stuff. So
Speaker 1: we already went through Ruth chapter two. Moving right along here,
Speaker 1: we're going to be now in Ruth chapter three. Let
Speaker 1: me go ahead and go over. Let me get to
Speaker 1: Ruth chapter three. Do I have anything on Ruth chapter three?
Speaker 1: Chapter three? Nope, Okay, no worries. I went through it.
Speaker 1: I just don't don't think I saved my notes. But
Speaker 1: that's all right. I have notes over here. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: do this, okay, Ruth Chapter three, let's go over the intro.
Speaker 1: Ruth three teaches us about the power of faithfulness, courage,
Speaker 1: and hope in the face of uncertainty and social social norms.
Speaker 1: Ruth and Naomi dared to hope for redemption bo as
Speaker 1: his reaction to their situation is a wonderful reminder of
Speaker 1: God's loving kindness and his willingness to restore, and redeem.
Speaker 1: This chapter encourages us to have faith and take bold
Speaker 1: actions even when we face seemingly unsurmountable odds. So let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and go to Ruth. Three verse one, the
Speaker 1: title says, Ruth's redemption assured. Then Naomi her mother in
Speaker 1: law saw. Then Naomi, her mother in law, said to her,
Speaker 1: my daughter, shall I not seek security for you in
Speaker 1: that it may be with well with you? Now Boas,
Speaker 1: whose young woman you were with, is he not a relative?
Speaker 1: In fact, he is whinoing barley tonight at the threshole. Therefore,
Speaker 1: wash yourself and annoy yourself. Put on your best garment,
Speaker 1: and go down to the threshing floor. But do not
Speaker 1: make yourself known to the man until he has finished
Speaker 1: eating and drinking. Then it shall be when he lies
Speaker 1: down that you shall notice the place where he lies,
Speaker 1: and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down,
Speaker 1: and he will tell you what you should do. And
Speaker 1: she said that, and she said to her, all you
Speaker 1: say to me, I will do so. So in Noaomi's
Speaker 1: plan and rus obedience. Now he instructs Ruth to go
Speaker 1: to Boaz at the threshing floor, demonstrating a strategic plan
Speaker 1: rooted in cultural customs and faith in God's provision. Noaomi's
Speaker 1: plan and russ obedience will go a little further. Noomi's
Speaker 1: strategy detailed in Ruth three. Okay, so now i'm me
Speaker 1: es central frigging in the Bible. In the Book of
Speaker 1: Ruth is a widow who returned to bed. We know
Speaker 1: about that already. Upon the return of Betham, Nobody advises
Speaker 1: a plan to ensure Ruth's security and well being. Recognized
Speaker 1: the cultural practice of the liverright marriage and the role
Speaker 1: of the kinsman redeemer. Now Me instructs Ruth to seek
Speaker 1: protection and provision of Boaz, a relative of Limelech. Now
Speaker 1: Me's plan is rooted in the customs of the time,
Speaker 1: which allowed a close relative to marry a widow to
Speaker 1: preserve the family lineage and property. That is actually a law.
Speaker 1: I don't know where that's at, but I definitely have
Speaker 1: read that before when we went through Leviticus. Noomi's strategy
Speaker 1: is detailed in Ruth three, verses one through four, which
Speaker 1: we already talked about. Naomi's plan involves Ruth presenting herself
Speaker 1: to Boaz at the threshing floor, a place where the
Speaker 1: grain is processed, and where Boaz would be spending the night.
Speaker 1: Now me instructs Ruth to uncover boas his feet and
Speaker 1: lie down, a gesture of humility and a request for
Speaker 1: protection under his care. Ruth's response to Naomi plant Naomi's
Speaker 1: plan is marked by obedience and loyalty, despite the potential
Speaker 1: risk and uncertainties. Ruth follows Nomi's instruction with faith and trust.
Speaker 1: Her actions demonstrate her commitment to Naomi and her willingness
Speaker 1: to embrace the customs of and God of Israel. So
Speaker 1: in we're going to be reading now and Ruth three
Speaker 1: verse six. So she went down to the threshing floor
Speaker 1: and did according to all her mother in law instructed her.
Speaker 1: And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart
Speaker 1: was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end
Speaker 1: of the heap of grain. And she came softly, uncovered
Speaker 1: his feet and lay down. Now what happened at midnight
Speaker 1: that the man was started startled and turned himself, and
Speaker 1: there a woman was lying at his feet, And he said,
Speaker 1: who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth, your
Speaker 1: maid servant. Take your maid servant under your wing, for
Speaker 1: you are a close relative. Then he said, blessed you
Speaker 1: are of the Lord, my daughter, for you have shown
Speaker 1: more kindness at the end and then in the beginning,
Speaker 1: and that you did not go after young men, whether
Speaker 1: rick were the poor or rich. And now, my daughter,
Speaker 1: do not fear. I will do for you all that
Speaker 1: you request for you, for all the people of my
Speaker 1: town known that you are a virtuous woman. Now it
Speaker 1: is true that I am a close relative. However, there
Speaker 1: is a relative closer than I stay this night in
Speaker 1: the morning, and it shall be that if if he
Speaker 1: will perform the duty of a close relative for you, good,
Speaker 1: let him do it. But if he does not want
Speaker 1: to perform the duty for you, then I will perform
Speaker 1: the duty for you as the Lord lives. Lie down
Speaker 1: until the morning. So let's go back. So so in
Speaker 1: a chapters ten through thirteen, Boaz responds with integrity, acknowledging
Speaker 1: Ruth's kindness of promising to fulfill his duty. If the
Speaker 1: closer Kinsmen redeemer declines, okay, so let's look up what
Speaker 1: the kinsman redeemer is. So the kins Men redeemer, okay,
Speaker 1: let's look at it. In short, a kinsman redeemer is
Speaker 1: a relative who is at his own expense, pays off
Speaker 1: their debts of another redeemer. I want to see where
Speaker 1: that's at Bible verse I can't remember where it's at.
Speaker 1: Verse brais me the lord who is a day without Leviticus.
Speaker 1: There it is Leviticus twenty five, twenty five through twenty six.
Speaker 1: If a fellow countryman of yours, because is it poor,
Speaker 1: or he has to sell a part of his property,
Speaker 1: then the nearest kinman is to come and buy back.
Speaker 1: That's different. It's not what I was looking for. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: and short of kindred di is a relative who at
Speaker 1: his own expense, pays off the debts of another. But
Speaker 1: this theme points beyond finances, because our greatest need is
Speaker 1: not for someone that pay off of financial debt. Help
Speaker 1: great that the need might be, but for someone to
Speaker 1: redeem us from the debt our sins have incurred. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and continue Chapter three, verse fourteen. So
Speaker 1: she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose
Speaker 1: before the one could recognize another. Then he said, do
Speaker 1: not let it be known that the women came to
Speaker 1: the threshing floor. Also he said, bring this shawl that
Speaker 1: is on you, and hold it, and when she held it,
Speaker 1: he measured six epaws of barley and laid it on her.
Speaker 1: Then she went to the city. When she came to
Speaker 1: her mother in law, she said, is that you my daughter?
Speaker 1: And then she told her all that the man had
Speaker 1: done for her, And she said, these six e falls
Speaker 1: of barley he gave to me, for he said to me,
Speaker 1: do not go empty handed to your mother in law.
Speaker 1: Then she said, still still, sit still, my daughter, until
Speaker 1: you know how the matter will turn out. For the
Speaker 1: man will not rest until he has concluded this matter,
Speaker 1: the matter this day okay. So God's providential timing the
Speaker 1: events unfolding God's perfect timing highlighting the sovereignty and the
Speaker 1: unfolding of his redemptive plan through the ordinary lives Ruth three,
Speaker 1: verse fourteen through eighteen. So God's providential timing refers to
Speaker 1: the belief that God orchestrates events in the realm with
Speaker 1: perfect timing, aligning with them his divine will and purpose.
Speaker 1: The concept is rooted in the understanding that God is
Speaker 1: sovereign and omni sent, knowing the end from the beginning,
Speaker 1: and working all things according to his plan. The doctrine
Speaker 1: of providence or timing emphasizes that God's timing is always perfect,
Speaker 1: even when it may not align with human expectations in
Speaker 1: the understanding, Okay, so let's go ahead and go back
Speaker 1: to the notes. Since we are done with the chapter,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go into some practical applications for
Speaker 1: your life. Trust in God's provision. Like Ruth, we are
Speaker 1: called to trust in God's provision and timing even when
Speaker 1: the path is uncertain. Act with integrity and kindness, wrote
Speaker 1: BoA's response to Ruth as a model of integrity and
Speaker 1: kindness qualities we should strive to emulate in our interactions
Speaker 1: with others. Of course, because he could have just said, yes,
Speaker 1: come to me Boom, slept with her and then married her,
Speaker 1: took her and that's it. But he actually kind of
Speaker 1: gave the He's giving the closest relative the chance, and
Speaker 1: if he doesn't take it, then he will take it right.
Speaker 1: Act with intakes, go and kindness. Boas response to Ruth
Speaker 1: is a model of intaking in kindness qualities we should
Speaker 1: strive to emulate. Yes, I talked about that seek God.
Speaker 1: The counsel. Ninemai's guidance to Ruth underscores the importance of
Speaker 1: seeking wise and godly counsel, the counsel and our decision making.
Speaker 1: Let me check something out real quick. Oh so Ruth
Speaker 1: only goes to chapter four, so we may be done. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't get to study chapter four, but
Speaker 1: I still have some study notes. But wow. So we'll
Speaker 1: probably finish Ruth and UH today, of course, definitely, because
Speaker 1: we already finished the chapter three and we will move
Speaker 1: on to UH to Ruth chapter four after this. But
Speaker 1: seek God the counsel. Nineomai's guidance to Ruth underscores the
Speaker 1: importance of seeking wise and godly counsel and our decision
Speaker 1: making process. Embrace boldness and faith. Bruth's boldness in approaching
Speaker 1: Boas encourages us to step out in faith, trusting that
Speaker 1: God will honor our obedience. Okay, so let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and check out some connecting verses. So we have Proverbs three,
Speaker 1: verses five through six. Trust in the Lord with all
Speaker 1: your heart, and lean out on your own understanding and
Speaker 1: all your ways. Acknowledge him, and we will make your
Speaker 1: path straight. Psalms thirty seven, verse five. Commit your way
Speaker 1: to the Lord. Trust in him and he will do it.
Speaker 1: Hebrews eleven, verse one. Now faith is the assurance of
Speaker 1: what we hope for and the certainty of what we
Speaker 1: do not see. Amen, all right, let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to Ruth chapter four. Hopefully it's a all right,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go to Ruth chapter four. And
Speaker 1: in Ruth, Chapter four provides a profound conclusion to an
Speaker 1: incredible tale of loyalty, faith, and divine providence. It shows
Speaker 1: God's hand in the ordinary and extraordinary events of life,
Speaker 1: orchestrating redemption in ways that can have far reaching effects
Speaker 1: beyond what we have what we can foresee. It also
Speaker 1: underscores the value of the virtuous and noble character, showing
Speaker 1: how Ruth and BoA's integrity led not to their own
Speaker 1: personal redemption, but also to the establishment of the lineage
Speaker 1: of King David. All right, so let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go into So the role of a kingsman redeemer is
Speaker 1: something that they wanted to go over here Leviticus twenty
Speaker 1: five twenty five. I think we already did. Boaz stepped
Speaker 1: forward to fulfill the role of the king been redeeming,
Speaker 1: a concept rooted in the lytical law. The act of
Speaker 1: redemption is a foreshadowing of Christ's redemptive work. For humanity. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and check out Boaz redeems Ruth.
Speaker 1: This is chapter This is a Ruth Chapter four, verse one.
Speaker 1: Now Boas went up to the gate and sat down there,
Speaker 1: and behold the close relative of whom Boas had spoken,
Speaker 1: came by. So Boas said, come aside, friends, sit down here.
Speaker 1: So we came aside and sat down. And he took
Speaker 1: ten men of the elders of the city and said,
Speaker 1: sit down here. So they sat down. And then he
Speaker 1: said to the close relative, Naomi, who has come back
Speaker 1: from the country of Moab, sold the peace of the
Speaker 1: land which belonged to her brother Alimelech. And I thought
Speaker 1: to inform you, saying, buy it back in the presence
Speaker 1: of the inhabitants and the elders of my people. If
Speaker 1: you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will
Speaker 1: not redeem it, then tell me that I may know,
Speaker 1: for this is no one, for there is no one
Speaker 1: but you to redeem it. But I am next after you.
Speaker 1: And he said, our redeem it. Then Boa says, on
Speaker 1: the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi,
Speaker 1: you must also buy it from Ruth. The Moabitis, the
Speaker 1: wife of the dead to perpetrate the name of the
Speaker 1: dead through his inheritance, and the close relatives said, I
Speaker 1: cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance.
Speaker 1: You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I
Speaker 1: cannot redeem it. Okay, So BoA's his integrity and honor.
Speaker 1: Boas demonstrates integrity by addressing the near kingsman redeemer first,
Speaker 1: respecting the legal and familial obligations. His actions reflect a
Speaker 1: commitment to righteousness and honor. And also, do you see
Speaker 1: what he did? He gets ten of the elders to
Speaker 1: come around it says, he says the close relative, he said,
Speaker 1: and he took ten men of the elders of the
Speaker 1: city and said sit down here. So he's doing it
Speaker 1: the correct way, you see, with honor, with integrity. Right,
Speaker 1: that's the way you do it. So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and look a little deeper into Boaz's integrity and honor.
Speaker 1: Bo As, a prominent figure in the Book of Ruth,
Speaker 1: is a quintessential example of integrity and honor and the
Speaker 1: biblical narrative. As a wealthy landowner in Bethlehem during the
Speaker 1: time of the Judges, BoA's actions and character are pivotal
Speaker 1: in the unfolding account of Ruth and Naomi. His life
Speaker 1: and decisions reflect a deep commitment to the laws and
Speaker 1: principles set forth by God, demonstrating a model of righteousness
Speaker 1: and godly leadership. Background in context, Boas is introduced in
Speaker 1: Ruth two verse one as a man standing of the
Speaker 1: Klan of Alimelech. This description sets the states for understanding
Speaker 1: his social and moral stature within the community. The narrative
Speaker 1: unfolds during a period of social, spiritual upheaval and Israel,
Speaker 1: Yet Boaz stands out as a beacon of faithfulness and
Speaker 1: adherence to God's commandments demonstration of integrity. Boas integrity is
Speaker 1: first evident in their interactions with Ruth. This might be
Speaker 1: a little bit of kind of going to what we
Speaker 1: already talked about, but it's okay because this is more deep. Right.
Speaker 1: According to the Mosaic law, landowners were instructive to leave
Speaker 1: the edges of the fields of harvesting to the poor
Speaker 1: and the foreigner Leviticus nineteen nine through ten. Boaz not
Speaker 1: only complies with this law, but goes beyond it. Hold on,
Speaker 1: real quick, we already talked about that, right, I'm pretty
Speaker 1: sure already read that to you guys. Let me just
Speaker 1: make sure that is nineteen nine through ten when you
Speaker 1: reach the harvest of Lane. Yep. We already talked about
Speaker 1: that Boas not only complies with this law but goes
Speaker 1: beyond it, showing kindness and generosity and Ruth. Two eight
Speaker 1: through nine. Boas instructs Ruth to stay in the field
Speaker 1: and assures her of the protection, saying, listen, my daughter,
Speaker 1: do not go and gleam in another field, and do
Speaker 1: not go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls,
Speaker 1: watch the field. We already kind of talked about that
Speaker 1: BoA's action reflects a deep respect for the dignity and
Speaker 1: safety of Ruth, a vulnerable foreigner. A vulnerable foreigner, his
Speaker 1: adherence to the law is not merely out of obligation,
Speaker 1: but is infused with compassion and respect for God's provision
Speaker 1: for the marginalized, which Jesus talks a lot about, like
Speaker 1: make sure you take care of the marginalized. Right, honor
Speaker 1: and redemption. The concept of the Kings and Redeemer as
Speaker 1: a central to the narrative of Ruth and BoA's role
Speaker 1: in the capacity further underscores his honor. When Ruth approaches
Speaker 1: Boaz at the threshing floor, seeking his protection and evoking
Speaker 1: his duty as a redeemer Ruth three verse nine, boa
Speaker 1: As responds with that taking respect, he acknowledges the closer
Speaker 1: relative who has first right to redemption, but expresses his
Speaker 1: willingness to fulfill the role if the other relative declines.
Speaker 1: In Ruth Chapter three twelve through thirteen, although it is
Speaker 1: true that I'm a king's redeemer, there's a redeemer nearer
Speaker 1: than I, so he's being to see his integrity. Honor
Speaker 1: and integrity BoA's. His commitment to show the proper legal procedure,
Speaker 1: even when it might have been easier to bypass them,
Speaker 1: highlights his honor and respect for God's law. His actions
Speaker 1: ensure that Ruth and Naomi are provided for and that
Speaker 1: the family line of Alimelech is preserved. Okay, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and continue. In chapter four, verse seven, Now this
Speaker 1: was a custom in the former times in Israel, concernedly
Speaker 1: redeeming and exchanging to confirm anything. One man took off
Speaker 1: his sandal and gave it to the other, then this
Speaker 1: was confirmation in Israel. Therefore, the close relatives said to Boaz,
Speaker 1: buy it for yourself. So he took off his sandal,
Speaker 1: and Boaz said to the eldest of the people, you
Speaker 1: are my witness this day that I have brought all
Speaker 1: thatx all that was Alimax, and all that was Chilean's,
Speaker 1: and from the hand of Naomi. Moreover Ruth and the Moabitis. Moreover,
Speaker 1: Ruth the Moabitis, the widow of Malaw, I have acquired
Speaker 1: as my wife to perpetrate the name of his dead
Speaker 1: through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may
Speaker 1: not be cut off from among his brethren, and from
Speaker 1: his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.
Speaker 1: He's confirming that he's actually going to marry Ruth, which
Speaker 1: is awesome. So boas his marriage to Ruth and the
Speaker 1: subsequent birth of Oh yeah, I don't want to go
Speaker 1: over that yet. All right, we'll continue. We'll read this
Speaker 1: after and all the people who were at the gate.
Speaker 1: Let me see if I can go back quick see
Speaker 1: if I'm missing any type of yes. So chapter thirteen
Speaker 1: or verse thirteen, we haven't gone over yet. And all
Speaker 1: the people who were at the gate, the elder said,
Speaker 1: we are witnesses the Lord make the woman who is
Speaker 1: coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two
Speaker 1: who built the house of Israel. May you prosper in
Speaker 1: Ephertha and be famous in Bethlehem. May your house be
Speaker 1: like the house of Perez, whom tomorrow bore to Judah,
Speaker 1: because of the offspring which the Lord will give you
Speaker 1: from this young woman. You see, when Tamar, who was
Speaker 1: the darling in law of Judah, they had Perez. Okay,
Speaker 1: So it's very interesting how that went down. But you
Speaker 1: see that's still in Jesus's lineage, and it says, may
Speaker 1: your house be like the house of Perez, whom tomorrow
Speaker 1: bore to Judah, because the offspring which the Lord will
Speaker 1: give you from this young woman. All right. So so
Speaker 1: so Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And
Speaker 1: when he went into her, the Lord gave her conception
Speaker 1: and she bore a son. Then the woman said to Noah, Noomi,
Speaker 1: blessed be the Lord who is not let to this
Speaker 1: day without a close relative. And it may be his name,
Speaker 1: and may his name be famous in Israel. And may
Speaker 1: he be to you a restorer of life and a
Speaker 1: nourisher of old age. Of your old age, for your
Speaker 1: daughter in law, who loves you, who was better to
Speaker 1: you than seven sons, has bore him. Then Naomi took
Speaker 1: the child and laid him on her bosom and became
Speaker 1: a nurse to him. Also, the neighbor woman gave him
Speaker 1: a name, saying that this is the son born in Naomi,
Speaker 1: and they called his name Obed, who is the father
Speaker 1: of Jesse, the father of David. Jesse is David's father.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. So Obed is the father of Jesse. So
Speaker 1: so cool man reading all this. So let's go back
Speaker 1: to that little portion where it says, now I'm going
Speaker 1: back to my notes. Okay, So the legacy of righteousness.
Speaker 1: So Boaz is mayriorage to Ruth. So Boys's marriage to
Speaker 1: Ruth and the subsequent birth of Obed, the grandfather of
Speaker 1: King David, place him in the lineage of the messiahy
Speaker 1: is Jesus Christ. This connection underscores the significance of Boaz's
Speaker 1: integrity and honor, as his righteousness anxious righteous actions contribute
Speaker 1: to God's redeative plan for humanity. His life serves as
Speaker 1: a testament to the blessings that flow from living in
Speaker 1: accordance with God's will and the impact of godly character
Speaker 1: on future generations. Boas's account is a powerful reminder of
Speaker 1: the importance of integrity and honor in the life of
Speaker 1: a believer. His example encourages adherence to God's commandments, compassion
Speaker 1: for others, and a commitment to the righteousness, even in
Speaker 1: challenging circumstances. Blessings. Now, let's go ahead and continue four
Speaker 1: verse eighteen. Now, this is the genealogy of Perez. Perez
Speaker 1: begot Hasron, Hasron begot Ram, and Ram begot a biddab benda,
Speaker 1: Dad begot Nashan and Nashaun begat Salmon, Salmon begot bo Az,
Speaker 1: So Salmon is BoA's Dad, and Boas begot obed obed
Speaker 1: begat Jesse and Jesse begat David. Let's go all right,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and check this out, so it says.
Speaker 1: The chapter concludes with the genealogy that connects Ruth and
Speaker 1: Boaz to King David, highlighting God's sovereign plan and using
Speaker 1: ordinary people to fulfill his extraordinary purpose, the lineage of David.
Speaker 1: Let's check that out. The lineage of David is a
Speaker 1: central theme in the Biblical narrative, tracing the ancestry of
Speaker 1: the one of one of Israel's most significant figures, king
Speaker 1: David and ultimately leading to the Messiah Jesus Christ. This
Speaker 1: lineage is meticulously documented in the scriptures, highlighting God's covenantial promises,
Speaker 1: and the fulfillment of his plan ancestry and early lineage.
Speaker 1: David's lineage begins with the patriarchs tracing back to Abraham,
Speaker 1: to whom God promised in your Seed all the nations
Speaker 1: of the Earth will be blessed Genesis twenty two, verse eighteen.
Speaker 1: This promise is foundational as it establishes the abraham A covenant,
Speaker 1: which is further developed through David's line The genealogical record
Speaker 1: continues through Isaac and Jacob, with Jacob's son Judah receiving
Speaker 1: a specific blessing. The scepter will not depart from Judah
Speaker 1: nor the ruler's staff between his feet until Shiloh comes
Speaker 1: Genesis forty nine ten. The prophecy indicates that the royal
Speaker 1: line would emerge from Judas, setting the stage for David's kingship,
Speaker 1: the Book of Ruth and the line of Boaz. The
Speaker 1: Book of Ruth provides a crucial link to David's ancestry.
Speaker 1: Folk Cassin on the account of Ruth, a mobile woman
Speaker 1: and Boaz, a man of Judah. Their union is divinely
Speaker 1: orchestrated and they become the great grandparents of David. The
Speaker 1: genealogy at the end of Ruth states that Boaz was
Speaker 1: the father of Obed, Obed the father of Jesse, and
Speaker 1: Jesse the father of David. This lineage underscores God's providence
Speaker 1: and the inclusion of gentiles in his redemptive plan. Isn't
Speaker 1: that very interesting? Regentile? Wow? Because what does God do?
Speaker 1: He comes back for the gentiles right? David's immediate family,
Speaker 1: David was the youngest son of Jesse, a bethemolite from
Speaker 1: the tribe of Judah. The prophet Samuel alnoitded David as
Speaker 1: king while Saul was still reigning, and God declared, I
Speaker 1: have found David my servant with my sacred oil, and
Speaker 1: I have anoyed him Psalms eighty nine, verse twenty. David's
Speaker 1: rise to kingship fulfilled God's promise to establish a ruler
Speaker 1: from Judah. The Davidic Covenant. God made a covenant with David,
Speaker 1: promising that his throne would be established forever and tewod
Speaker 1: Samuel seven twelve through sixteen. God declares, when your days
Speaker 1: are fulfilled and you rest with your father's, I will
Speaker 1: raise up your offspring after you, who will come from
Speaker 1: your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. This
Speaker 1: covenant is pivotal as only as it not only assures
Speaker 1: the continuation of David's line, but also points to the
Speaker 1: coming Messiah who would reign eternally the lineage in the
Speaker 1: New Testament. The New Testament opens with the genealogy of
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, explicitly linking him to David. Matthew one states,
Speaker 1: this is the record and genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
Speaker 1: son of David, the son of Abraham. This genealogy affirms
Speaker 1: Jesus's rightful place in David's line, fulfilling the Messianic prophecies
Speaker 1: and the Davidic Covenant. Luke's Gospel also provides a genealogy
Speaker 1: tracing Jesus's lineage David's son Nathan, further emphasizing his legal
Speaker 1: and royal heritage. Luke three, verse thirty one. The dual
Speaker 1: genealogies highlighting both illegal and biological claims of Jesus to
Speaker 1: David's throne. Messianic fulfillment the prophets foretold that Messiah would
Speaker 1: come from David's line, as seen in Isaiah eleven, verse one,
Speaker 1: a shoot will spring from the stump of Jesse, and
Speaker 1: a branch from his roots will bear fruit. Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: as the descendant of David, fulfills these prophecies, established his
Speaker 1: identity as the Promise, King and Savior. Throughout the New Testament,
Speaker 1: Jesus is frequently referred to as the son of David,
Speaker 1: affirming his Messianic rule and his fulfillment of the promises
Speaker 1: made to David. The apostle Paul reiterates this in Romans one,
Speaker 1: verse three, stating that Jesus was descended from David according
Speaker 1: to the flesh all right. The lineage of David, therefore
Speaker 1: is not merely a historical record, but a testament to
Speaker 1: God's faithfulness and unfolding of his redemptive plan through Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. Okay, blessings upon blessings. Okay,
Speaker 1: so oh hold on, what was that? Okay, sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: my phone just clicked on something. I don't know what
Speaker 1: that was. Anyways, let's go ahead and let's go over
Speaker 1: some practical applications, trusting in God's timing. Just as Ruth
Speaker 1: and Naomi trusting in God's provision through Boaz, we are
Speaker 1: encouraged to trust in God's perfect timing and plan for
Speaker 1: our lives. Trusting God's timing. Yes, just as Ruth and
Speaker 1: Imi trusting God's provisions through Boas, we are encouraged to
Speaker 1: trust in God's perfect timing and plan for our lives.
Speaker 1: Amen to that embrace integrity. Bo as an example of
Speaker 1: challenges to us to act with integrity and honor in
Speaker 1: our dealings with others, even when it may not be
Speaker 1: the easiest path. Okay. So value of community and family
Speaker 1: the story. The story emphasizes the importance of community and
Speaker 1: family support, encouraging us to invest in and nurture these
Speaker 1: relationships and then God's redemption. Recognize and celebrate the ways
Speaker 1: God redeems and restores our lives, using even our challenges
Speaker 1: for his greater purpose. You see that Naomi was going
Speaker 1: through challenges, Ruth lost her husband, going through challenges. They
Speaker 1: were widows. They were actually trying to you know, survive
Speaker 1: by just grabing some grain. So recognize and celebrate the
Speaker 1: ways that God redeems it restores our lives, even even
Speaker 1: our challenges, and his great even during our challenges right
Speaker 1: for His greater purpose. So even if we're going through
Speaker 1: challenges in life, we're going through hardships, we've got to
Speaker 1: understand that God has our back, Okay. And then all right,
Speaker 1: so let's go over some connecting scriptures. We have Leviticus
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty five, which is understanding the rule of
Speaker 1: a king's and redeemer in Israelite law, which we went
Speaker 1: over Matthew one, verses five through six. This genealogy connects Jesus,
Speaker 1: connecting Ruth and Boaz to the lineage of Christ. Ephesians
Speaker 1: one to seven. Christ is our ultimate redeemer, offering redemption
Speaker 1: through his blood. Let's go ahead and read that real quick, Okay,
Speaker 1: so Ephesians one, verse seven, and then we have redemption
Speaker 1: through his blood and the forgiveness of sins according to
Speaker 1: the riches of his grace. He is the ultimate redeemer right.
Speaker 1: Galatians three, verse twenty eight. The breaking down of ethnic
Speaker 1: and social barriers in Christ, as seen in Ruth's inclusion.
Speaker 1: This is a Galatians three, verse twenty eight. Galatians three,
Speaker 1: verse twenty eight. Let's go there real quick. It says,
Speaker 1: we'll start at verse twenty six. For you are all
Speaker 1: sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as
Speaker 1: many of you as were baptized into Christ have put
Speaker 1: on Christ. Neither there is neither Jew nor Greek. There's
Speaker 1: neither slave nor free. There is neither male nor female.
Speaker 1: For you all are one in Christ Jesus. If you
Speaker 1: are Christ, then you are Abraham, seed and errors according
Speaker 1: to the promise, Blessing upon blessing. We love those verses, right,
Speaker 1: just letting you know that God has accepted the Gentiles,
Speaker 1: just as he accepted the Israelites. All right, where do
Speaker 1: we go from here? Because we do two hour studies
Speaker 1: and we are done with the Book of Ruth. So
Speaker 1: let me check out real quick, and let me check
Speaker 1: something out really fast. Okay, sorry, guys, I don't mean
Speaker 1: to quiet, but just looking something up. So all right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and we'll start. We'll start Samuel.
Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and start Samuel first Samuel. We already
Speaker 1: went through a little bit there about King David, so
Speaker 1: we're going to get into well, was it we get
Speaker 1: into first Samuel. We'll probably just read that through and
Speaker 1: I'll go through my notes that I have and then
Speaker 1: let me just go over a quick intro. So. The
Speaker 1: Books of Samuel narrate Israel's transition from tribal system of
Speaker 1: judges to a unified monarchy, following the lives of Samuel,
Speaker 1: the last Judge and prophet, Saw the first King, and David,
Speaker 1: the chosen King. Key themes include God's faithfulness, the dangers
Speaker 1: of pride, the importance of honoring the Lord, and divine providence,
Speaker 1: which sets the stage for the covenant with David and
Speaker 1: the promise of a future messianic king. The historical narrative.
Speaker 1: The books are historical narratives detailing a significant period of
Speaker 1: Israel's history. Originally a single work that has later divided
Speaker 1: into that was later divided into two. The story centers
Speaker 1: on three individuals who shape Israel's leadership. Samuel the prophet,
Speaker 1: who transitions Israel into a kingdom, Saul, who was initially
Speaker 1: chosen as king but falls out of favor, and David
Speaker 1: the shepherd, who becomes the model king. Key themes and
Speaker 1: lessons God's sovereignty and faithfulness. The book shows how God's
Speaker 1: faithfulness our God keeps his promises even in the face
Speaker 1: of human failure, such as in the story of Hannah
Speaker 1: and her son Samuel, Leadership and its consequences. The narrative
Speaker 1: explore the nature of leadership, showing both the rise of
Speaker 1: leaders like Saul and David and their eventual triumphs and failures,
Speaker 1: highlighting the need for faithful obedience to God pride versus humility.
Speaker 1: The story provides a contrast between those who honored God
Speaker 1: like Hannah, and those who are proud, illustrate the biblical principle.
Speaker 1: Them that honor me, I will honor and they despise me.
Speaker 1: Those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Divine providence.
Speaker 1: Divine providence. The text demonstrates how God intervenes in everyday events,
Speaker 1: revising human fortunes and plans to further his purpose the
Speaker 1: future Messiah. The covenant God made with David, which is
Speaker 1: a covenant which is a cultural event, anticipates a future
Speaker 1: perfect king who will come from David's line, a promise
Speaker 1: fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Why study the Books of Samuel
Speaker 1: understanding leadership? They offer deep insights into the challenges of
Speaker 1: leadership and the consequences of human acts, as exploring themes
Speaker 1: of legitimacy and morality, faith and obedience. Study the book.
Speaker 1: Studying the book can strengthen one's faith by showing the
Speaker 1: blessings that come from honoring and obeying the Lord. And
Speaker 1: then historical foundation. It is a foundational narrative for understanding
Speaker 1: the history and future of Israel, stating the stage, setting
Speaker 1: the stage for subsequent development of the kingdom. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: that's a little intro to the Book of Samuel. And
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and do a little intro to Samuel
Speaker 1: chapter one. Hannah's narrative illustrates the profound power of faith,
Speaker 1: personal sacrifice, and God's unfailing promises. Despite her struggles and despair,
Speaker 1: she never felt lost, she never lost faith. Her devotion
Speaker 1: led to the birth of Samuel, who grew to be
Speaker 1: a great prophet. This account encourages us to remain steadfast
Speaker 1: in our faith, especially during challenging times. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and go down to my go down to my
Speaker 1: notes here, all right, So first Samuel one, the family
Speaker 1: of Elkanah. This is going to be first Samuel one,
Speaker 1: chapter one. Now, there was a certain man of ramatheem
Speaker 1: Zophim of the mountains of Ephrium, and his name was Elkanah,
Speaker 1: the son of Jereham, the son of Ilihu, the son
Speaker 1: of Tohu, the son of zeph and Ephrium Might. And
Speaker 1: he had two wives, the name of those. The name
Speaker 1: of one of those was Hannah. The name of the
Speaker 1: other was Pina. Pinaw had children, but Hannah had no children.
Speaker 1: This man went up from his city yearly to worship
Speaker 1: and sacrifice to the Lord host in Sheilah. Also the
Speaker 1: two sons of Eli Hopni and Phineas, and the priests
Speaker 1: of the Lord were there. And whenever the time came
Speaker 1: for Elna or Elkanah to make an offering, he would
Speaker 1: give portions of Pinaw his wife, and to all her
Speaker 1: sons and daughters. But to Hannah he would give a
Speaker 1: double portion, for he loved Hannah. Although the Lord has
Speaker 1: closed her womb, and and her rival also provoked her
Speaker 1: severely to make her miserable because the Lord had closed
Speaker 1: her womb. So it was year by year that she
Speaker 1: went up to the house of the Lord that she
Speaker 1: provoked her. Therefore she wept and did not eat. So
Speaker 1: here you have Hannah, who also has a closed womb.
Speaker 1: You see this throughout the Bible. With Rebecca, you see
Speaker 1: this with Sarah. You see this with Rachel. I mean,
Speaker 1: you're seeing this throughout the Bible. And usually the one
Speaker 1: that has the closed womb is the one that these
Speaker 1: men love the most. Same thing with Hannah. So it's
Speaker 1: definitely something we see throughout the Bible. And what do
Speaker 1: we see is the ones that we do see with
Speaker 1: the closed womb, we see most of the time they
Speaker 1: end up praying. Yeah, every single time that I've seen,
Speaker 1: they end up praying to God to have because they
Speaker 1: want to have children so bad. For Isaelite woman is
Speaker 1: so important to have children. Okay, so we're gonna check
Speaker 1: out how Hannah handles this. Then Elkanah, her husband, said
Speaker 1: to Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat?
Speaker 1: And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better
Speaker 1: to you than the ten sons? So Hannah arose after
Speaker 1: they had finished eating and drinking in Shilah. Now Eli,
Speaker 1: the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost
Speaker 1: of the tabernacle of the Lord, and she was in
Speaker 1: bitterness of the soul and pray to the Lord and
Speaker 1: wedt and anguish. Then she made a vow and said,
Speaker 1: oh Lord of Host, if you will indeed look the
Speaker 1: affliction of your maid servant, and remember me, and not
Speaker 1: forget your maid servant. But we'll give your maid servant
Speaker 1: a male child, and I will give him to the
Speaker 1: Lord all the rest of his life, and no razor
Speaker 1: shall come upon his head. And it happened when she
Speaker 1: continued before praying for the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth.
Speaker 1: Now Hannah spoke within her heart. Only her lips moved,
Speaker 1: but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she
Speaker 1: was drunk. So Eli said to her, how long will
Speaker 1: you be drunk? Put your wine away from you. But
Speaker 1: Hannah answered and said, no, my Lord, I am a
Speaker 1: woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk. Neither I have drunk,
Speaker 1: neither wine nor talks getting drink. But I have poured
Speaker 1: my soul before the Lord. Do not consider your main
Speaker 1: servant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of
Speaker 1: my complate and grief, I have spoken until now. Then
Speaker 1: Eli said, go in peace, and God of Israel will
Speaker 1: grant your petition which you have asked of him. And
Speaker 1: she said, let your maid servant fight favor in your sight.
Speaker 1: So the woman went her way and ate, and her
Speaker 1: face was no longer sad. So Hannah's distressed and devotion
Speaker 1: in my notes that says Hannah was deeply distressed due
Speaker 1: to her barrenness and provocative provocativeness basically of her rival Pena.
Speaker 1: Despite her anguish, she turned to the Lord in prayer.
Speaker 1: In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the Lord and
Speaker 1: wept with many tears. And then she made a vow
Speaker 1: and commitment. Hannah made a vow to the Lord, promising
Speaker 1: that if he gave her a son, she would dedicate
Speaker 1: him to the Lord all the days of his life.
Speaker 1: And this commitment demonstrates her deep faith and commitment to God.
Speaker 1: And then Eli's misunderstanding and blessing. So initially, Eli the
Speaker 1: priest misunderstood her silent prayer, thinking she was drunk over.
Speaker 1: Upon realizing her sincerity, he blessed her, saying, go in
Speaker 1: peace God, May the God of Israel may grant the
Speaker 1: petition you have asked of him. So what a blessing.
Speaker 1: So she is dedicating her son to the Lord. You
Speaker 1: give me a son, I'm going to dedicate him to you, Lord,
Speaker 1: and he will not take a razor to his head.
Speaker 1: She is basically she just is probably just really really
Speaker 1: desperate to have a baby, and right now she is
Speaker 1: just feeling it, and she just she just goes down,
Speaker 1: she goes into prayer, prays, and this priest notices that
Speaker 1: she is really being faithful right with her prayer, and
Speaker 1: just gives her a blessing. The blessing comes from God,
Speaker 1: not from this priest. The priest is just saying, go
Speaker 1: in peace, God of Israel, grant in pretation what you
Speaker 1: have asked of him. So basically, God, I think, is
Speaker 1: speaking through Eli the priest, to her. So let's go ahead,
Speaker 1: and let's go ahead and see God's faithfulness. Right. So
Speaker 1: in Samuel one, chapter nineteen, then they arose early in
Speaker 1: the morning and worshiped before the Lord and returned and
Speaker 1: came to their house in Ramah, and Elknah knew Hannah
Speaker 1: his wife, and the Lord remembered her. So it came
Speaker 1: to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived
Speaker 1: and bore a son and called his name Samuel, because
Speaker 1: I have asked for him from the Lord. I have
Speaker 1: this verse actually the up on my in my daughter's room,
Speaker 1: because she my first daughter. It took a long time.
Speaker 1: It took like two years for us to have her.
Speaker 1: We were praying and praying and praying and praying, and
Speaker 1: finally the Lord blessed us with Ariel, my first daughter,
Speaker 1: and we put that verse up there because she was
Speaker 1: definitely we were praying, we were putting oil. I mean,
Speaker 1: we were getting there and we're doing everything. We were
Speaker 1: praying for that for that baby. Man, the whole church
Speaker 1: is praying. And then I mean we prayed for the
Speaker 1: I mean, the other kids just came very quickly. So
Speaker 1: God just said, all right, I'm gonna give you this one,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give you two more. And then our
Speaker 1: fourth obviously had passed, but we also had another miscarriage
Speaker 1: in between there. But I'm very happy for the three
Speaker 1: that I have. What a blessing, all right? So yeah,
Speaker 1: so God's faithfulness. God remembered Hannah, and she conceived and
Speaker 1: bore A's son, Samuel, whose name means heard by God,
Speaker 1: signifying that God heard her prayer. Yes, I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: sure she knew that God hurt her prayers because Eli,
Speaker 1: the priest, God was speaking through him and he said
Speaker 1: that the Lord will grant your petition. And obviously she
Speaker 1: has to have the faith in that. You know, when
Speaker 1: she hears that, she has to have faith to believe it.
Speaker 1: So there's faithfulness in God's part and also faithfulness in
Speaker 1: Hannah's part. She has faith that he was going to
Speaker 1: she was going to have that baby. So God's faithfulness
Speaker 1: is a central thing throughout the Bible, reflecting his unwavering
Speaker 1: commitment to his promises and his people. The attribute of
Speaker 1: God is foundational to understanding his character and his interactions
Speaker 1: with humanity. The faithfulness of God assures believers of his reliability, trustworthiness,
Speaker 1: and steadfast love. Okay, so I just want to go
Speaker 1: over that. Let's go ahead and continue now. When Elka
Speaker 1: and all his house went up to offer the Lord
Speaker 1: their yearly sacrifice in his vow, but Hannah did not
Speaker 1: go up. She said to her husband, not until the
Speaker 1: child is weaned, when I will take him, and they
Speaker 1: may appear before the Lord and remain there forever. So Elkna,
Speaker 1: her husband said to her, do what seems best for you,
Speaker 1: or to you wait until you have weaned him, only
Speaker 1: to let the Lord establish his word. Then the woman
Speaker 1: stayed and nursed her son until he had weaned him.
Speaker 1: So she wanted to make sure that he was off
Speaker 1: the breast milk first. And I'm just going to tell
Speaker 1: you back then that they didn't get off the breast
Speaker 1: milk until like, you know, I mean back when, back
Speaker 1: in Abraham's time. I read somewhere around four to five
Speaker 1: years old. That might sound crazy for us right now,
Speaker 1: but it was a different because you know, now we
Speaker 1: could get you know, we get buy food, we got
Speaker 1: baby food, We could just blend up and just feed
Speaker 1: him that. Back then, they weren't weaning off the breast
Speaker 1: is fast because they didn't have They weren't have because
Speaker 1: the nutrition of the breast milk was such so nutritious
Speaker 1: for them, So they didn't really wean him off until
Speaker 1: like three, three to five years old. That's going to continue.
Speaker 1: This is Samuel one, verse twenty four. Now, when she
Speaker 1: had weaned him, she took him up with her. She
Speaker 1: took him up with her with three bulls, one e
Speaker 1: fall flower, and a skin of wine, and brought him
Speaker 1: to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the
Speaker 1: child was young. Then they slaughtered a bull and brought
Speaker 1: the child to Eli. And she said, oh, my Lord,
Speaker 1: as your soul lives, my Lord, I am the woman
Speaker 1: who stood by here praying to the Lord for this child.
Speaker 1: I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition
Speaker 1: which I asked of him. Therefore, I also have lent
Speaker 1: him to the Lord, and as long as he lives,
Speaker 1: he shall be lent to the Lord. So they worshiped
Speaker 1: the Lord. There. Amen, right, so so awesome. So let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and since we finished the chapter, we'll go
Speaker 1: over some practical applications for your life. Persistent prayer. Like Hannah,
Speaker 1: we should bring our deepest desires and concerns to God
Speaker 1: in prayer, trusting that He hears us even when we
Speaker 1: feel unheard. This is something that we need to understand.
Speaker 1: Is you know, women need to understand as well. And men,
Speaker 1: if your if your wife is not able to bear children,
Speaker 1: or if you are not able to have children, that
Speaker 1: persistent prayer, you know, persistent prayer is going to help you.
Speaker 1: God is able to open up the womb of these women.
Speaker 1: So you know that God is the one who controls
Speaker 1: you know, God forms them in the womb. God forms
Speaker 1: children in the womb. It says that in Jeremiah. So
Speaker 1: you know that God is able to open up the
Speaker 1: womb persistent prayer. Now, does God always open up the womb? No,
Speaker 1: it doesn't always happen, okay, but it does happen in
Speaker 1: some cases. And some women that are supposedly not able
Speaker 1: to have kids, they pray, they pray, they pray they're
Speaker 1: able to have kids. My wife, I mean, it took
Speaker 1: us a long time to have our first child. We
Speaker 1: prayed and prayed and prayed for like two years. Persistent prayer,
Speaker 1: it definitely works. And don't lose hope, okay for those
Speaker 1: people that are trying to conceive and have children, don't
Speaker 1: lose hope, okay, persistent prayer. Have faith in God's timing
Speaker 1: is another practical application. Hannah's story reminds us to have
Speaker 1: faith in God's perfect time and even when we face
Speaker 1: delays or disappointments. I'm sure she felt a lot of disappointment,
Speaker 1: especially with the other woman nagging her or you know,
Speaker 1: talking down to her about not having children. And obviously
Speaker 1: she was talking like that because she was jealous of Hannah,
Speaker 1: because the husband loved Hannah more so, the husband probably
Speaker 1: loved Hannah. She probably wasn't able to conceive, so the
Speaker 1: husband probably got the with the other woman just to
Speaker 1: have the children. So that woman understands that the husband
Speaker 1: loved Hannah more and she didn't like that, so she
Speaker 1: probably talked down to Hannah, and Hannah felt that and
Speaker 1: that made her feel really bad. Does it feel good
Speaker 1: to be loved by a husband, of course it does.
Speaker 1: But when that husband has to go marry someone else
Speaker 1: because you can't bear children back then then that is
Speaker 1: probably hurts deeply. So she prayed. She prayed persistently, she prayed,
Speaker 1: you know, and it doesn't happen, you know, in our
Speaker 1: in our day and age. I mean, it probably does
Speaker 1: happen sometimes. Maybe some men do divorce women when they
Speaker 1: can't have children. I don't know, but it's less likely
Speaker 1: to happen nowadays where you're just gonna be like, Okay,
Speaker 1: well I have this woman that can't have children, so
Speaker 1: let me just marry another woman and stay with it,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. Maybe in some different countries
Speaker 1: that happens, you know, they have different wives and stuff,
Speaker 1: but doesn't happen so much here. So persistent prayer and
Speaker 1: have faith in God's time is very important. Dedication to God.
Speaker 1: Consider how you can dedicate your blessings and gifts back
Speaker 1: to God, just as Hannah dedicated Samuel to the Lord. Yes,
Speaker 1: definitely dedications to God right, that's very important. Now understand
Speaker 1: that when you make a vow to God, that you
Speaker 1: got to keep it. So don't make a vow, don't
Speaker 1: pray to God and make a vow if you're not
Speaker 1: rather willing to keep it. Hannah, she ended up she
Speaker 1: made that vow and she was able to keep it.
Speaker 1: She got to spend that time waning the child, which
Speaker 1: you know that could have been anywhere from three to
Speaker 1: five years old, whatever it was, and let's say it
Speaker 1: was five years old, and she got to spend time
Speaker 1: with the child, and then she gave the child to
Speaker 1: the Lord, and you know they go to sacrifice at
Speaker 1: that temple. So at least once a year she's going
Speaker 1: to be able to spend some time with her son.
Speaker 1: So it's a it's a blessing. So responding to misunderstanding,
Speaker 1: when others misinterpt our intentions or actions, we can respond
Speaker 1: with grace and continue to trust in God's understanding. So
Speaker 1: when Eli, when he responded to her that she was drunk,
Speaker 1: she could have responded back in a negative way like
Speaker 1: she was mad at him, but the way that she
Speaker 1: responded was with grace and with understanding, and she continued
Speaker 1: to pray and Eli the priest he observed her praying
Speaker 1: like that and mistaken her for being drunk, but he
Speaker 1: later blesses her, and eventually and then she eventually bears
Speaker 1: a son. Right, So what a blessing. So and for
Speaker 1: the child, I prayed in Lord's grant in my petition.
Speaker 1: So we went ahead and went all the way through
Speaker 1: Samuel chapter one. Let's go ahead and go to some
Speaker 1: connecting verses. Okay, so we have Philippians four, verses six
Speaker 1: through seven. Let's go ahead and go there real quick.
Speaker 1: Philippians four six through seven. So we'll start out at
Speaker 1: verse four. Pilopians four, verse four. Rejoice, Rejoice, and the
Speaker 1: Lord always Again, I will say, rejoice, Let your gentleness
Speaker 1: be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Speaker 1: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and
Speaker 1: supplication with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made known to God.
Speaker 1: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will
Speaker 1: guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. So be
Speaker 1: anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayers, supplication, with thanksgiving,
Speaker 1: let requests be known to God. Is the main meet
Speaker 1: that connects to Samuel chapter one. Right, it says Let
Speaker 1: your request be known to God, and the peace of
Speaker 1: God will surpass all understanding, will guard your hearts and
Speaker 1: minds through Christ Jesus. Amen. Now let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to James five, verse sixteen. Okay, so we'll go
Speaker 1: to verse thirteen. We'll start. There is anyone among you suffering,
Speaker 1: let him pray. Is anyone cheerful, let him sing songs.
Speaker 1: Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the
Speaker 1: elders of the church. Let them pray over him, annointing
Speaker 1: him with oil in the name of our Lord. And
Speaker 1: the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the
Speaker 1: Lord will raise him up he and if he has
Speaker 1: committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to
Speaker 1: one another, that you may be healed the effective, fervent
Speaker 1: prayer of a righteous man of els much. Elijah was
Speaker 1: a man with a nature like ours. And he prayed
Speaker 1: earnestly that it would not rain, And it did not
Speaker 1: rain on the land for three years and six months.
Speaker 1: And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and
Speaker 1: the earth produced its fruits. Main point here is we're
Speaker 1: not Elijah, but we're just like Elijah. He was a man,
Speaker 1: so our prayers work as well. Okay, So the prayer
Speaker 1: of the righteous man has great power to prevail. That's
Speaker 1: why he's asking you to take the elders of the
Speaker 1: church and have them pray over you. Those elders are
Speaker 1: hopefully are following God's commandments. And are you know, are
Speaker 1: all righteous men or women. Let's see, next up is
Speaker 1: going to be Psalms thirty seven, verse four. Delight yourself
Speaker 1: in the Lord, and He will give you the desires
Speaker 1: of your heart. Psalms thirty seven, verse For let's check
Speaker 1: that one out. Psalms thirty seven, verse four, that says,
Speaker 1: Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he shall give
Speaker 1: you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to
Speaker 1: the Lord. Trust in him. Trust also in him, and
Speaker 1: he shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth
Speaker 1: your righteous as the light and your justice as the noonday.
Speaker 1: Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him. Do
Speaker 1: not fret because of him who prosper in his way,
Speaker 1: because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Okay,
Speaker 1: So the main portion there is delight yourself also in
Speaker 1: the Lord, and he shall give you the desires of
Speaker 1: your heart. So be obedient to the Lord, and he
Speaker 1: will give you the desires of your heart. Okay, and
Speaker 1: in Hannah's case, in Hannah's case, our desires was to
Speaker 1: have a son right and God bless her. So there
Speaker 1: we go. So we are done with that, and all right,
Speaker 1: so we'll stop there. We did about hour and fifty minutes.
Speaker 1: I think that's good. We will we will come back
Speaker 1: next week and I'll probably we'll go over Samuel chapter two,
Speaker 1: and you know, we'll go aways. I don't know, we'll go.
Speaker 1: We'll definitely start as Samuel chapter two and I'll see
Speaker 1: how far we can get and then yeah, what a blessing,
Speaker 1: you know. I think I loved I love the study.
Speaker 1: Ruth was awesome with a little kind of short chapters there.
Speaker 1: So that's why I couldn't really get too in depth,
Speaker 1: and that's why I helped. We had to kind of
Speaker 1: dip into Samuel. But it's okay. I'll have some really
Speaker 1: good notes next week for Samuel and we'll go over that.
Speaker 1: But as we always do, we'll end this in prayer.
Speaker 1: So Father God, in the name of Jesus, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for this beautiful time, and thank
Speaker 1: you for including Ruth in the Bible, because what a
Speaker 1: beautiful love story it ended up being. And also we
Speaker 1: know Jesus came through their line, so what an awesome story.
Speaker 1: I really appreciate everything. And then Samuel, thank you. Lord.
Speaker 1: We're going to be getting into Samuel now and talking
Speaker 1: about Saul and King David and Samuel and the last
Speaker 1: judge that you had, Lord, so and then we go
Speaker 1: into the King Saul, and you know we're gonna be
Speaker 1: talking about a lot of stuff. So allow me, Lord,
Speaker 1: to teach to the best of my ability. Lord, Please
Speaker 1: allow people that are listening to if they have ears,
Speaker 1: just let them hear, and please help them to understand
Speaker 1: what we're trying to teach here. And also, Lord, help
Speaker 1: me and assist me while I'm going through the Book
Speaker 1: of Acts. Please keep me focused on studying your word
Speaker 1: on Monday and Tuesday for the New Testament, and Wednesday
Speaker 1: Thursdays our Sunday Monday for the New Testament, and Tuesday
Speaker 1: Wednesday for the Old Testament. Lord, if you could please
Speaker 1: keep me focused. Sometimes people send me videos and people
Speaker 1: send me stuff like, hey, study this and look at this,
Speaker 1: and I get a lot of stuff that comes in.
Speaker 1: Assist me, Lord to filter that stuff. A lot of
Speaker 1: it is important. It has to do with you, and
Speaker 1: you know, maybe like the Trinity or whatever. You know,
Speaker 1: just different things come Lord, as you see in my life.
Speaker 1: And sometimes I go off and listen to something for
Speaker 1: a little bit, and I do come back to my studies.
Speaker 1: But just help me to kind of get what I
Speaker 1: need to get done and be focused. And I know
Speaker 1: I have a lot of things I'm juggling right now. Lord,
Speaker 1: please help me and assist me to juggle all these things.
Speaker 1: And everybody that's listening have a lot of things going on. Lord,
Speaker 1: assist everybody that's listening and keeping all their affairs in order. Lord,
Speaker 1: and I know that we have a lot of stuff
Speaker 1: going on, but please keep us diligent in your word
Speaker 1: and assist people that need help. I know a lot
Speaker 1: of people out there need help, including me, So help me, Lord,
Speaker 1: and help everybody out there that's listening. Assist them in
Speaker 1: their life if they're going through any struggles, any spiritual battles. Lord,
Speaker 1: flick off these demons like little bugs, like little flies
Speaker 1: that they are, Lord, They're nothing to you. You have
Speaker 1: the power, Lord, flick them off like little bugs. Get
Speaker 1: them off of us. Lord, let us shake these demons
Speaker 1: off and allow us to resist the devil so that
Speaker 1: he shall flee. Flick the devil off like a little bug,
Speaker 1: because he's nothing compared to you. Lord. Assist us, Lord
Speaker 1: in fighting against this temptation. And we know we wrestle
Speaker 1: out against flesh and blood. Lord, so please give us
Speaker 1: the spiritual power and assist the people that are listening. Lord, Please,
Speaker 1: in Jesus' name, assist them to flick these demons off
Speaker 1: like little bugs. Lord, we just want to rebuke them
Speaker 1: and keep them out of our life. Keep them out
Speaker 1: of our way. Don't allow them who put any stumbling
Speaker 1: blocks in the way between us and you. Lord, help us. Please,
Speaker 1: we love you in Jesus' name. Amen, Thank you guys
Speaker 1: for listening. I really appreciate you guys, and I had
Speaker 1: a really good time. Cannot wait to go over Wednesday service.
Speaker 1: God bless you. Talk to you guys soon. God bless you.