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 Now before we turn to the book of Ruth and to hear it, I want us to share this prayer to prepare our hearts for hearing God's words.

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 It comes from a collection of prayers called Piercing Heaven, from a chap called Jeremiah Burroughs.

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 So if you're happy, you can read this with me as we prepare to receive God's word.

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 Lord, you have given me a portion in the world. You have given me credit and a reputation among others.

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 But what is all this to me if I am without Christ? If I do not have the one who gives grace to my soul, the one who is my all in all.

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 Lord, you have taught me that the distance between me and you is so great that without a mediator I perish forever.

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 So whatever else you deny me, give me Jesus. Amen.

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 This will be our prayer as we come to God's word. Give me Jesus.

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 So let's turn to the book of Ruth, wonderful book of Ruth.

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 We're going to look tonight at chapter 2.

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 And we'll read the whole of this chapter.

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 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,

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 Naomi, let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.

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 Naomi said to her, go ahead, my daughter.

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 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.

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 As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters.

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 The Lord be with you.

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 The Lord bless you, they answered.

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 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, who does that young woman belong to?

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 The overseer replied, she is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.

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 She said, please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.

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 She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.

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 So Boaz said to Ruth, my daughter, listen to me.

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 Don't go and glean in another field and don't go away from here.

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 Stay here with the women who work for me.

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 Watch the field where the men are harvesting and follow along after the women.

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 I have told the men not to lay a hand on you.

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 And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.

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 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.

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 She asked him, why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me, a foreigner?

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 Boaz replied, I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband.

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 How you left your father and mother in your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.

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 May the Lord repay you for what you have done.

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 May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.

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 May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my Lord, she said.

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 You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant, though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.

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 At mealtime, Boaz said to her, come over here, have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.

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 When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain.

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 She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

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 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, let her gather among the sheaves and don't reprimand her.

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 Even pull out some stocks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up and don't rebuke her.

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 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening.

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 Then she threshed the barley she had gathered and it amounted to about an ephah.

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 She carried it back to town and her mother-in-law saw how much she'd gathered.

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 Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she'd eaten enough.

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 Her mother-in-law asked her, where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.

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 Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she'd been working.

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 The name of the man I work with today is Boaz, she said.

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 The Lord bless him.

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 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, he has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead, she added.

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 That man is our close relative.

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 He is one of our guardian redeemers.

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 Then Ruth the Moabite said, he even said to me, stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.

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 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, it will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him.

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 Because in someone else's field you might be harmed.

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 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished.

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 And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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 So that's Ruth chapter 2.

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 Last week we thought about the journey, the journeys of Naomi.

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 This week we are thinking about the Redeemer.

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 But as we do that, I want to think about two very different stories and to think about what joins them.

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 So this week I find myself trying to explain the plot line of Back to the Future.

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 If you've seen Back to the Future, the whole film makes perfect sense.

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 But trying to explain it to someone who doesn't know is quite tricky.

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 But the basic idea, I guess, is that Marty McFly, in the first story anyway, has to travel back in time,

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 having kind of messed around with history a little bit,

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 to bring his parents together in the past or he won't exist in the present.

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 So he has to go back to the future, goes back and forward,

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 making sure that things work out the way they're supposed to,

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 so that in the fullness of time, Marty McFly will be born and will exist.

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 How does that connect to Ruth chapter 2?

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 That's a good question.

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 So if we think about when this was written,

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 this was written after King David has been born,

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 after he has come to the throne.

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 So this is a story looking back.

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 This is looking back on God's plan of redemption,

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 recognizing here is God working to make sure that Ruth and Boaz are brought together

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 in order to extend God's plan for the royal line,

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 so that King David comes,

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 so that all those rich promises from God will come to fulfillment.

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 So what we need to see in this story is God's control of time

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 and God's perfect timing.

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 We see it in lots of different ways.

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 We see it in the fact that here come Ruth and Naomi and they arrive back,

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 left during famine, arrive back just as barley harvest begins.

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 We see it in the way that they meet by design, Ruth and Boaz, not by chance.

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 And we see that, and we need to understand it in the context of the story

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 where it's anticipating the coming of the king,

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 all this is happening so that the king and ultimately Messiah Jesus will come.

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 Incidentally, there is a great book,

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 Ruth Under the Wings of God by John Piper.

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 It's a poetic retelling of the story of Ruth,

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 imagining, I think it's,

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 was it David's,

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 imagining David's grandpa, maybe,

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 telling the story.

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 But it's all in poetry.

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 It's a very nice read,

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 if you're interested in poetry and the book of Ruth.

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 So that's John Piper.

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 A dominating scene too,

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 as well as recognizing here's God who controls time and timing.

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 There's this idea of kindness,

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 of loving kindness.

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 This Hebrew word,

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 chesed,

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 which is all over chapter 2.

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 It's a really rich word that speaks of love and mercy and grace and goodness and kindness and loyalty and devotion,

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 kind of all wrapped up together into this one word.

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 And what we're going to see is that kindness is shown by Ruth to Naomi.

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 We're going to see that kindness is shown by Boaz to Ruth.

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 And ultimately,

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 we're going to see that kindness being shown by God himself,

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 who has provided Boaz as Redeemer,

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 pointing us forward to God providing the Redeemer,

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 Jesus.

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 As we get into this story,

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 which I think is one of the most wonderful stories in the Old Testament,

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 how does this connect with ourselves today?

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 Well,

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 at least in this way,

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 the story of Ruth chapter 2 should remind us that we stand in need of mercy,

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 just as Ruth and Naomi stand in need of mercy at the beginning of the chapter.

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 We are invited to shelter in God's protective care,

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 just as we see Naomi and Ruth doing.

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 And we are called to trust in our Redeemer,

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 Jesus.

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 So let's have a look at this story,

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 beginning with the first meeting between Ruth and Boaz.

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 And we'll think a little about Ruth's faith and God's providence.

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 Just to remind ourselves of the scene setting,

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 last week we saw that in God's providence there was famine,

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 a judgment on God's people.

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 So Naomi and family left,

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 and Naomi described her life as bitter and empty.

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 But now she's arriving back.

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 End of chapter 1, verse 22,

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 arriving back, as we said,

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 at the barley harvest,

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 Bethlehem, the house of bread,

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 now there is bread for the people of God,

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 because of the mercy of God.

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 There's also a strong emphasis

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 in chapter 1, verse 22,

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 which we didn't read,

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 on Ruth being from Moab,

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 being a Moabite.

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 You probably heard that repeat a couple of times

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 through our reading,

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 reminding us,

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 from the beginning,

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 God's grace has no boundaries.

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 Always God's plan

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 to include the nations within salvation.

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 And what we find is that

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 Ruth herself

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 is amazed at the kindness of Boaz

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 to her as a foreigner.

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 So the idea of Ruth being from Moab

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 is really important to our story

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 to highlight

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 God's grace.

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 And also,

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 the other huge thing

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 in this part of the story

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 is the fact that Boaz is now here.

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 Boaz,

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 who is an amazing character,

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 a man much

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 to be admired,

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 a man of generosity

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 and compassion

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 and grace,

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 a man who ultimately,

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 as we read the whole story of the Bible,

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 prepares us

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 for Jesus.

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 In chapter 2,

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 verse 1,

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 he's described as a man of standing.

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 And we know he's a man of standing

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 because he's got a field,

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 he has got wealth,

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 but that idea of being a man of standing

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 also refers to his moral character.

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 He is an upright man.

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 In the time of the judges,

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 when everyone's doing whatever they want

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 and they've got no king

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 and they're lawless,

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 Boaz stands differently

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 a man of moral character.

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 So that kind of sets the scene for us.

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 And then,

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 chapter 2 and verse 2

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 moves the story on.

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 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,

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 let me go to the fields

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 and pick up a leftover grain

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 behind anyone

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 in whose eyes I find favor.

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 So here's some ways

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 in which we see

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 Ruth's faith at work.

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 First, she goes out depending on

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 favor and mercy.

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 And in God's providence,

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 she'll find that from godly Boaz.

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 When Boaz comes along

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 and is talking to the overseer of his field,

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 what we discover about Ruth

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 is that she is working hard.

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 She's been working from the beginning of the day.

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 She's not really taking a break.

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 She's working really hard.

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 And why is she doing that?

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 She's doing it to show loving kindness

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 to her mother-in-law, Naomi.

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 We see her faith in her loyalty

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 and her devotion to her family.

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 The work that she's involved in

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 is called gleaning.

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 In a field,

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 when it was harvest time,

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 there would be harvesters

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 who would be employed

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 to pick up the grain,

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 but there would always be some leftovers.

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 And that was for the poor,

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 for the orphan,

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 for the widow,

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 for the foreigner.

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 Hot work,

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 dangerous work,

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 as we see a couple of times

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 in the story.

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 Both Boaz and Naomi

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 warn about how vulnerable

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 a young woman could be

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 in this work of gleaning.

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 But of course,

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 it's a day where there's no

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 welfare system.

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 It's a time when Naomi

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 has no man in her life

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 to provide for her.

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 And so for Ruth,

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 her faith is active.

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 We saw it being active last week

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 as she left home

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 for this unknown country

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 to show loyalty to Naomi

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 and Naomi's God.

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 And now she's leaving home

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 for this unknown work opportunity.

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 She doesn't know

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 how the day's going to go,

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 where she's going to end up.

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 But above all of this

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 and above every movement

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 and every decision

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 and every conversation

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 in the book

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 stands the God of grace

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 and the God who is controlling

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 the events of her life

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 and of every life.

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 How is the providence of God

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 on display

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 the early part of chapter 2?

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 Well, first of all,

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 it's God's providence

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 that there are these

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 compassionate laws

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 within Israel

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 so that a foreigner

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 like Ruth,

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 a widow like Ruth,

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 can come to Bethlehem

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 with no means

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 of providing for herself,

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 but she can survive

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 and find food

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 because of these

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 compassionate laws

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 set up by God

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 to care for the weakest

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 and the least

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 and the outsider.

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 And so we see God's grace

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 and God's provision

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 in those compassionate laws

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 that we find

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 in the book of Leviticus.

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 And we also see

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 God's providence

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 in the way

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 he perfectly directs events.

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 Verse 2,

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 let me go to the fields,

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 pick up grain

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 behind anyone

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 in whose eyes

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 I find favor.

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 verse 3,

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 as it turned out,

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 she was working

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 in the field

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 belonging to Boaz

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 from the clan

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 of the limelight.

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 By chance,

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 as chance would have it,

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 she happened to find

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 the field

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 where a kinsman

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 redeemer would be.

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 It's not how

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 we're supposed

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 to read this,

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 is it?

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 When we read

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 the history

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 in the Bible,

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 we are intended

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 to see it all

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 as being planned

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 and designed

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 by God

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 and this is no different.

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 She doesn't know

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 what field

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 she's going to

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 but God does

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 and God directs

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 her steps.

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 Now we see

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 God's hand

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 in the book of Ruth,

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 we see it

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 in the sending

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 of the famine

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 and now in the sending

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 of bread

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 and now sending Ruth

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 to just the right field

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 so that her Naomi

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 can be provided for.

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 And so if you imagine,

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 here's King David

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 hearing the story

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 of his family

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 and God looking

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 after his family,

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 isn't he going to be

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 praising God?

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 Thinking,

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 I can trust God

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 in God's promises

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 because look what

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 he's done for my family

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 in the past.

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 Perfect directing,

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 perfect timing as well.

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 Verse 4,

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 it really brings out

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 God's control.

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 So Ruth has arrived

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 to the field of Boaz

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 and just then

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 Boaz arrived

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 from Bethlehem.

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 Coincidence?

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 Absolutely not.

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 This is God's design.

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 As Boaz was getting ready

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 in the morning,

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 getting his cloak on,

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 getting his sandals on,

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 getting his breakfast,

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 walking to his field.

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 God was planning

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 that timing perfectly

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 so that the two of them

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 would meet.

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 God's kindness,

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 God's provision

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 for Ruth,

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 for Naomi,

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 for the family of David,

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 for the world.

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 When we think about

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 Jesus coming.

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 And think too about

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 the way God provides.

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 What a perfect choice

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 this man Boaz is.

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 Look at his first words

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 as we meet him.

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 Boaz arrived from Bethlehem

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 and he greeted the harvesters.

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 The Lord be with you.

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 The Lord bless you,

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 they answered.

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 And then he asks

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 about Ruth,

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 who does that young woman

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 belong to?

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 So remember,

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 time of the judges.

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 Everybody's doing

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 exactly whatever

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 they want to do.

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 A time of real

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 spiritual decline.

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 But here is Boaz

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 as a shining light.

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 Living under the rule

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 of God,

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 wanting the blessing

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 of God for those

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 who work in his field.

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 He's got a wonderful

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 work environment

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 where his workers

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 respect him.

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 They seem to be happy.

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 They're glad to see him.

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 He notices a foreign girl

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 and he wants to show

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 attention to her

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 so that he might show

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 her kindness

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 as we discover.

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 God's looking after

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 Ruth and Naomi

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 by bringing this

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 wonderful man Boaz

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 into their lives.

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 So this first part

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 of Ruth chapter 2

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 really reminds us

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 that God works

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 in providence

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 to achieve his goals.

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 To bring Ruth

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 and Boaz together

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 to establish

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 this family line

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 that David will come from,

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 this family line

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 that Jesus will come from,

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 all those promises

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 given to David

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 of an eternal king,

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 an eternal rule

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 to be fulfilled in Jesus.

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 God's working that out

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 in time

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 to make sure it happens.

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 So to read a book

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 like the book of Ruth

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 is an invitation to us

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 to trust in our God,

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 in the circumstances

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 of our lives.

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 To read the book

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 of Ruth

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 is to understand

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 as Paul wrote

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 in Romans

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 that God works

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 all things together

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 for the good

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 of those who love him

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 and are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 Now of course

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 the Bible doesn't shy away

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 from the mystery

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 that there is sometimes

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 in what God brings

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 into people's lives.

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 It doesn't hide

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 from us famine.

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 It doesn't hide

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 from us

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 the death of a husband

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 and two sons.

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 But ultimately,

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 ultimately for Naomi

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 who felt that

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 she'd went away,

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 you know,

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 she'd come back empty,

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 God is going to be

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 filling

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 and providing

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 and blessing.

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 And there is hope

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 in God's faithfulness.

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 God will keep

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 promises to Israel,

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 to David,

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 again as David

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 and as Israel

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 hear the stories,

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 they remember

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 in these dark times

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 here is God

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 by his grace

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 establishing this family,

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 this royal family.

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 There is hope

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 for King David

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 and people beyond.

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 There is hope

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 for us

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 in the darkness

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 that God by his grace

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 is still at work

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 and God always

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 keeps his promises.

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 Well from this

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 first meeting

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 let's think about

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:29.039
 this first conversation

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 between Boaz

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 and Ruth.

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 It's a wonderful

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:35.600
 conversation

00:18:35.600 --> 00:18:37.220
 that really highlights

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.279
 Boaz's kindness

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 and Boaz's generosity

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 but also highlights

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 for us

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 God's grace.

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 So just to go back

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 to the start

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 of the day

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 imagine

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 Naomi

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 waving Ruth goodbye

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 knowing that the fields

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 were dangerous

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 places to be.

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 What would her hope be?

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 What would her prayer be

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 as she sent

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 Ruth away?

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 Surely that she'd be

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 kept safe

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 that she'd be able

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.399
 to find

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 some food

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 to provide.

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 perhaps there'd be

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.719
 a good man

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 who would protect

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 and keep her safe.

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 And it's nice

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.839
 to think about that

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 to think about

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 how God chose

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 kindness

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 above and beyond

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 kindness

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 in sending

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 Boaz

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 in reminding

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 Naomi

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.339
 that God

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 is for her.

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 Well anyway

00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:25.480
 here's Boaz.

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:27.079
 Boaz's first words

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.719
 to Ruth

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 my daughter

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 listen to me.

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 So we learn

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.960
 a few things

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 about Boaz

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 from that

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 short statement.

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 First we understand

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 that he's an older gentleman

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 clearly

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 Ruth is younger

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 than him.

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 We also understand

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 that here is

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 a man who cares

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 uses tender

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 family language

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 but I think

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 the most important

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.799
 thing that we see

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 here

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 remember he's speaking

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 to a Moabite

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 from Moab

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 he's just been told

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 that

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 he wants to break

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 that barrier down.

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 He's not going to

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 treat her as an outsider

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 as a foreigner

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 rather he's going to

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 invite her in

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 because that's what

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 grace does.

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 And Ruth is surprised

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.759
 by that.

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 Verse 10

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 why have I found

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 such favour in your eyes

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 that you notice me

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.839
 a foreigner?

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 This isn't normal behaviour

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 this is grace behaviour

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.399
 from Boaz.

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 Look at some of the things

00:20:21.199 --> 00:20:22.079
 that Boaz does.

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 He says to her

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 stay here with the women

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 who work for me.

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 Stick with them

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 because I'm going to make sure

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 that there's enough grain

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 for you.

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 And notice too

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 that he gives a warning

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 to his men.

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 I have told the men

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 not to lay a hand on you.

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.799
 Here's early

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.019
 anti-bullying policy

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.619
 anti-sexual harassment policy

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.359
 being employed

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.579
 by Boaz.

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.299
 When she finds herself thirsty

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.579
 get a drink

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.439
 from the water jars

00:20:49.439 --> 00:20:50.319
 the men have filled.

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.299
 She's being treated

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.819
 generously

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.659
 being treated again

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:54.379
 as an insider

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 not as an outsider.

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 Now this first expression

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.419
 of grace

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.839
 it causes

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.819
 Ruth in verse 10

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.819
 to bow down

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.379
 with her face

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.979
 to the ground.

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.919
 She bows to show honour.

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 She recognises

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 that she's been shown favour.

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 And it's really interesting

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.199
 to remember

00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:14.959
 that this is

00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:15.819
 you know part of

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.439
 the story

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 of the royal family.

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 Just as many

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:21.099
 people would come

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.839
 to King David

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 and would bow

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:24.059
 and seek favour

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 and seek mercy.

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 It's what we find

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:28.319
 Ruth doing before Boaz.

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.360
 She's amazed

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.680
 by grace.

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.019
 I wonder

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:34.259
 as we're here today

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:36.220
 are we amazed

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.380
 by God's grace?

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.839
 Are we amazed

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.819
 by what he has done

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.660
 for us

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.460
 in our

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.420
 Redeemer

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.420
 Jesus?

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.019
 It's easy

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.100
 to become complacent

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.600
 to the wonder

00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:48.100
 of the gospel

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.559
 isn't it?

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.400
 Back to Boaz.

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.000
 As she asks the question

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.680
 why have I found

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.640
 favour in your eyes?

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.180
 Boaz replies

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.420
 in verses 11 and 12

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 it's because

00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:00.860
 he has heard

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:02.940
 of Ruth's kindness

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.620
 to Naomi.

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.500
 He has heard

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.140
 of the favour

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.040
 that she has shown

00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:08.000
 of the sacrifices

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.860
 that she has made

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.600
 of the devotion

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.480
 and the loyalty

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.980
 of her heart

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 and in her actions.

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.080
 And there's a wonderful

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:16.360
 prayer request

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:18.080
 that Boaz makes

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.680
 for Ruth.

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.600
 Verse 12

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 May the Lord

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.120
 repay you

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.059
 for what you have done

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.299
 may you be

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.739
 richly rewarded

00:22:24.739 --> 00:22:25.479
 by the Lord

00:22:25.479 --> 00:22:26.559
 the God of Israel

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 under whose wings

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.859
 you have come

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.859
 to take refuge.

00:22:30.239 --> 00:22:30.739
 So she prays

00:22:30.739 --> 00:22:31.079
 that the Lord

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.759
 would be on her side

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.179
 that the Lord

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:33.059
 would show favour

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.359
 and then there's

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.419
 that wonderful picture

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.619
 just this morning

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:36.979
 thinking about

00:22:36.979 --> 00:22:37.899
 that wonderful picture

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:39.059
 of God as our father

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.619
 here Boaz

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.439
 gives us the picture

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.419
 of God

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:42.839
 being like

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.559
 a protective

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:45.000
 mother bird

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.019
 ready to gather

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.659
 chicks under her wings

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:49.299
 at the first

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.519
 sign of trouble

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.059
 Boaz knows

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.920
 the Lord

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.019
 offers protection

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.900
 to all

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.940
 who identify

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.799
 with him

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:58.039
 and with his people.

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.000
 It's a wonderful

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.220
 image

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.720
 that we are

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.180
 invited

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.900
 to understand

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.559
 to receive

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.440
 to experience

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.220
 ourselves

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:08.339
 to find refuge

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.000
 in the shadow

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.500
 of God's wings.

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.480
 Ruth's response

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.000
 to all this

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.619
 verse 13

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.579
 May I continue

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.660
 to find favour

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.400
 in your eyes

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.060
 keep showing me

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.360
 favour

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.920
 keep showing me

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.140
 mercy

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.640
 this is

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.560
 remarkable

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.180
 she feels

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.759
 at ease

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:24.779
 despite being

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.160
 in a very

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.620
 vulnerable

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.720
 kind of a setting

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.540
 she feels

00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:29.060
 that she's been

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.920
 shown favour

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:31.440
 despite her

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:33.040
 low standing

00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:35.220
 she's so grateful

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:37.360
 she's amazed

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.920
 but Boaz

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.519
 isn't done

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.600
 here either

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.240
 so we get to

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.900
 verse 14

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.360
 takes us to

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.060
 the end of the day

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:42.500
 so a lot's

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.100
 happened already

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.680
 but now we get

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.460
 to meal time

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.860
 and what does

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.259
 he do

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:47.019
 at meal time

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:49.360
 he shows

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.680
 this Moabite

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.660
 from Moab

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:53.579
 hospitality

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:56.900
 again here

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.620
 are barriers

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.420
 being broken

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.799
 down

00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.240
 come and sit

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.840
 with everybody

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.579
 else Ruth

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.920
 here is a

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.400
 welcome

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.960
 that's being

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.420
 given

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.680
 there's this

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.140
 wonderful

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:07.579
 little phrase

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.620
 in verse 14

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.600
 when she sat

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.059
 down with the

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.620
 harvesters

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:11.140
 he offered

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.980
 her some

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.759
 roasted grain

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.600
 here is Boaz

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.119
 the boss

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.559
 and he's

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.139
 serving

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.959
 Ruth the

00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:16.319
 foreigner

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.759
 that's a

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.539
 great gospel

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.159
 picture of

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:20.139
 God's grace

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.559
 and the way

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.199
 that God

00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:21.659
 in Christ

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.159
 serves us

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:25.319
 and there's

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.119
 that generous

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.679
 provision

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.379
 so he makes

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.919
 sure that she's

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.539
 got all that

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.959
 she needs

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.679
 and more

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.639
 for her meal

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.299
 and then

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.799
 sends her

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.219
 home with a

00:24:32.219 --> 00:24:33.740
 huge load

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.419
 of grain

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.139
 as well

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:37.740
 to think

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.539
 about Boaz

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.399
 it is to

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.839
 think about

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.559
 someone of

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.179
 godly

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.819
 character

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.639
 to think

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.000
 about that

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.359
 godly

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.799
 character

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.159
 in the

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.559
 context

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:45.879
 of the

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.200
 judges

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.740
 makes it

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.200
 all the

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.559
 more

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.859
 remarkable

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.460
 here is a

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.839
 man who

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.599
 is consistent

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.519
 in seeking

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.000
 to reflect

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.339
 God's

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.720
 character

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.240
 and God's

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.879
 values

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.859
 in his

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.099
 life

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.279
 to bless

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.200
 his workers

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.579
 and now

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.139
 to extend

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.599
 blessing

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.359
 to Ruth

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.279
 and we'll

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.539
 think in

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.939
 just a few

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.179
 minutes

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.480
 how he

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.000
 functions

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.679
 within

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.059
 God's

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.220
 word

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.500
 as a

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.779
 type

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.099
 of

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.720
 Christ

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.559
 teaching

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.939
 us more

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.159
 about

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.480
 Jesus

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.779
 our

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.200
 redeemer

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:12.220
 but to

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.519
 think about

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.940
 someone like

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.480
 Boaz

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:15.759
 sometimes

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.600
 when it

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:16.860
 comes to

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.279
 the stories

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.519
 in the

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.759
 bible

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.960
 people can

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.240
 be a bit

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.940
 worried about

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.220
 what do we

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.480
 do with

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.019
 these stories

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.240
 is it okay

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.700
 to say

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.640
 be like

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.700
 Boaz

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:30.799
 it is

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.759
 this is a

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.380
 great legacy

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.880
 to pursue

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.340
 to seek

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.700
 to be

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.140
 generous

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.759
 and compassionate

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.360
 and protective

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.019
 and kind

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.940
 like Boaz

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.640
 to look

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.120
 to honour

00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:39.539
 others

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:39.940
 to look

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.039
 to welcome

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.519
 and show

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.180
 hospitality

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.680
 that's a

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:44.019
 wonderful thing

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.920
 for us to

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.600
 seek to pursue

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.120
 and to pray

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.779
 to be more

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:48.440
 like Boaz

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.360
 of course

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.900
 ultimately we

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.420
 want to see

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.559
 him representing

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.000
 Jesus

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.600
 but he also

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.120
 shows us

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.620
 how we

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.140
 can live

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.559
 for God

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:57.700
 and also

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:57.940
 when we

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.320
 think about

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:58.940
 Boaz

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.500
 we need

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.220
 to understand

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.140
 that the way

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.559
 the story

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:02.880
 is being

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.180
 told

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.519
 is that

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.039
 it becomes

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.559
 clear for us

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:04.880
 that God

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.279
 is showing

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.740
 grace

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.299
 through

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.299
 Boaz

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.720
 God's

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.319
 solution

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.299
 to Naomi's

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.859
 crisis

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:13.259
 is Boaz

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.380
 he's

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.420
 the redeemer

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:17.900
 it's interesting

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.200
 that

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.480
 and I guess

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.839
 if we think

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.220
 about our own

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.660
 experience

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.279
 when we find

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.620
 ourselves

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.279
 in trouble

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.720
 and in need

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.359
 so often

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.980
 what does God

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.160
 use to answer

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.759
 our prayers

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259
 and to meet

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.559
 our needs

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.960
 so often

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.299
 it's

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.640
 other Christians

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.019
 it's other

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.559
 people in the

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.059
 church

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:33.380
 Naomi and

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.920
 Ruth were in

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.339
 crisis

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.539
 God's response

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:37.319
 godly

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.879
 Boaz

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:42.099
 and encourages

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.859
 us to keep

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.200
 our eyes

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.740
 open for

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.139
 how we

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.700
 might be

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.639
 answering the

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.159
 prayers of

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.559
 others as

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.000
 we seek to

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.700
 extend mercy

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.859
 and kindness

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.559
 and care

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.740
 to the folks

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.559
 around us

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:54.819
 let's move

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.180
 to the end

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.539
 result

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:57.059
 verse 17

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.720
 to the end

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.779
 and to think

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.859
 about Naomi

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.759
 for a couple

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.000
 of minutes

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.359
 think about

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.920
 Naomi's

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.420
 praise

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.340
 and to

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.660
 think about

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.380
 God's

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.360
 redeemer

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:07.259
 so Ruth

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.860
 returns home

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.180
 at the end

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.519
 of the day

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.039
 and the focus

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.840
 really returns

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:11.620
 to Naomi

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:13.140
 and again

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.480
 the book of

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.880
 Ruth is a

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.340
 short book

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.680
 but it's a

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.120
 beautiful book

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.660
 and it's a

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.180
 very honest

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.960
 book as well

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.400
 it conveys a

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.660
 lot about

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.259
 the faith

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.460
 journey of

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.360
 Naomi

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.860
 she goes

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.620
 through a

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.039
 lot

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.680
 she experienced

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.759
 hard things

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.460
 from the

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.000
 hand of

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.460
 God

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.559
 in chapter

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.940
 one

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.620
 hard to

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.079
 see anything

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.640
 other than

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.140
 bitterness

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.700
 hard to

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.700
 see God's

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.220
 mercy and

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.480
 kindness

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.120
 but now

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:38.240
 now light

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.759
 is shining

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.400
 God's grace

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.940
 is shining

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.740
 she's beginning

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.279
 to see

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.579
 God at work

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.200
 in ways

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.900
 that are for

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.120
 her good

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.680
 and to bless

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.100
 her she can

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.880
 see that now

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:48.200
 she's growing

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.620
 in faith

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.059
 her heart

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.400
 is getting

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.059
 soft

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.279
 as she sees

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.640
 God's grace

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.799
 towards her

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.799
 and we see it

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.519
 in how she

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.140
 responds

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.360
 so Ruth

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.440
 comes back

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.920
 at the end

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.380
 of the day

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:01.400
 we're told

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.299
 that the barley

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.900
 she gathered

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.460
 amounted to

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.779
 about an

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.080
 ephah

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.360
 which is

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:05.019
 about 13

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.500
 kilograms

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.779
 which the

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.220
 books tell

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.259
 me is a

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.960
 few weeks

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.900
 worth of

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.340
 gleaning

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.120
 ordinarily

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:13.680
 and Naomi

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.400
 is stunned

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.000
 where did you

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.220
 glean?

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.680
 where did you

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:17.880
 work?

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.539
 blessed be the

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.960
 man who took

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.000
 notice of you

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.960
 she knows

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.340
 there's no

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.920
 ordinary

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.140
 effort

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:26.360
 where were

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.559
 you?

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:26.980
 she seeks

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.620
 blessing for

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.320
 this unnamed

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.879
 generous

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.519
 landowner

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.299
 notice

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.720
 Naomi's

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.019
 all about

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.399
 where did

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.679
 you glean

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.039
 where did

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.299
 you work

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.859
 but Ruth

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:35.299
 when she

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.980
 answers

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.039
 goes to

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.419
 who did

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.799
 I work

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.119
 for

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.599
 the name

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.859
 of the

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.220
 man I

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.579
 worked

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.799
 with

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.200
 today

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.319
 is

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.980
 Boaz

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.779
 Boaz

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.359
 is God's

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.899
 answer

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.779
 to

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.619
 their

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.679
 crisis

00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:49.319
 and listen

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.759
 to the

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.279
 change

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.980
 you can hear

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.500
 the change

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.980
 in Naomi

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.359
 from chapter

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.720
 one

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.500
 the Lord

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.299
 bless

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.700
 him

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.880
 he has

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.079
 not

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.420
 stopped

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.720
 showing

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:57.920
 his

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.380
 kindness

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.539
 to the

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.920
 living

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.180
 and the

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.660
 dead

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:03.140
 Naomi

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.940
 praises

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.559
 the Lord

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.860
 for

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.559
 Boaz

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.120
 Naomi

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:08.299
 recognises

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.120
 God's

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.720
 care and

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.279
 kindness and

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.039
 compassion and

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.620
 loyalty and

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.259
 devotion to

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.500
 her

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.339
 it is being

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.279
 found through

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.779
 Boaz

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:18.339
 that man is

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:18.740
 our close

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.200
 relative

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.619
 he's one of

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.180
 our guardian

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.740
 redeemers

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.559
 or kinsman

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.700
 redeemers

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.299
 and this is

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.599
 this is huge

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:26.359
 in the Old Testament

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.920
 the kinsman

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.440
 redeemer

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.720
 what kind of

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.059
 things would

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.399
 they do

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.720
 well they

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.879
 as a general

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.379
 rule they

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.920
 they were to

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.500
 act for the

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.160
 well-being

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.420
 of a family

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960
 member who

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.639
 found themselves

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.279
 in a crisis

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.500
 so it could be

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.980
 that they got

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.680
 themselves into

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.079
 debt and they

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.539
 had to sell

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.200
 themselves into

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.759
 slavery where

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.139
 the kinsman

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.639
 redeemer could

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.000
 buy them

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.359
 back

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.839
 the kinsman

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.440
 redeemer could

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.740
 serve

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.359
 to protect

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.519
 property

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.839
 the kinsman

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.440
 redeemer could

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.099
 act to make

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.519
 sure that

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.120
 justice was

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.259
 done for a

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.059
 family member

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.880
 at times

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.980
 a kinsman

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.220
 redeemer could

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.640
 even marry

00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:00.059
 someone and

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.200
 have family to

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.019
 preserve the

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.299
 family line

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.740
 so it's big

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.700
 news that

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.200
 Boaz is

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.660
 kinsman

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.220
 redeemer and

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.500
 what Naomi

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.480
 can see

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:12.259
 is that Ruth's

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.380
 day of work

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.799
 has not been a

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.359
 chance in

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.179
 kinsman

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.579
 God has

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.559
 directed this

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.779
 God has

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.419
 shown favor

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.359
 God has

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.159
 shown kindness

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:24.259
 to her

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:27.139
 and so the

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.299
 scene ends

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.479
 with Naomi

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:30.179
 giving the

00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.859
 wisdom to

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.199
 Ruth

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:32.500
 it's good

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.979
 for you to

00:30:32.979 --> 00:30:33.459
 stick with

00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:34.039
 this man

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.079
 to stick with

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.559
 his workers

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.699
 to stick in

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.159
 his field

00:30:37.159 --> 00:30:37.799
 and so she

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.859
 does for two

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.719
 harvests

00:30:39.719 --> 00:30:41.099
 stays under the

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.779
 protection and

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.299
 the provision

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.399
 of Boaz

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:47.099
 Naomi is

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.639
 beginning to

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.099
 see that

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.139
 God the

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.539
 God of

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.159
 providence is

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.680
 able to work

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.460
 all things for

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.839
 good

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:54.559
 Naomi brought

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.180
 back empty

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.740
 but now she's

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.419
 being filled up

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.779
 and this is

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.319
 the beginning

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.879
 of the story

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.379
 for her

00:30:58.380 --> 00:31:01.440
 and again as

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:02.320
 we think about

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:02.740
 what God

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.440
 does in this

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.660
 women's life

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.060
 you know

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.600
 involved in the

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.040
 history of the

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.360
 nations

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.000
 involved in

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.000
 this family

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.680
 encourages us

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.700
 God knows us

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.460
 God sees us

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.560
 God is able to

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.280
 take care of us

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:16.020
 so we can trust

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.720
 and take refuge

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.600
 under his wings

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:20.000
 we also see

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.099
 what happens

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.659
 when God's

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.480
 love breaks

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.879
 through

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:25.139
 we see the

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.939
 wonder of God

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:27.339
 providing a

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.379
 redeemer and

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.919
 response from

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.819
 both Ruth and

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.619
 Naomi is to

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.740
 turn to praise

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:37.039
 one example for

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:38.839
 us in light of

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.599
 the gospel in

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.099
 light of God

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.179
 providing Jesus

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:44.299
 to trust in his

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.399
 mercy to praise

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.939
 him for his

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.480
 love

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:50.339
 that's where

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.799
 we'll close

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.220
 today we'll

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.220
 close recognizing

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.120
 that we too

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.660
 need our

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.799
 great redeemer

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.960
 Jesus

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:59.240
 because just like

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.940
 Ruth and Naomi

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.160
 we are utterly

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:03.220
 dependent on

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.579
 mercy

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:06.960
 our need

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.140
 as people

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.720
 runs far

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.259
 deeper

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:11.059
 than even

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.720
 the terrible

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.740
 situation facing

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.480
 Naomi and Ruth

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.960
 deeper than

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.380
 poverty

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.500
 deeper than

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.980
 famine

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.900
 our crisis

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.819
 ultimately is

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.240
 spiritual

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.920
 that debt

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.640
 of sin

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:19.920
 that we

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.319
 have

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.660
 that guilt

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.519
 that is ours

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.039
 the just

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.640
 judgment

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.380
 that we

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.059
 face

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:28.120
 and God's

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.680
 solution

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.620
 is to send

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.059
 Jesus

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.440
 to be our

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.039
 kinsman

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.380
 redeemer

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.779
 why did

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.360
 Jesus become

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.860
 one of us

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.240
 so he could

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.660
 represent his

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.559
 family line

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.599
 humanity

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.660
 became one

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.940
 of us

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.299
 so that he

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.799
 might pay

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.240
 the price

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.779
 to buy

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.480
 us back

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.859
 to give

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.099
 us

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.359
 freedom

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.559
 instead of

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.180
 being slaves

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.740
 to sin

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:50.899
 he bears

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.399
 the guilt

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.660
 he experiences

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.259
 the judgment

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.180
 so we can

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.779
 know God's

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.399
 blessing

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:58.279
 to shelter

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.119
 under his

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.460
 wing

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.019
 to trust

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.720
 in Jesus

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.379
 is to receive

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:01.980
 something far

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.639
 greater than

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.099
 grain

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.160
 something far

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.759
 greater than

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.740
 physical needs

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.299
 being met

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.879
 is to find

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.460
 forgiveness

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:09.039
 is to find

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.759
 right standing

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.160
 with God

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.579
 is to be

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.240
 welcomed in

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.019
 is to have

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.460
 a glorious

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.920
 future

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.319
 to look

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.779
 forward

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.279
 to

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:19.680
 Boaz is

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.240
 wonderful

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.440
 one of the

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.059
 great characters

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.460
 of the Old

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.740
 Testament

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.400
 but Jesus

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.759
 it is a

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.220
 greater

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.079
 redeemer

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:29.180
 just like

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.519
 Boaz

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.819
 and even

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.420
 more so

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.099
 Jesus

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.019
 shows grace

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.799
 to outsiders

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:35.019
 whenever we

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.319
 read the

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.880
 gospels

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.259
 you never

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.859
 go far

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.339
 before you

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.120
 find Jesus

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:39.039
 loving

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.620
 welcoming

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:39.980
 showing

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.660
 compassion

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.620
 to those

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:41.900
 on the

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.220
 margins

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.940
 of society

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.680
 to those

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.079
 from other

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.640
 nations

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.819
 to tax

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.160
 collectors

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.539
 sinners

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:46.960
 and those

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.200
 who were

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.039
 despised

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.480
 the New

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.779
 Testament

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.660
 reminds us

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.099
 that we

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.059
 by nature

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.039
 are foreigners

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.960
 to God's

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.819
 promises

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.720
 not by nature

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.900
 in covenant

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.120
 with God

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:02.259
 but by

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.819
 Jesus

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:05.019
 we can be

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.400
 brought all

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.660
 the way

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.880
 in

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:08.719
 just like

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.139
 Boaz

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.519
 and even

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.500
 more so

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.679
 we find

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.559
 Jesus

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.159
 our redeemer

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.059
 is gentle

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.900
 and protective

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:17.059
 Jesus

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.460
 who said

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.699
 to the

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.960
 crowds

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.420
 come to

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.599
 me

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.099
 all you

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.359
 who are

00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:19.599
 weary

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.059
 and burdened

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.500
 I will

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.879
 give you

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:21.579
 rest

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:24.039
 Jesus

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.480
 the one

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.339
 who wept

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:26.079
 over the

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.539
 city of

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.940
 Jerusalem

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.239
 and what

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.480
 did he

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.839
 say as

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:29.400
 he wept

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.480
 how I

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.679
 longed

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:34.119
 to gather

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.599
 you under

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.299
 my wings

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.480
 but

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.660
 we're

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:36.820
 not

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.180
 willing

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:39.820
 Jesus

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.600
 is waiting

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.180
 to show

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.920
 compassion

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.280
 and protection

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:44.740
 and gentleness

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.720
 and Jesus

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.560
 promises for

00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:46.920
 those who

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.440
 trust in him

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.920
 none can

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.400
 pluck them

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.880
 out of my

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.260
 hand he

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.500
 never

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.200
 abandons

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.260
 those who

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.039
 he commits

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.140
 to save

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:55.960
 just like

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.280
 Boaz

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.660
 but even

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.160
 more so

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.820
 Jesus our

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.500
 redeemer is

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.980
 known for

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.720
 his generous

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.340
 provision

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:02.200
 the water

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.720
 that Jesus

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.380
 gives

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:05.019
 is the

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.480
 water of

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.860
 life

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:07.579
 the bread

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.280
 that Jesus

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.180
 provides

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:10.480
 is his

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.180
 own body

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:12.380
 broken for

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.840
 us on the

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.320
 cross

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.800
 the extent

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.240
 of his

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.860
 generosity

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.360
 is that he

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.400
 gives his

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.360
 life so

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.820
 that we

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.940
 might truly

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.559
 live

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:22.880
 and just

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.820
 like Boaz

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.400
 Jesus

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.480
 the redeemer

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.400
 is for

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.120
 us

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:28.980
 the kindness

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.780
 of God

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:31.400
 Jesus

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.220
 is God's

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.640
 provision

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.580
 for our

00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:34.260
 crisis

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:36.360
 the cross

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.140
 is the

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.840
 expression

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.760
 of God's

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.240
 redeeming

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.720
 love

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.260
 of his

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.680
 mercy

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.380
 and his

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.900
 compassion

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.480
 it is for

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.780
 us the

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.460
 promise

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.300
 of his

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.920
 loyalty

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.940
 and his

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:48.040
 faithfulness

00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:51.340
 and so

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.660
 as we

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.500
 close

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.820
 is to

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.200
 ask the

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.640
 question

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:56.060
 will we

00:35:56.060 --> 00:35:56.800
 be like

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.380
 Ruth

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.720
 will we

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.340
 be like

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.780
 Naomi

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.180
 will we

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.199
 fall on

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.779
 our knees

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.940
 amazed

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:03.659
 by God

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.299
 providing a

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.679
 redeemer

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:06.319
 will we

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.659
 bless God

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.919
 for giving

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:09.279
 us

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.980
 Jesus'

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.579
 son

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.399
 to redeem

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:11.619
 us

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:11.879
 will we

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:12.779
 find refuge

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.639
 and hope

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.899
 in him

00:36:14.899 --> 00:36:17.679
 now let's

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.460
 sing

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.639
 together

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.719
 our closing

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.079
 hymn

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.419
 which is

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:24.179
 there is a

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.460
 redeemer

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.440
 and let's

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.399
 stand together

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.440
 as we

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.720
 sing

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:29.719
 person

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.459
 these

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.039
 go

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.699
 to

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:36.119
 Hughes

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:38.319
 ид

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:40.739
 to

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:42.399
 North

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:42.899
柄