Church Notes on Ruth
Grace Immanuel Bible Church
Story of Perseverance
(Read the Book of Ruth before going over these notes!)
-Introduction
- Through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God
- All of our testing, suffering, etc. are part of God’s plan for us (James 1:2-4)
Book of Ruth
- Trusting God even on bad days
- Having complete trust in the God we serve
- V. 1-5 Naomi is in a desperate state (She is having a tough time)
7 Providential set backs for Naomi
1. Naomi is in the most corrupt spiritual time/era
2. There was a famine in the land (no economy)
3. Naomi and family leave Bethlehem and go to Moab- a rough place
4. Naomi’s husband dies, leaving her 2 kids
-Now Naomi is a widow in a foreign country
5. Naomi’s sons took Moabite women for their wives (pagan wives)
6. They lived in Moab for 10 years
- In these 10 years, Naomi has 0 grand children
7. Both of Naomi’s kids die
- The first 5 verses show the grief and loss that Naomi experiences
- Because of this Naomi wants to be called Mara (meaning unpleasant/bitter)
- Even when God has dealt us difficult trials, we still need to trust fully in Him
- After v. 6 you can see God’s smiling face
- Ruth trusts in Naomi, who trusts in God
- Throughout the book God takes care of Ruth
- Boaz supplies for Ruth and Naomi/ God uses Boaz to take care of Ruth and Naomi
- There are more complications that Ruth faces but God is still in control
- Complications with being redeemed
- Just like us! We face many complications but God is always in control!
- Ruth has a baby boy! Which means... Naomi finally has a grand child named Obed
- Obed is the father of Jesse, who is the father of David! V. 13-22
** Its easy to trust in God when the everything is going your way... But when things go south do we still fully trust in Him? Naomi ultimately still kept the faith and she was rewarded with Obed
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