A DISPLAY OF DIVINE REDEMPTION | Redemption

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A DISPLAY OF DIVINE REDEMPTION | Redemption Accomplished Ruth 4 Ken Lewis, Senior Pastor Lord’s Day, June 14, 2015

1. What is necessary for redemption to be accomplished (4:1-12)? (1) A kinsman redeemer (2:20; 3:9, 12-13; 4:1-6) > Boaz (2:20; 3:9, 12-13; 4:1-6) Lev. 25:25 “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold. > Jesus (Gal. 4:4-5) Galatians 4:4-5 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. , (2) A willingness to redeem (4:6-8) > Boaz (3:13, 18; 4:6-8) > Jesus (Lk. 9:51-53; Heb. 4:2) Luke 9:51-53 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53 But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. (3) A redemption price paid (4:9-10) > Boaz (vv. 9-10) > Jesus (1 Pet. 1:18-19; Heb. 9:11-15) 1 Peter 1:18-19 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. What are some differences between Boaz’s redemption and Christ’s redemption? Rom. 5:6-8 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2. What are the results of redemption having been accomplished (4:13-17)? (1) Life is radically changed (1:1-5; 4:13-17) > Change from death to life (1:3, 5; 4:13-14) > Change from emptiness to fullness (1:21; 4:15) > Change from bitterness to joy (1:20; 4:16-17) Col 1:13-14 13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. - Redemption brings radical change that leads to radical devotion. (2) The redeemer is highly exalted (vv. 11-12, 14; Phil. 2:5-11)

(3) The redeemed are moved to mission (vv. 18-21) > The genealogy shows the providence of God directing history toward his goal of redemption. Revelation 5:9–10 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” > God uses ordinary people to do his extraordinary work of redeeming people. Matthew 1:1-6 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, "it is as though God intended for the reader of this genealogy to say, 'Oh, Christ is the kind of person who is not ashamed of sinners -- in fact, He even puts them in his family tree!" Martin Luther

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