The Turning Point

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Sunday Morning, November 10, 2013

SCENE  3:  MEET  HER  REDEEMER

   

Message Notes

“The Turning Point”

1. A  DECENT  proposal  (3:1-­‐4)  

Series: Dare to Dream

2. A  POTENTIAL  problem  (3:12-­‐13)  

Ruth

3. Sandal  EXCHANGE  at  the  gate  (4:1,  7,  10)  

SCENE  1:  MEET  RUTH    

SCENE  4:  MEET  HER  REWARD  

  “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there. Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.” (Ruth 1:1–5, NIV)

1. A  MOABITE  widow  (1:1-­‐5)   2. Worships  GOD  (1:15-­‐19a)  

2. She  works  in  his  FIELD  (2:2)   3. He  is  KIND  to  her  (2:8-­‐9)  

1. A  match  made  in  BETHLEHEM  (4:13)   2. A  son  named  OBED  (4:13b,  17)   3. Great-­‐grandson:  DAVID  (vv.  14,  22)  

 

“The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.” (Ruth 4:17, NIV; see Matt 1:5)

FBC Strength Multigenerational

2. We must be willing to learn from each other  

“Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.” (Ruth 2:1, NIV)

1. His  name  is  BOAZ  (2:1)  

 

1. We must learn be a family

3. She  returns  to  BETHLEHEM  (1:22)  

SCENE  2:  MEET  HER  RELATIVE

 

3. We must embrace the mixture of ages 4. We must not let the prejudice of “preference” prevent us from becoming the body of Christ