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AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMITTED LIFE -- Ruth 1:1-18
There are many accounts in the Bible that serve as an encouragement to our hearts. The life of Ruth is no exception. Many look at this book and see nothing more than a love story. It may be a love story of sorts, but that is the most shallow interpretation. The bigger picture is that of a lost sinner who, through divine providence, is brought into a relationship with God and is made to be an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are taught in this book that Christ is not just the Savior of Israel, but of all mankind. In these verses, and throughout this book, we see in Ruth a tremendous example of a committed life. She teaches us about remaining faithful even when others around us do not. So, let's look into these verses and examine this “Example Of A Committed Life.” In vv. 1-2 we see Ruth’s future mother-in-law Naomi, going to Moab with her husband, Elimelech (“God is king”), and they settled down there with their two sons, Mahlon (“Sickness”) and Chilion (“Consumption”). Vs. 2 says they went to Moab “and continued there.” (CONTINUE = to exist.) The suggestion is Elimelech did not intend to stay long in Moab, but the visit there turned into at least ten or more long and trying years. Doesn’t this sound like so many “Christian” families? The husband, who is supposed to be the spiritual leader, leads his family away from the place of God into an idolatrous land where the children grow up and marry. Or they leave a true church that is teaching and preaching the truth because the one “down the street” offers things that “appeal to us.” Or, leave a city were there are Scriptural churches to go where there are no such churches in order to make a little better salary. And what happened? Elimelech died - leaving his wife and sons in this cursed land without the leadership God intended. Dads, have we led our homes in such a way that if God were to call us to our Heavenly home right now that our families would continue to stand for the truth in this world?Now, we are going to see in this book how that God, in spite of our failure to obey Him, can take those failures and by His providence get glory.
I. RUTH'S CONDITION -- Vv. 1-7.
II. RUTH’S CHALLENGE -- Vv. 8-15.
III. RUTH'S COMMITMENT -- Vv. 16-22.
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By JWHThere are many accounts in the Bible that serve as an encouragement to our hearts. The life of Ruth is no exception. Many look at this book and see nothing more than a love story. It may be a love story of sorts, but that is the most shallow interpretation. The bigger picture is that of a lost sinner who, through divine providence, is brought into a relationship with God and is made to be an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are taught in this book that Christ is not just the Savior of Israel, but of all mankind. In these verses, and throughout this book, we see in Ruth a tremendous example of a committed life. She teaches us about remaining faithful even when others around us do not. So, let's look into these verses and examine this “Example Of A Committed Life.” In vv. 1-2 we see Ruth’s future mother-in-law Naomi, going to Moab with her husband, Elimelech (“God is king”), and they settled down there with their two sons, Mahlon (“Sickness”) and Chilion (“Consumption”). Vs. 2 says they went to Moab “and continued there.” (CONTINUE = to exist.) The suggestion is Elimelech did not intend to stay long in Moab, but the visit there turned into at least ten or more long and trying years. Doesn’t this sound like so many “Christian” families? The husband, who is supposed to be the spiritual leader, leads his family away from the place of God into an idolatrous land where the children grow up and marry. Or they leave a true church that is teaching and preaching the truth because the one “down the street” offers things that “appeal to us.” Or, leave a city were there are Scriptural churches to go where there are no such churches in order to make a little better salary. And what happened? Elimelech died - leaving his wife and sons in this cursed land without the leadership God intended. Dads, have we led our homes in such a way that if God were to call us to our Heavenly home right now that our families would continue to stand for the truth in this world?Now, we are going to see in this book how that God, in spite of our failure to obey Him, can take those failures and by His providence get glory.
I. RUTH'S CONDITION -- Vv. 1-7.
II. RUTH’S CHALLENGE -- Vv. 8-15.
III. RUTH'S COMMITMENT -- Vv. 16-22.