Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs Sermons

This was the message during our 10th anniversary celebration.

Our culture says "follow your heart". It sounds so romantic and freeing, but is it really wise advice?

Our cultural use the defense mechanism, "Don't judge me" to mean that someone can never tell another person what is right and wrong. But is that really what Jesus commanded or how he intended us to understand his words?

What we see in the New Testament church is that they were completely dependent upon the power of the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t about the show. It wasn’t about the performance. It was the power of the Holy Spirit. That was the only way to explain it.

The promise of the Holy Spirit is a promise of true life. He is our promised Advocate, filling our lives permanently with His presence and unleashing us to live out of the promises of God.

The Holy Spirit has personhood and we can have a relationship with this person.

We often don’t understand the full significance of a story until we get to the end. That’s certainly true in the book of Ruth, as Ruth’s redemption is put in the larger framework of God’s redemptive purposes. In Ruth 4, we see how Ruth’s redemption looks forward to King David and the Redeemer who would come from David’s line.

Ruth boldly approaches Boaz on the threshing floor and asks for his redemption; Boaz sends Ruth back from the threshing floor with an abundance of barley indicating his intention to act toward her redemption.

Ruth meets Boaz and begins to find provision and hope for a brighter future. God’s sovereign hand of blessing is seen in the way Ruth is treated.

Ruth 1:1-22

The beginning of Ruth is a sad story of a family tragedy resulting from poor decisions. The depth of despair felt by Ruth and her family paves the way toward the redemption that awaits them.