Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Tuesday May 8, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - Our home in Christ giving us unity.

The individual believer at home with Christ results in unity in the body of Christ.

Every fallen man builds a house of isolation out of his life. He is in exile and lacks true brotherhood. Due to sin, pride, selfishness etc. man cannot have true fellowship with his fellow man no matter how hard he tries to erode the barriers around him.

Believers however have been given power and life. They walk in the perfection of the Father's love. They actually consider others to be more important than themselves. They give and...

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Sunday May 6, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent home, Satan's attack upon it.

Some insight into the means that Satan uses to deceive believers into blindness concerning their current home with Christ comes from the parable of the sower.

Mar 4:10 And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

Mar 4:11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but those who are outside get everything in parables,

Mar 4:12 in order that while seeing, they may see and not perceive; and while hearing, they may hear and not understand lest they return [turn towards...

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Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent home, Satan's attack upon it.

Some insight into the means that Satan uses to deceive believers into blindness concerning their current home with Christ comes from the parable of the sower.

Mar 4:10 And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.

Mar 4:11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but those who are outside get everything in parables,

Mar 4:12 in order that while seeing, they may see and not perceive; and while hearing, they may hear and not understand lest they return [turn towards Christ] and be forgiven."

Mar 4:13 And He said to them, "Do you not...

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Thursday May 3, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife and an excellent home.

When we can glory in the weaknesses put upon us, we will be clothed with Christ's power. This is why we will not be excellent or extraordinary without Christ.

He is our home. He is all and in all.

Mat 5:43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'

Mat 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you...

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Wednesday May 2, 2018

Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife and an excellent home.

Before we make it all the way home (Joh 14:2), Jesus Christ put His home in their hearts (Joh 14:23). We experience our home if we love and obey Him.

Though we are not in heaven, believers have their true home in their hearts.

Christ is at home in our hearts through faith.

Home is not just a place it is a way. It is a way of life that is quite opposite of what we thought made our place in this earthen family before we came to know...

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Tuesday May 1, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife and an excellent home.

All of us were exiled from the Garden of Eden. Israel was exiled to Babylon and then later exiled to the nations of the world. Exile is a major theme in the Bible narrative and the instance of it in history is a picture of every creature, for every one of us has been exiled away from God. Christ came so that He could show us the way home.

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Sunday April 29, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife.

Last time we came to understand what it means to be clothed with Christ's power.

We investigated this due to the blessing upon Ruth to be an excellent wife. The Hebrew word chayil means strength, wealth, courage, and virtue.

The blessing upon Ruth was that she should be an excellent woman and the Book of Proverbs tells us that such women are hard to find. It doesn't say that they don't exist, but only that you have to look for them. We might conclude that the not-so-excellent women, and the same would have to be true for men, are more abundant, and while that may be true, Proverbs simply tells us that the non-excellent are just easier to find.

Proverbs goes on...

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Friday April 27, 2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife.

When Boaz publicly takes full responsibility of kinsman-redeemer, the people in the court offered three blessings upon him: that Ruth would build his house like the house of Israel, that he would achieve wealth and become famous, and that he would have a family of strength and strong sons.

One of his sons, much farther down the line, will be the Lord Jesus Christ.

These blessings are aimed at Boaz and so they are given in the hope that his new wife would be a woman of excellence or as the Hebrew word chayil.

We noted last night that chayil (Hebrew: strength, wealth, courage, and virtue) is only real in a person when it comes from God.

The Bible...

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Thursday April 26,2018

Title: Ruth 4:8-12. Final chapter - an excellent wife.

Boaz takes full responsibility of kinsman-redeemer in front of many witnesses. Chilion's name will die out while Mahlon's will live on.

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Wednesday April 25, 2018

Ruth 4:1-6. Final chapter - opportunity for exceeding graciousness.

The nearer relative of Naomi is not willing to be overly gracious to his kinswoman, yet Boaz is and Boaz reaps what he sows. This has led us to look into the way of graciousness for the disciple of Christ.

Luk 14:33 "So therefore, no one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Jesus is not telling us to give everything away and then stand naked in the public square or the wilderness.

Christ is telling us to be...

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