1. The address to the Children in the faith (v.12,13c)

2. The address to the Young Men in the faith (v.13b,14b)

3. The address to the fathers in the faith (v.13a, 14a)

Ruth 2:1-3

1. An Introduction to Boaz (v.1)

1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

2. God’s provision for Ruth (v.2,3)

2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

1 John 2:9-11

1. Hating A Brother Is Being In Darkness (vv.9,11)

9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness…11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

2. Loving A Brother Is Being In Light (v.10)

10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

PARAGRAPH 3

By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ,7 to the praise of His glorious grace;8 others being left to act in their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise of His glorious justice.9

7 1 Tim. 5:21; Matt. 25:34
8 Eph. 1:5–6
9 Rom. 9:22–23; Jude 4

Ruth 1:6-18

1. The Test of loyalty (v.6-9)

2. True loyalty considers others. (V.10-13)

3. The Conflict of loyalty (v.14-18)

4. True loyalty does not shrink back from frowning providence (v.19-22)

Isaiah 25:8

1 John 2 : 7-8

1. The Old Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

2. The New Commandment

8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you,…

3. The Implication of the Commandment

8…because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.