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No Little People
Ruth 4 (4 of 4)
This is the first of four talks where I go through the whole Book of Ruth. Each talk is a shortened version of a longer sermon preached at Church of the Messiah, Ottawa. The original series was called, "Upside Down: The Story of Ruth." (Full Version: http://messiahchurch.sermons.io/sermons/no-little-people)
Today’s
Reading: Ruth 4 (ESV)
Boaz Redeems Ruth
4 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the
redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside,
friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. 3 Then
he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of
Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative
Elimelech. 4 So I thought I would tell you of it and say, ‘Buy
it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the
elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you[a]
will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to
redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.” 5 Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth[b] the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.” 6 Then
the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own
inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem
it.”
7 Now
this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and
exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and
gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. 8 So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal. 9 Then
Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day
that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to
Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon. 10 Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to
perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of
the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of
his native place. You are witnesses this day.” 11 Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem, 12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”Ruth and Boaz Marry
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. 17 And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.The Genealogy of David
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
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NOTES:
- The Lord is present, powerful, active and hidden.
- The Lord makes you right with Himself in a way that is right.
- When you are redeemed, you and your story become part of the Lord’s big story.
- In the Lord’s redeemed people, there are no little people, for you are each His son or daughter.
- When you are redeemed into the Lord’s big story, your life and actions matter.
Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church
of the Messiah
www.messiahchurch.ca
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com
613-235-0596
messiahchurch.office@gmail.com
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