Amor Dee
Text: Ruth 1-4
Sermon Structure: Analytical
Subject: The Life of Ruth
Theme: The Analysis of the Life of Ruth
Title: Undeserved Turned to Glory
Intro:
Greetings… Text… Title… Prayer…
How many of us here, did see people who are not talented, not so intelligent, not so wealthy yet reached the highest point of success?
We may think they were incapable to do so.
But as the well known saying said, “poverty is not a hindrance to success”.
It is not what we have that matters, but it is our attitude that matters, but it is our attitude that matters most.
Putting our trust in God is the only right response we ever had facing difficult situations in life.
And God could even make our undeserved life turn to glory.
From these passages we can find events that like of this situation that took place during the time of the Judges. A time when Israel was a divided and defeated kingdom. Famine came throughout them and makes the family of Elimelech moved to Moab. But during the worst of times that the Israelites encountered God reveals His love and still works on behalf of those who fear and trust in Him.
During those times there was a young woman named Ruth. Ruth is a little foreign girl who came out of paganism and idolatry in the land of Moab. She came from a people, and she came into knowledge of the Lord God of Israel.
Proposition: The Analysis of the life of Ruth as set forth in book bearing her name will enable us to see how God works in the life of those who trusts in Him.
T. S. Let us now analyze the life of Ruth step by step so that we will see well how God works in the life of those who put their trusts in Him.
First, we see God works in the life of Ruth by bringing her into the truth, in Ruth 1:4, “They married Moabite woman, one named Orpah and the other Ruth”.
During there time the marriages of Israelites with the Ammon or Moab are expressly forbidden, as were marriages with women of Canaan.
But in here we can see how God works with the marriage of Ruth and Mahlon…. (First)
A. God opened the way for Ruth to know the truth by marrying a Jew.
In this situation I believed that many of the Israelites look at the marriage of Ruth and Mahlon as the most mistakes choice of choosing a life partner. And maybe they look at also this as faultily to Mahlon but yet fine to Ruth because of having Mahlon as her husband. And there is a truth with it, because Ruth was lucky of having him as husband, because this was the start that God had opened good way for her.
B. Her response brings a positive result. 1:16, “But Ruth replied, don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will my people and your God my God”.
We need to know that before Ruth was with her pagan parents but now she is determined to stay forever with her Jew mother in law. And not only that before she was with the outcast people but now she worships the true and living God of Israel. And until to end as though her husband dies, she remained faithful in her trust to God
Brothers and sister how about to us this morning, do we have this kind of mind-set?
C. What if Ruth went back like her sister in law did?
Surely I believe that she will miss the blessings of being part of God’s chosen people. And surely also that she will miss the blessings God hath poured out to Israelites and would remain to suffer the famine just like to her sister in law.
Application:
Brethren let us remember that Ruth was very concern with the truth that she knows. She never let that the opened way for her would be closed and not receiving and enjoying to it. Instead as she the found right way of living with God she grabbed the opportunity; she never let it that it would be lost from him. And she put her trusts upon it.
Second…
God works in the life of Ruth in the midst of crises. Chapters 2, 3.
In the midst of crisis we can see that God work out in the life of Ruth and it is by opening the way for her to find a living, and this is the first…
A. God opened the way for her to find a living.
Before Ruth live in the life that was no hope and full of miserable but God turned it to hope and experienced a contented joyful life.
We can see also that God brings favor toward her because of her attitude; this is the second reason why God work out to her life…
B. Her attitude brings favor to her.
In 2:3, “So she went out and began to glean in the fields… she found herself working in the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech”.
In here we can see that Ruth was so diligent and this diligence brings her to the field of the near kinsman. And also in 2:10 it was described that she possessed humbleness. And this humbleness brings her to be favored by Boaz. And even in 3:1&2 she also possessed an attitude of being obedient. And her obedience brings her to have the kinsman-redeemer.
If we try to look at Ruth really deserved of blessings because of her good attitude.
Now let us checked ourselves brethren do are we deserves blessings because of having a good attitude toward people and toward God? We need to take note that only those who have good attitude like Ruth that deserves blessings.
But the question is…
C. What if she doesn’t go to glean or look for a living?
There were three possible answers on this First…
Precisely she will not be able to meet the near kinsman. Second…
Precisely she will not gain favorable living. Third…
Precisely she will not be able to have a kinsman-redeemer.
Application:
Brothers and sisters in Christ do we have the kind of attitude that Ruth has? We hope that as Christian we have the kind of attitude that is willing to sacrifice and have the determination of trust in God just as Ruth herself.
Third and the Last…
God works in the life of Ruth by turning her to glory. 4:13, 17 “So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then He went to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and gave birth to a son… and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father David”.
After Ruth Married she experienced as being widow when her husband died. And she was also degraded because of not having son. But when God works in her life those badly lit days turns to glory. Because first…
A. She was no more a widow because God provided the kinsman redeemer. Second…
B. She was no longer a degraded woman because God provided a son to her. Third….
C. She now becomes a descendant of the Royal blood.
Application:
What a happy moment for us upon experiencing just what Ruth had experienced.
Conclusion:
Brethren, The story in the life of Ruth show the work of our God upon those who put their trust in Him. Let us remember even us we think and other as well that we are underserved to receive those benefits; be it put in our mind that God can turn our life worthy into glory if we put our trust in Him. With this we see God is working in the life of Ruth by bringing her into the truth, helping her in the midst of crises, and turning her to a glorious life.
Let us remember what God did in the life of Ruth; he can also do it in our life today. If we are facing Spiritual hunger now, God can fill us with His truth, if we are suffering from crises, God can provide our needs and though we are sinful, and unworthy to stand in God’s presence, He can make our underserved life turn to glory if we only put our trust in them just what Ruth had done.
