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Book messages «Life-Study of Ruth»

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Life-Study of Ruth

Message: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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An Introductory Word _{Message 1}

I. Ruth being an appendix to the book of Judges, contemporary with the first half of Judges
II. The book of ruth being an important part of the genealogy of Christ
III. The writer
IV. The time
V. The place
VI. The content
VII. The central thought
VIII. The sections
A. Elimelech’s swerving from the rest in God’s economy
B. Naomi’s returning to the rest in God’s economy
C. Ruth’s choosing for her goal
D. Ruth’s exercising of her right
E. Ruth’s seeking for her rest
F. Ruth’s reward for God’s economy

Elimelech's Swerving, Naomi's Returning, and Ruth's Choosing _{Message 2}

I. Elimelech’s swerving from the rest in God’s economy
A. Israel living in the God-promised land for the carrying out of God’s economy
B. Israel’s rest being related to their situation with God in His economy
C. From Bethlehem in Judah
1. Bethlehem, the city of David
2. Judah
D. To Moab
E. In the days of the rule of the judges
F. Due to a famine in the good land
G. With his wife and two sons
H. God’s chastisement in Moab over the house of Elimelech
II. Naomi’s returning to the rest in God’s economy
A. From Moab
B. To Judah
C. Having been stripped by God of her husband and of her two sons
D. With Ruth, her daughter-in-law
E. Arriving at Bethlehem
F. All the city being stirred
III. Ruth’s choosing for her goal
A. Naomi’s proposal to her two daughters-in-law for their future
B. Ruth’s choosing to go with Naomi

Ruth's Exercising of Her Right _{Message 3}

I. God’s commandment to Israel that takes care of the needy ones among his elect concerning the reaping of their harvest
II. Naomi returning to Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law ruth at the beginning of the barley harvest
III. Naomi having a relative of her husband’s, a man of great wealth, by the name of Boaz
IV. Ruth gaining Naomi’s permission to go gleaning
V. Boaz becoming acquainted with Ruth
VI. Boaz’s word of grace to Ruth
VII. Boaz’s generosity toward ruth
VIII. Ruth telling the story to Naomi
IX. Naomi charging Ruth
X. Ruth staying close to Boaz’s young women
XI. Ruth exercising her right to partake of the rich produce of the inheritance of God’s elect
XII. Types implied in this aromatic story
A. Boaz, rich in wealth
B. The field of the God-promised good land
C. Barley and wheat
D. Ruth, a Moabitess, a heathen sinner

Ruth's Seeking for Her Rest _{Message 4}

I. Promoted by her mother-in-law
A. To seek some resting place for Ruth
B. Instructing ruth what to do
C. Ruth’s obedience
II. Carried out by Ruth
A. According to her mother-in-law’s charge
B. Approaching Boaz based upon the God-ordained way
III. Accepted by Boaz
A. Boaz’s promise
B. Boaz’s generous care
IV. Ruth’s report to her mother-in-law
A. The good news
B. The mother-in-law’s faith
V. For the continuation of the genealogy to bring in Christ
VI. The evaluation of Boaz

Ruth's Reward for God's Economy _{Message 5}

I. Gaining a redeeming husband
II. Redeemed from the indebtedness of the dead husband
III. Becoming a crucial ancestor in the genealogy to bring in the royal house of David for the producing of Christ
IV. To continue the line of the God-created humanity for the incarnation of Christ
V. First Samuel to Malachi being a long record of the generations for the prolonged line of humanity for Christ’s incarnation

Boaz and Ruth Typifying Christ and the Church _{Message 6}

I. Boaz typifying Christ
A. Two prominent persons typifying Christ
1. Joshua at the beginning
2. Boaz at the end
B. The aspects in which Boaz typifies Christ
1. As a man rich in wealth and generous in giving
2. As a kinsman of Mahlon
II. Ruth typifying the church
A. Ruth, being a woman in Adam in God’s creation and a Moabitess in man’s fall, thus becoming an old man with these two aspects
B. Ruth, being a widow redeemed by Boaz, who cleared the indebtedness of her dead husband for the recovery of the lost right of her dead husband’s property
C. Ruth, after being redeemed by Boaz, becoming a new wife to him
D. Ruth being united with Boaz

Ruth's Ten Statuses Typifying the Statuses of the Believers in Christ _{Message 7}

Ruth’s ten statuses
A type of the believers’ statuses

A Concluding Word _{Message 8}

God’s move in the Spirit of power and God’s move in the Spirit of life
Samson as a typical illustration
The book of Ruth being a book of life
The example of Naomi
The example of Ruth
The example of Boaz
Taking the way of life in the Lord’s recovery

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