*Unfortunately, we were unable to record the sermon from Sunday, December 22, 2024. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.
The king is coming
Ruth 4
Much of Ruth looks very ordinary: we read about bread, family, death, daughters-in-law, widowhood, gossip, grief, bitterness, a baby, and other familiar things. But in truth Ruth magnifies God’s providence. God is at work in this ordinary family. Ruth tells us not to dismiss or despise the ordinary but to look within it for God’s extraordinary providence.
~ Tony Merida, Ruth For You
The story you believe is the story you live.
Past: How do you tell your story?
Present: How do you interpret your days?
Future: What do you believe the future holds?
Ps.115:3: But “our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.”
Isa.46:9-10: [The Lord says] there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
Job 42:2: I know you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Your story is not random.
Your story is redemptive.
Main Idea: Jesus is the long-expected King who redeems us and restores us to bless the world through ordinary faithfulness.
I. The Redeemer’s Sacrifice (4:1-10)
The Gate (4:1)
The Twelve (4:2)
The Land (4:3-4)
Leviticus 25:25: “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.”
The Bride (4:5-6)
The Sacrifice (4:7-10)
When the person from whom I have a right to expect nothing gives me everything.
~ Michael Card
II. The Blessed Wedding (4:11-17a)
A. The Threefold Blessing (4:11b-12)
House of Israel: Rachel and Leah
House of Bread: Renown in Bethlehem
House of Perez: Judah’s Offspring
B. The Fruitful Wedding (4:13)
C. The Restoration of Naomi (4:14-16)
III. The Royal Lineage (4:18-22)
Ruth 4:18–22: Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
Matthew 1:1-16: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
