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"The Mesage of Ruth" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
David Atkinson quoting D.A. Legget
As Boaz had the right of redemption and yet was clearly under no obligation to intervene on Ruth\'s behalf, so it was with Christ
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"Expositors Bible Commentary" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
F. B. Huey, Jr.
Those who interpret a sexual relation in the events reflect their twentieth-century cultural conditioning of sexual permissiveness. They fail to appreciate the element of Ruth’s trust that Boaz would not dishonor her whom he wanted for his wife. They fail to appreciate the cultural taboos of Ruth’s time that would have prevented a man of Boaz’s position from taking advantage of Ruth, thereby destroying her reputation and perhaps endangering his own. Biblical writers were not squeamish about describing sexual encounters, but the writer of Ruth has deliberately refrained from saying there was a liaison between Ruth and Boaz. If read carefully and with sensitivity, it becomes clear that he was saying just the opposite. Both Ruth and Boaz acted virtuously in a situation they knew could have turned out otherwise. Chastity was not an unknown virtue in the ancient world.”
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John Piper
Ruth 1: Here we have a picture of God\'s ideal woman. Faith in God that sees beyond present bitter setbacks. Freedom from the securities and comforts of the world. Courage to venture into the unknown and the strange. Radical commitment in the relationships appointed by God. O, that Bethlehem might breed that kind of woman!
www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByScripture/45/445_Ruth_Sweet_and_Bitter_Providence/
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The book also reveals examples of commendable character... a. Nobility of character in Ruth, who proved to be better to Naomi than seven sons! b. Nobility of character in Boaz, as an employer, and believer in God\'s promises and commands Remember that such character was manifested during a dark period in Israel\'s history... "In those days [there was] no king in Israel; everyone did [what was] right in his own eyes." (Judg 21:23)
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John Piper
Listen, the mood of American life today is, if it feels good, do it, and to hell with your guilt-producing, puritanical principles of chastity and faithfulness. But I say to you, if the stars are shining in their beauty and your blood is thudding like a hammer and you are safe in the privacy of your place, stop . . . for the sake of righteousness. Let the morning dawn on your purity. Don\'t be like the world. Be like Boaz. Be like Ruth. Profoundly in love. Subtle and perceptive in communication. Powerful in self-control. Committed to righteousness.
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByScripture/45/447_Ruth_Strategic_Righteousness/
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John Piper
If this story of Ruth just ended in a little Judean village with an old grandmother hugging a new grandson, glory would be too big a word. But the author doesn\'t leave it there. He lifts his eyes to the forests and the mountain snows of redemptive history. In verse 17 he says very simply that this child Obed was the father of Jesse and Jesse was the father of David. All of a sudden we realize that all along something far greater has been in the offing than we could imagine. God was not only plotting for the temporal blessing of a few Jews in Bethlehem. He was preparing for the coming of the greatest king that Israel would have, David. And the name of David carries with it the hope of the Messiah, the new age, peace, righteousness, freedom from pain and crying and grief and guilt. This simple little story opens out like a stream into a great river of hope.
www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByScripture/45/448_Ruth_The_Best_Is_Yet_to_Come/
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Richard Baxter
Elimelech and his sons went to Moab to find bread, instead they found graves
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Matthew Henry
It is evidence if a discontented, distrustful, unstable spirit to be weary of the place in which God has set us, and to be leaving it immediately whenever we meet with an uneasiness or inconvenience in it
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"The Message of Ruth" Buy from www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com
David Atkinson
Providence is a reminder that the Lord is a God of grace and generosity; prayer is our way of responding to his invitation to be a member of his covenant family, his son or daughter, his co-worker in this world.
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Sometimes the choice is not between right and wrong, but between good and better. Yet any choice we make will be the right one if made with these words of Jesus in mind: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." - Mt 6:33 "Ruth's" Noble Choice to follow Naomi and her God illustrates the truth of Jesus' words!
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