A SINGLE ACT OF COMPASSION

“Believe” #3 – The Story of Ruth

    The OT story of Ruth is really a well-written little play with 4 central characters: a prostitute, a son, a foreign widow, and an older widow.  It’s a story that begins with 3 funerals … but ends with a wedding.

1. Act One:  “UNCONDITONAL LOVE”

• Such a sad word … “bitter”
• Love … conditional or unconditional?

2. Act Two:  “REDEMPTION”

• The background of a “Kinsman-Redeemer”

• Had to be a near relative
• Boaz paid SOME, Jesus paid ALL
• Had to be willing!

3. Act Three:  “THE REST OF THE STORY”

• When you follow Jesus, you just never know what’s going to happen

• Don’t be satisfied with just the leftovers