6. RUTH – CELEBRATIONS

6. RUTH – CELEBRATIONS

 

SEEK GOD’S WORD FOR TRUTH

Read the following passage:

RUTH 4:9-22

 

Boaz is sitting with the elders, and the relative has declined any right to Naomi’s property. What does Boaz announce to this assembly of elders?

 

What further claim does he extend regarding Ruth?

 

The elders respond by saying “We are witnesses!” What is their blessing for Boaz?

 

Finally, Ruth and Boaz marry. When they have a baby son, how do the townswomen react? How do they bless Naomi?

 

Who would this new baby’s grandson be?

 

FIND GOD’S WAYS FOR YOU

Read the following passage:

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

                                                                                                                      MATTHEW 11:28-30

 

Who has offered to give us rest from the burdens that weary us?

 

A yoke is used to help oxen share a burden. What kind of yoke does Jesus offer?

 

What is the weight of the burden Jesus will give us?

 

What is the nature of Jesus’ character?

 

STOP AND PONDER

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

                                                                                                                            JOHN 14:6

 

Are you yoked to Jesus? If not, what hinders you?

 

THIS is the family tree of Boaz, beginning with his ancestor Perez: Perez (whose mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, and David, who became King of Israel. And from the line of King David came the Christ, the anointed One of God, Jesus, our Savior and Lord.