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May 10, 2015
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Faithfulness Rewarded
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Naomi is the supporting actress in this drama from the time of the Judges.
Each act in this story displays for us the character qualities of this godly woman,
Naomi.
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1 Now it came to pass,
in the days when the
judges ruled, that there
was a famine in the
land…
Famine – In Bethlehem
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25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was
right in his own eyes
Judges 21:25
Famine – In Bethlehem
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15 …if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, 16 I also will do this to
you…
Famine – In Bethlehem
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19 I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. 20 And your strength shall
be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land
yield their fruit.Leviticus 26:15-16;19-20
Famine – In Bethlehem
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25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was
right in his own eyes
Judges 21:25
Famine – In Bethlehem
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1 …And a certain man
of Bethlehem, Judah,
went to dwell in the
country of Moab, he
and his wife and his two
sons.
Famine – In Bethlehem
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Bethlehem
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3 “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations
may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD… 6 As long as you live, you must never
promote the welfare and prosperity of the
Ammonites or Moabites…
Deuteronomy 23:3;6
Famine – In Bethlehem
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2 The name of the man was Elimelech, the
name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—
Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah.
And they went to the country of Moab
and remained there.
Famine – In Bethlehem
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• Elimelech – means "God the King" or "God is
King”
Their Names
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• Elimelech – means "God the King" or "God is
King"• Naomi - means "pleasantness" or
"sweetness”
Their Names
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• Elimelech – means "God the King" or "God is
King"• Naomi - means "pleasantness" or
"sweetness"• Mahlon - means "great infirmity," "painful,"
or "mild”
Their Names
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• Elimelech – means "God the King" or "God is
King"• Naomi - means "pleasantness" or
"sweetness"• Mahlon - means "great infirmity," "painful,"
or "mild"
• Chilion – means "consuming," or "consumption,“
or "pining"
Their Names
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3 Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 Now they took wives of the
women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten
years. Ruth 1:3-4
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died;
so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.
Ruth 1:5
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the
country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had
visited His people by giving them bread. 7 Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the
way to return to the land of Judah.
Ruth 1:6-7(NKJV)
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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“...if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons, 13 would you
wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from
having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone
out against me!”Ruth 1:12,13
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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16 But Ruth said:“Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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17 Where you die, I will die,And there will I be buried.
The Lord do so to me, and more also,If anything but death parts you and me.”
Ruth 1:16-17(NKJV)
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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Faith – In the Land of Moab
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Oh, look at where we are; God has brought us both so far,
We've been delivered by His hand, and brought to the place
where we now stand.
Love is patient, love is kind,Love comes through every time,
Always protects, hopes and trusts,Keeps on believing and it never gives
up.
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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Faith – In the Land of Moab
For His glory we will live,He has given us love to give,I am with you, heart and soul,
Wherever He leads, together we will go.
In my life I have seen so many things, but nothing has touched me so deep inside
as when I see Jesus in your eyes, in your eyes
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Faithfulness AffirmedWhere ever you go I will go
Wherever you lodge
I will lodge
Your people shall be my people
Your God, my God
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried
The LORD …do so to me…
Faith – In the Land of Moab
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There was a relative of Naomi’s husband,
a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. 2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and
glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.”
Favour – In Bethlehem
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And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the
field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:1-3 (NKJV)
Favour – In Bethlehem
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Favour – In Bethlehem
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to
glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay Close by my young women. 9 Let your eyes
be on the field which they reap, and go after
them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you?
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Favour – In BethlehemAnd when you are thirsty, go to the vessels
and drink from what the young men have drawn.”
10 So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should
take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
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Favour – In Bethlehem
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, all
that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband,
and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. 12 The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under
whose wings you have come for refuge.”
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Favour – In Bethlehem13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in
your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not
like one of your maidservants.”
Ruth 2:8-13
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Favour – In BethlehemHe has shown you, O man,
what is good;And what does the Lord require of
youbut to do justly,to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
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Favour – In Bethlehem
30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your
neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than
these.”Mark 12:30-31
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Favour – In Bethlehem11 And now, my daughter,
do not fear. I will do for you all that you
request, for all the people of
my town know
that you are a virtuous woman.Ruth 3:11
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Family – and a Future
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he
went in to her, the Lord gave her conception,
and she bore a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this
day without a close relative;
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Family – and a Future…and may his name be famous in
Israel! 15 And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of
your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves
you, who is better to you
than seven sons, has borne him.”
Ruth 4:13-15
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16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom, and
became a nurse to him. 17 Also the neighbor women gave him a name,
saying, “There is a son born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse,
the father of David.Ruth 4:16
Family – and a Future
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18 Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;
19 Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab; 20 Amminadab
begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; 21 Salmon begot
Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed; 22 Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse
begot David.Ruth 4: 13-18
Family – and a Future
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• Perez was the son of Judah and Tamar
Family – and a Future
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• Perez was the son of Judah and Tamar
• Boaz was the son of Salmon and Rahab (Salmon was one of the spies whom Rahab hid)
Family – and a Future
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• Because of Naomi’s response to God’s faithfulness, the women of Bethlehem exclaimed: "Naomi has a son.”
Family – and a Future
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• Because of Naomi’s response to God’s faithfulness, the women of Bethlehem exclaimed: "Naomi has a son.”
• Naomi came back to Bethlehem empty, but God filled her with blessing.
Family – and a Future
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Family – and a Future
God established a lineage
that would change the world!
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16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives.
Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom He gives. Sing
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God
with thankful hearts…
What Next?
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17 And whatever you do or say, do it
as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him
to God the Father.
Colossians 3:16-17
What Next?
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