ALCFNow - The Book of Ruth: A love story about God and His people

In today's message, Pastor Scott teaches ‍‍‍about God's love for His people through the book of Ruth. Follow along using his outline below. Please help us spread the good news by sharing this message with others!

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

~Ruth 1:1

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Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

~ 1 Corinthians 10:11

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In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

~ Ruth 1:1

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“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes”

~ Judge 21:25

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In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

~ Ruth 1:1

Famine
Bethlemhem – house of bread

"I am the bread of life."

~ John 6:35

Judah
Moab

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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.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.5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.

~ Ruth 1:2-5

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Elimelech - “My God is King.”
Naomi – pleasure; delightful, pleasant or lovely or full of pleasantness
Mahlon – sick and puny
Kilion – prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Ephrathites - an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim; an inhabitant of Bethlehem; fruitfulness
Bethlehem – house of bread
Orpah – gazelle the neck of a gazelle, stiff-necked, to turn back quickly and run away
Orpah
Ruth – friendship; covenant partner

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“Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For they will turn away thy son from following Me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.”

~ Deuteronomy 7:3-4

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Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.

8 But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back to your mothers' homes. And may the LORD reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. 9 May the LORD bless you with the security of another marriage." Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.

10 "No," they said. "We want to go with you to your people."

11 But Naomi replied, "Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to 12 No, my daughters, return to your parents' homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what? 13 Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has raised his fist against me."

14 And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.

~ Ruth 1:6-14

Sermon Outline

The Book of Ruth: A love story about God and His people