100:00:00,660 –> 00:00:09,820Well, we are returning this morning to our series on Ruth, this beautiful story of the200:00:09,820 –> 00:00:17,400lives, the loves and the losses of three ordinary people. Now, why should we be300:00:17,400 –> 00:00:24,680interested at all in this ancient love story? Welcome to Open the Bible with400:00:24,680 –> 00:00:29,740Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick. Glad you could be with us today. Now, Colin,500:00:29,940 –> 00:00:34,599we’ve got our attention, so now you’ve got to answer that question, why should we600:00:34,820 –> 00:00:36,480be interested in this ancient love story?700:00:36,939 –> 00:00:41,020Well, I mean, I think the first thing would be everyone’s interested in a love800:00:41,020 –> 00:00:45,700story. This is a story that speaks directly into our lives today because it900:00:45,700 –> 00:00:52,919is a story about love, it’s a story about loss, and it’s a story about the help1000:00:52,919 –> 00:00:57,820and the provision and the kindness of Almighty God. And every one of these1100:00:58,180 –> 00:01:00,599things speak directly into our lives today.1200:01:00,959 –> 00:01:04,800I think the book of Ruth is one of the most beautiful stories in all of the1300:01:04,800 –> 00:01:10,160Bible, and I’m so glad that we’re able to look at it together today and to see1400:01:10,320 –> 00:01:14,940how God ministers to us in the realities of our lives.1500:01:15,180 –> 00:01:19,680So join us in the book of Ruth, chapter three if you can, today, as we begin1600:01:19,680 –> 00:01:21,559a message entitled Faith.1700:01:21,760 –> 00:01:22,440Here’s Colin.1800:01:23,279 –> 00:01:27,419Well, we are returning this morning to our series on Ruth.1900:01:27,459 –> 00:01:33,660This beautiful story of the lives, the loves and the losses of2000:01:33,660 –> 00:01:36,019three ordinary people.2100:01:36,540 –> 00:01:41,040We have met Naomi, who endured great sorrow and great loss.2200:01:41,779 –> 00:01:47,660She had moved with her husband and her two sons to Moab because there was a2300:01:47,660 –> 00:01:49,099famine in Bethlehem.2400:01:49,120 –> 00:01:55,500She had stayed there 10 years and during that time she had suffered a triple2500:01:55,900 –> 00:01:56,800bereavement.2600:01:56,820 –> 00:02:02,400First, she had lost her husband Elimelech, then she had lost her two married2700:02:02,400 –> 00:02:05,699sons, Malhan and Chullian.2800:02:06,580 –> 00:02:13,279And then we met Naomi’s daughter-in-law Ruth, a Moabites who had come to faith in2900:02:13,279 –> 00:02:14,619the living God.3000:02:15,199 –> 00:02:19,419And she also, of course, had endured a triple bereavement.3100:02:19,460 –> 00:02:24,500She’d lost her husband, she’d lost her father-in-law and she had lost her3200:02:24,500 –> 00:02:25,539brother-in-law.3300:02:26,600 –> 00:02:32,699When Naomi returned to Bethlehem, we saw earlier in the story that Ruth made an3400:02:32,699 –> 00:02:36,880astonishing commitment of faith and of love.3500:02:37,419 –> 00:02:44,979She says to Naomi, where you go, I will go, where you live, I will live and your3600:02:44,979 –> 00:02:48,440God will be my God.3700:02:49,399 –> 00:02:52,539And then we were introduced to the third character, Boaz.3800:02:53,240 –> 00:03:00,380Boaz was a relative of Naomi’s deceased husband, Elimelech, and he was a man of3900:03:00,380 –> 00:03:05,539some means, and it seems clear as we’ll see from the story today that he was in4000:03:05,539 –> 00:03:08,139midlife or older.4100:03:08,720 –> 00:03:15,419We saw how when Naomi and Ruth came back to Bethlehem, Ruth went to glean in the4200:03:15,880 –> 00:03:17,899fields during the barley harvest.4300:03:18,399 –> 00:03:23,479Gleaners would follow the harvesters and basically pick up the small amounts4400:03:23,479 –> 00:03:26,139of grain that they left behind.4500:03:26,679 –> 00:03:32,580And it just so happened, that word is in chapter two and verse three, that the4600:03:32,580 –> 00:03:39,259field in which Ruth chose to glean belonged to this man, Boaz.4700:03:40,020 –> 00:03:45,740Now, why should we be interested at all, in this ancient love story?4800:03:45,740 –> 00:03:50,660What does this have to do with all of us here today?4900:03:51,259 –> 00:03:56,100And we’ve been seeing that this is a story for us because it’s not only a5000:03:56,100 –> 00:04:01,660story about three ordinary people, it is a story about our extra ordinary God.5100:04:01,899 –> 00:04:08,259And what we learn from it at its heart is that our extraordinary God weaves5200:04:08,259 –> 00:04:18,179our lives and our loves and our losses into his hidden plan to bring blessing5300:04:18,619 –> 00:04:19,459to the world.5400:04:19,459 –> 00:04:22,260That’s what the book of Ruth is all about.5500:04:22,619 –> 00:04:25,480God is able to work through your life.5600:04:26,480 –> 00:04:29,500God is able to work through your loves.5700:04:30,399 –> 00:04:36,579God is even able to work through your losses in order to bring blessing to you5800:04:37,420 –> 00:04:38,940to others.5900:04:39,540 –> 00:04:45,059Now, we take up the story then today in chapter 3 and verse 1, where we read that6000:04:45,059 –> 00:04:54,320then Naomi, her mother in law said to her, that is Ruth, my daughter, should I not6100:04:54,320 –> 00:04:59,100seek rest for you that it may be well with you.6200:04:59,140 –> 00:05:06,859Now, Naomi was an older woman and Ruth had made this extraordinary commitment6300:05:06,859 –> 00:05:13,260of love and loyalty to support her, to care for her. Where you go where you live6400:05:13,260 –> 00:05:18,119I will live. Where you die I will die. But here’s the point, what would happen6500:05:18,119 –> 00:05:24,600to Ruth when Naomi was gone? And I want you to see here that Naomi gives to us6600:05:24,600 –> 00:05:32,820a marvelous snapshot of love in action. Notice that love appreciates what6700:05:32,820 –> 00:05:37,459others have done and seeks to do good for them.6800:05:37,459 –> 00:05:44,040We want to grow in faith, hope, and love. And here’s a snapshot of what it looks6900:05:44,040 –> 00:05:48,320like to grow in love right here. There’s actually a remarkable change that’s7000:05:48,320 –> 00:05:53,679taken place in Naomi. At the end of chapter one, not surprisingly, after a7100:05:53,679 –> 00:05:58,500triple bereavement, her thoughts were all about herself, and all about her loss.7200:05:58,500 –> 00:06:02,320That was what was consuming her mind and her heart. She’d gone through this7300:06:02,320 –> 00:06:10,260bitter, bitter experience and it really had taken its toll. But God’s provision7400:06:10,260 –> 00:06:15,540for Naomi through Ruth, and through Boaz, had given her a new7500:06:15,540 –> 00:06:22,480sense of hope. It had given her a new sense of purpose. There’s a reason why7600:06:22,480 –> 00:06:30,880I’m still here, and God has something for me to do. And notice that our focus now7700:06:30,880 –> 00:06:37,959is not so much on herself, but on what she can do for Ruth. Now remember in Old7800:06:37,959 –> 00:06:42,859Testament times particularly, seniority really carried an awful lot of weight.7900:06:42,859 –> 00:06:48,720And Naomi could easily have said, well, you know it’s the job of the younger to8000:06:49,459 –> 00:06:56,799us older ones. It’s Ruth’s calling to meet my needs. Now what’s Ruth gonna do for me?8100:06:56,799 –> 00:07:04,359But you see by God’s grace, this older woman has come to a better place.8200:07:04,359 –> 00:07:10,980Naomi is not asking, in chapter 3 in verse 1, what can Ruth do for me? She is8300:07:11,179 –> 00:07:19,519asking, what can I do for Ruth who has loved me so well? How can I make her life8400:07:19,519 –> 00:07:25,059better? My daughter, should I not seek rest8500:07:25,059 –> 00:07:34,059for you, that it may be well with you? Now love appreciates then what others have8600:07:34,119 –> 00:07:41,640for us and therefore seeks to do good for them. So who has brought blessing8700:07:41,640 –> 00:07:48,480into your life? Just think about that and ask yourself, rather than saying what8800:07:48,480 –> 00:07:55,799more can they do for me, how can I bring blessing to them? Who supports and helps8900:07:55,799 –> 00:08:03,700and encourages you? Well now, how can you help and support and encourage them? Who9000:08:03,739 –> 00:08:11,619has been a true friend to you? How can you then be a true friend to them? And9100:08:11,619 –> 00:08:17,380then think about what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for you, and then ask9200:08:17,380 –> 00:08:23,760with all the good that he has done for you, what are you prepared to do for him?9300:08:23,760 –> 00:08:28,559Naomi is a marvelous example of love because she appreciates what Ruth has9400:08:29,239 –> 00:08:36,020And then I want you to notice as we think about what it means to grow in love,9500:08:36,020 –> 00:08:43,020that love wants others to enjoy gifts that we have not received. Think about9600:08:43,020 –> 00:08:48,280this, what Naomi wants when she says, should I not seek rest for you, very9700:08:48,280 –> 00:08:53,200clearly what she wants here is that Ruth will find another husband.9800:08:53,799 –> 00:08:54,880Well very obviously9900:08:54,880 –> 00:09:01,099that’s a gift that Naomi herself did not receive. God did not give Naomi10000:09:01,099 –> 00:09:07,000another husband. And of course the temptation in that situation would be to10100:09:07,000 –> 00:09:13,500say well I’ve not had that gift, why should she? But you see that’s not love.10200:09:13,500 –> 00:09:19,919Naomi wants for Ruth what she herself was not given. There’s not a hint of10300:09:19,919 –> 00:09:25,559envy here. None of this why should she enjoy what I10400:09:25,559 –> 00:09:33,260was denied. None of this why should she have an easier life when I’ve had it so10500:09:33,260 –> 00:09:38,559hard. Love rejoices with those who rejoice and10600:09:38,559 –> 00:09:46,619love wants others to enjoy gifts that we have not received. It’s beautiful.10700:09:46,619 –> 00:09:53,840Then notice this that love moves a loved one in the direction of rest. Notice10800:09:53,840 –> 00:09:57,900that marriage because that’s what’s being spoken about here is described10900:09:57,900 –> 00:10:06,840very beautifully as rest. My daughter should I not seek rest for you that it11000:10:06,840 –> 00:10:15,900may be well with you. So marriage very simply is a good gift from God in which11100:10:16,099 –> 00:10:22,440one man and one woman are brought together in a lasting union of love and11200:10:22,440 –> 00:10:31,260mutual support in which they find rest. That’s beautiful that is the purpose of God11300:10:31,260 –> 00:10:40,859rest. God’s purpose in marriage is that it should have a settling effect on the11400:10:40,859 –> 00:10:45,299lives of both of the people who come into it that it should bring a greater11500:10:45,340 –> 00:10:51,960peace, that it should bring a greater stability, that it should have a calming11600:10:51,960 –> 00:10:58,380kind of an effect on all of our inner restlessness and Naomi says this is what11700:10:58,380 –> 00:11:05,500I want for you Ruth I want you to find someone with whom you will find rest and11800:11:05,500 –> 00:11:11,299I want this that it maybe well with you now here’s the very obvious question for11900:11:11,340 –> 00:11:18,039all of us who are called to marriage if God’s purpose in marriage is that we12000:11:18,039 –> 00:11:24,299will find rest then all of us who are married must surely ask this question12100:11:24,299 –> 00:11:34,000how can I make this marriage a place of greater rest for the spouse that God has12200:11:34,000 –> 00:11:40,520trusted to me so do you see here is a marvelous12300:11:40,520 –> 00:11:48,039snapshot of love love appreciates what others have done for us and therefore12400:11:48,039 –> 00:11:54,919tries to do good for them love wants others to enjoy gifts even gifts that we12500:11:54,919 –> 00:12:05,559ourselves did not receive and love moves a loved one in the direction of rest12600:12:05,679 –> 00:12:13,859now Naomi wants Ruth to find a husband and she’s pretty sure that she has12700:12:13,859 –> 00:12:20,200worked out who that husband should be she has picked up on Boaz kindness to12800:12:20,200 –> 00:12:26,200Ruth remember in chapter 2 and verse 11 he had already heard before he met Ruth12900:12:26,200 –> 00:12:31,659he’d already heard about her loving extraordinary commitment of loyalty to13000:12:32,059 –> 00:12:37,380her mother-in-law and he was intrigued just to meet this remarkable woman about13100:12:37,380 –> 00:12:41,359who he had heard so much and it was quite clear from chapter 2 that really13200:12:41,359 –> 00:12:46,440from the moment they met there was a connection between them Boaz we saw last13300:12:46,440 –> 00:12:52,820time had invited Ruth to lunch he’d made sure that she had plenty to show for13400:12:52,820 –> 00:12:57,500her day’s work when she went home gave it all EFA of Barley which was about 3013500:12:58,280 –> 00:13:03,260in weight and when Naomie can you picture this Ruth comes home with she’s13600:13:03,260 –> 00:13:08,940been gleaning and she comes back with thirty pounds worth of barley and Naomie13700:13:08,940 –> 00:13:14,700eyes must have been wide and my goodness someone’s really helped you13800:13:14,700 –> 00:13:21,880and indeed she says chapter two in verse 19 blessed be the man who took notice of13900:13:22,799 –> 00:13:28,619someone noticed you and helped you big-time no other Gleaner comes back14000:13:28,619 –> 00:13:35,739with an IFA of barley and you remember that Ruth told her the name of the man14100:13:35,739 –> 00:13:43,380with whom I work today is boaz and it did not take Naomi long to work out the14200:13:43,380 –> 00:13:46,419possibilities she says now you just keep going back14300:13:46,419 –> 00:13:51,460to boaz field you don’t go anywhere else and that’s what Ruth did and that’s the14400:13:51,500 –> 00:13:56,619end of chapter 2 if you just glance back to it she kept close to the young women14500:13:56,619 –> 00:14:04,219of boaz gleaning until the end of the barley and the wheat harvest so now14600:14:04,219 –> 00:14:10,799we’ve come to the end of the barley harvest14700:14:11,039 –> 00:14:14,799you’re listening to open the Bible with pastor Collin Smith and a message called14800:14:14,799 –> 00:14:20,580faith it’s part of our series ordinary people extraordinary God and if you’ve14900:14:20,659 –> 00:14:24,780missed any of the series so far or if you want to go back and listen again you15000:14:24,780 –> 00:14:29,380can always do that by coming online to our website that’s open the Bible dot15100:14:29,380 –> 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copy of Lee strobel’s book the case for16100:15:15,799 –> 00:15:20,539Easter along with pasteur Collins booklet six days that change the world16200:15:20,539 –> 00:15:27,820and a lovely open the Bible tote bag pen and bookmark Colin what makes this book16300:15:27,820 –> 00:15:32,700so useful oh well it’s author least Robo was a journalist for the Chicago16400:15:32,700 –> 00:15:37,239Tribune when he began exploring the Christian faith and in the case for16500:15:37,239 –> 00:15:42,500Easter he actually retraces his steps showing the biblical evidence that led16600:15:43,099 –> 00:15:48,140to the conclusion that Jesus really rose from the dead its fascinating but16700:15:48,140 –> 00:15:52,900because he interviewed expert to help us to sort through the bible’s evidence16800:15:52,900 –> 00:15:58,539for the resurrection so for example he interviews a medical doctor to help us16900:15:58,539 –> 00:16:01,619examine the evidence that Jesus really died17000:16:01,619 –> 00:16:07,020and psychologists to help us see that Jesus appearances could not have been17100:16:07,179 –> 00:16:12,440simply hallucinations so the case for easter really helps Christians know why17200:16:12,440 –> 00:16:17,299we believe in the Resurrection and it can provide a wonderful pathway to faith17300:16:17,299 –> 00:16:21,940for someone who’s beginning to explore the truths of Christianity17400:16:37,020 –> 00:16:50,580Now there are three things that I want us to notice in the passage17500:16:50,580 –> 00:16:56,000that’s before us today. First Naomi’s counsel second Ruth’s initiative and17600:16:56,000 –> 00:17:02,380third Boaz’s resolve. First then Naomi’s counsel verse two to17700:17:02,799 –> 00:17:09,079four is not Boaz our relative with whose young women you were. See he is winnowing17800:17:09,079 –> 00:17:13,780barley tonight on the threshing floor wash therefore and anoint yourself and17900:17:13,780 –> 00:17:18,540put on your cloak and go on down to the threshing floor but do not make yourself18000:17:18,540 –> 00:17:22,180known to the man until he is finished eating and drinking but when he lies18100:17:22,180 –> 00:17:28,900down observe the place where he lies then go and uncover his feet and lie18200:17:28,979 –> 00:17:35,739down and he will tell you what to do Naomi tells her daughter-in-law to make18300:17:35,739 –> 00:17:41,099herself as attractive as possible to sneak upon a man who has already shown18400:17:41,099 –> 00:17:46,459interest in her when he’s on his own in the middle of the night and lie down at18500:17:46,459 –> 00:17:56,339his feet it is not surprising that Naomi has come in for some harsh criticism for18600:17:56,380 –> 00:18:03,660her plan is Naomi suggesting that Ruth should seduce Boaz so that he would feel18700:18:03,660 –> 00:18:10,400that he had to marry her did she not realize the terrible danger that she was18800:18:10,400 –> 00:18:17,180putting Ruth in by sending out a loan at night to the threshing floor is she18900:18:17,180 –> 00:18:24,579guilty of trying to nudge the hand of God when she should have waited for God19000:18:24,579 –> 00:18:32,979to work out his own perfect plan and purpose well karen and I have enjoyed19100:18:32,979 –> 00:18:38,739watching a TV program called alone which some of you may also have seen and19200:18:38,739 –> 00:18:45,260enjoyed volunteers endure extreme weather conditions forage for food19300:18:45,260 –> 00:18:50,859protect themselves against attack from wild animals to see who can survive the19400:18:50,859 –> 00:18:55,780longest in some remote corner of the planet and at the beginning of every19500:18:55,780 –> 00:19:03,040episode you see this warning do not try this yourself19600:19:03,040 –> 00:19:15,380now that warning should be attached to any study of Ruth chapter 3 do not try19700:19:15,699 –> 00:19:23,420what Naomi proposed and what Ruth did yourself it would not be wise for a19800:19:23,420 –> 00:19:27,699young woman to steal into the house of a man she hopes to marry and lie down at19900:19:27,699 –> 00:19:31,739his feet while he is sleeping and if someone were to do this it would be20000:19:31,739 –> 00:19:39,479quite wrong to claim Scripture as your reason for what you did this is not an20100:19:40,479 –> 00:19:47,099to follow. why? well at least one reason. there are not many men who would have20200:19:47,099 –> 00:19:53,939the self-control that Boaz did but having given the do not try this20300:19:53,939 –> 00:20:01,140yourself warning I want us to see that Naomi’s counsel is a beautiful20400:20:01,859 –> 00:20:10,140expression of faith and hope and love Boaz had clearly shown interest in Ruth20500:20:10,140 –> 00:20:16,439but he had done nothing to move the relationship forward and there may be a20600:20:16,439 –> 00:20:23,359hint as to why this was in verse 10 where Boaz says may you be blessed by20700:20:23,540 –> 00:20:31,020the Lord my daughter that’s how he addresses Ruth so the fact that Boaz20800:20:31,020 –> 00:20:36,859addresses Ruth as daughter indicates that there was a very substantial20900:20:36,859 –> 00:20:44,040difference in age Boaz was much older than Ruth and you see21000:20:44,040 –> 00:20:47,540that is why he says in verse 1021100:20:53,520 –> 00:21:01,339young men whether poor or rich the natural thing for Ruth to have done of21200:21:01,339 –> 00:21:05,979course would have been to go after someone of her own age21300:21:05,979 –> 00:21:13,520and if Boaz had any romantic thoughts in regards to Ruth he would have been21400:21:13,520 –> 00:21:18,020very quick to put these out of his mind I mean why would a young woman like21500:21:18,020 –> 00:21:26,760Ruth have any interest in an aging man like me so you see when Ruth came home21600:21:26,760 –> 00:21:33,459from the fields day after day during the barley harvest Naomie would ask her did21700:21:33,459 –> 00:21:42,920you see Boaz today oh yes I had lunch with him and the others did he say21800:21:42,920 –> 00:21:46,140anything to you today21900:21:46,140 –> 00:21:51,420no nothing unusual22000:21:52,040 –> 00:21:59,719and now it’s the end of the barley harvest and Naomi is thinking he is22100:21:59,719 –> 00:22:05,420never gonna have the courage to ask her well we all know how this story should22200:22:06,239 –> 00:22:11,719but time has passed nothing has happened22300:22:11,719 –> 00:22:18,819until Naomi came to the rescue the barley harvest is over and Naomi reckons22400:22:18,819 –> 00:22:24,579it’s now or never and so she encourages Ruth to take a risky initiative of faith22500:22:24,579 –> 00:22:29,859what she’s saying to her is basically this put away your morning clothes and22600:22:29,900 –> 00:22:35,040and dress yourself as if for a wedding because that’s what’s ahead of you22700:22:35,040 –> 00:22:40,959that’s Naomi’s counsel you’ve been listening to open the Bible with Pastor22800:22:40,959 –> 00:22:45,599Colin Smith and a message called faith part of our series ordinary people22900:22:45,599 –> 00:22:49,780extraordinary God based on the book of Ruth and today we’ve been looking at23000:22:49,780 –> 00:22:56,319Naomi’s council next time we’ll look at Ruth’s initiative and Boaz’s resolve so23100:22:56,319 –> 00:22:59,800I hope you’ll join us for that don’t forget if you ever miss one of23200:22:59,800 –> 00:23:03,560the programs or if you want to go back and listen again come to our website23300:23:03,560 –> 00:23:09,439open the Bible dot org dot UK or find us as a podcast and those are on all the23400:23:09,439 –> 00:23:15,920main podcast sites search for open the Bible UK here’s open the Bible’s Amanda23500:23:15,920 –> 00:23:20,739Cunningham with news of a special promotion by open the Bible this Easter23600:23:20,739 –> 00:23:25,719how will you reach out to your local community this Easter with the good news23700:23:25,800 –> 00:23:31,380of the gospel how will you inspire or in your church family and the wonder of the23800:23:31,380 –> 00:23:38,119cross when the story is familiar open the Bible UK would love to help you we23900:23:38,119 –> 00:23:43,920filmed a one-actor one-hour performance of Colin’s well-known book heaven how I24000:23:43,920 –> 00:23:47,239got here the story of the thief on the cross24100:23:47,239 –> 00:23:51,920it’s a powerful gospel message and we’re making the film available to you for24200:23:52,219 –> 00:23:57,800free alongside it we have also created a complete Easter resource pack including24300:23:57,800 –> 00:24:03,359event artwork and an event guide designed as an easy evangelistic event24400:24:03,359 –> 00:24:08,479for inviting friends or the local community it’s also perfect for small24500:24:08,479 –> 00:24:13,640groups to watch and discuss during holy week to find out more go to open the24600:24:13,640 –> 00:24:19,660Bible org UK that open the Bible we welcome contact with our listeners you24700:24:19,739 –> 00:24:25,819can email us by using the contact form on our website open theBible.org.uk24800:24:25,819 –> 00:24:33,060forward slash contact you can write to us at open the Bible P.O. 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