100:00:00,480 –> 00:00:04,880If anyone here today200:00:04,880 –> 00:00:10,300is not redeemed. It is not because Jesus Christ is unwilling.300:00:10,300 –> 00:00:15,200He wants to redeem. He wants you400:00:15,200 –> 00:00:19,559my dear friend however rebellious you have been against God he wants you to500:00:19,559 –> 00:00:21,480enjoy the inheritance forever600:00:21,480 –> 00:00:25,900he wants you to have everlasting life700:00:26,379 –> 00:00:30,559Welcome to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pink800:00:30,559 –> 00:00:34,919I’m glad you could be with us today and Collin we continue our message900:00:34,919 –> 00:00:39,439redemption today based on the book Ruth and today we hear about how1000:00:39,439 –> 00:00:43,779Boaz points us to Jesus. Yeah there are so many ways1100:00:43,779 –> 00:00:48,240in which Boaz points us to Jesus but one of the ways that I love the most1200:00:48,240 –> 00:00:51,919is that when Ruth basically asked him to marry her1300:00:52,720 –> 00:00:58,139He responded with such enthusiasm he wasn’t just willing to, he wanted to1400:00:58,139 –> 00:01:02,820and that points us very beautifully to the love of the Lord Jesus Christ1500:01:02,820 –> 00:01:07,419There may be someone listening today who feels does Jesus Christ really want me?1600:01:07,419 –> 00:01:10,820Maybe it’s that God is against me. I mean when I think of what I’ve thought,1700:01:10,820 –> 00:01:14,779or said or done, what would God want with me?1800:01:14,779 –> 00:01:18,620The answer to that question is that the love of the Lord Jesus Christ1900:01:18,620 –> 00:01:21,699is extended towards you today2000:01:21,959 –> 00:01:26,180The Lord Jesus Christ wants to touch and to change your life2100:01:26,180 –> 00:01:30,879He wants to be your saviour, your redeemer, and your lord2200:01:30,879 –> 00:01:35,320He wants to bring you into all the glory that right now he enjoys2300:01:35,320 –> 00:01:39,419And this beautiful love story that we’re looking at points us to the love2400:01:39,419 –> 00:01:43,180of the Lord Jesus Christ and I hope that that’s going to bring a fresh sense of2500:01:43,180 –> 00:01:45,480hope for many people today2600:01:45,480 –> 00:01:49,120So join us today in the Book of Ruth if you can, chapter 42700:01:49,220 –> 00:01:51,820As we continue the message, redemption2800:01:51,820 –> 00:01:52,940Here’s Colin2900:01:52,940 –> 00:01:59,540Ruth and Boaz wants to live under the blessing of God3000:01:59,540 –> 00:02:02,760And because they want to live under the blessing of God3100:02:02,760 –> 00:02:08,500they want to honour the law of God, even if that were to get in the way of their love3200:02:08,500 –> 00:02:10,500for each other3300:02:10,500 –> 00:02:13,919Which is clearly the danger in what Boaz is doing in chapter 43400:02:13,919 –> 00:02:22,820the nearer relative was qualified to redeem by virtue of being a family member3500:02:22,820 –> 00:02:24,960But the question in chapter 4 is3600:02:24,960 –> 00:02:27,779Would he be willing?3700:02:27,779 –> 00:02:29,300That’s the question3800:02:29,300 –> 00:02:33,020Because a redeemer has not only to be a member of the same family3900:02:33,020 –> 00:02:36,940He has to be willing to pay the price4000:02:36,940 –> 00:02:40,220So we’re told in chapter 4 verse 14100:02:40,220 –> 00:02:43,259that Boaz went to the city gate and he sat down4200:02:43,259 –> 00:02:45,800The city gate was where legal agreements were reached4300:02:45,800 –> 00:02:49,440and where business transactions were done4400:02:49,440 –> 00:02:51,380And when the nearer relative came by4500:02:51,380 –> 00:02:52,800Boaz asked him to sit down4600:02:52,800 –> 00:02:56,979Then Boaz gathered ten elders who would act as witnesses4700:02:56,979 –> 00:02:59,779and make sure that this was a proper legal proceeding4800:02:59,779 –> 00:03:02,419that took place at the city gate4900:03:02,419 –> 00:03:07,500They all sat down and Boaz then explained the opportunity5000:03:07,500 –> 00:03:09,380Chapter 4 verse 35100:03:09,440 –> 00:03:13,080Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab5200:03:13,080 –> 00:03:15,759is selling the parcel of land that belonged5300:03:15,759 –> 00:03:19,119to our relative Elimelech5400:03:19,119 –> 00:03:22,300And then in front of the ten elders5500:03:22,300 –> 00:03:23,860and the witnesses5600:03:23,860 –> 00:03:28,500Boaz invited this nearer relative to buy5700:03:28,500 –> 00:03:29,759the land5800:03:29,759 –> 00:03:32,899And the nearer relative said5900:03:32,899 –> 00:03:34,539verse 46000:03:34,539 –> 00:03:38,839I will redeem it6100:03:38,839 –> 00:03:40,380And you read that, and everyone goes6200:03:40,380 –> 00:03:46,539oh no, this is not what is supposed to happen6300:03:46,539 –> 00:03:48,020You can understand why6400:03:48,020 –> 00:03:50,779he was willing to buy the field6500:03:50,800 –> 00:03:55,779Remember, there is no son to continue6600:03:55,779 –> 00:03:59,539Elimelech’s family line6700:03:59,539 –> 00:04:03,479So if the unnamed relative6800:04:03,479 –> 00:04:06,360buys the field6900:04:06,679 –> 00:04:09,960Then when he dies, it becomes part of his estate7000:04:09,960 –> 00:04:15,479he passes on more to his son than he had received7100:04:15,479 –> 00:04:18,179This is a winning proposition7200:04:18,179 –> 00:04:21,559If he invests in buying this field7300:04:21,559 –> 00:04:25,799he will reap the profits from every year’s harvest7400:04:25,799 –> 00:04:29,119and when he dies, he will pass it on to his son7500:04:29,119 –> 00:04:32,179because there is no one to pass it on to7600:04:32,359 –> 00:04:33,359All he has to do7700:04:33,359 –> 00:04:36,279the only cost that is associated with this7800:04:36,279 –> 00:04:37,720After he buys the field7900:04:37,720 –> 00:04:40,260is that he has to provide care and support for Naomi8000:04:40,260 –> 00:04:41,260the aging widow8100:04:41,260 –> 00:04:45,260That’s easy, that’s easy8200:04:45,260 –> 00:04:48,540Then Boaz says, verse 58300:04:48,540 –> 00:04:52,059The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi8400:04:52,059 –> 00:04:56,140you also acquire Ruth the Moabite8500:04:56,140 –> 00:04:57,260the widow of the dead8600:04:57,260 –> 00:05:01,339in order to perpetuate the name of the dead8700:05:01,339 –> 00:05:04,339in his inheritance8800:05:04,339 –> 00:05:09,380Now you see the buying of the land8900:05:09,380 –> 00:05:11,859and marrying Ruth9000:05:11,859 –> 00:05:14,500were tied together9100:05:14,500 –> 00:05:16,980because the very reason for the land being sold9200:05:16,980 –> 00:05:19,660was that there no son9300:05:19,660 –> 00:05:23,660So if a relative was to act as a redeemer for his family9400:05:23,660 –> 00:05:27,260they had not a single responsibility of buying the land9500:05:27,260 –> 00:05:29,959but a double responsibility9600:05:30,000 –> 00:05:33,480a responsibility to secure the inheritance9700:05:33,480 –> 00:05:38,480and a responsibility to continue the family line9800:05:39,600 –> 00:05:43,119And of course when Boaz says that, that changes everything9900:05:44,339 –> 00:05:48,920because now the cost to this unnamed relative10000:05:48,920 –> 00:05:52,320is not simply to provide for Naomi10100:05:52,339 –> 00:05:56,279not simply to provide for Ruth10200:05:56,359 –> 00:05:58,420but to raise a child10300:05:58,420 –> 00:06:02,179who will continue the line of Malon10400:06:02,179 –> 00:06:06,200and that child will become the one10500:06:06,200 –> 00:06:08,019who will inherit the land in the end10600:06:10,579 –> 00:06:13,359So the unnamed Redeemer says10700:06:13,359 –> 00:06:16,720I cannot redeem it for myself10800:06:16,720 –> 00:06:21,760lest I impair my own inheritance10900:06:22,619 –> 00:06:28,619By acting as the Redeemer here11000:06:28,619 –> 00:06:31,320would really cost me11100:06:31,320 –> 00:06:34,700I can’t do it11200:06:34,700 –> 00:06:39,079Now, here’s a man11300:06:39,079 –> 00:06:41,899who has an opportunity11400:06:41,899 –> 00:06:43,739to help another branch11500:06:43,739 –> 00:06:44,760of his own family11600:06:44,760 –> 00:06:47,920He’s able to do it11700:06:47,920 –> 00:06:50,179but he’s not willing11800:06:50,820 –> 00:06:52,140and the reason he’s not willing11900:06:52,140 –> 00:06:54,579is that his first concern12000:06:54,579 –> 00:06:57,720is his own inheritance12100:06:57,720 –> 00:06:59,799That’s what he says12200:06:59,799 –> 00:07:01,799I cannot redeem it for myself12300:07:01,799 –> 00:07:08,980lest I impair my own inheritance12400:07:08,980 –> 00:07:13,579Now it’s very striking to me12500:07:13,579 –> 00:07:16,619that we don’t know the name12600:07:16,619 –> 00:07:19,820of this nearer relative12700:07:19,820 –> 00:07:21,579Here’s a man12800:07:21,579 –> 00:07:23,279who by his own words here12900:07:23,279 –> 00:07:26,119wanted to build up his own name13000:07:26,119 –> 00:07:27,559his own family13100:07:27,559 –> 00:07:29,000and his own inheritance13200:07:29,000 –> 00:07:31,500That was the thing that was most important to him13300:07:31,500 –> 00:07:33,640And it is as if his name13400:07:33,640 –> 00:07:38,320has been blotted out altogether13500:07:38,320 –> 00:07:40,179Boaz made a costly commitment13600:07:40,179 –> 00:07:41,640to raise up the name of someone else13700:07:41,640 –> 00:07:43,480to continue the line of someone else13800:07:43,480 –> 00:07:46,239He married Ruth to continue the line of Malon13900:07:46,239 –> 00:07:47,559And God has seen to it14000:07:47,640 –> 00:07:50,200We all know the name of Boaz14100:07:59,880 –> 00:08:03,059Whoever humbles himself14200:08:03,059 –> 00:08:05,600will be exalted14300:08:05,600 –> 00:08:07,940So here’s Boaz14400:08:07,940 –> 00:08:09,100and he is ready14500:08:09,100 –> 00:08:10,119and he is able14600:08:10,119 –> 00:08:11,239and he is willing14700:08:11,239 –> 00:08:12,660to do all that is needed14800:08:12,660 –> 00:08:14,359to redeem this family14900:08:14,359 –> 00:08:17,299He’s a family member15000:08:17,299 –> 00:08:19,679He’s able to purchase the inheritance15100:08:19,679 –> 00:08:20,940He’s more than willing15200:08:20,940 –> 00:08:23,179to commit himself in marriage15300:08:23,179 –> 00:08:25,000to Ruth15400:08:25,000 –> 00:08:25,820In verse 715500:08:25,820 –> 00:08:29,200this unnamed relative15600:08:29,200 –> 00:08:32,520Forgotten in history15700:08:32,520 –> 00:08:34,780Takes off his sandal15800:08:34,780 –> 00:08:37,340and gives it to Boaz15900:08:37,340 –> 00:08:38,140In doing that16000:08:38,140 –> 00:08:39,940he was giving up his right16100:08:39,940 –> 00:08:41,780ever to walk on the land16200:08:41,780 –> 00:08:43,820That was the significance of it16300:08:43,820 –> 00:08:45,419And then16400:08:45,419 –> 00:08:48,700then we have the wedding bells at last16500:08:48,700 –> 00:08:49,580Verse 916600:08:49,580 –> 00:08:51,780Then Boaz said to the elders16700:08:51,780 –> 00:08:53,940and to all the people16800:08:53,940 –> 00:08:55,820You are witnesses this day16900:08:55,820 –> 00:08:56,960that I have bought17000:08:56,960 –> 00:08:58,820from the hand of Naomi17100:08:58,820 –> 00:09:00,419all that belong to Elemalech17200:09:00,419 –> 00:09:01,979all that belong to Cillion17300:09:01,979 –> 00:09:02,739and to Malon17400:09:02,739 –> 00:09:04,719Also Ruth the Moabite17500:09:04,719 –> 00:09:05,739the widow of Malon17600:09:05,739 –> 00:09:08,820I have bought to be my wife17700:09:08,820 –> 00:09:10,599to perpetuate the name of the dead17800:09:10,599 –> 00:09:12,020in his inheritance17900:09:12,020 –> 00:09:13,020that the names of the dead18000:09:13,020 –> 00:09:13,940may not be cut off18100:09:13,940 –> 00:09:15,020from among his brothers18200:09:15,020 –> 00:09:17,580and from the gate of his native place18300:09:17,580 –> 00:09:20,780You are witnesses this day18400:09:20,780 –> 00:09:23,159So we have elders18500:09:23,159 –> 00:09:24,460we have witnesses18600:09:24,460 –> 00:09:26,679we have the removing of the sandal18700:09:26,679 –> 00:09:28,059a kind of ancient equivalent18800:09:28,059 –> 00:09:30,659of signatures on documents18900:09:30,659 –> 00:09:33,500Ruth the Moabite is now married to Boaz19000:09:33,500 –> 00:09:36,619She has legal standing19100:09:36,619 –> 00:09:39,059as one of the people of God19200:09:39,059 –> 00:09:41,419in the town of Bethlehem19300:09:42,419 –> 00:09:45,359Now19400:09:45,359 –> 00:09:49,119Why is this story in the bible?19500:09:49,119 –> 00:09:50,859It’s a beautiful story19600:09:50,859 –> 00:09:53,159but there’s a bigger reason19700:09:53,159 –> 00:09:55,880as to why it’s in the bible19800:09:55,880 –> 00:09:58,039The reason this is in the Bible19900:09:58,039 –> 00:10:00,859and the reason that this speaks to us, directly today20000:10:00,859 –> 00:10:04,359is that it shines the most beautiful light20100:10:04,359 –> 00:10:07,799on Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ20200:10:08,239 –> 00:10:09,539and especially20300:10:09,539 –> 00:10:12,859it shines the light on what it means for Him20400:10:12,859 –> 00:10:14,900to be the redeemer20500:10:14,900 –> 00:10:18,780Jesus is our redeemer20600:10:18,780 –> 00:10:23,099and in order to become our redeemer20700:10:23,099 –> 00:10:27,460He had to become our near relative20800:10:27,460 –> 00:10:31,619and do you see that takes us right to the heart of the Christmas story20900:10:31,619 –> 00:10:37,599God became a man in Christ21000:10:37,960 –> 00:10:45,179why did God become a man?21100:10:45,179 –> 00:10:48,979He entered the human family21200:10:48,979 –> 00:10:52,900in order to become our redeemer21300:10:52,900 –> 00:10:56,219Jesus is bone of our bone21400:10:56,219 –> 00:10:58,820and flesh of our flesh21500:10:58,820 –> 00:11:02,719and He is God’s gift to the entire human family21600:11:02,719 –> 00:11:06,539that’s why the angels said21700:11:06,640 –> 00:11:11,219there is a savior born and this is good news of great joy21800:11:11,219 –> 00:11:13,719for all people21900:11:13,719 –> 00:11:16,440this is the most amazing gift22000:11:16,440 –> 00:11:18,260to the human family22100:11:18,260 –> 00:11:21,679the near relative Jesus Christ22200:11:21,679 –> 00:11:24,000who has come into this family22300:11:24,000 –> 00:11:25,840in order to be a redeemer22400:11:25,840 –> 00:11:27,760He is our near relative22500:11:29,159 –> 00:11:33,440and He has done all that we could ever want or need a redeemer to do22600:11:33,440 –> 00:11:36,580He has purchased our inheritance22700:11:36,580 –> 00:11:39,380New Testament speaks of this again and again22800:11:39,380 –> 00:11:41,4191 Peter chapter 1 and verse 3 and 422900:11:41,419 –> 00:11:45,000Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ23000:11:45,000 –> 00:11:46,599according to His great mercy23100:11:46,599 –> 00:11:50,200He has caused us to be born again to a living hope23200:11:50,200 –> 00:11:52,719through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead23300:11:52,719 –> 00:11:54,619and into an inheritance23400:11:55,900 –> 00:11:58,460that is imperishable undefiled and unfading23500:11:58,460 –> 00:12:01,080that is kept in heaven for you23600:12:01,080 –> 00:12:02,539an inheritance that can never be lost23700:12:02,679 –> 00:12:06,099that’s what He’s purchased for the human family23800:12:07,799 –> 00:12:12,840The promise of heaven itself is your inheritance23900:12:15,780 –> 00:12:18,840heaven can be yours friend24000:12:20,659 –> 00:12:25,140because you have a Redeemer who secured it for you24100:12:25,539 –> 00:12:27,539and24200:12:27,679 –> 00:12:29,780Jesus has not only secured an24300:12:30,719 –> 00:12:33,119Inheritance, he has begun a family24400:12:34,000 –> 00:12:36,000that will continue forever24500:12:36,919 –> 00:12:39,719To all who receive him John says24600:12:40,419 –> 00:12:42,559To all who believe in his name24700:12:43,400 –> 00:12:45,400He gives the right24800:12:46,159 –> 00:12:47,960to be called24900:12:47,960 –> 00:12:49,320children of25000:12:49,320 –> 00:12:50,520God25100:12:50,520 –> 00:12:52,119think about this25200:12:52,119 –> 00:12:54,479you can be part of a25300:12:54,979 –> 00:12:57,020Family that will continue forever25400:12:59,380 –> 00:13:01,080Forever25500:13:01,080 –> 00:13:06,700and we’re not talking here about some vague sense in which your life might somehow have some sense of25600:13:06,859 –> 00:13:12,000Continuing and someone else’s in successive generations now we’re talking about your life25700:13:14,280 –> 00:13:17,820Continuing forever in the presence of God and25800:13:18,460 –> 00:13:21,099In the company of all his children God25900:13:21,820 –> 00:13:23,820so loved the world26000:13:24,619 –> 00:13:27,299That he gave his one and only son26100:13:28,219 –> 00:13:29,820that whoever26200:13:29,820 –> 00:13:33,479believes in him should not perish26300:13:34,960 –> 00:13:36,960but have26400:13:38,260 –> 00:13:40,260Everlasting life26500:13:40,859 –> 00:13:44,039And do you see this is why Jesus said you should rejoice26600:13:45,340 –> 00:13:47,599because your names26700:13:48,500 –> 00:13:50,820Are written in heaven26800:13:51,719 –> 00:13:54,619You have a lasting name in Jesus Christ26900:13:55,919 –> 00:13:59,760And he says in the book of Revelation to the one who overcomes I will27000:14:00,619 –> 00:14:05,580Never blot out his name from the book of life27100:14:06,700 –> 00:14:08,700and27200:14:08,700 –> 00:14:11,520Jesus says to his redeemed children27300:14:13,859 –> 00:14:18,840Your life will continue forever in the presence of God27400:14:20,820 –> 00:14:22,820the land of27500:14:23,039 –> 00:14:24,700glory27600:14:24,700 –> 00:14:26,859will be your inheritance and27700:14:27,960 –> 00:14:29,919your name27800:14:29,919 –> 00:14:31,919Will never be blotted out27900:14:32,859 –> 00:14:35,520Because you have been brought into the family28000:14:36,419 –> 00:14:38,419that continues28100:14:39,000 –> 00:14:40,099Forever28200:14:40,099 –> 00:14:43,760You’re listening to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith and a message called28300:14:44,599 –> 00:14:47,659Redemption it’s part of our series Ordinary People28400:14:48,340 –> 00:14:52,820Extraordinary God based on the book of Ruth and if you’ve missed any of the series28500:14:52,820 –> 00:14:57,140Don’t forget you can always catch up or go back and listen again online at our website28600:14:57,580 –> 00:14:59,780open the Bible28700:15:00,679 –> 00:15:04,580Back to the message now. Here’s Colin so I Jesus came into the world28800:15:05,460 –> 00:15:07,460to be the redeemer28900:15:07,820 –> 00:15:09,820to restore the inheritance29000:15:11,080 –> 00:15:13,080To give life that will never end29100:15:14,340 –> 00:15:16,340And29200:15:16,559 –> 00:15:18,799Jesus was willing to pay the price29300:15:19,880 –> 00:15:22,440Redeemers to do whatever it takes to redeem29400:15:24,739 –> 00:15:31,400What did it take for Jesus to redeem, well we’re told in first Peter and chapter 1 and verse 18 you know29500:15:32,539 –> 00:15:37,239that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed29600:15:38,400 –> 00:15:42,419but it was with the precious blood of29700:15:43,099 –> 00:15:44,780Christ29800:15:44,780 –> 00:15:49,659If you ever find yourself questioning the love of God for you29900:15:51,099 –> 00:15:53,299Just look at what he’s done for you30000:15:54,820 –> 00:15:59,900He became your near relative in order to redeem you he came from heaven to earth30100:16:01,580 –> 00:16:05,619And he went from the earth to the cross and from the cross to the grave30200:16:08,159 –> 00:16:13,140He has done all that it took to redeem you and what it took was the shedding of his own30300:16:13,179 –> 00:16:15,580Precious blood the laying down of his life30400:16:17,739 –> 00:16:19,200And30500:16:19,200 –> 00:16:23,059Then I think here’s the most beautiful thing of all as30600:16:23,700 –> 00:16:25,700the book of Ruth30700:16:25,859 –> 00:16:29,400Shines the light on to how Jesus redeems us30800:16:31,580 –> 00:16:35,080How did Boaz redeem Ruth30900:16:36,700 –> 00:16:41,200He redeemed Ruth by uniting her to Himself31000:16:41,940 –> 00:16:44,320In this marriage and31100:16:45,479 –> 00:16:51,619You see that’s shining a light on how Jesus redeems us, Jesus redeems us31200:16:53,260 –> 00:16:56,299By uniting us to Himself31300:16:58,280 –> 00:17:04,880That is why the Bible speaks of the church the family that lasts forever as the bride of Christ31400:17:05,959 –> 00:17:07,959the Bride of Christ31500:17:08,939 –> 00:17:14,040Listen to these words of Martin Luther. I think they may be the most beautiful words. He ever wrote31600:17:16,020 –> 00:17:18,020Faith he says31700:17:18,579 –> 00:17:24,560Unites the soul to Christ as a bride is united with her bridegroom31800:17:26,319 –> 00:17:31,400And by this mystery as the Apostle teaches Christ and the soul31900:17:32,319 –> 00:17:34,319become one flesh32000:17:35,140 –> 00:17:35,979and32100:17:35,979 –> 00:17:39,719If they are one flesh, and there is between them a true marriage32200:17:39,719 –> 00:17:45,020It follows that everything that they have they hold in common32300:17:47,579 –> 00:17:49,079Accordingly32400:17:49,079 –> 00:17:52,859the believing soul can boast of and32500:17:53,359 –> 00:17:55,000glory in32600:17:55,000 –> 00:17:59,500Whatever Christ has as though it were its own32700:18:02,160 –> 00:18:04,160When Christ the Redeemer32800:18:04,640 –> 00:18:06,640Unites you to himself32900:18:07,520 –> 00:18:09,520All that is his becomes yours33000:18:11,280 –> 00:18:13,280He’s the son of God and33100:18:14,540 –> 00:18:16,540By union with him33200:18:17,500 –> 00:18:19,500You become a child of God33300:18:20,699 –> 00:18:23,140He has everlasting life and33400:18:24,400 –> 00:18:26,400by union with Him33500:18:28,079 –> 00:18:30,079Everlasting life is yours33600:18:31,060 –> 00:18:34,560He is the heir of all things and33700:18:35,900 –> 00:18:41,660By union with him you have a glorious inheritance33800:18:45,359 –> 00:18:49,060Jesus redeems us by uniting us to himself. It’s beautiful33900:18:50,459 –> 00:18:51,540And34000:18:51,540 –> 00:18:55,459We saw last time. I wonder if this is stuck in your mind as it’s stuck in mine34100:18:55,500 –> 00:18:57,099I34200:18:57,099 –> 00:19:02,699Thought marriage in the book of Ruth in chapter 3 in verse 1 is described very beautifully as34300:19:04,020 –> 00:19:06,020rest34400:19:06,579 –> 00:19:11,000Several folks said last we’ve never noticed that before that marriage is described as rest34500:19:11,000 –> 00:19:14,800That’s God’s purpose for it. And do you see Jesus says to us?34600:19:16,420 –> 00:19:23,260Come to me all you who labor and are heavy-laden and I will give you34700:19:23,479 –> 00:19:25,479Rest34800:19:26,579 –> 00:19:28,579Christ redeems us by34900:19:28,959 –> 00:19:32,880uniting us to Himself and it’s in him35000:19:33,939 –> 00:19:36,219that our souls find35100:19:37,339 –> 00:19:39,339rest and35200:19:40,599 –> 00:19:43,479The Lord Jesus Christ the Redeemer35300:19:44,400 –> 00:19:49,140Who redeems by uniting himself to us or uniting us to himself?35400:19:49,140 –> 00:19:57,260The Lord Jesus Christ the Redeemer is ready to commit himself to you35500:19:58,900 –> 00:20:01,199When Ruth proposed to boa as she said35600:20:02,280 –> 00:20:03,739spread your35700:20:03,739 –> 00:20:05,739wings35800:20:06,020 –> 00:20:08,020over your servant35900:20:08,560 –> 00:20:10,560For you are a36000:20:11,099 –> 00:20:13,099Redeemer36100:20:13,400 –> 00:20:15,619Commit yourself to me she’s saying36200:20:16,520 –> 00:20:18,719Be My Redeemer36300:20:20,300 –> 00:20:22,859And boas was more than willing to36400:20:23,739 –> 00:20:28,280Spread his wings over her and to be united to her in marriage36500:20:30,239 –> 00:20:35,900Do you remember how the Lord Jesus Christ takes up precisely that same language from the book of Ruth36600:20:36,680 –> 00:20:40,540When looking over the city of Jerusalem. He said Oh36700:20:42,040 –> 00:20:43,599Jerusalem Oh36800:20:43,599 –> 00:20:45,599Jerusalem how often36900:20:46,260 –> 00:20:53,619Would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings37000:20:55,699 –> 00:20:57,699But you37100:20:58,099 –> 00:21:00,099Were not willing37200:21:01,520 –> 00:21:03,520You37300:21:03,859 –> 00:21:05,859Were not willing37400:21:07,739 –> 00:21:09,739If anyone here today is37500:21:10,920 –> 00:21:12,920Not redeemed37600:21:13,359 –> 00:21:16,219It is not because Jesus Christ is unwilling37700:21:17,880 –> 00:21:19,880He wants to redeem37800:21:21,000 –> 00:21:28,280He wants you my dear friend however rebellious you have been against God he wants you to enjoy the inheritance forever37900:21:29,560 –> 00:21:36,760He wants you to have everlasting life. I mean he came into the world for this very purpose38000:21:38,280 –> 00:21:41,239He suffered him lead and died on the cross to pay the price38100:21:42,199 –> 00:21:44,800He has done everything that it takes to redeem you38200:21:45,760 –> 00:21:47,760And even now he longs38300:21:48,400 –> 00:21:50,939That what he has purchased should be yours38400:21:52,040 –> 00:21:54,680The Redeemer is yours if you will have him38500:21:56,920 –> 00:21:58,920But you must ask38600:21:59,719 –> 00:22:01,719Ask him to be your Redeemer38700:22:02,800 –> 00:22:04,800Redeem me38800:22:05,800 –> 00:22:14,099Restore my inheritance make me a member of your family that will last forever take me under your wing38900:22:15,880 –> 00:22:18,560Unite me to yourself39000:22:20,000 –> 00:22:22,000So that all that is yours39100:22:22,900 –> 00:22:24,900becomes mine39200:22:25,219 –> 00:22:32,439Ask and you will find that he is willing to unite himself to you. He will restore your lost39300:22:33,180 –> 00:22:34,959Inheritance39400:22:34,959 –> 00:22:38,040the land of heaven will be yours and39500:22:38,939 –> 00:22:40,939He will give you39600:22:41,219 –> 00:22:46,380Everlasting life. If you’ve never known what it is to ask Jesus to become your Redeemer39700:22:46,400 –> 00:22:53,060I hope you’ll take that step today with a simple prayer and maybe talk to a Christian friend or family39800:22:53,420 –> 00:23:00,219Member about your decision. You’ve been listening to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith and a message called39900:23:00,459 –> 00:23:06,680Redemption. 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