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3 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Saviour, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Ruth 4 Boaz Marries Ruth4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[a] he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[b] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the[c] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”
Naomi Gains a Son
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
The Genealogy of David
18 This, then, is the family line of Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,[d]
21 Salmon the father of Boaz,
Boaz the father of Obed,
22 Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David.
Footnotes:
25th Oct 2020 - "Deliverance through Drought and Deluge" - Psalm 42-43
18th Oct 2020 - Sermon Only - "Long Walk Home" - Ruth 1
18th Oct 2020 - Whole Service - "Long Walk Home" - Ruth 1
11th Oct 2020 - Sermon Only - "Hitting Rock Bottom" - Ruth 1
11th Oct 2020 - Whole Service - "Hitting Rock Bottom" - Ruth 1
4th Oct 2020 - "When Harvest Doesn’t Come" - Habakkuk 3
27th Sept 2020 - "I Am the True Vine" - John 15:1-17
20 Sept 2020 - "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life" - John 14:1-14
13th Sept 2020 - "I AM The Resurrection & The Life" - John 11:17-44
6th Sept 2020 - "I Am the Good Shepherd" - John 10:7-18
30th Aug 2020 - "I Am the Gate" - John 10:1-10
23rd Aug 2020 - "I Am the Light of the World" - John 8:12-30
16th Aug 2020 - "I Am the Bread of Life" - John 6:22-59
9th Aug 2020 - "Keeping Watch" - Psalm 121
2nd August 2020 - "Be ready! The day is coming" - Malachi 3:13-4:6
26th July 2020 - "Return to God and he will return to you" - Malachi 3:6-12
19th July 2020 - "Faith in the Incarnate Son of God" - 1 John 5:1-5
12th July 2020 - "Love One Another" - 1 John 3:11-18
5th July 2020 - "Where is the God of Justice?" - Malachi 2;17 - 3:5
28th June 2020 - "Unfaithful People ... Faithful God" - Malachi 2:10-16
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