Alesaggio
12-29-2006, 08:12 PM
KIN BY BLOOD
Naomi – did she feel forgotten? She had a husband named Elimelech and two sons named Mahlon and Kilion. The nation was in unrest. In the midst of this chaos, a family decides they are going to move. God has given his people a promised land but this family decides to leave. They go to the land of Moab.
Mahlon and Kilion find themselves women to marry. The youngest, Kilion, marries Orpah, while Mahlon marries Ruth. Elimelech, Mahlon, and Kilion all die. The culture is patriarchal, so without a man, these ladies are going to struggle to live.
Although the ladies have grown close through the tragedy of losing their husbands, Naomi decides to move back to Bethlehem because the famine is over. She encourages her daughter-in-laws to go back to their father and mother. Orpah decides she will go, but Ruth pledges herself to Naomi.
When Naomi returns, the ladies of Bethlehem can’t believe what they see. Naomi has changed so much. She asks them not to call her Naomi, which means pleasant, but Mara, which means bitter, because the Almighty has made her life bitter.
Ruth tries to help Naomi pick up the pieces of her life. She decides she is going to get a job picking up grain after the grain harvesters. While she’s out working in the fields, the owner of the field, named Boaz, began asking about her.
Naomi and Ruth needed a kinsman-redeemer. Everyone did not qualify as a redeemer. One had to be a kinsman or close relative. The redeemer must be a near kinsman. Boaz was a kinsman.
* If Jesus was not truly a man, then he could not be our near kinsman. He could not die for our sins until he became like us. Great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the flesh!
The redeemer must perform in willingness his work of redemption. Boaz had to be willing. Boaz was willing to take Ruth as his wife and start a family with her. He could have refused to help her. He had the right, but instead he chose to help her.
* Jesus Christ came of His own willingness to save us. “To this end came I.”
The redeemer must possess the ability to redeem. Boaz had to pay a financial price to Naomi for the land. Very few in the city could fill this role that Boaz was willing and able to fill. He could marry Ruth without hindering his families’ inheritance. He not only had the finances to redeem these ladies, but he by marrying Ruth, he was able to keep the redemption continuous.
* Jesus had the ability to redeem us because of his person and his power. He alone has the power to “save to the uttermost.”
The redeemer must be free himself. Since a redeemer often had to pay for a family member to be freed from slavery, he could not be a slave himself while paying for another to be freed. Boaz had to free of the debt to help another pay off their debt.
* When Jesus, who is free, makes us free, we are free. “Whosoever the Son sets free, he is free indeed.”
The redeemer must have the price of redemption. Boaz had the financial capital to pay of the debt that Naomi and Ruth needed paid.
The redeemer must have the price of redemption. In the Old Testament, the people were told to offer sacrifices for their sins. They would sacrifice a bull or a goat for their sin but that sacrifice did not cover their sin. Hebrews 10:3-4 says, “But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Every time a sacrifice was made, it was just a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice that had to be made for us. Once a year, the high priest would go into the Holy Place to sprinkle blood on the Ark of the Covenant. Since the blood offering of bulls and goats could not cover our sins, people had to offer sacrifices regularly.
* But when Jesus died for us, the final sacrifice was made. In Hebrews 9:12, it says, “He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves, but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.” Jesus was the only one able to pay the price owed for our sins.
Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the Blood of the lamb;
Redeemed through his infinite mercy, His child, and forever I am.
Redeemed, Redeemed, Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed, Redeemed, His child, and forever I am.
Obey Acts 2:38 and become kin by blood!
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Naomi – did she feel forgotten? She had a husband named Elimelech and two sons named Mahlon and Kilion. The nation was in unrest. In the midst of this chaos, a family decides they are going to move. God has given his people a promised land but this family decides to leave. They go to the land of Moab.
Mahlon and Kilion find themselves women to marry. The youngest, Kilion, marries Orpah, while Mahlon marries Ruth. Elimelech, Mahlon, and Kilion all die. The culture is patriarchal, so without a man, these ladies are going to struggle to live.
Although the ladies have grown close through the tragedy of losing their husbands, Naomi decides to move back to Bethlehem because the famine is over. She encourages her daughter-in-laws to go back to their father and mother. Orpah decides she will go, but Ruth pledges herself to Naomi.
When Naomi returns, the ladies of Bethlehem can’t believe what they see. Naomi has changed so much. She asks them not to call her Naomi, which means pleasant, but Mara, which means bitter, because the Almighty has made her life bitter.
Ruth tries to help Naomi pick up the pieces of her life. She decides she is going to get a job picking up grain after the grain harvesters. While she’s out working in the fields, the owner of the field, named Boaz, began asking about her.
Naomi and Ruth needed a kinsman-redeemer. Everyone did not qualify as a redeemer. One had to be a kinsman or close relative. The redeemer must be a near kinsman. Boaz was a kinsman.
* If Jesus was not truly a man, then he could not be our near kinsman. He could not die for our sins until he became like us. Great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the flesh!
The redeemer must perform in willingness his work of redemption. Boaz had to be willing. Boaz was willing to take Ruth as his wife and start a family with her. He could have refused to help her. He had the right, but instead he chose to help her.
* Jesus Christ came of His own willingness to save us. “To this end came I.”
The redeemer must possess the ability to redeem. Boaz had to pay a financial price to Naomi for the land. Very few in the city could fill this role that Boaz was willing and able to fill. He could marry Ruth without hindering his families’ inheritance. He not only had the finances to redeem these ladies, but he by marrying Ruth, he was able to keep the redemption continuous.
* Jesus had the ability to redeem us because of his person and his power. He alone has the power to “save to the uttermost.”
The redeemer must be free himself. Since a redeemer often had to pay for a family member to be freed from slavery, he could not be a slave himself while paying for another to be freed. Boaz had to free of the debt to help another pay off their debt.
* When Jesus, who is free, makes us free, we are free. “Whosoever the Son sets free, he is free indeed.”
The redeemer must have the price of redemption. Boaz had the financial capital to pay of the debt that Naomi and Ruth needed paid.
The redeemer must have the price of redemption. In the Old Testament, the people were told to offer sacrifices for their sins. They would sacrifice a bull or a goat for their sin but that sacrifice did not cover their sin. Hebrews 10:3-4 says, “But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.” Every time a sacrifice was made, it was just a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice that had to be made for us. Once a year, the high priest would go into the Holy Place to sprinkle blood on the Ark of the Covenant. Since the blood offering of bulls and goats could not cover our sins, people had to offer sacrifices regularly.
* But when Jesus died for us, the final sacrifice was made. In Hebrews 9:12, it says, “He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves, but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.” Jesus was the only one able to pay the price owed for our sins.
Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the Blood of the lamb;
Redeemed through his infinite mercy, His child, and forever I am.
Redeemed, Redeemed, Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed, Redeemed, His child, and forever I am.
Obey Acts 2:38 and become kin by blood!
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