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Let Me Tell You About Him! · Enjoying the Journey

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  The Book of Ruth begins in dark days, but even
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  in the darkness, God was at work. Through loss,
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  uncertainty, and unexpected turns, we discover a
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  beautiful story of grace, redemption, and hope.
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  Join Scott Pauley for this new study, The Gospel According to
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  Ruth. Light for Dark Days.
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  When you meet someone very special, you want others to meet them too.
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  I, I'm thinking now of the little book of Song of Solomon in our
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  Old Testament, uh, where the, the young damsel falls
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  in love with the king and the shepherd
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  And she begins to spread the word and to tell everybody else, let me tell
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  you about him, let me tell you about him, let me tell you about him,
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  to the point that they say, we want to meet him. Well, don't you know
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  that's exactly what the Lord wants for his people to do,
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  to so know him and love him and speak of him, to tell
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  others, let me tell you about him, let me tell you about what the Lord
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  has done for me, that they desire to know him as well?
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  Well, if you'll permit me today, I'd like to just tell you about him.
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  We're in Ruth chapter number 2, and this is the encounter, uh,
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  the first interaction between Boaz and
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  Ruth. Boaz representing the, the Savior, the means
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  by which salvation comes to this woman, and Ruth the sinner
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  who desperately has needs and needs divine intervention.
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  And they, they come together in Ruth chapter 2. Has there been
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  a day in your life when you met the Lord Jesus, when you met
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  the Savior? The day I met Christ, you know,
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  I wanted to talk about him. Nobody had to beg me to do that.
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  I remember saying that day, I got saved today.
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  I wanted to tell somebody. I think when you really come to know the Lord
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  Jesus, you want to talk about him. Ruth is going to run home shortly and
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  tell Naomi all about him. But in the opening verses of Ruth chapter
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  2, we get a little perspective on this,
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  this man Boaz. We've identified him as God's middleman, the man
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  in the middle bringing God's blessing into Ruth's
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  life and bringing Ruth nearer to God's purpose. But what do we know about
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  him? Let me give you a few characteristics. Let me tell you about him.
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  Number 1, in verse number 1, we find that he is mighty.
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  Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man
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  of wealth. A mighty man of wealth.
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  And now the, the might here has several implications.
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  Certainly he's a wealthy man. He has
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  the resources, the means by which he can provide.
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  Let me tell you about my Lord. Let me tell you about my Savior.
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  He's wealthy. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. My God
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  shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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  Whatever, whatever it is today that you think, well, I,
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  I don't have enough, I have great lack, I want you to know that the
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  God of all provision is more than
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  enough. He is all-sufficient. But the
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  might here is not just a reference to his money.
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  It's really a reference to his entire nature, to his person,
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  because the name Boaz literally means strength
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  and swiftness. I like the, the combination of those 2 because
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  he hurries to help us. He rushes to our
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  aid. He is our mighty Christ, our mighty Savior.
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  Just as Ruth and Naomi were weak,
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  Boaz represents that strength and stability. Let me tell you something,
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  we're all weak, we're all weary, we're all wounded. Lean on the Lord.
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  He is strong. He is the Almighty God. In the previous
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  chapter, Naomi at least twice referenced him as the
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  Almighty, the God of all power. Friend,
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  I want you to know that you may feel today like
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  you cannot move forward, but God has all
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  of the strength that you need. He is the God of plenty.
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  Then let me tell you about him. He's not only mighty, he's gracious.
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  You see, the passage that we're studying twice
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  uses the word grace. In verse 2, Ruth the Moabitess says
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  to Naomi, let me now go to the field and glean ears
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  of corn after him in whose sight I shall find
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  Grace. Do you know what everybody needs? Grace.
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  Every hungry, hurting heart needs one thing. It needs
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  grace. Now come down in the story to verse number 10,
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  when she finally meets Boaz, and Boaz doesn't just let
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  her have a little, he gives her a lot. She falls on her face in
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  verse 10, bows herself to the ground, and said unto him, why have I found
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  grace in thine eyes that thou shouldest take knowledge
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  of me, seeing I'm a stranger? By the way, that's what grace
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  is. God gives grace not because we deserve it,
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  not because we've done anything to be worthy
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  of it. That's why it's grace. You don't earn it.
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  For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves.
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  It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.
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  Our God is not only mighty, our God is
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  gracious. Look, what difference does it make if he's strong if
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  he's not reaching out to you? What difference does it make if he's wealthy and
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  he's not willing to share that wealth? Our God is not just great,
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  our God is good, and our God is gracious,
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  and our God is giving. Let me tell you about
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  him. Let me tell you about my Savior. Let me tell you about our Redeemer.
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  He is mighty, he is gracious, And then thirdly,
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  this is very important, he's interested. He's interested
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  in you. This is where it gets deeply personal. He inquires in
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  verse number 5 about this woman. He doesn't know her name at this
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  point. Whose damsel is this? Aren't you glad
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  the Lord knows your name? In verse number 10, this is beautiful,
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  uh, she says to him, I found grace in thine eyes that thou
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  shouldest take knowledge of me.
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  She was a stranger. She was a foreigner. She was a Moabitess
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  woman. She was, in the words of scripture, an alien
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  from Israel. But aren't you glad when we were sinners, when we
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  were separated from God, when we were far off, we were enemies,
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  the Lord was interested in us? That in his compassion
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  and care, he, he loved us for who we are?
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  I want to tell you, friend, no matter who you are right now, no matter
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  where you come from or what you have done, our Savior, our Redeemer,
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  represented by the, the deliverer in this story in Ruth chapter 2,
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  is not only mighty and gracious, he is interested in your life.
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  And then one more, he is kind. Did you
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  notice the tenderness, the tone with which he speaks to her
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  in verse 8 and verse 9? Don't, don't go to another field.
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  You just stay here. Abide here fast by my maidens.
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  Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go after
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  them. Have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee?
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  And when you're athirst, go into the vessels and drink of that which the young
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  men have drawn. What kindness is this? He's kind
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  in the way he speaks to us. He's kind
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  in the way He provides for us. Do you see
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  the kindness of our great God? By the way, if you go down
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  further in the story, that kindness continues in verse 13
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  down to verse number 17. Uh, he stops—
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  he, he begins leaving, uh, extra things for her
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  and making additional provision for her. What a
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  kind Savior our Lord Jesus Christ is. Let me tell you about him.
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  Let me tell you about Christ. I'm like, I'm like those early Christians in the
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  book of Acts that could not help but speak the things they had seen and
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  heard. Can I tell you about our heavenly Boaz,
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  our Redeemer? He is mighty to save.
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  He is gracious. He is gracious to people who do not deserve it.
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  He is interested in every one of us,
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  and he is kind in the way he speaks to us and the way He
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  provides for us. Maybe you're listening to me right now and you don't know him.
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  Could I introduce you to him? Could I introduce you to the greatest friend
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  you've ever had? Boaz's name means strength. Ruth's name means
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  friend, companion. She needed a friend. Oh,
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  what a friend we have in Jesus. He's a friend to sinners. Could I introduce
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  you to him today? He will save you. Call on him now. Say, God,
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  be merciful to me, a sinner. Lord, have Have grace.
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  Give me your grace. And God will answer that prayer.
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  Maybe like Naomi, you've wandered from God and you're distant.
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  There's grace for you too. We'll see more about that in this story.
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  Come to know him today, then share him with somebody else. Why don't you find
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  somebody today and just say, let me tell you about him, and introduce someone
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  today to the one who is mighty and gracious and
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  interested and kind. His name is not Boaz.
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  His name is Jesus.
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