I can’t read about Boaz’s willingness to sacrificially redeem Ruth and Naomi and Elimelech’s land without thinking of Sherry. One of her sayings was, “God can change your heart you just have to be willing to be made willing.” This always spoke to me when I wasn’t in a state of willingness because if I could just be willing to be made willing, then the Lord would take care of the rest. I have no doubt I’d be at her doorstep this very moment if given the opportunity to laugh with her once again, to grapple with our strong-willed natures in light of God’s merciful kindness. When my closest friend at the time was on her way out the door to high school, Sherry said, “Don’t think I’m too tired to notice you’re in all black you’re not a ‘winter’ on the palette.” We lost Sherry to cancer when I was a teenager. She was also very into fashion and helping you discover what color palette looked best on you. When I was a child, one of my favorite friends of my parents was Sherry Meddings, a zealous, full-throttle personality who happened to be a Bible teacher. I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find I’ve missed having an eternal impact because I chose only what benefited me. Boaz made his decisions based on God’s heart and the needs of others. This, after all, is what set him apart from the other relative. an instructive fact that he who was so anxious for the preservation of his own inheritance, is now not even known by name.” 1īefore we move on to some theologically profound points in today’s study, I want to linger on this important aspect of Boaz’s character, his sacrificial willingness. One commentator put it this way, “It remains. And isn’t it this third consideration that often ends up being our downfall? This may be one of the most tragic ways for a Christian to spend her life: in the right place with all the right resources but without a willing heart. He was able to redeem, but he wasn’t willing. The nearer kinsman-redeemer was a family relative. Today, we’ll focus on three important characteristics of a kinsman-redeemer. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.” The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you will acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased man, to perpetuate the man’s name on his property.” But if you do not want to redeem it, tell me so that I will know, because there isn’t anyone other than you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” I thought I should inform you: Buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. He said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the territory of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech. Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down. Boaz said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. As we consider three characteristics of a kinsman-redeemer, we won’t be able to help running to our New Testaments, finding Christ as our perfect and all-sufficient Redeemer.īoaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. When Jesus approached the disciples after His resurrection on the road to Emmaus, He showed them how their ancient Scriptures had been speaking about Him all along, beginning with Moses and the prophets ( Luke 24:27). One of the most important things we can do while reading the Old Testament is to look for Jesus in the story line. First released in 2009, this study is now updated with fresh content and new teaching videos from Kelly. Order your copy or view a free sample at /ruth. Today we’re sharing an excerpt from Kelly Minter’s revised and expanded Ruth study.
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