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Titus 3:3-7
The Book of Ruth
Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV)
1 Now
the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your
country and your kindred and your father's
house to the land that I will show you.
2 And I will make of you a great nation,
and I will bless you and make your name great,
so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who
dishonors you I will curse,
and in you all the families of the earth shall be
blessed.”
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FROM GENESIS - JUDGES
GOD IS FAITHFUL
Loves People & Punishes Sin
WE ARE REBELLIOUS
CANAANITES: knowledge into erotic & bloodly cult
ISRAELITES: prostituted spiritually & physically to gods
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did
what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25
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Titus 3:3-7(ESV)
3 For
we ourselves were once foolish,
disobedient, led astray, slaves to various
passions and pleasures, passing our days in
malice and envy, hated by others and hating
one another.
4 But when the goodness and loving kindness
of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us,
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Titus 3:3-7(ESV)
not because of works done by us in
righteousness, but according to his own
mercy, by the washing of regeneration
and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us richly through
Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that being justified by his grace we might
become heirs according to the hope of eternal
life.
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“For we ourselves were once foolish,
disobedient, led astray…” Titus 3:3a
Ruth 1:1-2
1 In
the days when the judges ruled there was a
famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in
Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he
and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the
man was Elimelech and the name of his wife
Naomi… They were Ephrathites. They went into
the country of Moab and remained there.
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SHILOH
BETHLEHEM
JUDAH
“A man of
Bethlehem in
Judah went to
sojourn in the
country of
Moab, he and
his wife and his
two sons.”
Ruth 1:1
MOAB
“For we ourselves were once foolish,
disobedient, led astray…” Titus 3:3a
Ruth 1:3-5
3 But
Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and
she was left with her two sons. 4 These took
Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah
and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there
about ten years, 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion
died, so that the woman was left without her two
sons and her husband.
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“passing our days in malice and envy, hated by
others and hating one another.” Titus 3:3b
Ruth 1:19-21
19 And
when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town
was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is
this Naomi?” 20 She said to them, “Do not call me
Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very
bitterly with me. 21 I went away full, and the LORD has
brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when
the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has
brought calamity upon me?”
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“when the goodness and loving kindness of God
our Savior appeared, he saved us,” Titus 3:4-5a
Already clear to Boaz:
The LORD is Good and Compassionate to all
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“when the goodness and loving kindness of God
our Savior appeared, he saved us,” Titus 3:4-5a
Already clear to Boaz:
The LORD is Good and Compassionate to all
Ruth 2:11-12
“All that you have done for your mother-in-law since
the death of your husband has been fully told to me,
and how you left your father and mother and your
native land and came to a people that you did not
know before…
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“when the goodness and loving kindness of God
our Savior appeared, he saved us,” Titus 3:4-5a
Already clear to Boaz:
The LORD is Good and Compassionate to all
Ruth 2:11-12
12 The
LORD repay you for what you have done, and a
full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of
Israel, under whose wings you have come to take
refuge!”
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Titus 3:5-6(ESV)
5 He
saved us,
not because of works
done by us in righteousness,
BUT ACCORDING TO HIS OWN MERCY
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of
the Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us richly through
Jesus Christ our Savior,
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Titus 3:5-6(ESV)
5 He
saved us,
not because of works
done by us in righteousness,
BUT ACCORDING TO HIS OWN MERCY
by the washing of regeneration and renewal of
the Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us richly through
Jesus Christ our Savior,
“Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab” Matthew 1:5
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“He saved us, not because of works…
but according to his own mercy,” Titus 3:5-6a
Ruth 2:20
20 And
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May
he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has
not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also
said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours,
one of our redeemers.”
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“He saved us, not because of works…
but according to his own mercy,” Titus 3:5-6a
Ruth 3:8-9
8 At
midnight the man was startled and turned
over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!9 He
said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am
Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your
servant, for you are a redeemer.”
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“He saved us, not because of works…
but according to his own mercy,” Titus 3:5-6a
Ruth 3:10-11
10 And
he said, “May you be blessed by the LORD,
my daughter. You have made this last kindness
greater than the first in that you have not gone
after young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for
you all that you ask,
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“He saved us, not because of works…
but according to his own mercy,” Titus 3:5-6a
Ruth 4:9-10
9 “You
are witnesses this day that I have bought from
the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and
all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon. 10 Also
Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought
to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in
his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be
cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of
his native place.”
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“so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7
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“so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7
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Boaz
Ruth
Naomi
“The LORD Redeems!”
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“so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7
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JUSTIFIED WITH A BLESSING
“May the LORD make the woman, who is coming
into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who
together built up the house of Israel.” Ruth 4:11
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“so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7
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JUSTIFIED WITH A BLESSING
Elimelech of Judah
“In God’s family” but felt entitled
Boaz of Jericho & Ruth of Moab
“Outside” but offered grace and became heirs
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“so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:7
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Titus 3:3-7
The Book of Ruth