- (Rth 1:11 ESV) But __________ said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet __________ in my womb that they may become your husbands?
- This time Naomi is more __________
- The first request more gentle: Ruth 1:8
- Very much that parental position now
- Not a __________ or a peer
- Why will you go with me? Have I son for you to marry?
- __________ questions aimed to answer themselves and prove her point
- What are some of the reasons they should not go with Naomi?
- This time Naomi is more __________
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- (Rth 1:12 ESV) Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too __________ to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear __________,
- More emphatic maybe here
- Turn back
- Go on, now
- Find a new __________
- A new love, new purpose
- More emphatic maybe here
- (Rth 1:13 ESV) would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from __________? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly __________ to me for your sake that the hand of the __________ has gone out against me.”
- If all of these things were to be
- Which they are not
- Would you still wait your whole lives?
- No, my daughters
- __________ answers her own question
- Driving home the point
- __________ answers her own question
- For it is __________ bitter to me for your sake
- That they suffer the __________ for her mistakes. that they reap the curse of her __________
- Which is a real thing
- Especially as leaders of a household
- Where we go the __________ follows
- In good they follow
- In __________ they follow
- How much more do we show our kids in what we do, rather than what we say?
- But deeper still than that
- The __________ of disobeying God follows us and hangs over those connected to us
- Our sinfulness negatively impacts those in our families
- Those __________ on us
- Those we are called to __________.
- The __________ of disobeying God follows us and hangs over those connected to us
- That they suffer the __________ for her mistakes. that they reap the curse of her __________
- That the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.
- This is a very real thing: That in our __________ to disobey, we place ourselves outside the __________ of God’s hand
- Judges 2
- Undoubtedly Elimelech and __________ followed this pattern
- Of __________ in the people of God
- Under the covenant of God
- Enjoying the blessing
- Of __________ for the world
- And disobedience to God
- Leaving all He has promised
- For all the world can offer
- We can clearly see the measure of __________ in their lives
- The faith abandoned
- The family destroyed
- And here is __________
- Old
- Destitute
- Widowed
- And bitter
- No longer the __________, pleasant, optimistic Naomi
- Now she would be called a __________, old woman.
- Of __________ in the people of God
- Coupled with the young __________ she sees the error of her ways
- And the rough future ahead
- She has to __________ to all the things she should have never left
- This road to __________ will not be an easy one
- But it is the __________ one
- She must return to her people
- The call of God draws her,
- The next step is the will of Naomi to get there
- She can’t fathom also bringing this young women along
- Naomi knows she will face __________
- Judgment, poverty, and a lonely life ahead
- Why subject these young ladies to the same when, instead they could return to their people where they would be __________.
- They could return to their __________
- Where they would be cared for
- They could start over with husbands
- Where they would be __________
- Not hated.
- They could return to their __________
- Naomi knows she will face __________
- Yet one thing is lacking here:
- The one true __________
- The Creator of heaven and earth, Sustainer of all things
- Moab was a pagan society
- Their god was a __________ called Chemosh who regularly was thought to be angry with the Moabites
- Neglecting them
- Ignoring them
- And finally being pleased when they would bring him __________ sacrifices
- Their god was a __________ called Chemosh who regularly was thought to be angry with the Moabites
- The one true __________
- This is a very real thing: That in our __________ to disobey, we place ourselves outside the __________ of God’s hand
- So I wonder what these __________ women thought of the God of the Isrealites
- We see these __________ of hope in Naomi
- Surely she’d told them of her heritage
- Of her people
- Of their stories
- Of Abraham
- And of Egypt
- Of the __________ land and the God who watched over them
- And no stories of human sacrifice
- No stories of temple cults
- I can only image that glimmer of hope impacted these girls in a great way
- There was a __________ for that life and for those __________.
- For that __________ in that God
- Do you feel the same draw, the same hunger?
- If all of these things were to be
John 3:30-31