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4. Elimelek, the hard-headed royal

5. RUTH 1:1-2 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.... Ruth 1:1-2

6. RUTH 1:1-2... The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there. Ruth 1:1-2

7. quickly He decided too quickly without having asked God what to do!

8. economic facts He took a decision founded on economic facts!

9. Ruth 1:3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. Ruth 1:3

10. He underestimated the “spiritual price”

11. Ruth 1:4a They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. Ruth 1:4a

12. He over... He overestimated the truth of being able to worship God everywhere!

13. Ruth 1:4b-5 After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband. Ruth 1:4b-5

14. Naomi Naomi, the living bitter one

15. Ruth 1:20-21 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me. Ruth 1:20-21

16. Isaiah 45:15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, the God and Savior of Israel. Isaiah 45:15

17. Opra Orpa, the one who returned disappointed

18. Ruth 1:14 Then Orpah (the one who returned) kissed her mother-in- law good-bye. Ruth 1:14

19. Ruth Ruth, the devoted friend

20. Georg Müller’s three sermon points: God was good and did well by giving me my wife.

21. Georg Müller’s three sermon points: God was good and did well by giving me my wife. God was good and did well by letting me have her for so long.

22. Georg Müller’s three sermon points: God was good and did well by giving me my wife. God was good and did well by letting me have her for so long. God was good and did well by taking her from me.

23. Ruth 1:16-17 I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. Ruth 1:16-17

24. Ruth trusted God: Moabite women were not popular in Israel

25. Ruth trusted God: Moabite women were not popular in Israel Widowed Moabite women did not find husbands in Israel if they didn’t have any children

26. Ruth trusted God: Moabite women were not popular in Israel Widowed Moabite women did not find husbands in Israel if they didn’t have any children Foreign widows in Israel had the least amount of food

27. Robert H. Schuller God will have the last word and it will be GOOD. Robert H. Schuller

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