BGBC063024 SS final

Summary

The Sunday school session opens with a warm welcome and a reminder to study the Book of Ruth for a deeper understanding of the lesson. The speaker encourages reading Ruth's four chapters to grasp the themes discussed over three weeks. The prayer emphasizes humility, gratitude, and seeking divine knowledge. The lesson focuses on God's work through women, particularly highlighting Ruth's loyalty and Boaz's kindness. It explores the historical context, relationships, and cultural norms, culminating in Ruth and Boaz's evolving connection. The session closes with a prayer for guidance and blessings as the congregation transitions to the worship service.

Takeaways

• 📖 The script is from a Sunday school session discussing the Book of Ruth, emphasizing the role of women in the Bible.
• 👥 It highlights the importance of studying the entire book of Ruth for a comprehensive understanding of the lesson being taught.
• 🙏 The session begins with a prayer for knowledge and understanding from God, seeking guidance to interpret the scripture correctly.
• 👩 The theme focuses on 'God works through women,' discussing the creation of women as equals in God's image and their roles throughout biblical history.
• 👵 The story of Deborah is mentioned, who was a prophetess and judge, showing a woman in a position of power and authority, which was unusual for her time.
• 🌾 The narrative of Ruth includes a famine that forced a family to move to Moab, where the husband and sons died, leaving the women in a difficult situation.
• 🤝 Ruth's loyalty to her mother-in-law, Naomi, is underscored, as she chooses to stay with her and follow her God, despite being a Moabitess.
• 💐 Ruth's actions are praised by Boaz for her kindness and loyalty to her family, demonstrating her character and the respect she gains from others.
• 👨 Boaz's role is introduced as a wealthy relative who shows kindness to Ruth, allowing her to glean in his fields and providing for her needs.
• 👍 The story illustrates the concept of grace, favor, and respect, showing how Ruth's character earns her the grace of God and the people around her.
• 🔗 The script concludes with a look forward to the next lesson, which will delve into the legal aspects of the story and how God's blessings continue for Ruth.

Q & A

What is the central theme of the summer quarter series of unit one?

The central theme of the summer quarter series of unit one is 'God works through women'.

What does the speaker suggest the congregation do to better understand the lesson?

The speaker suggests that the congregation should read the entire book of Ruth, as it provides a full understanding of the lesson being discussed.

What is the main message conveyed by the speaker in the second lesson?

The main message conveyed by the speaker in the second lesson is the importance of faith and perseverance.

Outlines

00:00

🙏 Opening Prayer and Introduction to the Lesson

The session begins with a prayer, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to gather on the Sabbath for worship and study. The speaker emphasizes the importance of seeking divine knowledge to understand the scripture being presented. The lesson's focus is on the role of women in the Bible, starting with the creation of women as equals to men in God's image. The speaker encourages participants to study the Book of Ruth for a deeper understanding of the upcoming lessons.

05:00

📖 The Role of Women and the Story of Deborah

The lesson delves into the historical and religious significance of Deborah, a prophetess and judge in Israel. Her leadership and faith in God are highlighted as exemplary models for both women and men.

Keywords

💡Sunday school session

A Sunday school session is an educational gathering typically held within a Christian church, aimed at teaching religious principles and discussing scripture. In the video, the session serves as the setting where the speaker addresses the congregation, focusing on the role of women in the Bible and their stories.

💡God's image

The concept of 'God's image' refers to the biblical teaching that humans are created in the likeness of God, suggesting a divine reflection in human nature. The script emphasizes that both men and women are created equally in God's image, highlighting the theme of gender equality in the divine creation.

💡Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is one of the historical books in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the stories of Israelite heroes known as judges. In the script, the speaker discusses Deborah, the only female judge, to illustrate the role of women in leadership and divine guidance.

💡Prophetess

A prophetess is a female prophet who delivers messages or revelations from God. The script mentions Deborah as a prophetess, indicating her unique position as a spiritual leader who brought forth God's future revelations and guided the people of Israel.

💡Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth is a short biblical book that tells the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman who becomes a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness to her mother-in-law, Naomi, and ultimately to God. The script uses Ruth's story to explore themes of devotion, kinship, and the inclusion of Gentiles in the people of God.

💡Famine

Famine refers to a severe scarcity of food, leading to extreme hunger and hardship. In the script, a famine drives the family of Ruth and Naomi to Moab, setting the stage for the narrative and the challenges they face.

💡Gleaning

Gleaning is the practice of collecting leftover crops from a farmer's field after the harvest. In the context of the video, Ruth engages in gleaning to provide for herself and Naomi, which also leads to her meeting Boaz, a wealthy relative of her late husband's family.

💡Boaz

Boaz is a biblical figure who appears in the Book of Ruth as a wealthy landowner and a relative of Ruth's late husband. The script describes Boaz's kindness and righteousness, showing how he becomes a benefactor and protector of Ruth, reflecting themes of divine providence and the importance of kinship in ancient Israelite society.

💡Kinsman-redeemer

A kinsman-redeemer is a male relative who has the obligation to help a family member in need, often by buying back property or marrying to continue the family line. The script hints at the role of the kinsman-redeemer in the story of Ruth and Boaz, foreshadowing a resolution to their predicament through this ancient law.

💡Grace

Grace, in a religious context, is the unmerited favor or love given by God to humans. In the script, Ruth acknowledges the grace she has found in Boaz's eyes, which is not due to her own merit but is a reflection of God's favor and the kindness of Boaz.

💡Harvest

Harvest refers to the process of gathering crops at the end of the growing season. The script mentions the harvest time as the backdrop for Ruth's return to Bethlehem and her encounter with Boaz, symbolizing a time of provision and potential new beginnings.

Highlights

Introduction to the Sunday school session with an emphasis on studying the book of Ruth for better understanding.

The importance of prayer in seeking divine knowledge to understand and spread the word of God.

Discussion on the theme of God working through women, as the central focus of the unit.

The creation of women as equals to men, made in God's image, and their roles as helpers and companions.

The role of Deborah as a female judge and prophet in the Book of Judges, highlighting her unique position.

Exploration of the Book of Ruth and its focus on the lives of three women: Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah.

The story of Naomi's family's migration to Moab due to a famine and the cultural tensions between Moab and Israel.

Transcripts

well to all the saints of God good

morning to everyone and I truly hope

everybody had a good week and looking

forward to a good time this morning in

our Sunday school session did everybody

study this lesson nobody studied it

what here's the encouragement I have for

you since we're dealing with it last

week this week and next week maybe read

the entire book of roof I think it's

only four chapters and then it gives you

the full understanding of what this

lesson truly is about because I'm quite

sure I'm bring up some things that we

haven't even gotten to yet but play a

important part with the lesson that we

had before us so with those words being

said we ask that we all may rise to our

feet as we have a word of prayer and as

always as we go in prayer let us all ask

that God may give us all some knowledge

from on high that we may all be able to

clearly understand this word that's

coming to us this morning so shall we

pray father is once again upon this hour

and upon this day that we come to you as

always with Humble Hearts we come as

always right now giving your name all

the praise all the glory and truly all

the honor that only you and you alone

are worthy of we thank you dear Lord

once again for allowing us to be here on

another Sabbath day a day of rest but

also a day of worship and you have

blessed us dear Lord with the

opportunity to come together as one this

morning to go over what thus sayith this

your word as always we ask special

blessings upon those that are here dear

Lord we ask that you will give us all

some knowledge from on high that we may

be able to understand this word and

speak it and explain to others and that

it may be a light unto our pathway but

also dear Lord ask blessing upon those

for whatever reason it was this morning

could not be here today but we're so

thankful dear Lord that we serve an omni

present God that you are in all places

yet at all times for it's in Jesus name

truly that we give this prayer amen

amen well folks this morning we are in

the let's see the fourth

lesson of our summer quarter series of

unit one and as we said in the first

week unit one consists of 10 lessons and

all 10 of these lessons fall under one

Central heading and that is that of God

works through women now we know the

whole entire unit deals with God works

with women and that of the youth but

that comes a little bit later when we

move into unit number two but as of to

day we are still in this first unit that

has 10 lessons that God has dealt with

just that of the women and as you

remember in our very first lesson we

started off with that of how God created

women and we know that God created woman

that she was fearfully and wonderfully

made as scripture says and God created

them male and female in whose image in

His image so therefore when God created

them in His image you'll find that they

are equal because God did not create man

to be one thing in His image and woman

to be lesser In His Image because his

image is that of one in other words God

created the woman to be man's help meate

and she was also that of his equal

because God said it was not right that

man should be alone and you'll find that

man cannot say with those words that he

is more than woman woman cannot say that

she is less than man because they fall

upon the equal uh equal setting that we

have before us so therefore they are

that of equal then we moved into our

next lesson following that we moveed

from the book of Genesis and the laws to

that of the books dealing with that of

the history and we came from the second

book which is that of the book known as

Book of Judges we already went into this

lesson knowing that when we speak of

Judges judges they handle some of the

Civil matters but they are primary role

was that they were in charge of the

military forces of Israel and God would

then raise up a judge to deliver them

from the hands of those who were

oppressing them because God had allowed

them to oppress them because of their

Rebellion now in dealing with the judges

we know that in the Book of Judges

there's 12 judges but all together there

were 14 because there's two more in the

book of that of Samuel but of these 14

judges only one of all those folks that

450 475 years was a woman by the name of

Deborah she held a position that was

some consider to be unheard of in this

day and time uh to be head of the

military as we know with Deborah she was

a married woman to a labod we know that

also that she was a propus propus

basically means that she was a woman who

claim the word of God but also in that

of being any prophetes it basically said

that she was a woman who brought forth

the future Revelations of God that had

yet to be revealed so she was in unique

position of being a propheus and that of

a judge but the question is how did she

become a propheus how did she become a

judge anybody remember

how exactly H there's only one way and

that's God God called the prophets and

was God it says who raised up the judges

who appointed them in positions that

they had to be in some may have tried to

say that she achieved this position

through her husband like it was some

kind of hierarchy was passed on but you

find the judgeship did not work in that

fashion it was called upon when God

would Place one in that unique position

that they were in but then we move to

that lesson to the third lesson we're

still dealing with the books of history

of the oracles but this time we move to

that of the I think third book the book

dealing with that of rof rof is a very

short book but it's an interesting book

that we had before us because you'll

find in this lesson we dealt with Ruth

it dealt with how Ruth follows

Naomi but in reality that lesson dealt

with more than just one woman it dealt

with how many women in

total I got

two I got three any more you know I got

to mess with you with

that actually it was three women you had

Naomi you had Ruth and and you had the

other daughter-in-law name of Ora what

went on with that lesson you'll find

that there was it say was a certain man

I'm going call him lamic his name hard

to pronounce but this man lived in the

territory known as Bethlehem of Judah

Bethlehem we know was part of the

territory of Judah because it didn't

call it Israel at this time because it

was a split Nation you had 10 tribes to

the north which was the nation of Israel

and two to the South which was the

kingdom of Judah and Bethlehem was in a

territory of that of Judah but you find

that this man was married to a woman by

the name of

Naomi they also had two sons one by the

name of Milan and the other one named

Chilean in the order of time you'll find

a famine Came Upon the land and we know

when famine happens there's a scarcity

of water scarcity of food any substance

that caused you to survive other words

hard times they had came upon him no

crops of any kind whatsoever so

therefore this man decided to move his

family across the uh Sea of Galilee I'm

s the salt sea of the Dead Sea to a land

called Moab which shows you how

desperate they were during this time

because the people of Moab and the

people of Israel or you could say Judah

really had a history that wasn't that

great of a history they had some

animosity some ill will one to or

another this first happens when they are

coming out of Egypt out of bondage and

as they are traveling from one land to

the next this Mighty Army of people they

had to travel through the land of Moab

but they asked permission could they

come through and you'll find the people

of Moab say you can't come through

here Moab was located if you had a

visual let's say this is the uh

Jerusalem here and here is What's called

the salt sea on the other side of the

sea itself was

Moab it's kind of like saying today

actually it's interesting you say that

Lonzo it's kind of like saying today you

have the gods of strip You' seen in the

news The Goth of strip is in one spot

just east of that is Bethlehem and just

east of that is Moab so really it would

be what we call today Palestinian

territory so you see how these things

still going on today Waring back and

forth but you'll find that they had to

go to Moab but to show you how desperate

things was as we said was because of the

fact that they didn't really get along

which we understand that you know why

they're all family and we know families

can have some beef sometimes they are

family with their connection to Abraham

the people of Moab you'll find were the

well as far as that connection to

Abraham Abraham was their great

uncle a people of not take that back

Ahab was their uncle and you'll find

that the children of Israel and their

connection with Abraham Abraham was

their great great grandfather so they

all one family here but yet because of

the hardship they had to now go to this

place of Moab if you remember in the

Scripture it said they went to Soldier

there and I asked the question what does

Soldier means

anybody remember what that word

means the key part of what that word me

it has a couple meanings but to soldier

in a place you say I'm going to Soldier

here now in Charles City I'm going to

Soldier here in Richmond or some say

sojourn anybody remember what that word

means there you go it means a little

while it means temporary so in other

words they were going here only

temporarily until things got better in

Bethlehem and it's interesting he said

because be itself means House of Bread

but there was no bread at this time but

they went there to go

temporarily but as they arrived there

and they are there it says

that in time the husband lamek I'm going

call him he passes away which was a

great blow really to the family because

keep in mind Lam was the patriarch of

the family he was the head of the family

cuz remember how we talked about how we

said dealing with man and woman that God

created them equal but even though he

created them equal he has certain

expectations and responsibilities placed

upon man and if you recall everybody

said Amen to that which means you agree

with it but we also said with the woman

God has certain expectations of the

women and also certain responsibilities

for them and we said Amen to that which

we agreed upon here you'll find one of

the responsibilities of the patriarch

was to take care of the family

to protect the family to love the family

to cherish the family to guide the

family but now he has passed which could

have put Naomi in a difficult situation

because the way they had set their

structure up the man pretty much handled

and controlled everything the wife

really had nothing her connection was

really through her husband so by now

having no husband she had no means of

support no means of making in meets no

means of of taking care of herself

really but luckily for her guess what

she had two sons she had The Heirs Milan

and chilion and in being the males of

the family guess what folks there were

certain expectations and

responsibilities placed upon them so in

the absence of the patriarch now the

sons have to step up and the sons step

up and it says of the sons that they

married

Milan married well both of them married

but I'm going start off with Milan Milan

married a woman guess what of

Moab and they call her a

moritis you'll find that the youngest

son chilion married also too a woman

from the same territory Milan married a

Woman by the name of rof chilion married

Another Woman by the name of Ora and the

word says and they contined there notice

significance of that word is continue

There we have to go back earlier when

they went to Moab they went there for

how

long temporarily got that see Helen got

that thing down they went to Helen

temporarily but then when they married

it said they continue there which meant

they weren't going nowhere they were

basically staying there well you find As

Time Marches On

Milan her eldest son passes away

it doesn't give us a time frame of how

far in between then I would say shortly

thereafter most

likely the younger son

gilon passes away and we know this all

was pretty quick because when you read

the text and if we go beyond what we

have here they only stayed there 10

years so in 10 years guess what the

father died the son died and the other

son died so now you have Naomi is a

widow

rof is a

widow and you have Ora she's a widow and

guess what they all what in

gender what are they gender-wise they're

women you remember the the way the

structure was set up the man controlled

everything the man ruled everything so

now what do they have to do to support

themselves they in a dire situation it

wasn't bad at first for for Naomi the

Mother-in-law because she had her two

sons but now they have also passed away

so the common thing they would do at

that time would be to remarry you know

last week I know y'all was thinking it

but I said it I think it might have been

hard for the women to find another man

considering that every man that dealt

with all three women passed away in a

quick period of time Mike they didn't

last too long they don't give us what

happened but in 10 years all of them had

passed away so what does Naomi do she

hears that the Lord has visited

Bethlehem or busy Judah other words the

famine now is over and remember she is

you could call her a stranger to this

land because it's not her home land her

home L is back in let just say Israel so

now she decides to go back home but in

going back home she tells the

daughter-in-laws that she basically

thanks them for being so kind to her all

this time and even being kind to her

sons their husband who have now passed

away but she said but it's best for you

to stay here with your people and Remar

and live your life but we find that both

of them not one both of them protested

both of them wanted to go with her back

to that of Israel her words to them was

what are you going to follow me for what

can I offer you remember she had to take

care of herself this point she said I'm

too old to get remarried or you GNA wait

till I remarry this is last week's

scripture but it wasn't in in the text

she said what I'm supposed to do you're

going to wait for me to remarry then

after I Remar you're gonna wait till I

have some more Sons and you're going to

wait till those son become men and then

you're going to marry them she said life

with us now has come to a change it is

best for you to go back to your people

and it said that they intreated upon

other words they protested the point is

they because some say Ora just left

quick but no you find the scriptures

they

didn't they put up a more fight against

this and to the point that they finally

say this has to pass and you'll find

that it says that Ora and Ruth they

kissed and they all wept and cried but

Oran now goes back to be with her people

so she didn't just leave but she go back

to be with her people Ruth says I'm

going with you Ruth in Clos I made

paraphrase said wherever you go she said

guess what I'm going she said wherever

you live guess what I'm going to live

she said your people shall be my people

and then she says and your God shall be

my God and then she tells us this when

they bury you that's where they going to

bury me so she was basically said I'm

going to be with you until death it says

that KN me knowing at this point that

she can't convince her say it's time to

go back so now they head back to

Bethlehem of Judah and as they are going

back to Bethlehem of Judah the time of

the year it says is at the Harvest time

so you see how God works all this thing

out she comes there right it says at the

Harvest Time and when she arrives back

there it said people looked at her

andmed said is this not Naomi remember

she'd been gone for 10 years but people

hadn't forgotten her they said this is

Naomi that she is back and she tells

them no don't don't call me Naomi

because Naomi meant uh Pleasant it meant

happy it meant joyful and so on she said

call me Mara which we call today Mary

it's a term that means bitter sorrowful

other words she said the Lord has dealt

sorely with me and as we know in those

times if hardship Came Upon you you must

be doing something wrong so she looked

at her life as being the way God had bo

something upon her but you find God's

hand of providence is upon her na

bringing her back to her people oh a lot

going going to change here but as she

comes back now the Harvard time takes

place evidently she must have told Ru of

how they operate because you remember in

the land of Egypt unlike Moab they had

certain laws set in place to take care

of you remember the widows not only

widows those who were poor kind of like

how you could say certain certain

situation our government does today

there's assistance put in place to help

folks out and one of the you could say

laws had in place was when the the poor

or the widows or the strangers would

come into your land the fields

themselves all around the edges they

would not Harvest that that was left for

those who did not have that doesn't mean

you come in and farm it and take it all

for yourself you just come in and get

what it is that you need so Ru must have

knew something about this from Naomi and

what she decides to do at that point is

what field should I go

into now as this happens the word tells

us then that there was a man by the name

of

Boaz boab was a relative of Naomi's

husband who had passed away

lamet and he was a man that says of

substance you could say of wealth by the

way he had servants he had Fields he had

crops and so on from there she goes now

to as they call it to glean in a field

which we'll get to that in a minute she

goes to gather food up as she goes out

she's working boab has to come through

and see her and said who is this and

that's when they tell him that's Naomi

who came back I mean that's rof who came

back with Naomi you know the wife of

Lich your relative and she's been

working in the fields and he saids

something to the fact of how long has

she been in they say she worked all day

a matter of fact she barely took a break

she took a momentary break to go in the

house and came right back out and she

just kept on working and he take notice

of the thing and Things Are told unto

him and that my people which brings us

to the story to which we are at now he

sees her now he approaches so in the

opening of this this text we're dealing

with Ruth meets Boaz and it starts off

by saying in Chapter 2 ver8 then said

Boaz unto Ruth so we didal with Ruth me

Boaz but he it says Boaz now speaks to

Ruth

now do anybody know anything about

Boaz you guys know anything about this

person you don't no problem if you don't

okay Naomi back there knows something

about she just raised her

hand he was attracted to roof

roof right exactly now when she said it

was K Naomi people have said I'm going

get ah hit of my lesson but I glad you

boy that up she wasn't K to Naomi she

was K to Naomi's what husband but you'll

find that they have a different family

connection we'll get into that remember

that part she is K to her we'll get to

that that point in a moment but you'll

find here that reason why I actually

know anything about Boaz because guess

what I'm not gonna tell you anything

about

Boaz yeah there you go Mike because it's

about who it's about women and it's

about this woman name roof if I start

talking about Boaz and his because

you'll find he's an upstanding man not

only he has wealth he's an upstanding

he's a righteous man people hold him

with the utmost of respect you can see

he's fair man and so the list goes on

and on but I'm not here to talk about

him because our theme is that of God

works through who women so we're not

dealing with the men should we know

about this man read about him to get a

better understanding but who we had to

deal with is a Woman by the name of Ruth

is what we're dealing with and one thing

I you understand about Ruth is this

ruite Ruth was a a morabit right from

Moab you'll find they always give her

that connection in Reading up to this

they said Ruth of Moab or Ruth the moite

and so on from there but you know it

lets us know what rof this is that even

though she's not of the chin of Israel

she's a child of God see the children of

Israel weren't just God's children I

would like to say it this way all people

are God's creation but not all people

are children of God the children of God

are those who believe in him and call

upon him at this point you'll find that

she is a god- fair woman who follows God

she is not of the nation of Israel oh

but she has a name unlike any other name

because give you a little insight into

her even though they constantly call her

a moabit and not a

Israelite guess who name is recorded in

the genealogy of

Christ rof because you'll find that

Christ genealogy remember follow that of

King David remember someone from David's

Throne um family should always sit upon

the throne find that to get way ahead of

myself is that Ruth had a son later by

the name of

oad obad had a son by the name of Jesse

then Jesse had a son his name was King

David So Ruth is the great great

grandmother of King David and they

mention that in the genealogy of Christ

a woman who's not of Israel but you'll

find her name is tied into this so you

see how God now works through this this

particular woman but you find he say

then said Boaz unto Ruth he said hearest

thou not my

daughter hearest thou not my daughter

when you read that what do you think

he's

saying I have to deal with some debates

by by scripture like this sometimes

Lonzo

the when he says he is thou not my

daughter

okay anybody else

when you read that hearest thou not my

daughter he's speaking to it but he say

heest thou not my

daughter you say not his

daughter anybody got understand any of

that you know keep in mind with

scripture we have to break it down right

it's expository form of teaching you

break down every part you get a deep

understanding of what's being

said you can say that but where I was

going with that is look at the entire

thing here look how it's written hearest

thou not my daughter and then what you

see a question

mark we have it written here like he's

asking her a question some would say

what you don't hear me my daughter you

know he is not my daughter something say

he's saying to her you don't hear what

I'm saying well I'm here to show you oh

she hears what he's saying and that is

not what he's saying did I lose you on

that one she hears what he's saying but

this is not what he's saying he's not

saying to her you don't hear me here's

what you call in Scripture a grammatical

error and what I mean by a grammatical

error is there's no error with the Bible

but man has written some things not in

the right way but it's up to us in our

studies and understanding to interpret

what's been written now King James

speaks in a in a different tone doesn't

it very different tone uh it's a Bible

that I fancy because guess what it's

difficult and it mixture study when it

was originally written it was considered

to be the closest to the original

translation but keep in mind that's how

they talked back then so now things are

totally different and you'll find that

the new style Bibles or nibs ESV and the

list goes on and on they're great to use

but whatever you use have supplements to

help you in your studies because you'll

find that you have to understand what's

really being said here the King James

Bible is one that uh a lot of folks now

slowly over the decades been moving away

from because it is difficult I remember

some said they don't use it because it's

called the y'all heard this term before

black history here the

Bible you ever heard that term know the

coons Bible

is black people Bible CU see they call

us Coons because they said at night all

you can see was white of eyes so like a

had a circle around his eyes so

they were call it the Coon's Bible but

the funny thing about that is the King

James Bible was written in

1611 the first slaves recorded in

Reckoning Virginia didn't arrive for

1619 then we were introduced to the

Christian Bible but because of the fact

that as we became more educated we

understood what the Bible was saying and

realized that they were twisting things

around in the Bible for their benefit

and gain

power they stopped using it because we

understood what was being said so they

said oh let let the coons have that

Bible and they came with other

translation but the point I want to make

here is this King James speaks different

what he's really saying here it's not a

question what he's really saying in

their talk back in 1611 when he says

then said boys unto her he thou not my

daughter what he's really saying is then

said wasn't the

roof you ready for this one he's saying

to her do you hear what it is I have to

say I want you to listen carefully

otherwise he's given her instructions at

this point because you look after this

all it is is instructions he telling her

don't do this this this this this so

some would say even saying here please

listen to me what I'm saying so when he

said here is not my daughter other words

listen to what it is I have to say and

what he has to say is this he says go

not to glean in another

field so other words now he wants her to

listen care to what is he wants to say

to her and he wants her to get it from

who from him like no he say you get just

directly from me because he mind he's

the

boss his Fields his servants his workers

his land he said hearest thou not my

daughter go not to glean in another

field now when you said go not to

glean Those Who harvest a crop they were

Reapers other words they would go out

and gather up the crop gas was a term

used upon those who were less fort

forunate or we can say we poor so you

have someone who's a Ganer you know let

them do let them gather the crops do not

bother them so he says her go and glean

somewhere else other words she now has

the authority that he has given her to

go do what it is you like in this field

he says go not to glean another other

words stay in this one don't go nowhere

else and he goes on he says neither go

from hence but abide here fast by my

maidens let thine eyes be on the field

that they do reap and go Thou after them

so what is he saying to her here all

together

exactly oh Naomi and think about how

life has now

changed you know think now how life has

now changed remember they didn't have

anything you know we are blessed today

because keep in mind they came through a

famine some years ago they most likely

been strugg now in Moab now they're

really struggling because they have no

um males no men in the family and that

the men own everything and men can be

harsh especially at this those times

real hard upon the women but now this

very wealthy man tells her look don't go

nowhere else stay right here follow the

ladies that I have set before you and do

this and that other words he basically

saying these things to her I'm GNA look

her after you I'm going to take care of

you you can imagine her relief

see a lot of things we can't even

imagine because God has blessed us so

much has anybody ever wondered where the

ni meal coming

from in reality seriously have you ever

wonder where Nick me coming from our big

decision we might say something like all

we might say what I GNA eat this

afternoon that's our our dilemma what

are we going to eat today you know

that's a tough decision do I go here do

I go

there who's cooking it or whatever I

mean get all food you can say well

clothing some of us we deal with women

right women you went in the closet to

day go what I'm going to put on or you

might have said I have nothing to put on

as you walk through your closet and

turned and went through another door and

came back the other side and stepped

over 20 pair of shoes you go what am I'm

gonna put on today but it shows how God

blesses us but also in dealing with the

women here like said I'm not dealing

with a Bo ass because God's working this

thing out sometimes you'll find that God

will give you a blessing by putting

someone in place to give you a

blessing you know what I mean other

words sometime things may not come

directly to you but it came through

somebody else and came to you and then

you'll find that when that happens

sometimes you have people that guess

what they want to block your blessing

you have to watch those folks they want

to block your blessing from what it is

that you have but you'll find that this

woman now or these women have come a

long ways they are back now in a

position where God has placed a man

there who's going to bless them remember

His blessings came from

who he's a god fore man so when Pastor

often has preached on that when God

blesses you your responsibility is to do

what be a blessing under somebody else

so now she received a Blessing by give

given the instructions that please

listen to what I have to say that I

don't want you go in any other field I

want you to stay right here in this

field don't even look anywhere else to

the point that he said let thine eyes be

on the field that they do reap and go

Thou after them other words the women

that I have working you watch them

wherever they go you go and you work

with them and gather up now that my

people is truly a blessing and she's

being washed over he says let in verse n

let thine eyes be on the field that they

do reap and go Thou after them then he

says have I not charged young men that

they shall not touch

thee now what goes on here is

this is she from the tribe of

Israel is she from the tribe of

Judah she's from Moab so she is more

than a stranger see when they meant by a

stranger uh the fields you could only

glean by those who were poor the widows

and strangers strangers is you have

strangers in this country people you

don't know yourself you just call them

strangers but when someone was a

foreigner it was a whole different thing

so what I'm getting at is this he told

his men don't touch her because if they

see this woman know she's a more B mik

they say you better get out of here this

is for our people the laws are set up

for us you can't glean here so he told

them don't bother let her do what it is

that she needs do to gather up and she

was in a a unique position because often

you could just gather enough just to eat

and that was it but you read on he was

allowing her to basically Harvest for

her and know me he said just keep on

doing what it is that you are doing he

said have I not charge young men that

they shall not touch thee then he says

and when thou art of thirst go into the

vessels and drink of that which the

young men have drawn oh now he cross a

line

now remember we talked about certain

expectations and responsibility God

placed on women and that of men one of

the expectations was not that they the

only way could do it women often would

draw the water for the men to drink for

they do work but you'll find here she

hasn't drawn any water but she's he let

her know when you get tired you want

something to drink go over drink that

water that those men have drawn now if

he and told those men not to touch her

they probably say hey get away from here

you can't be drinking out water cuz keep

in mind she was also a moabit she was n

of the nation of Israel but yet he's

given her now full Authority he's got

his full armor protection around her and

watching over her because Naomi you'll

find is the

Mother-in-law now she is the

Mother-in-law they know her very well

and by having that connection to Naomi

the laws also pretty much applied to her

because what folks that really they are

all family here he says go unto the

vessels and drink of that which the

young men have drawn they said then she

fell on her face now if she falls she

fall on her face here he's doing all the

stuff all right what do we typically say

when somebody does something for

you let's say

unsolicited what do we

think no we

don't we might say thank you you you're

right but what are we what what what are

we

thinking

oh CU you know you know how we think

nobody do nothing for free you know

don't let me help you today I be over

this evening I I'm gonna cut your grass

I'm G do this and that I'mma clean up

I'mma wash your car or whatever you g

what what do they want so got to be a

motive behind this thing other words

nobody does nothing for free and that's

how often time things are looked upon

but you'll find here it says then she

fell on her face and bow herself to the

ground and said unto him why have I

found Grace in thine eyes that thou

should us take knowledge of me seeing I

am what a

stranger so she bet she asked the

question what caus you look this

way what do you think caus him look that

way Naomi say she was

beautiful probably

so yep she was a daughter-in-law which

made a connection there

exactly God hand is in this thing the

whole time they come back at the perfect

time it's Harvest Time Lord and behold

you go into the right field with a man

that you are now connected with because

the reason why they are family because

once again this man

is um a relative of Naomi's husband you

remember earlier he said these words to

her the beginning said then said Boys in

roof he thou not my daughter one of the

things I left out about that daughter

part is when he says daughter typically

that means in most cases you're older or

a lot older such as the men would say

listen to me boy let me tell you

something young son and so on from there

so it tends to be that he probably was a

lot older than she was and she probably

was a young pretty woman because you

look in the scriptures later on I think

in the third chapter he talks about how

she could have went to all the young men

or the young men we looking at

her keep in mind he probably an old man

but she's lot younger but he calls her

daughter also because she's connected

and part of the family this s plays back

to last week remember we talked about if

someone dies are they still your

in-laws remember that rof Ora they call

Naomi her mother-in-law a mother-in-law

your husband dead no long you related to

that

person are they connected so those

people you call Aunt so and so and Uncle

so and so and if they on the other side

of the family you're going well they're

not really part of the family because

they're not

blood they're not my in-laws anymore I

have found and who has found this I have

found it all depends on that connection

you have with that person someone said

that's always going to be my

brother-in-law that's always gonna be my

sister-in-law it depends on the

connection that you have but here by her

being connected to Naomi this man being

her Naomi's husband's relative they're

all family so he can call her daughter

somebody you call daughters part of the

family so this is why all this comes

together in the fashion that it does it

said then she fell on her face and bowed

herself to the gr and said why have I

found Grace in thine eyes that thou

shalt take knowledge of me seeing I am a

stranger keep in mind I'm GNA say it if

if some other folks were in you today

they would say I mean anti-semitic right

now because you know you careful what

you say about Israel but Israel those

folks are racist folks they were they

were very race they look at things that

only being about them and for them but

God chose them why why would they call

the chosen

people because of Abraham God said

because of the love I have for Abraham I

shall bless thee in the nation that

comes after thee but he want to know

that you know better than nobody else

but I've chose you to be a light onto

the rest of the world but guess what

that thing got twisted around then the

Gentiles bring it to the nation of

Israel this why God told Peter go now to

the Gentiles Christ don't go to the

Gentiles preach word because they're not

listening and then the Gentiles bring

the word to them

Naomi

nope that's true well that's not true

perpetually that's Old Testament now Old

Testament you don't discard because the

Old Testament for tells of the new the

new fulfilling of the old the key reason

why God told him do not intermingle or

Mar with these folks because he says

something out of that but everybody

misses that part what often taught is

God said don't marry them folk don't

deal folks blah blah blah that's it God

said say don't Mar don't interm with

folks because they're going to pull you

away from me and you going to start

worshiping other gods and other Idols so

in other words they weren't ready for it

yet they couldn't handle it but when

Christ came see that new testament's

blood all things are now revealed unto

you all people are said beginning equal

aren't they nobody's better than anybody

else nobody Bene anyone but you'll find

that they were not ready for it so God

said don't go there cuz remember it's a

Young Nation going forth you going to

all these strange lands he said you Mar

those folks they're going to pull your

way to somebody else remember King David

started doing the same thing now who was

the wisest man in the world we we call

Solomon what happened to Solomon he did

the same thing started marrying folks

outside of his people and before you

know he was pulled off in the wrong

direction also because they weren't

ready yet to go out into the world

because God say you you was preparing

them to be what a light unto the

Gentiles so they weren't ready for that

thing yet but shows how all them were

like say they were connected here but

here or she asked a question because I'm

a

stranger the reason why I call them

racist is by her being a MOAB can't deal

with

her don't deal with even though the law

said it but it wouldn't deal with you

anyway they consider you beneath them

they were better than everybody else so

in their eyes they saw it but then he

says and Boaz answered to her it ha

fully been shown me all that thou done

unto thy mother-in-law since the death

of thine husband and how thou has left

thy father and thy mother and the land

of thy Nativity and are come to a people

which thou knewest not here

to so now you see why he's done what it

is he's done we would think why is he

looking at this

woman how many men we got in today raise

your hand men I got W okay all right

award your savior wife beside

you why do most men look at

women how do you get she said how you

take knowledging me how does a man take

knowledge a woman espe you just me for

the first

time M you're not a man be

quiet she was just just talking up

here what's the first

thing she asked a question remember all

the stuff was being done for her like

this man doing stuff for me he seemed to

be an older man he easily said in next

chapter you know the young men she could

easily went to a younger man she said

why she then she F fell on her face and

bowed herself to the ground and said to

him why have I found Grace in th eyes

that thou should as take knowledge of me

seeing I am a

stranger because what most men was techn

knowledge woman

why well I guess I gota be the Bold one

step forward a it it's what you

see it's what you see y'all got me is

that

true true for

me when you when you see it you go whoa

oh it catches your attention so she

asked a question what technology made

for but you'll find this as sometime it

goes it's more to what meets the eye

because he took notice of her because he

found a lot about her character other

words her inner beauty because remember

he says it in the very next verse he

asked him a question and he answered it

he didn't say oh because you were so

beautiful and I saw you in the field and

so on he says unto her it ha been fully

shown me all that thou has done unto thy

mother-in-law since the death of thine

husband and how thou has left thy father

and thy mother in the land of thy

Nativity and are come to a people which

knewest not hear the pro other words he

knew all about what she had

sacrificed now we don't have it in

scripture remember they were there for

how many years in

Moab t 10 years so a lot of things see

this doesn't cover 10 years these couple

of words that we're giving but he said

all the kindness you have shown her

because remember Naomi husband had died

these ladies now married his sons and

she even thanked them for being kind to

her earlier remember and to her sons all

the time they were there so evident she

was an upstanding woman that had that

inner beauty and inner character that he

saw that in her first before he saw

anything else and this is why he did

what he did for

her sometimes You' be amazed at what

people see in you that you don't see in

yourself you know she has noticed

anything of that about herself but this

person has noticed it you know your

reputation goes a long ways doesn't it

you know when I think reputation I

always think back to a number of years

ago I had to hit up the U pastorial

search committee and never forget we

have a man that we hold a great respect

in this church revend Jackson right and

everybody listen to revend Jackson I

remember sitting there we was going

through some resume sent in of course

one of them comes an envelope as as they

do and the name was on the

outside and when we picked the envelope

up Reverend Jackson go okay you can just

throw that one in

trash we hadn't opened it up yet we

hadn't even gone over it he just went

you can throw that one in the trash know

what everybody said okay and we just put

in the trash because we have that much

respect for him he says sometimes it's

not a good thing when your name beats

you to the place before you get there so

he was let them know there some things

about this one don't even look at but

here you'll find this a woman guess what

there some things about her that caus

him to look at her to admire her because

she said why have I found Grace in thy

sight and what is Grace

now she said why she didn't say why I

found Mercy in your sight why have you

shown me mercy he said why have I found

Grace in your sight so we have to

understand the meaning of that word

Grace it's

favor it's

appreciation but there's something we

have to add to that folks that really

brings it

out respect goes along with it here's a

key thing with Grace now keep in mind

everything you said is correct if y'all

got that don't change your definition

that is correct Grace

is God says I'm going to give it to you

but you don't deserve it but because of

love I'm going to give it to you that's

what me we said that unmar favor

although it's Grace is you don't deserve

it but I'm G give it to you Mercy is you

deserve every bit of it but I'm G hold

some back you know it's like when you

mess up the judge said 30 days in jail

you said oh Lord the judge said tell you

what I'm gonna do I'm Gonna Give You 29

days and 16 hours suspended so he only

got 8 hours to pull that's called Mercy

but he's saying you deserve every bit of

it but I'm going to hold some back Grace

a little bit different you don't deserve

none of this you're not even worthy of

it but guess what because I love you I'm

gonna give it to you now like those bad

kids we have niece and nephews they

don't deserve none of that stuff we give

them but guess what we do we give it to

them in now you know hopefully it turns

them around but here she say you have

found other words she's saying here I

don't deserve it but you've shown me

Grace but then he tells her why he has

done this once again verse 11 and Boaz

answered and said unto her it have been

fully shown me all that thou has done

unto thy mother-in-law since the death

of thine husband and how thou has left

thy father um and mother and the land of

thy Nativity and art come unto a people

which th newest not hither

for oops I just clicked off my

page and then it says in verse 12 the

Lord recompense thy Work and a full

reward be given thee of the Lord God of

Israel unto whose wings th I come to

trust then she said let me find faith in

thy sight my lord for thou has comforted

me and for thou for that thou has spoken

fre unto our handmaiden though I be like

like unto the other one of thy

handmaidens other words she basically

downplaying herself she said I'm not

worthy of this but I thank you and truly

may God bless you for what you have done

for me other words she didn't take it

for granted she weren't like those y'all

remember those 10 lepers that want to be

healed by Christ you remember Christ

told them go show yourself to the priest

and as they was walking to the priest

they looked and they were clean and how

many came

back and said what what' you say

simple there you go Alonzo he said Bas

thank you but the key there Christ said

this I'm a paraphrase Christ probably

like this w't that 10 of y'all I heal 10

only one came back other words sometimes

people take your your kindness for

granted but here her words is May the

Lord truly bless you for what it is that

you have done for me because I don't

even begin to compare to those you

already have in your handmaidens that

work for you then she said let me find

favor in thy sight my lord for thou has

comforted me for thou for that thou has

spoken freely unto thy handmaiden though

I be not like unto the other one of thy

handmaidens verse 14 says and Boaz said

unto her at Meal Time Come Thou hither

and eat of the bread and dip thy Morel

in the vinegar and she sat beside the

Reapers and he reached um her parch corn

and she did eat and was suffice and

left I am talk about Boaz in this

fashion Boaz was a smooth

Operator Boaz hooked up on a date but he

didn't go alone on the date he basically

invited her to a meal with everybody

else but he made sure he sat beside her

and know give a little piece of bread

and so on from there I can't remember re

Jackson always said by love anybody

remember his his phras by love

he said kindness and love if I'm not

mistaken he said kindness is when Mama

give you a piece of bread he said loving

kindness grandma put put a little jam on

there with it you know you add a little

something to it so what he does here is

he invites her out he gives her meal he

makes sure she is full and then she

leaves other words he's still showing

her this kindness it says and when she

was risen up to glean Boaz commanded his

young men saying let her glean even

among the sheep and reproach apprach her

or not so you can say the next day she

go out to glean and remember gleaning

was

what on the edges that was it but he

told him now let her go out in the sheet

now here's the thing about the she he

made life easy for her sheep was when

they were gathering it up and tied in a

big bundle he said Gather the sheet so

other words you don't already bundled up

all you do just grab it otherwise he was

really now looking out for her you can

see there's a connection a bond going on

here and said Ro her not other words

when she come to do this don't stop her

don't get in the way and as we about to

close this thing out it says and let

fall also some of the handfuls of

purpose for her and lead them that she

may glean them and guess what rebuke her

not so what is it saying there

guys give what you want to know say

anything to her but also he added to

that he said when you out there

Gathering up stuff on purpose drop some

on the ground other words he can make

sure she gets some extra other words

he's helping her out here he says so she

gleaned in the field into the evening

and beat out that she had glean and it

was about

in what's that pronounced e of a Bley

which is

like two3 of of a of a a bushel really

and said and she took it and went into

the City and her mother-in-law saw what

she had gleaned and she brought forth

and gave to her that she had reserved

after she was sufficed other words she

had stuff in reserve she was full and

had plenty more yet to go over now that

lesson ends right there but the story

doesn't end because next week we pick up

from there dealing with now how they

come together and basically in thatb of

marriage and we deal heavily with the

law and how all this plays into factor

and how God then blesses Ruth to go even

further in the blessing that he has for

her but the lesson day with

Boaz uh was it was it Boaz Meek Naomi

Ru me Mo me Boaz but once again my

concentration is upon who Ruth and we're

dealing with the women so next week

we're dealing with Ruth Mary's boab and

once again that's the fourth chapter

this is why I stated earlier it's best

to read the entire book it's only four

short chapters then you get a full

understanding of what's being said here

especially next week when it comes to

the factor you remember if the patriarch

died there was an expectation and

responsib really placed upon the ni of

kin to step up and do that which was

right Boaz is not the ni of Ken but

we'll see how God works this thing out

for them to come together but that's

next week lesson dealing with the fourth

chapter that of the order of Ruth so

with that being said we ask that we all

may rise to our feet and we'll close out

with a word of prayer this

morning so shall we pray father it's

once again upon this hour and upon this

day that we all come to you as always

humble dear Lord thank thanking you for

all that we have heard here this morning

we ask the Lord as always that you would

be with us guide us direct us to be all

that you have called yet for us to be

and now dear father as we end the Sunday

school session we ask that your spirit

truly will still be among us as we go

forth into the worship service we ask a

special anointing upon the past as he

brings forth with thus saved your word

we ask blessing right now for those that

are here dear Lord and truly for those

that are still yet on their way for in

Jesus name we give this prayer amen amen