Come to Jesus

Father I know I have need of You

I know that I have only been characterized by failure, clumsiness, and offense (offenses of omission as well as commission)

Father I know I need You

and Father I thank You for the gift of Jesus Christ, Whom I hereby acknowledge as my Lord and Savior

I ask You, to take over my life

I ask You, not only for His redemption but also for His lordship

and I ask You right now Father, to give me through Your supernatural Holy Spirit, the strength, the resolve, and all that it takes from this day forward to walk not by power nor by might but by Your Holy Spirit

That through Your Holy Spirit You would instruct me for all of those things that I don’t understand

and yet Father I thank You for the gift of that understanding as You choose to reveal it to me

I ask all these things Father, that I indeed might be hereby part of Your forever family in Jesus Christ

Amen

Christ, the Church, and Israel Typed in Ruth

The Book of Ruth:

Naomi – Israel

Ruth – The Church

Boaz – Jesus Christ

unnamed servant (v.v. 2:5-6) – the Holy Spirit

Nearer Kinsman – the Law

 

Boaz and Naomi never meet

Naomi learns of Boaz through Ruth

Ruth learns of Boaz’s ways through Naomi

An unnamed servant introduces Ruth to Boaz

Boaz had to wait for Ruth to make the 1st move

Naomi had to be exiled from her land to bring Ruth to Boaz

Boaz, not Ruth, confronts the Nearer Kinsman

Ruth does not replace Naomi

The Law had to step aside opening the way for the redemption.

What the Law couldn’t do Grace could.

Ruth is read at Pentecost