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BACK TO THE ROSE OF SHARON AND
THE LILY OF THE VALLEY,
BACK TO THE LION OF THE TRIBE
OF JUDAH,
BACK TO THE KING OF KINGS AND
THE LORD OF ALL LORDS!
LET US COME BACK TO THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THIS REPUBLIC!
IN GOD WE TRUST!
LET'S ACT LIKE IT.
(APPLAUSE)
THE STORY NOW BECOMES A TALE
OF THREE WIDOWS.
THEIR HUSBANDS ARE ALL BURIED.
THEY ARE LEAVING MOAB AND GOING
BACK TO BETHLEHEM JUDAH.
THEY ARE NAOMI, RUTH AND ORPAH.
THEY STAND AT THE JORDAN RIVER,
THE RIVER OF NO RETURN,
THE BORDER BETWEEN THE PAGAN
LAND AND ISRAEL.
IT'S GUT CHECK TIME.
IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE THE GOD OF
ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
OR TO GO BACK TO BE A PART
OF THE GODS OF MOAB.
NAOMI GAVE HER TWO
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW A DOSE OF
REALITY.
SHE SAID, I HAVE NO MONEY.
I HAVE NO SONS.
I HAVE NO HOPE.
I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER YOU,
NOT NOW AND NOT EVER.
I'M JEWISH AND I'M GOING INTO A
JEWISH SOCIETY.
YOU'RE GENTILES.
YOU HAVE NO FUTURE.
ORPAH, THE STIFF NECK,
WEPT, ROLLED OUT HER LIP,
PULLED OFF HER PLAY HOUSE
NINETY ACT, KISSED,
CRIED AND CUT OUT.
SHE WENT BACK TO MOAB.
HER RELATIVES ARE STILL IN THE
CHURCH.
(LAUGHTER)
LET A LITTLE PROBLEM DEVELOP.
(WHINING)
BYE.
(LAUGHTER)
ON THE OTHER HAND,
THERE'S RUTH,
WHOSE NAME MEANS BEAUTY.
RUTH, WHO WAS LOYAL, UNMOVABLE,
UNSHAKABLE, STEADFAST,
SHE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
AND WHEN NOTHING WAS TO BE
GAINED, STOOD FIRM.
ENTREAT ME NOT TO LEAVE YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING FOR ME BUT DON'T ASK ME
TO LEAVE YOU OR TO TURN ASIDE
FROM FOLLOWING AFTER THEE.
FOR WHERE YOU GO, I WILL GO.
YOUR GOD SHALL BE MY GOD.
AND YOUR PEOPLE,
THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
WHERE YOU DIE,
THERE WILL I DIE AND THERE WILL
I BE BURIED.
THINK ABOUT IT.
SHE'S NOT SAYING THESE WORDS TO
A SIX FOOT FOUR,
BLACK-HEADED JOHN WAYNE
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE.
SHE'S NOT AT THE MARRIAGE
ALTAR WITH A CHOIR AND PIPE
ORGAN IN A CATHEDRAL.
SHE'S LOOKING HER AGED,
BANKRUPT, BITTER, BARREN,
JEWISH MOTHER-IN-LAW IN THE
FACE AND SHE'S MAKING THIS
PLEDGE.
THAT, MISTER, IS LOYALTY.
(APPLAUSE)
EVERY MARRIAGE IN AMERICA
COULD BE HELPED BY AN
OLD-FASHIONED BAPTISM OF
LOYALTY.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
NEEDS A REBIRTH OF LOYALTY TO
GOD,
TO COUNTRY AND TO EACH OTHER.
LET A DRUNK TELL HIS TROUBLE
TO JOE, THE BARTENDER,
AND NOT A WORD WILL BE SPOKEN.
BUT LET A CHRISTIAN TELL HIS
TROUBLE TO ANOTHER CHRISTIAN
AND IT WILL BE ALL OVER TOWN BY
DARK.
TRUE?
TRUE.
AGAIN,
MAY I SHARE WITH YOU MY
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT?
IF IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS,
SHUT UP.
(APPLAUSE)
JESUS MADE A REMARKABLE
STATEMENT TO HIS DISCIPLES.
HE SAID: BY THIS SIGN SHALL ALL
MEN KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY
DISCIPLES;
THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I
HAVE LOVED YOU.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID IN
THE 1ST CENTURY ABOUT THE
CHURCH?
BEHOLD HOW THEY LOVE ONE
ANOTHER.
DO YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
IT'S BEEN 2,000 YEARS SINCE
THE WORLD HAS SAID THAT ABOUT
CHRISTIANITY?
THE BIBLE SAYS: LOVE IS OF GOD.
AND THEY THAT HAVE NOT LOVE,
HAVE NOT GOD.
WHAT WE HAVE NOW ARE 250
SQUABBLING DENOMINATIONS,
LOOKING FOR THEIR FAIR MARKET
SHARE OF TELLING THE STORY
ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
JESUS CAME THAT THE WORLD MAY
KNOW ABOUT HIM,
NOT ABOUT US,
HIM!
HE'S THE ANSWER!
HE IS THE SAVIOR!
(APPLAUSE)
ORPAH, STIFF NECKED,
KISSED AND WENT BACK TO HER
PAST.
ARE YOU DOMINATED BY YOUR PAST?
ARE YOU?
ARE YOU DOMINATED BY SOME
MANIPULATIVE,
DOMINEERING RELATIONSHIP THAT'S
IN YOUR PAST?
IS THERE A DARK PAGE IN YOUR
PAST THAT YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY
FROM,
THAT IS ALWAYS THERE HAUNTING
YOU?
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THE BIBLE HAS A THERAPY SESSION
YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH
FROM THE PEN OF SAINT PAUL:
FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH
ARE PAST,
I PRESS TOWARD THE PRIZE OF THE
HIGH CALLING,
WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
YESTERDAY ENDED LAST NIGHT!
FORGET IT AND GET OVER IT!
GO FORWARD WITH YOUR LIFE!
THE BEST IS YET TO BE!
IT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING THAT
MATTERS!
GIVE THE LORD PRAISE IN THE
HOUSE OF GOD.
(APPLAUSE)
I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M TALKING
TO RIGHT NOW BUT I'M RINGING
SOMEBODY'S BELL.
LISTEN TO ME.
YOU'RE DUTY IS TO GO FORWARD AS
IF THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO
LIMITS IN YOUR LIFE.
THEY CONQUER WHO BELIEVE THEY
CAN CONQUER.
WHY?
BECAUSE THIS BOOK SAYS: NOTHING
IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.
AND NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE
WITH YOU.
LIFT YOUR HEAD!
SQUARE YOUR SHOULDERS AND COME
OUT SWINGING!
YOU ARE THE WINNER!
GIVE HIM PRAISE AND GLORY IN
THE HOUSE OF GOD.
(APPLAUSE)
THEN THIS IS THE WRINGING
QUESTION NEXT IN THE STORY.
IS THIS NAOMI?
NAOMI AND RUTH COME BACK TO
BETHLEHEM JUDAH.
THE CITIZENS COME OUT TO MEET
HER.
THEY DON'T MEET THE
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY,
LIGHT-HEARTED WOMAN THEY SAW
TEN YEARS AGO.
THEY SEE, IF YOU WILL,
A HAG COMING BACK DRAINED AND
EMPTY.
IS THIS NAOMI?
WHEN NAOMI RETURNED HOME,
SHE SAW HER HOME.
SHE SAW HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
AND THEY LOOKED AT HER IN
SHOCK.
THIS IS NOT THE PLEASANT,
HAPPY, CHEERFUL SOUL THAT
LEFT US JUST TEN YEARS AGO.
SHE HAS RETURNED DESTITUTE AND
HAGGARD.
THE SURGEONS OF SIN HAVE CUT
INTO NAOMI'S FACE WITH THE
KNIVES OF WORRY AND FEAR AND
REGRET AND BONE-BREAKING
SORROW.
NAOMI SAW THE EXPRESSIONS ON
THEIR FACE AND SAID,
DON'T CALL ME NAOMI,
WHICH MEANS PLEASANT,
CALL ME MARA,
WHICH MEANS BITTER BECAUSE I
WENT OUT FULL AND I HAVE COME
BACK EMPTY.
THAT SINGLE SENTENCE IS A
SERMON ON THE POWER AND THE
PENALTY OF SIN.
MISSING THE WILL OF GOD,
THAT'S WHAT SIN WILL DO.
IT WILL LEAVE YOU EMPTY.
IT DRAINS YOU OF HOPE.
IT DRAINS YOU OF JOY.
IT DRAINS YOU OF A FUTURE.
IT BREAKS YOU.
IT CHAINS YOU TO TORMENT.
THE BIBLE SAYS: THERE IS
PLEASURE IN SIN FOR A SEASON.
BUT IT'S A VERY SHORT SEASON.
SIN IS THE BLAST THAT DOESN'T
LAST.
SIN WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN
YOU WANT TO GO.
IT'LL MAKE YOU STAY LONGER THAN
YOU WANT TO STAY AND IT WILL
COST YOU FAR MORE THAN YOU CAN
PAY.
GETTING DRUNK IS FUN UNTIL YOU
TURN A CARLOAD OF HAPPY,
HEALTHY TEENAGERS INTO
LIFE-LONG CRIPPLES BECAUSE YOU
JUST WANTED TO HAVE A BLAST.
*** CRACK IS FUN UNTIL
YOUR BRAINS ARE SO FRIED YOU
SIT IN A SANITARIUM PLAYING IN
A CORNER,
POUNDING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE
PADDED WALL,
CAN'T RECOGNIZE THE FACE OF
YOUR MOTHER.
NAOMI SAID: CALL ME BITTER,
FOR I WENT OUT FULL.
I LEFT THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND
I WENT INTO THE FAR COUNTRY AND
NOW I'M COMING HOME BROKE,
BITTER, BARREN.
LIFE HAS NO MEANING.
IF THAT DESCRIBES YOU,
I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY TO GO
BACK TO YOUR PRIMARY
RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE WITH
JESUS CHRIST,
TO THE LAND OF BREAD AND
ABUNDANCE WHERE THE FAVOR OF
GOD CAN BE FOUND.
IT'S CALLED REPENTANCE.
REPENT.
"RE" MEANS TO TURN AROUND,
"PENT," AS IN HIGHEST,
LIKE YOU GET PENTHOUSE.
REPENT.
WHAT WAS MAN'S HIGHEST
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IN THE
GARDEN OF EDEN WHEN ADAM AND
EVE TALKED WITH GOD?
GOD SAYS,
IF YOU WILL JUST REPENT,
TURN AROUND,
I WANT TO BRING YOU BACK INTO
THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAD IN THE
GARDEN WHERE WE CAN TALK TO
EACH OTHER AS FRIENDS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE SEPARATED
BUT I CAN'T EMBRACE YOU UNTIL
YOU GET RID OF ALL OF THAT
FILTH.
I MADE THAT POSSIBLE AT THE
CROSS FOR YOU TO BE WASHED
WHITER THAN SNOW,
FOR YOUR NAME TO BE WRITTEN IN
THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE AND FOR
ALL OF THE DARK PAGES IN YOUR
LIFE TO BE TOTALLY RIPPED UP
AND SHREDDED AND BURIED IN THE
DEEPEST SEA NEVER TO BE
REMEMBERED AGAINST YOU ANYMORE.
I WANT YOU TO DO THAT TODAY.
RUTH IS ON THE ROAD TO
REDEMPTION.
RUTH AND NAOMI ARE NOW IN
BETHLEHEM JUDAH.
RUTH WENT DOWN AND WENT TO
WORK.
SHE DIDN'T GO TO THE GOVERNMENT
OFFICE TO GET A WELFARE CHECK.
SHE WENT TO WORK,
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WELFARE
CHECK IN ISRAEL.
THERE WAS WORK FAIR.
THERE WASN'T WELFARE.
IT'S A GOOD POLICY.
WASHINGTON SHOULD READ IT.
(APPLAUSE)
NOTHING WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE
UNTIL YOU DO.
YOU SHOULD FIGHT POVERTY THE
BIBLE WAY.
GET YOURSELF A JOB.
YA.
(LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE)
ISRAEL'S WELFARE SYSTEM WORKED
LIKE THIS;
THE FARMERS COULD NOT BEAT
THEIR FRUIT TREES BUT ONE TIME.
THEY COULD NOT CUT THE CORNERS
OF THE WHEAT FIELDS BECAUSE THE
WIDOWS WERE ALLOWED TO GO AND
CUT THE CORNERS OF THE WHEAT
FIELD AND GET ALL OF THE WHEAT
AND KEEP IT FOR FREE.
AND THEY BEAT THE FRUIT TREES
THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME UNTIL
THEY HAD ALL THE FRUIT AND
GRAIN THEY NEEDED BUT THEY HAD
TO GO GET IT.
RUTH WENT TO WORK AND SHE WAS
LED BY THE HAND OF GOD STRAIGHT
TO THE FIELD OF A MAN NAMED
BOAZ.
WHY THAT FIELD?
RUTH 2:3 SAYS: AND HER
HAPPENSTANCE WAS DELIGHT ON THE
FIELD OF BOAZ.
TRANSLATION, GOD'S RADAR,
GOD'S DIVINE FAVOR LED HER
EXACTLY TO THERE,
THE PLACE WHERE SHE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS IN THE
LIFE OF A BELIEVER.
SAY THAT WITH ME,
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS IN THE
LIFE OF A BELIEVER.
RUTH IS IN THE FIELD WORKING.
BOAZ,
A MIGHTY MAN OF WEALTH --
DON'T YOU LIKE THAT NAME?
-- A SIX FOOT FOUR,
BLACK HAIRED JOHN WAYNE COMES
RIDING INTO THE FIELD IN HIS
FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE, RED,
PICK-UP TRUCK.
(LAUGHTER)
HE SAW RUTH AND HE SAID: WHO'S
DAMSEL IS THAT?
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
TRANSLATION,
DOES THAT LITTLE DARLING HAVE A
CELL PHONE?
(LAUGHTER)
THEN HE SAID TO RUTH: DO NOT
GLEAN IN ANOTHER FIELD.
YOU JUST STAY RIGHT HERE.
(LAUGHTER)
HE'S BECOMING A PROVIDER AND A
PROTECTOR ALREADY AND THEY
HADN'T EVEN SAID "GOOD MORNING"
YET.
(LAUGHTER)
HE SAID TO THE FOREMAN OF THE
FIELD: I WANT YOU TO PUT HANDS
FULL ON PURPOSE IN HER PATH.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I WANT YOU, FOREMAN,
TO GO AND GET IN FRONT OF HER.
AND I WANT YOU TO DROP CLUMPS
OF WHEAT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY
HARVESTED SO THAT WHEN SHE
COMES BY,
ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS TO PICK UP
MORE THAN SHE COULD EVER
POSSIBLY NEED.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES,
WHAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN HER ALL
DAY,
SHE CAN GET DONE IN TEN
MINUTES.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE FOLLOWING
THE LORD,
HE DROPS HANDS FULL ON PURPOSE
IN FRONT OF YOU,
BLESSINGS UPON BLESSING,
FAVOR UPON FAVOR.
THE HANDS FULL ON PURPOSE ARE
EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY,
ABOVE ALL YOU CAN ASK OR THINK.
GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THE HOUSE OF
GOD.
(APPLAUSE)
BOAZ SAID TO RUTH --
IT'S ABOUT 11:30 IN THE MORNING.
-- CAN WE HAVE LUNCH TODAY?
THAT'S MOVING FAST BY TODAY'S
STANDARDS.
BUT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
I CALL IT "THE BOAZ BLITZ."
THE TOWN'S MOST DESIRABLE
BACHELOR, RICH, HANDSOME,
POWERFUL WAS IN LOVE WITH A
GENTILE FOREIGNER.
THIS IS A STORY LINE BETTER
THAN DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
SURELY THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE
FOX NEWS TONIGHT.
RUTH WORKED UNTIL DARK,
WENT HOME WITH A BUSHEL AND
THREE PINTS OF GRAIN,
NOT STRAW, GRAIN.
IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY.
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, NAOMI,
IS SITTING ON THE PORCH.
SHE SEES HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
WALKING UP THE PATH WITH ALL OF
THIS GRAIN AND SAID,
WHERE DID YOU GET ALL OF THAT
WHEAT, SWEETHEART?
RUTH SAID: I WAS IN THE FIELD
OF BOAZ TODAY.
NAOMI SAID, COME OVER HERE,
DARLING,
AND SIT DOWN BESIDE ME.
I'VE GOT A SECRET TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THE KINSMAN REDEEMER
RELATIONSHIP HERE IN ISRAEL.
RUTH SAID,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU THE
JEWISH LAW, NAOMI SAID.
IF A JEWISH MAN DIES AND HIS
WIFE HAS NO MALE CHILD,
THE BROTHER OF THE MAN WHO DIED
MUST MARRY HIS BROTHER'S WIFE
SO THAT HE RAISES UP HIS NAME
IN ISRAEL.
HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
I JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING?
HALF.
I'M GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN.
(LAUGHTER)
I'LL PERSONALIZE IT.
IF MY BROTHER MARRIED A WOMAN,
HE DIED AND DID NOT HAVE A SON,
BY THE LAW OF MOSES,
I WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO UNTO
HIS WIFE UNTIL SHE PRODUCED A
SON.
AND THAT SON WOULD TAKE HIS
FATHER'S NAME SO THAT HIS NAME
WOULD BE RAISED UP IN ISRAEL.
HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTOOD
THAT?
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
THERE YOU ARE.
NAOMI LEANS OVER TO RUTH AND
SAYS, DARLING,
BOAZ IS RELATED TO YOUR
EX-HUSBAND.
ARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE
HERE?
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY;
WHEN YOU WERE A JEWISH MAN AND
YOU WENT TO THE WEDDING OF YOUR
BROTHER,
YOU WERE MORE THAN MILDLY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT SHE LOOKED
LIKE.
(LAUGHTER)
IF SHE WAS UGLY AS A MUD FENCE,
YOU WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
YOUR BROTHER'S HEALTH.
YOU WOULD PRAY THIS PRAYER;
DEAR GOD,
LET THEIR FIRST CHILD BE A MAN
CHILD AND LET MY BROTHER LIVE
TO BE 120 YEARS OLD.
(LAUGHTER)
KINSMAN REDEEMER, LISTEN.
THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT MAKE
UP A KINSMAN REDEEMER.
ONE, YOU MUST BE RELATED,
RELATED.
JESUS WAS JEWISH.
SO PEOPLE SAY,
SO WHERE DOES THAT --
PUTS US AS GENTILES.
THERE ARE TWO GENEALOGIES OF
JESUS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
LUKE'S GENEALOGY TRACES JESUS
CHRIST' LINEAGE BACK TO
ADAM, 3:38.
IF CHRIST WAS RELATED TO ADAM,
HE'S RELATED TO EVERY GENTILE
BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE THE
JEWISH PEOPLE WERE SET IN
MOTION WITH ABRAHAM.
WHEN CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS;
THEREFORE,
HE WAS OUR ELDER BROTHER,
HE WAS BONE OF OUR BONE AND
FLESH OF OUR FLESH.
MATTHEW'S LINEAGE DECLARES
JESUS WAS RELATED TO DAVID AND
TO ABRAHAM,
MAKING HIM RELATED TO EVERY
JEWISH PERSON ON THE FACE OF
THE EARTH.
TO BE RELATED,
CHRIST HAD TO COME TO EARTH TO
BECOME A MAN.
A SUPERNATURAL GOD COULD NOT
REDEEM A MAN;
HE HAD TO COME DOWN AND TO BE A
MAN.
I MIGHT AS WELL TOUCH ON THIS
WHILE I'M GOING.
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT USED THE
BODY OF THE *** MARY,
THE SEED AND THE BLOOD OF GOD
WERE PLANTED IN HER BODY.
IT WAS NOT MARY'S BLOOD;
OTHERWISE,
MARY WOULD HAVE PASSED TO JESUS
THE CURSE OF SIN FROM GENESIS.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
*** BIRTH AND THE IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT
I JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING?
WOW!
GOOD.
LET'S MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
(LAUGHTER)
MATTHEW'S LINEAGE DECLARED
JESUS TO BE RELATED TO DAVID
AND ABRAHAM,
RELATING HIM TO EVERY JEWISH
PERSON.
TO BE RELATED,
CHRIST HAD TO COME TO EARTH.
WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
CHRIST BECAUSE OF THE CROSS.
WE ARE THE FAMILY OF GOD,
LOOKING AT EVERYONE IN THIS
ROOM.
HIS ROYAL BLOOD IS FLOWING
THROUGH OUR VEINS.
WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST.
WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF HIS
NAME.
WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE WORD.
WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE BLOOD.
WE HAVE THE POWER OVER DEATH,
OVER DEMONS, OVER DISEASE.
WE HAVE THESE THINGS.
WE ARE HERE, TODAY,
DIFFERENT COLORS,
DIFFERENT THOUGHTS,
DIFFERENT FEELINGS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS;
WE ARE ALL THE BODY OF CHRIST.
WE ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER
THROUGH THE CROSS OF
JESUS CHRIST.
YOU ARE MY BROTHER.
YOU ARE MY SISTER.
WE ARE RELATED BECAUSE CHRIST
HAS UNITED US!
WE ARE ONE IN THE FAITH!
ONE FAITH!
ONE LORD!
ONE BAPTISM!
CHURCH, WE ARE ONE IN JESUS!
GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THE HOUSE OF
GOD.
(APPLAUSE)
NOT ONLY MUST THE KINSMAN
REDEEMER BE RELATED;
HE MUST ALSO BE WILLING.
BOAZ WAS EAGER TO REDEEM RUTH.
HE WAS DOING A TAP DANCE ON THE
HOOD OF HIS RED TRUCK.
(LAUGHTER)
HE WAS STILL SHOUTING,
WHOSE DAMSEL IS THIS?
CHRIST WAS EAGER TO REDEEM US
FROM OUR SINS.
FOR HE SAID: WHOSOEVER WILL,
LET HIM COME AND DRINK OF THE
RIVERS OF LIFE FREELY.
HE THAT HATH THE SON,
HATH LIFE.
THIRDLY,
THE KINSMAN REDEEMER MUST HAVE
THE ABILITY.
BOAZ HAD THE ABILITY.
HE WAS A MIGHTY MAN OF WEALTH.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER KINSMAN,
WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO REDEEM
RUTH.
THAT'S WHERE THE STORY
COMPLICATES A BIT.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS GOD'S WILL
CONCEALED;
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS GOD'S WILL
REVEALED.
HE IS CALLED THE BAREFOOTED
KINSMAN.
HE WAS RELATED BUT HE HAD NO
ABILITY.
WHO WAS THAT?
IT WAS THE LAW OF MOSES.
THE LAW OF MOSES HAD RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR US TO FOLLOW
BUT IT COULD NOT REDEEM US
BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE THE
SHEDDING OF BLOOD.
THEREFORE,
JESUS CHRIST LEFT THE BALCONIES
OF HEAVEN,
BECAME A HUMAN EMBRYO IN THE
BODY OF MARY,
WAS BORN WITH THE BLOOD OF GOD
IN HIS VEINS.
AND WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS,
IT WAS PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT
REDEEMED US!
HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD MAKES US
WHITER THAN SNOW!
HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD BREAKS THE
POWER OF SIN AND IT DOMINION!
WE ARE SET FREE THROUGH THE
BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!
GIVE HIM PRAISE IN THE HOUSE OF
GOD.
(APPLAUSE)
FOURTHLY,
THE KINSMAN MUST HAVE THE PRICE.
BOAZ WAS A MIGHTY MAN OF
WEALTH.
HE HAD THE PRICE.
JESUS WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD
THE PRICE, PRECIOUS BLOOD,
UNDEFILED BY THE CURSE IN THE
BOOK OF GENESIS.
WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN,
WE SING,
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
WHAT CAN MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN?
SAY IT WITH ME,
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
O PRECIOUS IS THE FLOW
THAT MAKES ME WHITE AS SNOW.
NO OTHER FOUNT I KNOW,
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
NOW LET'S CLOSE WITH RUTH GETS
HER MAN.
WHEN TWO WOMEN CONSPIRE TO GET
A MAN, HE'S HAD IT.
(LAUGHTER)
IT'S UP.
IT'S OVER.
NAOMI GOES INTO HIGH GEAR AS A
JEWISH MATCH MAKER.
SHE SAID, RUTHIE,
TONIGHT DARLING,
I WANT YOU TO WASH UP.
I WANT YOU TO ANOINT YOURSELF
WITH CHANNEL NO. 5.
I WANT YOU TO PUT ON YOUR BEST
RED DRESS FROM NEIMAN MARCUS,
YOUR HIGH-HEEL PUMPS AND GO
DOWN TO THE THRESHING FLOOR.
GET THE SCENE OF THE THRESHING
FLOOR.
THEY HAD BEEN GATHERING THE
WHEAT ALL DAY,