Ruth: A Story of the Kinsman Redeemer
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Tucked in the Old Testament Books of History is a small four chapter story of Ruth. This literary gem is a beautiful picture of a gentile woman (Ruth) who is redeemed and loved by a Jewish nobleman (Boaz). The image of the church being one day redeemed by Jesus is clear in the telling of this romance.
In Ruth 3:9, she clearly asks to be redeemed because Boaz is her Kinsman Redeemer. Jesus Christ is our Kinsman Redeemer. Have you asked him yet to redeem you? As our redeemer you should recognize four simple truths:
1. God desires good and not evil for us (Jeremiah 29:11).
2. But we have all separated ourselves from God with our sin (Romans 3:23; 6:23).
3. Jesus died to restore our relationship with God (1 Peter 3:18).
4. Believe in your heart that this is true and pray to God a prayer of confession and acceptance of his gift of salvation and you will be saved (Romans 10:9,10).
This is the Gospel - The Good News - of Jesus: that he came to set us free from death and sin. The even greater news is that whoever Jesus sets free is "free indeed"! (John 8:36)
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