The Goal of Marriage Ruth 3:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the book of Ruth the word rest is used in connection with marriage. Some might be thinking that marriage is anything but rest, especially the women. But it is not necessarily a rest from physical labor or work. The rest here...
The Bed Undefiled Heb. 13:1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The marriage bed is undefiled. Those of us who are in the church are to be undefiled [SOS 5:2; 2 Cor 11:2]. But notice these instances of people being defiled. We can tell what undefiled is by studying what defiles a person. ...
Love, Fruit of the Holy Spirit Gal.5:22-23 Love is the first mentioned of the fruit of the Spirit. This fruit is not anything that you are producing, it only comes by the Holy Spirit’s work through you. The world’s definition and your flesh’s definition is not the love that is...
Ruth 4:1-22 Boaz Marries Ruth CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Ruth 4:1-22 shows us how Boaz marries Ruth and how the genealogical line of Christ is continued through their firstborn son, Obed. The Advertisement – v.1-5 – Boaz goes into the city and sits in the gate waiting for the next kinsman to pass...
Ruth 3:14-18 Dating Lessons from Ruth and Boaz CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We find some great practical truths in this passage that we call dating lessons from Ruth and Boaz. You would be wise to observe these if you aren’t married and to teach these to your children if you are....
Ruth 3:1-13 A Virtuous Woman CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Boaz said that Ruth was a virtuous woman – she is the only woman in the Bible about whom this was said. Truly, there were other virtuous women, but it is not recorded in scripture that anyone called them virtuous. Ruth has...
Ruth 2:18-23 Desirable Qualities in Ruth CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Ruth 2:18-23, there were desirable qualities in Ruth that should be in young women today. They are: Her Diligence – she gleaned all day [1:7] Her Generosity – she “gave” to her mother-in-law [v.18] Her Faith – she trusted in the...
Keep Them Together Eph. 4:4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus keeps things together that the devil wants to divide. Three principle things that the Lord wants to keep together are the body of Christ, the local church and husbands and wives. We have to be aware that the Lord wants to...
The Women in Proverbs Prov. 2:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are thirteen different women in Proverbs. Of these, 9 are bad women and 4 are good women. According to these numbers, as a general rule, then, there are about twice as many bad women as there are good. We will...
Faithfulness Prov. 20:6 “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?” When a man proclaims his own goodness we call that self-righteousness. It is not hard to find a self-righteous person, but a faithful man who can find? Faithfulness is becoming...
