1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,960 We've all been hurt. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,480 We all carry scars. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,840 We can all overcome these things and be healed through a relationship with Jesus Christ. 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:15,480 Let's build that relationship together right here. 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,000 Welcome to Healing Scars with Pastor Burton. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:27,920 I'm trying to dab at this as it runs through. 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,800 If I get too shiny, let me know. 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,040 I don't want to blind anybody. 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,720 I'm not that pretty to begin with. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,720 Well, good morning. 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,760 Apologize for that mic check this morning. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:39,760 It kind of reminded me. 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,840 I remember you go to the theater and they had that little, you know, the audience can 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,320 hear you now thing and blow you out of the room. 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,560 I really should have said the audience is deaf. 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,560 That's kind of how this morning went. 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,400 So technical difficulties about, right? 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,400 That's okay. 19 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:56,400 That's the enemy. 20 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,400 We're going to work through them every time. 21 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:03,080 So for the last month or so, we've been going through the book of Ruth, right? 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,200 And we're going to continue that today. 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,240 You know, and really looking at it, it's a blessing of second chances, you know, being 24 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,680 able to step out in faith and to trust the Lord, right? 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:20,160 When we look at Naomi and Ruth, they lost everything. 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,160 They had a very unsecured future, right? 27 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:27,800 It's very much like looking at Job and many others throughout the book, you know, as we 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,720 read through the Bible. 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:37,160 Naomi herself had been led away with her family, led away from the Lord, led out of the promised 30 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,960 land, you know, into Moab. 31 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,360 You know, from there, you know, while she gained a loyal daughter-in-law, she lost her 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,520 husband, she lost her sons, she lost everything. 33 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,120 You know, and Ruth in the process, Ruth could have very well just stayed where she was, 34 00:01:54,120 --> 00:02:01,440 stayed with, you know, the way she brought up the culture that she knew and knew that 35 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,640 there was a chance for another future there, right? 36 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,680 Some security. 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:13,480 Instead, because she loved Ruth, she was very loyal to Ruth, she had faith in Ruth, you 38 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:18,160 know, and thereby, you know, Ruth, I'm sorry, not Ruth, Naomi, Naomi was able to bring Ruth 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,680 to the Lord, which strengthened her, right? 40 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:29,560 So this took both these women, led them back to the promised land. 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,520 Here they run into Boaz. 42 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,720 They didn't know this is the field that Ruth was choosing, but they come to see him. 43 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:43,940 They see him for the honorable man that he is, this gentle, kind person who treats strangers, 44 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:49,000 you know, in the downtrodden with love and hope, you know, the things that we should 45 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,120 all do, you know, as ambassadors for Christ. 46 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,760 You know, in this respect, we look at it really Boaz as a superhero, right? 47 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,560 He's one of the original superheroes. 48 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,360 You know, all that's forthright and good. 49 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,600 You know, it turned out he has a close relative, so we come to find out, you know, here Naomi 50 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,680 is, she's talking to Ruth, and she's like, hey, he's been so good. 51 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,800 He's blessed us so well. 52 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:23,080 You know, this is going to be a good person to turn to as our guardian redeemer. 53 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,280 You know, so she's gone to him even with this. 54 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,560 Now with all the things that Boaz could have done, you know, we've discussed this at length. 55 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,200 He could have done just the bare minimum. 56 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:40,520 He's gone above and he's gone, you know, to that next level, that bar that we should all 57 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,160 strive for. 58 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:48,080 And he had no idea just how far his blessings would reach, right? 59 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,440 And it's no different for you or for me. 60 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,680 I want to share a story with you as we get started here from my own past. 61 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,360 And I don't share this with you to toot my own horn or to boast at all. 62 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:05,080 Matter of fact, I'm looking up. 63 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,840 Not sure if our PowerPoint doesn't look like it's working right now. 64 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,400 It is working on it. 65 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,560 OK, it will come. 66 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,760 So while we're working on that, I'm just going to keep going forward here for time's sake. 67 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:23,240 OK, so, you know, Matthew, chapter six, verses one through four, the word says, take heed 68 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,800 that you do not celebrate your days before men to see that to be seen by them. 69 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Otherwise, you have no reward from your father in heaven. 70 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:36,400 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites 71 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,320 do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory for men. 72 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,640 Surely, I say to you, they have the reward. 73 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,360 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand 74 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,640 is doing, that your charitable deed may be done in secret. 75 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,800 Now, rather, you know, I'm not sharing this to my own horn because my horn doesn't deserve 76 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,800 to be blown. 77 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,560 You know, this is all to the glory of the Lord. 78 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:03,640 I share this because this was a lesson that I needed at this particular point in my life. 79 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:04,640 All right. 80 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:10,040 So years ago, I'm going into a Smith's grocery store. 81 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,320 And as I'm going in, I see this guy, he's sitting there by the door. 82 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,320 He's exhausted. 83 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,320 He's sunburned. 84 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,680 He's not bothering anybody. 85 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,960 He's not asking for a thing. 86 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,640 He's just trying to get some shade and to cool off for a little bit. 87 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,000 Right? 88 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,120 As I walk into the store, I feel it on my heart. 89 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,320 So I was just going in for a few things, but I feel the Lord tugging at my heart saying, 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:38,080 while you're in here, stop over at the deli, grab some of those pre-made subs, grab a few 91 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:43,760 bottles of water, and go over and grab a big bag of chips while you're at it. 92 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,240 I'm like, really? 93 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,240 This is the Lord. 94 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,240 He put it on there. 95 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,680 And he's just like, really, really, go do this. 96 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:52,680 So I do it. 97 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,680 I go through. 98 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:54,680 I do my grocery shopping. 99 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:55,680 I grab his stuff. 100 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:56,680 I have it bagged up separately. 101 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:57,680 I'm walking out the door. 102 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,680 He's still there. 103 00:05:58,680 --> 00:05:59,960 He's still not bothering anybody. 104 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:00,960 Right? 105 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,360 He's keeping to himself. 106 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,640 He didn't ask me for a thing. 107 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:07,640 The Lord put it on me. 108 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,360 And so I walked over, and I tell him, hey, the Lord put it on my heart that you needed 109 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,360 this. 110 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,680 And I gave him the bag with this food and these bottles of water. 111 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:16,680 And he lights up. 112 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,680 Thank you. 113 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,760 He thanks me. 114 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,560 He gets up, and he disappears around the corner. 115 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,360 Now, as you can imagine, this feels pretty good. 116 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,360 Right? 117 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,360 This is a good thing. 118 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,360 I'm like, all right, cool. 119 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,760 I get them, my boy scout, you know, deep of the week. 120 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:32,760 Right? 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:33,760 So a lot of us look at these things. 122 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:34,760 I go. 123 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,040 I load up my car, take the cart back. 124 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,440 I'm going to leave. 125 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:44,160 As I'm coming around the side of the grocery, I see the same guy standing at the side of 126 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:49,840 a car that he's clearly living out of, sharing this food with two kids and who I presume 127 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:53,880 to be his wife, sharing it with his family. 128 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,040 It was a very profound moment for me. 129 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,040 It's like, wow. 130 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,880 I thought I was just helping this guy, and I'm helping a whole family. 131 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,360 I had no idea. 132 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:07,480 Just like Boaz had no idea how far his blessing would go when he was blessing Ruth. 133 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,680 And by proxy, was also blessing Naomi. 134 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:12,680 Right? 135 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:19,480 You know, we have no idea the implications of our actions, the things that we do. 136 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,680 And the things that we do build up how people remember us and lay down the footsteps, the 137 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:30,160 milestones of our own legacies and how our legacies will impact other generations to 138 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,240 come in ways that we don't even have any idea. 139 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,240 Right? 140 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:41,160 Now, Boaz, like I said, he had no idea how far his gift would go. 141 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,160 He gave graciously. 142 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,120 He gave with a happy heart as we all should. 143 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,680 He was doing the right thing for the right reason. 144 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:55,800 And I'll remind you, what we see as small, the smallest thing can have a profound impact 145 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,680 on somebody else. 146 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,040 We just don't know, nor do we need to know. 147 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:09,720 You know, right here, the stage is set as we go back into Ruth where we left off. 148 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:16,640 You know, and we can see that, you know, Ruth is, we know Ruth is, oh, you set the stage 149 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,720 and she asked him, hey, be my guardian, redeemer, Boaz. 150 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,960 I said, no, there's somebody else that basically has first dibs before me, right? 151 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:22,960 First ribs. 152 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:23,960 Another relative is closer than I. 153 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,760 And so he's doing the most honorable thing he can. 154 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,000 And he let her know, hey, stay here, hang out for a little bit. 155 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,440 Oh, there we go. 156 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:35,440 Bless you. 157 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,120 He's doing, you know, the best thing that he knows how is being as honorable and he's 158 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,600 letting Ruth know, hey, hang out here for a little bit. 159 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:43,600 I'm going to go. 160 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,840 I'm going to go to this relative and I'm going to tell them that what's going on and that 161 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,560 you have first claim, that they have first claim, excuse me. 162 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:54,560 So turn with me now. 163 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:59,040 We're going to go into Ruth chapter four, verses one and two. 164 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,480 All right. 165 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,800 So chapter four, verses one and two, the word says, now Boaz went up to the gate and sat 166 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:06,960 down there. 167 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:11,280 And behold, a close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. 168 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,300 So Boaz said, come aside, friend, sit down here. 169 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:20,320 So he came aside and sat down and then he took 10 men of the elders of the city and 170 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,120 said, sit down here. 171 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,120 So they sat down. 172 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,120 All right. 173 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,520 So Boaz, he gone up to the city. 174 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,160 Now, I'll remind you, the city was, it says went up here because the city was literally 175 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,800 built on a ridge. 176 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,600 So it's still out to this day. 177 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,600 It's up on a ridge. 178 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 It's up above things. 179 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,520 You recall in previous chapters, it said that they went down to the threshing floors, right? 180 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,920 Because they had to go down and away to these other hills. 181 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:43,920 Right. 182 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,960 And this is, this is something, you know, that still happens in a lot of East Tweenleys 183 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,640 cities because it talks to the city gate. 184 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:55,200 The city gate was really kind of a town center and a slash city hall, right? 185 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,200 Doubled. 186 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,060 This is a place where everybody and anybody came through to take care of whatever business 187 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:01,560 they had to get done. 188 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:07,160 So merchants sit up here, you know, all the businessmen, the tradesmen, all this stuff, 189 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,160 right? 190 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,760 Excuse me. 191 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,160 So this is a happening spot. 192 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:18,360 If you're going to come through town, this is one part of town that you cannot miss when 193 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:19,360 you come through. 194 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,440 You have to pass through it at some point. 195 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:27,320 And Boaz, knowing his relative was going to have business of some sort because going through 196 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,620 city centers like this was a part of daily life at that point, right? 197 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:34,520 He knew he's going to run into this relative. 198 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,040 On top of that, knowing all these other people were there, he knew that he'd be able to find 199 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:44,880 witnesses because what we're seeing here, what we're starting to see is a legal transaction, 200 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:45,880 right? 201 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:51,480 You always need witnesses for legal transactions. 202 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,360 So he knew he had no problem finding them. 203 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,120 So you know, this is the hot spot. 204 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,340 This is where everything was at. 205 00:11:00,340 --> 00:11:03,560 So and sure enough, he knew if he hung up, he'd find his relative and he did. 206 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:04,560 He finds him. 207 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:05,560 He finds these witnesses. 208 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:10,920 You know, and he said in the back then, it's a lot easier than now, right? 209 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,000 You didn't have to cut through all sorts of red tape to get things done. 210 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,280 You didn't have to have meetings for meetings, to plan meetings, to talk about meetings, 211 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,400 to prepare for a meeting coming up, right? 212 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,280 We're all pretty familiar with those. 213 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,800 Anybody who's worked in the corporate world especially, you know, it's a nightmare sometimes. 214 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,240 You just want to pull your hair out, scream, right? 215 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,840 Throw things at the wall like, what's going on? 216 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,920 Now here, it's just like, hey, I need you to bear witness for a couple of minutes. 217 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:34,920 Come over here. 218 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:35,920 Cool. 219 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,040 And they went and they sat and they got down to business. 220 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:45,040 So and what we're looking at here, you know, there's a legal presence to be had, you know. 221 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,000 I'm going to refresh everybody's memory from what we were talking about a couple of weeks 222 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,880 ago because what we're looking at here actually comes from Deuteronomy chapter 25 verses 5 223 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:54,880 through 10, right? 224 00:11:54,880 --> 00:12:00,640 Deuteronomy 25 verses 5 through 10, the word says, if brothers dwell together and one of 225 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:06,240 them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger 226 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:07,840 outside the family. 227 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,840 Her husband's brother shall go into her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a 228 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,320 husband's brother to her. 229 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:20,040 It shall be that the firstborn child that she bears will succeed to the name of his 230 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,740 dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 231 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:28,520 But if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to 232 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:34,800 the gate elders and say, my husband's brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother 233 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,800 in Israel. 234 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,440 He will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. 235 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,940 Then the elders of the city shall call him and speak to him. 236 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:48,920 But if he stands firm and says, I do not want to take her, then his brother's wife shall 237 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:55,080 come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his 238 00:12:55,080 --> 00:13:01,400 face, and answer and say, so it shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother's 239 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,400 house. 240 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:08,200 His name shall be called in Israel the house of him who had his sandal removed." 241 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:14,840 As you recall, we discussed this back in chapter 1 when we discussed the deliberate marriage 242 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:21,100 laws and the importance of ensuring that the family name would continue on, right? 243 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,680 Because inheritance didn't pass to wives and to daughters. 244 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:27,560 It passed to the firstborn son, which is what this is speaking of. 245 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:28,560 Right? 246 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,440 It's like we think of our, remember I talked about how we see our in-laws. 247 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,400 It's like, okay, we're related by marriage. 248 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:34,400 I love you. 249 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,400 Cool. 250 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,400 It's great. 251 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,400 I mean, it's great. 252 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,400 I've got my in-laws right here. 253 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,400 Right? 254 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,400 Love you guys. 255 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,400 Good to see you. 256 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:48,560 If the husband died and there were no sons or anything, then it was up to the brother-in-law 257 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,600 to marry the widow. 258 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Right? 259 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,920 That's something that many of us would think very highly of these days. 260 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,640 All right. 261 00:13:58,640 --> 00:13:59,640 That's what it's all talking to. 262 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,640 This is what we're looking at. 263 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,880 And Boaz, he recognizes what's happening here. 264 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,360 He knows that the family line needs to be sustained. 265 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,320 And that's what Boaz is looking to accomplish. 266 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,440 But this comes to him and identified, hey, my time of morning is done. 267 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:15,840 I want you to be my guardian redeemer. 268 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,680 And he said, well, there's one other. 269 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:19,040 So he's already assembled. 270 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,600 This is where we're at now. 271 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,120 So going back to Ruth, chapter four, we're going to look at verses three through four 272 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,120 now. 273 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,620 So Ruth four, verses three through four. 274 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:36,280 The word says, then he said to the close relative, Naomi, who has come back from the country 275 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:43,280 of Moab, sold the piece of land which belonged to our brother, Elamalek. 276 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:48,640 And I thought to inform you, saying, buy it back in the presence of the inhabitants and 277 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:53,160 the elders of my people, if you will redeem it. 278 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:58,680 But if you will not redeem it, then tell me that I may know, for there is no one but you 279 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,680 to redeem it. 280 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,800 And I am next after you. 281 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,480 And he said, I will redeem it. 282 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,600 So we're going to pause right here. 283 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,160 Just for a second, we want to break down a couple things. 284 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:12,160 Because depending on your translation, you'll likely have a note saying something slightly 285 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,600 different in a couple places. 286 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,680 Well, really in one place here, where it says, I thought to inform you. 287 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:23,000 You may say, it might say, your translation might say something like, uncover your ear. 288 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,400 And basically, what's happening here, Boaz is saying, hey, I need you to listen very 289 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,400 closely. 290 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,040 I need you to listen carefully to what I'm about to say. 291 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:37,880 I want your undivided attention, in other words. 292 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,320 This is a very serious moment. 293 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,800 As we know how things play out, this is a big moment. 294 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:48,000 And he wants to make sure that there's no doubt and there's no misunderstanding as to 295 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,920 what's being said. 296 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,960 When you're tied up with something and somebody comes like, hey, do I have more of your time? 297 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,120 So this one, those times when we know something serious or somebody has something important 298 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,640 to say, we want to give them our undivided attention. 299 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,240 We want to hear what they have to say. 300 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,400 Unfortunately, sometimes we get tied up, we're busy. 301 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,400 All right, OK, yeah, yeah, what you got? 302 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,400 And we're not really paying attention. 303 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:18,040 You know, it's those moments when you get kind of tied up and you're busy. 304 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:19,600 Let people know, hey, you know what? 305 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,640 I really do want to hear what you have to say. 306 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,160 I really have to focus on this. 307 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,160 So let me get this done. 308 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,200 And let's talk about it after. 309 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,960 People might get frustrated at first. 310 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,840 But people will appreciate the honesty. 311 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,160 You know, the drawback is you don't do it. 312 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,880 You're like, OK, you listen to it halfheartedly and you forget most of what they say. 313 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,320 If not, everything's like, wait, what did we just talk about? 314 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,320 What's going on? 315 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,080 You know, there's a name that circulates through social media every once in a while. 316 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,640 It's like my wife said, you don't ever listen to anything I have to say. 317 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:55,720 It's like, wow, that's a weird way to start a conversation. 318 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:00,600 My wife probably feels like that sometimes herself. 319 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,880 So that's what's going on. 320 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:08,320 The other thing here that I want to point out is as we're going through this, it never 321 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,000 gives the name. 322 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,640 The author never gives us the name of this relative. 323 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,000 Now surely Boaz knew it. 324 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,920 Boaz knew him, right? 325 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:21,240 But when we're looking through the word here, we don't learn his name. 326 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,440 There's a couple of reasons for this. 327 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,240 One, doesn't really matter. 328 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:29,880 It's not that important. 329 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,800 He's here and he's gone, right? 330 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:32,800 We know he's talking to somebody. 331 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,560 We know they're a relative. 332 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,680 We got what we need from that. 333 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:43,000 Secondly, because of what's about to happen, where he says, no, I'm not prepared to do 334 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 this. 335 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 I'm not going to do it. 336 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Where it's saying, you know, the talking about the remove sandal and everything, right? 337 00:17:54,320 --> 00:18:01,000 It's basically a way of showing contempt, punishment for this person for not living 338 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:08,160 up to what they need to do for not meeting their duties as the family member. 339 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:09,160 Right? 340 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,480 It's basically blotting them out, not just buying them out, but plotting them out of 341 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:14,480 history. 342 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,880 It's like you're here, but you're not. 343 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,160 Nobody's ever going to know who you are. 344 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,640 That's how serious it is. 345 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:21,640 Bye bye. 346 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,560 Blot it out like that. 347 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,160 Really, when we do this, a lot of people kind of forget, what's going on? 348 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,440 Oh, there's that person and then that's it. 349 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,960 Until we dive back into the book, most people don't even remember that they existed. 350 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,400 That's how big of a deal it is. 351 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,400 Right? 352 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:44,200 It's punishment for this kinsman for not doing his duty and preserving his brother's name. 353 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,960 Essentially, he's losing his own name in the process. 354 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,480 In life, it's a great example for us to meditate on. 355 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,920 Like I said, because we need to pay attention to what we're being told. 356 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,720 We need to pay attention to what's going on. 357 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:00,640 No matter how hard it is to meet goals, we need to focus on those goals and do our very 358 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,840 best to meet them. 359 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:07,320 It's okay to strive to meet the goal and to fall short. 360 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 It's going to happen. 361 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,320 We're never going to do everything completely and completely perfect. 362 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,880 Sometimes we have to fail in order to learn. 363 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,120 We tell people, this is the goal. 364 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:17,300 This is what we're doing. 365 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:18,300 This is what happened. 366 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,380 I'm sorry. 367 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:20,720 People appreciate that. 368 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:21,720 They really do. 369 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:27,440 Continuing on, we're going to look at verses 5 through 7 now. 370 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:34,200 Ruth 4 verses 5 through 7, the word says, then Boaz said, on the day you buy the field 371 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:42,800 from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the 372 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,800 dead. 373 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:49,920 Two, depending on your translation, will either say, rise up or perpetuate the name of the 374 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,040 dead through his inheritance. 375 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:59,560 And the close relative said, I cannot redeem it for myself lest I ruin my own inheritance. 376 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:05,380 You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it. 377 00:20:05,380 --> 00:20:08,880 Now this was the custom in former times. 378 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:15,000 In Israel, concerning redeeming and exchanging to confirm anything, one man took off his 379 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:22,600 sandal, gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel. 380 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,120 Taking out that sandal is a big deal. 381 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:29,000 I think I might have mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I remember when the president was 382 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,960 over in the Middle East and he was at a press conference and someone took off their sandal 383 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,560 and threw it at him. 384 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,600 Because it's like the biggest insult out there. 385 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,120 It's worse than spitting on somebody or giving them the finger or calling them names. 386 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,040 This is the worst insult over there. 387 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:49,480 And right here, this is how far back it comes from, taking off that sandal, pow, right? 388 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,000 Getting their attention like, boy, you messed up. 389 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,560 So that's what's going on here. 390 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:58,560 It's a big deal. 391 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:04,160 And at first, this kinsman is willing to take on the land of Naomi. 392 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,280 He said, OK, cool, there's land. 393 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,960 Land is wealth, right? 394 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,480 Even today, land is still wealth. 395 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,240 If you have land, you have something important, right? 396 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,040 Even more important than a house. 397 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,080 A house can burn down, you can rebuild, as long as you have that land. 398 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:22,680 Land is a big deal. 399 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,680 It's tangible. 400 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,120 It's something that you can barter with. 401 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:26,120 You can sell. 402 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,920 You can trade. 403 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:34,280 And back then, it was no different. 404 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:44,680 You know, but when we move up, part of what's holding them back is Leviticus 25, 25. 405 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:50,120 If one of your brethren becomes poor and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming 406 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:57,120 relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold, right? 407 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,280 So right away, it's like, OK, let's keep it in the family. 408 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,280 We're going to keep things going. 409 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,520 But then here comes the kicker, right? 410 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Here's that whoa, whoa, whoa, moment. 411 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Hold on. 412 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,960 We're not going to move forward with this. 413 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:17,680 As soon as Boaz mentions Ruth and that she's a Moabite, and she comes with the package, 414 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:23,680 she's part of it, that by taking on this land, he agrees to be a guardian redeemer and to 415 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:29,000 marry this woman. 416 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,720 He wasn't prepared to do this. 417 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:37,640 Back then, especially, the Israelites and the Moabites were at each other's throats. 418 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:43,200 They were very hostile towards one another because the Moabites refused to allow them 419 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:54,160 to pass through their land during their exodus, right? 420 00:22:54,160 --> 00:23:02,480 When we look at Deuteronomy 23, it talks about this, Deuteronomy 23 actually talks about 421 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:07,520 how the Israelites weren't even supposed to befriend a Moabite, let alone marry one. 422 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,560 So a line had already been crossed here, right? 423 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,040 We kind of see that a lot with racism today, right? 424 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,280 A lot of intermixed marriages. 425 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:17,520 People like, whoa, hold the line. 426 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,520 No, no, no, no, we don't do this. 427 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,520 This isn't cool, right? 428 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,800 It's not the way we're supposed to think, though. 429 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,000 We're supposed to love on our neighbors. 430 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,680 We're supposed to love on other people. 431 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,440 That's the Christ-like thing, right? 432 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,960 That's what God wants us to do. 433 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,020 But here, here's a man who's afraid of what society is going to judge him for, how he's 434 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:40,080 going to look. 435 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,520 He has an image he has to uphold, right? 436 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,560 A lot of us are very vain ourselves. 437 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,120 We have to dress a certain way. 438 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,240 We have to wear certain jewelry. 439 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,880 We have to talk a certain way to fit in. 440 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,520 So it's one of the things I loved about going to a military school and later on going into 441 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,120 the military. 442 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,860 You have to actually get to know people. 443 00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:04,680 You get to boot camp, basic, whatever. 444 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,920 Everybody's got the same haircut. 445 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,240 Everybody's dressed the same. 446 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,240 You can't judge them. 447 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,200 Be like, oh, I hate this guy. 448 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,400 No, that's not my friend. 449 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:18,320 Instead, you have to actually spend time and get to talk to them, get to know them. 450 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:23,240 And in the process, you actually end up gaining a brother. 451 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:32,160 All that stuff stripped away, all that nonsense that we shouldn't be focused on, gone. 452 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,880 That's how we should be addressing others. 453 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:40,600 It's a lot harder here than it is there. 454 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,080 The thing there, though, is once you get there and you cut through all that stuff, you have 455 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,560 this friend, you have this brother in arms. 456 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,840 You have this sister in arms. 457 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,720 And when you go out and it's time to do your job, you have no question in your mind whether 458 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,760 or not they're there for the right reason and whether or not they have your back. 459 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,680 And you know you have their back, just the same. 460 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:01,800 That's what family's supposed to be. 461 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,760 That's what the church is supposed to be. 462 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:04,760 Right? 463 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:12,200 Now, there's going to be a decision, but that's where we're supposed to be at. 464 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:20,720 So here's a kinsman, and he's blinded by the legalism of a not so distant past. 465 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,920 We're talking about outsiders. 466 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,060 Here's someone the community knows. 467 00:25:24,060 --> 00:25:25,480 They know she's no longer an outsider. 468 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,000 They know that she's come to God. 469 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,080 Right? 470 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,880 This is somebody that we should be accepting of. 471 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:36,680 But he's like, no, not doing it. 472 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:40,640 So instead of taking care of that familial obligation, he's passing the buck. 473 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,240 Boaz, you do it. 474 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,560 You got this. 475 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,560 Good luck. 476 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,000 Right? 477 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,840 So going back to Ruth chapter four, verses eight through 12, the word tells us, Therefore 478 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,020 the close relative said to Boaz, buy it for yourself. 479 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:59,040 So he took off his sandal and Boaz said to the elders and all the people, you are witnesses 480 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:09,000 this day that I have bought all that was Eli-Malik's and all that was a chilean's, a maylan's, 481 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,880 and the hand of Naomi. 482 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:17,840 Moreover, Ruth, the Moabitess, the widow of Milam, I have acquired as my wife to perpetuate 483 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:23,000 the name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off 484 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,440 from among his brethren and from his position at the gate. 485 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,480 You are witnesses this day. 486 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:35,680 And all the people who are at the gate and the elders said, we are witnesses. 487 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:40,280 Let the Lord make the woman who is coming to you, excuse me, coming to your house like 488 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,680 Rachel and Lee, the two who built the house of Israel. 489 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:51,440 And may you prosper and be famous in Bethlehem. 490 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:58,400 May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah because of the offspring 491 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,200 which the Lord will give you from this young woman. 492 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:09,320 Man, if only all legal proceedings were this easy, right? 493 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,800 And whenever I've been to court even for just a traffic ticket, you're in there for a while. 494 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,320 And here it is, say, hey, come here and sit down. 495 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,720 I'm going to lay it all out. 496 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,760 Boom, it's done. 497 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,760 Let's go get lunch, right? 498 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,360 Now that'd be nice. 499 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,360 So basically, everything's done. 500 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,320 Boaz, he's gathered everybody in. 501 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,040 He's laid out the information. 502 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,760 This is what's what. 503 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,820 And if you agree to this, you're also agreeing to this. 504 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,240 So there's nothing blindsided. 505 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,000 There were no secrets being held here, right? 506 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,280 This is, you know, today this is what we call the fine print. 507 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:44,280 They expect you to read. 508 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,440 He didn't wait for him to read it. 509 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:46,440 He just put it out there. 510 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,440 Hey, this is it. 511 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:48,440 Here's the fine print. 512 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,120 Take it or leave it. 513 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,120 It's up to you. 514 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:52,120 You know? 515 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,360 Whereas at first, you know, this kinsman was like, yes, he's like, hold on a second. 516 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:59,920 And then we'll do this, but wait, there's more, but not necessarily the more he was 517 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,640 expecting. 518 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:08,800 So explain all the stipulations, the obligation to Mary and Ruth. 519 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,560 And after being able to hear everything, like I said, the buck was passed to Boaz. 520 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,240 Like, hey, take it. 521 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,640 Have my blessing with it. 522 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:20,400 Now something of note here as well, of all the ancestors that have been named and all 523 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,640 the ancestors that could have been named going all the way back to Abraham, right? 524 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,600 Perez is the one who's named. 525 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:37,560 This is because Perez came about, he was the result of Leverett marriage as well. 526 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,600 So there's already a connection here. 527 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:48,920 And his descendants made Judah the prominent tribe. 528 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,120 So that's something big in itself. 529 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,920 You know, coming right through the family line to the biggest tribe in the land, the 530 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:04,700 most respected tribe, the ones that have the say, right? 531 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:13,640 So Boaz, David, all the Judean kings, these were all people who were his descendants. 532 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:19,200 Different men, people of high seats, right? 533 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:25,360 The people that people went to, the leaders of the land for each of their generations. 534 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,160 His legacy. 535 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:32,320 A legacy is still something that's important. 536 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:37,800 Legacy doesn't come about just because of who you are and what your name is. 537 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:46,160 Your legacy, what you leave behind comes from your actions, your choices, right? 538 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:53,520 What people see, what people witness, the good and the bad. 539 00:29:53,520 --> 00:30:01,720 How you worship God, how you treat your family and worship with them, how you treat others. 540 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,280 All these things, they all play in. 541 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:13,240 How you work, not necessarily the work that you do, but how you go about it. 542 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,240 Is it something that you do joyfully? 543 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:18,200 You know, are you the kind of person that people come in and be like, that's a good 544 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:24,400 worker, that's the dude I want, that's the woman I want taking care of business, right? 545 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:29,800 All these things, they all add up into how people remember you when you're gone. 546 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:36,080 And not only that, but they set the stage for other generations to come, for your children, 547 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:42,440 for your grandchildren, for your great grandchildren, right? 548 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,040 The things that have gone wrong that they might have to correct, the things that you've 549 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:50,800 done right that are going to give them blessing. 550 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,800 Someone's bumping out there, aren't they? 551 00:30:53,800 --> 00:31:00,520 So, when it comes to legacy, it's all the more reason to make sure that when we're doing 552 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,440 something, we're doing it for the right reason, right? 553 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,280 Not necessarily because we like it, not because it's the easy way, because most often it's 554 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,280 not. 555 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,520 You do the right thing for the right reason. 556 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,960 Even when it's hard, even when you don't think anybody else is looking, because guess what? 557 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:15,960 Jesus is always there. 558 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,560 Jesus is always watching. 559 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,420 He knows what's up. 560 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:26,480 When you do something, He knows what's going on in here, right? 561 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:31,960 When things get tough, in the heat of things, stop, take a moment, pray. 562 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,040 Talk with the Father, and then move forward doing the right thing, doing what He's put 563 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,800 on your heart. 564 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:44,200 And just trust, know that what He has is going to be what's best for you. 565 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:50,600 I'm going into the home stretch here, guys, I promise. 566 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:56,280 So looking back in Luke 4 verses 13 through 22, the Word says, So Boaz took Ruth, and 567 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,440 she became his wife. 568 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,520 And when he went to her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 569 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:08,240 Then the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without 570 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:12,160 a redeemer or a close relative. 571 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,960 And may His name be famous in Israel. 572 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:22,640 And may He be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer or nourisher of your old age. 573 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:28,280 And your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne 574 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,280 him. 575 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:35,640 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom and became a nurse to him. 576 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:40,560 Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. 577 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,400 And they called his name Obed. 578 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,960 He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 579 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,440 Now this is the genealogy of Perez. 580 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:59,440 Perez begat Hezron, Hezron begat Ram, Ram begat Amenadab, Amenadab begat Nishon, Nishon 581 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:00,440 begat Salma. 582 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,560 I know it looks like salmon. 583 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,560 It's Salma. 584 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:14,120 Salma begat Boaz, Boaz begat Obed, Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 585 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,400 Now Ruth and Naomi, we've beaten this horse in the ground. 586 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:24,040 They saw a lot of tragedy in their life, a lot of hardship, right? 587 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,960 However God brought them blessings greater than seven sons. 588 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:33,560 Greater than seven sons, meaning an abundance of, right? 589 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:39,040 Greater than just having seven heirs. 590 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,920 This blessing was so huge, seven heirs couldn't match it, right? 591 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,880 It's a big thing, especially back then. 592 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:52,520 Because what you could get from seven children, right, was quite a bit. 593 00:33:52,520 --> 00:34:00,880 Naomi, you know, at the beginning of the book of Ruth, she moved away from God. 594 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:06,600 She returned to the promised land and allowed Ruth to join her. 595 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,600 Taught her of her faith, taught her of God's people, the land, the history, everything 596 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,640 that was going on, right? 597 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:18,800 And then this brought Ruth to the Lord. 598 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:23,200 Ruth left everything, her culture, security, the whole bit to an uncertain future that 599 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,360 would look really bleak at the time. 600 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:32,160 However, because of love and trust and integrity and loyalty, all those things that we should 601 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:37,440 all work to embody, she was blessed. 602 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:43,000 We continue to trust in the Lord through all of it. 603 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:48,600 You know, Naomi said, don't call me peaceful, call me bitter, right? 604 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:49,600 She's seeing the blessing. 605 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,920 Things are turning around. 606 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:56,160 Life is not looking good. 607 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:05,200 You know, Ruth, she was known as a kind woman to everybody, a loyal woman, a loving person, 608 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:12,680 a former from a pagan and lost land in need of the Lord in her life, just like all of 609 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,240 us, right? 610 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:18,880 We all come from a pagan land of idols. 611 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:26,480 We all need the Lord in our life, working in our hearts, working to help us. 612 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,960 And because of her trust and because of her relationship, she found a deeper meaning than 613 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,680 she ever thought possible. 614 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,960 You know, looking at Ruth, a lot of people, they see a woman of luck. 615 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,000 There's no such thing as luck. 616 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,520 Luck doesn't exist, right? 617 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:49,840 The reality here, it's God at work in the details. 618 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,920 When you are blessed, it's not by luck, it's not by fortune. 619 00:35:52,920 --> 00:36:00,320 It is God at work in your life. 620 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:06,000 You know, I said, you know, going through here, this is right here, what we're seeing 621 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:11,600 with this guardian redeemer is the road to redemption being paved, right? 622 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,160 We see people coming back to the Lord, finding their redemption, finding their relationship 623 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,160 with God. 624 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,480 It doesn't matter how far you've gone, it's just coming back. 625 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:20,800 It's not an easy road. 626 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,960 You're going to have to work. 627 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,600 You know, a lot of people, this is where a lot of people get led astray and they think, 628 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,640 oh, I go to church and I do all the things and I'm going to be good and I'm going to 629 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:29,640 be healed. 630 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:30,640 And that's not the case. 631 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,320 You know, Jesus even told us we're going to face hardship. 632 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:34,800 Things are going to be tough. 633 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,760 We're going to have obstacles in our life. 634 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,640 But we still come to Him because He is the way to get us through. 635 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,720 He is the way. 636 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:49,760 Getting through those obstacles is just working on us, building our character. 637 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,440 You know, Boaz was unaware of what was to come because of his actions. 638 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,440 Naomi was unaware of what was to come because of her actions. 639 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,320 Ruth was unaware of what was to come because of her actions. 640 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:07,600 You and I are unaware of what's to come because of our actions, right? 641 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:13,720 The things that we do, the smallest thing can have the biggest impact, not even immediately, 642 00:37:13,720 --> 00:37:19,760 but later on down the line for generations to come. 643 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,840 The precedent that you set is important. 644 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,680 The example that you set is important. 645 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,040 How you talk to others about God is important. 646 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,940 How you treat others is important. 647 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:34,800 That is legacy. 648 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,960 You know, the thing is, we're never going to know just how important the things that 649 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,200 we do and the things that we say, the legacy that we leave. 650 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:49,040 We're never going to see just the full importance and how it's going to impact others until 651 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,400 we stand in eternity with Jesus. 652 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,600 I'm waiting to try to see it now. 653 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:54,680 You're not going to see it. 654 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,960 You're going to miss that mark of where you're supposed to be going if you just stand there 655 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:58,960 and wait. 656 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,280 The thing is, you have to keep working towards it. 657 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,920 You have to keep walking. 658 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,800 When you're struggling, you lean on the Lord and He will get you there. 659 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:13,680 At the end, look, when we're standing in eternity, when we're standing there in heaven with the 660 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:20,280 Lord, that's really the ultimate goal, right? 661 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,320 It's not He who dies with the most toys. 662 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:27,800 We ain't taking any of them with us. 663 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:32,940 Just walking with the Lord, leading others to the Lord, doing things that reflect His 664 00:38:32,940 --> 00:38:36,280 light and His glory for all to see. 665 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,840 Less of us and more of Him. 666 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:45,520 No matter where you're at in life, we can't do things for selfish gain. 667 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:50,960 No matter how hurt and how broken you are inside, if you haven't already come to God, 668 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:55,040 this is the time, right now. 669 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,880 This is the time to do it because we don't know what tomorrow brings. 670 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,280 We don't know what later on today brings. 671 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,520 So come to Him and ask Him, be my guardian redeemer. 672 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,820 Be my guiding light, right? 673 00:39:09,820 --> 00:39:12,720 Lay your hardship, lay your sins at His feet. 674 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,960 Bear it all to Him and ask for His forgiveness. 675 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,800 And He's assures He's going to give it to you. 676 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,760 That's the way it works. 677 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,000 And He will help you work through what it is that you're going through. 678 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000 All right? 679 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,000 Let us pray. 680 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,160 Lord, we thank you for this time together in your presence. 681 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,700 We thank you for the many blessings that you've given to us and the ones that you've stored 682 00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:34,400 for us in heaven. 683 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:38,080 We thank you for reminding us that when we come to you in faith, that you're going to 684 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:42,020 forgive us and you're going to help us in our daily walk. 685 00:39:42,020 --> 00:39:46,560 We ask that you remind us about the legacies that we leave and that you'll continue to 686 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,940 remind us of them as you guide us through where we need to go. 687 00:39:50,940 --> 00:39:56,800 That you'll continually work with us to help us to not be selfish in our own lives, but 688 00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:03,520 to be selfless, to serve others as you'd have us serve, to do your will and not our own, 689 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,680 to show others your light. 690 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:12,900 We ask that we always remember that the work we have is to build your kingdom. 691 00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:19,720 We thank you for providing a way to redemption and reconciliation with you through your son, 692 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:20,820 Jesus Christ. 693 00:40:20,820 --> 00:40:24,640 We thank you and we love you for all this and more. 694 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,040 And all these people said, amen and amen. 695 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,040 All right. 696 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:34,640 So as we go to cut the stream here. 697 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:38,380 Thank you for joining me today here at Healing Scars with Pastor Burton. 698 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:43,120 If you'd like to know more about our ministry or how you can support us, you can do so by 699 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:50,680 going to our website at BeTheLightSanctuary.org or you can visit us on Facebook at BeTheLightSanctuary.org. 700 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,680 We'll catch you next time. 701 00:40:53,680 --> 00:41:20,680 God bless.