Noticing Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” [Genesis 3:15; NIV]
Tracing a Story Genesis 12:1-3 Genesis 22:15-18
Genesis 38
Joshua 2 and 6
Ruth 4 Boaz and Rahab Boaz at court The blessing of the people The result
Matthew 1 and 28 Matthew 1 Matthew 28
Reflecting on Ruth 4
Noticing the Lack of the Miraculous
What sort of people are these?
An Introduction to extraordinary people
Orientation to an Extraordinary Chapter
Remembering Where We Were
A Quick Run Through What Happens Verses 1-7 Verses 8–9: Night-Time Initiative (and ‘wings’) Verses 10–12: Wish and Desire but Problems Verse 13: A Promise Verses 14–18: Advice, Gifts, Report to Naomi and Waiting
Some Interesting ‘ambiguities’
What the passage is about
Clues from the author: Rest
What should we make of all this?
Thinking some more about ‘Rest’ and ‘Security’
Risks and Boldness
Results
A few footnotes
What happened on the threshing floor
‘Hesed’ again “The LORD bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This ḥesed is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. [Ruth 3:10; NIV]
Emptiness and Naomi (verse 17) … “‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” [Ruth 3:17; NIV]
For us
The Practice of ḥesed
Returning to CT Studd and our initial question
Facing a shortage of risk taking, risk takers, and gospel-hearted people
