SUNDAY TEACHING NOTES
MAY 24, 2026 (Sunday Worship @ 9:00am and 11:15am)
THE BOOK OF RUTH | PART 4: WHAT HAPPENS AT MIDNIGHT (RUTH 3)
MAIN POINT: What you do in the ____________________ determines your ____________________.
NAOMI'S ADVICE (v. 1-9A)
NAOMI'S ADVICE (v. 1-9A)
> Terms:
- A home (v. 1): Refers to the safety and joy found in marriage.
- Threshing floor (v. 2): Place of separating grain from chaff.
- Winnowing (v. 2): Using the wind to separate grain and chaff.
> Ruth's period of mourning is over:
- “Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes.” (Ruth 3:3)
- [King David] got up from the ground… washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes… (2 Samuel 12:20)
> The plan:
- “…go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him [Boaz] know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.” (Ruth 3:3b-4)
> Truth: Good ______________ ≠ Good ______________
- Observations:
THREE STEPS FOR REGRET-FREE DATING DECISIONS
1. Define the ______________.
- Decide your actions (what you will do and will not do) and your environments (where you will and will not go).
- Clear boundaries don’t limit love. They protect it.
2. Don't play ____________________ before you're married.
- God's design: commitment before intimacy.
3. Ask for ___________________.
- Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (Proverbs 15:22)
- Ask for input, not just approval.
- Give them permission to ask real questions.
BOAZ'S DECISION (v. 9B-18)
- “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.” (v. 9b)
- “Corner” (kānāp̄ ) also means “wings”. (See Ruth 2:12)
- “Guardian-Redeemer”: Male relative with the legal right to marry a widow to protect her, and restore her future.
- “…don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask.” (v. 11)
- “‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” (v. 17)
- Observations:
JESUS, THE TRUE GUARDIAN-REDEEMER
- He ______________ us, ______________ us, and ______________ our future.
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