100:00:00,340 –> 00:00:10,380Now this beautiful book of Ruth is a wonderful love story and today I want200:00:10,380 –> 00:00:16,379then to draw out from this part of the story three distinguishing marks of300:00:16,379 –> 00:00:24,260genuine love. I want us to see that love considers that love chooses and that400:00:24,260 –> 00:00:29,480love commits. Welcome to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick500:00:30,120 –> 00:00:34,700and Colin we so often want to define love in a way which suits us, but today we’ll600:00:34,700 –> 00:00:38,320hear about what real love is all about. Yeah, that’s really important.700:00:38,320 –> 00:00:43,520I mean the Beatles famously sang, all you need is love, then the question is well800:00:43,520 –> 00:00:49,200what does that actually look like in in real life and we’re looking at a900:00:49,200 –> 00:00:54,959wonderful love story from the Bible. The story of Ruth, and we’re going to see1000:00:55,259 –> 00:01:01,380today what love looks like in action. There are so many things to be said1100:01:01,380 –> 00:01:05,839about that of course, but in this story we really get to the heart of it and1200:01:05,839 –> 00:01:11,940these three things that we’re looking at today, that love considers. So, how can I1300:01:11,940 –> 00:01:17,559be considerate towards others today. That love chooses, there are choices1400:01:17,559 –> 00:01:22,059that love has to make. Love says no to some things as well as saying yes to1500:01:22,059 –> 00:01:28,400others. And love commits and supremely love commits to our Lord and Savior1600:01:28,400 –> 00:01:32,180Jesus Christ. That’s what it means to love him. So join us in your Bible if you1700:01:32,180 –> 00:01:37,639can as we begin our message based on Ruth chapter 1 and verses 6 to 181800:01:37,639 –> 00:01:44,800Here’s Colin. We’re following this story of ordinary people. We saw last time1900:01:44,800 –> 00:01:49,900that a man by the name of Elimelech moved his family from Bethlehem to Moab2000:01:49,940 –> 00:01:57,040during a time of famine and while they were there, Elimelech died and his wife2100:01:57,040 –> 00:02:04,000Naomi was left with her two sons Malon and Chilean. And the women they married2200:02:04,000 –> 00:02:12,699were Orpah and Ruth. So now after the grief and great loss of her husband, Naomi2300:02:12,699 –> 00:02:17,919had the joy of welcoming two daughters-in-law into the family. But her2400:02:18,100 –> 00:02:24,600joy was soon turned to sorrow again. Malon and Chilean died early in life2500:02:24,600 –> 00:02:33,360leaving Orpah and Ruth as widows, and Naomi grieving a triple loss of her2600:02:33,360 –> 00:02:41,839husband and then of her two sons. Now here is a story then to which every one2700:02:41,839 –> 00:02:49,580of us can relate. It is a story of the lives and the loves and the losses of2800:02:49,580 –> 00:02:57,220ordinary people. And we saw last time that it is also a story about our2900:02:57,220 –> 00:03:03,479extraordinary God. We saw that the lives and the loves and the losses of these3000:03:03,479 –> 00:03:09,860ordinary people are woven into God’s hidden plan to bring blessing to the3100:03:10,139 –> 00:03:16,100world. That’s the main theme of the story of the book of Ruth, and this is how it3200:03:16,100 –> 00:03:24,919speaks to us today. God will weave our lives and our loves and our losses into3300:03:24,919 –> 00:03:31,259his hidden plan to bring blessing to other people. Let me take up the story3400:03:31,259 –> 00:03:37,419today then at verse 6 where we read that when she that is Naomi arose, then she3500:03:37,679 –> 00:03:43,639arose with her daughter-in-law to return to the country of Moab. For she had heard3600:03:43,639 –> 00:03:50,460in the fields of Moab, that the Lord had visited His people, and given them food.3700:03:50,460 –> 00:03:57,119So Naomi had moved with her husband Elimelech from Bethlehem to Moab. She had3800:03:57,119 –> 00:04:03,300done this because there was a famine in Bethlehem but while she had moved to3900:04:03,520 –> 00:04:08,119it had never really been her home she did not belong there and so when she4000:04:08,119 –> 00:04:13,440heard that the famine in Bethlehem was over she immediately wanted to go back4100:04:13,440 –> 00:04:18,880home, and we’re told in verse 7 that Ruth and Orpah decided to go with her so4200:04:18,880 –> 00:04:24,359they started out the three women on this journey together. But at some point they4300:04:24,359 –> 00:04:30,540stopped. They came to a crossroads. Perhaps it was when they reached the4400:04:30,540 –> 00:04:37,200border of Moab, the home country of Orpah and of Ruth. Perhaps it was when they4500:04:37,200 –> 00:04:41,779came to cross the River Jordan as they would have had to do on the journey back4600:04:41,779 –> 00:04:47,739to Bethlehem. But at some point they stopped and today we come to this very4700:04:47,739 –> 00:04:54,720moving scene that the Bible records for us. Naomi tells her daughters-in-law that4800:04:54,720 –> 00:04:59,720they should go back and Ruth and Orpah make different decisions.4900:04:59,720 –> 00:05:06,160Orpah kisses Naomi and returns home. Ruth clings to Naomi and continues with5000:05:06,160 –> 00:05:14,459her in the journey. Now this beautiful book of Ruth is a wonderful love story.5100:05:14,459 –> 00:05:22,399It really is a story of love and today I want then to draw out from this part of5200:05:22,420 –> 00:05:29,559the story 3 distinguishing marks of genuine love. I want us to see that5300:05:29,559 –> 00:05:36,559love considers, that love chooses, and that love commits. First then love5400:05:36,559 –> 00:05:41,720considers verse 8 and verse 9. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law go5500:05:41,720 –> 00:05:46,739return each of you to her mother’s house, May the Lord deal kindly with you as you5600:05:46,739 –> 00:05:51,559have dealt with the dead and with me, the Lord grant that you may find rest each5700:05:51,559 –> 00:06:01,559of you in the house of her husband. Now, Naomi is often criticized for what she5800:06:01,559 –> 00:06:11,179says here. She says, go back. And there are many writers who really go to town on5900:06:11,179 –> 00:06:15,579saying, you know that doesn’t sound like the wise and faithful words of a Godly6000:06:15,619 –> 00:06:19,839woman. I mean was Naomi there by abandoning6100:06:19,839 –> 00:06:25,380her daughter’s in-law to idols? Should she not rather have gone the other way6200:06:25,380 –> 00:06:30,359and used all the influence that she had to try and persuade them to continue on6300:06:30,359 –> 00:06:37,600the journey into the promised land? Well I don’t think that we need to defend6400:06:37,600 –> 00:06:44,600everything that Naomi ever said or did. This is a narrative of scripture. But I6500:06:44,600 –> 00:06:49,679do think that there are good reasons to believe that Naomi’s words here are a6600:06:49,679 –> 00:06:58,179genuine expression of love the kind of love that considers others.6700:06:58,179 –> 00:07:02,959And I want to give you four reasons why I’ve come to that conclusion.6800:07:02,959 –> 00:07:10,679The first is that love seeks the blessing of God on others. Did you notice6900:07:10,820 –> 00:07:17,660in these verses that we’ve read that Naomi refers to the Lord not once but7000:07:17,660 –> 00:07:26,019twice here. May the Lord deal kindly with you the Lord grant that you may find7100:07:26,019 –> 00:07:30,679rest. So these words here are really a prayer7200:07:30,679 –> 00:07:36,019of blessing. Naomi’s not abandoning her daughters7300:07:36,019 –> 00:07:42,760-in-law to idols she wants them clearly here to live under the blessing of God7400:07:42,760 –> 00:07:51,519to know his kindness and to find rest in his peace a loving heart always seeks7500:07:51,519 –> 00:07:57,440the blessing of God on others and this is a great prayer that we can use in7600:07:57,440 –> 00:08:02,040regards to people that we love and a prayer that we can pray even in regards7700:08:02,160 –> 00:08:09,179those who oppose us may the Lord deal kindly with you may the Lord grant that7800:08:09,179 –> 00:08:16,279you will find rest love considers others by seeking God’s7900:08:16,279 –> 00:08:25,679blessing on them second love considers by putting the interests of others above8000:08:25,720 –> 00:08:31,000its own now notice where Naomi’s attention is8100:08:31,000 –> 00:08:35,000focused in these words that she speaks she’s not thinking about herself8200:08:35,000 –> 00:08:40,099she’s thinking about her two daughters-in-law may the Lord deal kindly8300:08:40,099 –> 00:08:48,599with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me the Lord granted that you8400:08:49,299 –> 00:08:58,900each of you in the house of her husband. Now, if Neomi had been thinking about her8500:08:58,900 –> 00:09:03,479own interests it’s pretty obvious that she would have done all in our power to8600:09:03,479 –> 00:09:07,960keep Ruth and Orpah with her I mean after all she’s an older woman who’s8700:09:07,960 –> 00:09:14,719going to look after her in her old age But it’s very clear here that Naomi is8800:09:14,719 –> 00:09:21,239not thinking about herself. She is looking out for the interests of Ruth8900:09:21,239 –> 00:09:26,880and of Orpah and so she commends them for dealing kindly with the dead and9000:09:26,880 –> 00:09:31,619with me. These women were good wives to their husbands9100:09:31,619 –> 00:09:35,640while they lived And since their husbands died they have been wonderfully9200:09:35,640 –> 00:09:42,039loyal, both to their deceased husbands and also to Naomi herself. But here’s the9300:09:42,039 –> 00:09:50,760question, are there limits to this loyalty? And Naomi is convinced that9400:09:50,760 –> 00:09:58,400there are, you have dealt kindly with the dead and with me. You see what she’s9500:09:58,400 –> 00:10:09,179saying? You have already done more than enough. You don’t owe me a thing! I don’t9600:10:09,179 –> 00:10:14,280want you giving up your lives to look after me. Most of my years are behind me9700:10:14,280 –> 00:10:20,539but most of your years are ahead of you. No, the time has come my daughters-in-law9800:10:20,539 –> 00:10:26,859for you now to think about yourselves. Live your lives! Go back to your families9900:10:26,859 –> 00:10:34,659find husbands from among your own people and live under the blessing of the Lord.10000:10:34,900 –> 00:10:40,780Now you see these women have been wonderfully kind to Naomi and now Naomi10100:10:40,780 –> 00:10:48,340is showing the same kindness to them in return. As I read these words I’m10200:10:48,340 –> 00:10:54,260convinced that she models here what we read about in the New Testament the love10300:10:54,260 –> 00:11:01,940that is not self-seeking. Remember how the Apostle says do nothing from selfish10400:11:01,940 –> 00:11:09,000ambition or conceit but in humility count others more significant than10500:11:09,000 –> 00:11:16,219yourselves let each of you not only look to his own interests but also to the10600:11:16,219 –> 00:11:23,859interests of others. Why? Well because that was the way of the Lord Jesus10700:11:23,859 –> 00:11:33,419Christ. He put our interests above his own. Where would we be today if the Son10800:11:33,419 –> 00:11:38,900of God had looked down from heaven before the incarnation looked at what10900:11:38,900 –> 00:11:44,179would be involved in becoming a man and saying now what would be the easiest11000:11:44,179 –> 00:11:49,020thing for me well you see if he had looked out only for his own interests11100:11:49,020 –> 00:11:53,500obviously he would never have come into the world would he and certainly he11200:11:53,500 –> 00:11:58,679would never have gone to the cross and therefore we would all live and then die11300:11:58,679 –> 00:12:06,880in our sins but you see Jesus did not look out to his own interests what he11400:12:06,880 –> 00:12:11,679looked to was the interests of others though he was in the form of God the11500:12:11,679 –> 00:12:16,059Apostle goes on to say he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped11600:12:16,059 –> 00:12:23,559he didn’t hold on to what was his by right but he emptied himself and he took11700:12:23,559 –> 00:12:31,440the form of a servant and he was born in the likeness of man you’re listening to11800:12:31,440 –> 00:12:35,020open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith and a message to issues part of our11900:12:35,020 –> 00:12:40,400series ordinary people extraordinary God based on the Book of Ruth don’t forget12000:12:40,400 –> 00:12:43,719if you ever miss one of the series or if you want to go back and listen again you12100:12:43,780 –> 00:12:49,299can easily do that by coming to our website open the bible.org UK and there12200:12:49,299 –> 00:12:52,840you’ll find all the messages which have already gone out on air you can also12300:12:52,840 –> 00:12:56,979find them as a podcast and those are on all the main podcast sites search for12400:12:56,979 –> 00:13:02,739open the Bible UK and subscribe if you want to receive regular reminders open12500:13:02,739 –> 00:13:07,479the Bible is supported entirely by our listeners and later on in the program12600:13:07,479 –> 00:13:10,659I’ll be talking to Colin about our special offer if you want to begin12700:13:10,760 –> 00:13:15,419supporting open the Bible financially this month back to the message now12800:13:15,419 –> 00:13:21,820wherein Ruth chapter 1 verses 6 to 18 he has Colin now I think we are seeing in12900:13:21,820 –> 00:13:29,059Naomi’s words a marvelous example of true love that seeks the blessing of13000:13:29,059 –> 00:13:36,539God on others and puts the interests of others before our own and then there’s a13100:13:36,539 –> 00:13:42,039third thing here that I think is significant and it is that true love13200:13:42,039 –> 00:13:51,700never forces its will on another person true love never forces its will on13300:13:51,700 –> 00:13:57,159another person now let me just say at this point that there are of course13400:13:57,159 –> 00:14:06,039times when wise parents will impose their will on younger children but here13500:14:06,119 –> 00:14:13,200we’re talking about mature relationships between adults and I want you to think13600:14:13,200 –> 00:14:24,640about the position that Naomi was in. all of the power was with her she was the13700:14:24,640 –> 00:14:32,679matriarch of the family and she could have imposed her will on these younger13800:14:32,679 –> 00:14:40,059women if she wanted to. But Naomi here resists the temptation to impose her13900:14:40,059 –> 00:14:45,599will on Ruth and on Orpah she wants them to make their own decision and so what14000:14:45,599 –> 00:14:53,020does she do she sets them free from any sense of obligation. I want you to listen14100:14:53,020 –> 00:14:59,619to this wise comment from Ludwig Laveteur the kindly reformer who I14200:14:59,659 –> 00:15:08,940quoted and referred to last time he says this and I quote they do wrong who try14300:15:08,940 –> 00:15:15,580to push others into the Christian religion by human devices or empty14400:15:15,580 –> 00:15:24,419promises. He says it’s a wrong thing to try and push someone into a decision14500:15:24,419 –> 00:15:28,619that you want them to make. That’s what he’s saying and here he14600:15:28,619 –> 00:15:34,799gives his reason. I quote again for if afterward they come to know that14700:15:34,799 –> 00:15:42,299matters are different than they heard many of them persecute the true religion14800:15:42,299 –> 00:15:50,659with deadly hatred. Now he’s absolutely right. If you pressure someone into a14900:15:50,659 –> 00:15:55,780decision you know what happens? You are more than likely in time to create a15000:15:55,900 –> 00:16:02,320reaction. And if you know someone, think about this, if you know someone who once15100:16:02,320 –> 00:16:06,440professed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and then turned away with great15200:16:06,440 –> 00:16:12,159aggression, it may very well be worth exploring as to whether there was15300:16:12,159 –> 00:16:23,059coercion in the earlier stages of their coming to faith. Now let me be clear I am15400:16:23,419 –> 00:16:26,820not for one moment suggesting that if a person abandons the faith that means15500:16:26,820 –> 00:16:31,460there was coercion in the past. I mean Orpah turned back and she was given the15600:16:31,460 –> 00:16:35,900same freedom and shown exactly the same kindness as Ruth was. She simply used her15700:16:35,900 –> 00:16:40,859freedom to make a different decision. That happens, but there is something15800:16:40,859 –> 00:16:46,520important here for us to learn at this point in the story. There will be15900:16:46,520 –> 00:16:54,200decisions in life that you want other people to make. There will be initiatives16000:16:54,200 –> 00:17:01,580that you want other people to pursue, why doesn’t he get on with this? There will16100:17:01,580 –> 00:17:08,880be commitments in life that you want other people to settle, and if you have16200:17:09,260 –> 00:17:14,760influence in another person’s life, you will be tempted to think,16300:17:14,760 –> 00:17:24,760I can get him or her to do that. Is anyone even going to smile in recognition16400:17:24,760 –> 00:17:32,839that such a thought might at least once in life have crossed your mind? And the16500:17:32,839 –> 00:17:35,959problem is that very likely you could get him or her to do that.16600:17:35,959 –> 00:17:47,560That’s the problem. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion16700:17:47,560 –> 00:17:54,920still. As true of a woman convinced against her will as well. Now you see,16800:17:54,920 –> 00:18:03,439Naomi was a very wise woman. She did not want her loved ones to make a life16900:18:03,839 –> 00:18:11,359commitment simply in order to please her. Down the road that would inevitably lead17000:18:11,359 –> 00:18:20,040to some reaction. And the beauty of this story is that when Ruth makes a lifelong17100:18:20,040 –> 00:18:28,400commitment to the Lord and to Naomi, she does this freely and the reason that17200:18:28,400 –> 00:18:33,599she’s able to commit freely is precisely that Naomi has released her17300:18:33,599 –> 00:18:40,780from any sense of obligation. Love never forces its will on another person. Love17400:18:40,780 –> 00:18:51,859does not seek to control. And I think in this Naomi gives us an example of love.17500:18:51,859 –> 00:18:56,819Love considers. It considers because it seeks the blessing of God on others,17600:18:57,099 –> 00:19:01,119puts the interest of others before its own, it never forces its will on another17700:19:01,119 –> 00:19:09,260person, and love considers in that it is candid about the cost of commitment. This17800:19:09,260 –> 00:19:15,479is really important. Verse 11, Naomi said turn back my daughters. Why will you go17900:19:15,479 –> 00:19:20,819with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may become your husbands? Turn18000:19:20,819 –> 00:19:26,020back my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should18100:19:26,020 –> 00:19:32,300say, I have hope even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons18200:19:32,300 –> 00:19:39,699well would you therefore wait till they were grown would you therefore refrain18300:19:39,699 –> 00:19:45,579from marrying? No my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter for me for your sake18400:19:45,579 –> 00:19:52,739that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.’ Now you see what Naomi is18500:19:52,839 –> 00:19:57,680doing here she wants to test their hearts now here are these women and they’re18600:19:57,680 –> 00:20:03,780coming with me on this journey but is this really what they want to do? Have18700:20:03,780 –> 00:20:09,880they thought through what this commitment actually will involve? Life18800:20:09,880 –> 00:20:14,719in the promised land may well be harder, for Orpah and for Ruth, than either of18900:20:14,719 –> 00:20:21,160them thinks. And I love the way that Naomi puts this of course if she had19000:20:21,199 –> 00:20:29,060other sons who were single and of marrying age then Naomi might be able to19100:20:29,060 –> 00:20:36,339provide Ruth and Orpah with another husband but she has no other sons. And19200:20:36,339 –> 00:20:45,780you see what she’s saying even if I was to marry and conceive sons plural19300:20:45,859 –> 00:20:51,339tonight, if I was to conceive twins tonight, the two of you would have to19400:20:51,339 –> 00:20:57,540wait the best part of 20 years before there be any prospect of marrying them.19500:20:57,540 –> 00:21:07,540Simply not realistic. And so, Naomi is candid about the cost. If they continue19600:21:07,540 –> 00:21:10,660in this journey the chances of them finding another husband will be very19700:21:10,920 –> 00:21:16,359slim. Naomi has some land, of course, but if they come back with her they are19800:21:16,359 –> 00:21:27,000going to have to work. Life in the promised land will not be easy.19900:21:27,000 –> 00:21:31,359And, you see, this is one of the problems, isn’t it, that if people have come to20000:21:31,359 –> 00:21:39,839faith on the basis of bloated promises that go beyond what we are told in20100:21:39,839 –> 00:21:45,140Scripture, and then find that they face some of the difficulties and trials of20200:21:45,140 –> 00:21:51,400life that every Christian experiences, there’s a reaction. Why? Because they20300:21:51,400 –> 00:21:55,439were brought in under false pretenses.20400:21:55,760 –> 00:22:03,680Those who led them to faith were not candid about the cost of commitment.20500:22:03,839 –> 00:22:11,660But Naomi lays out the cost because she’s modeling love here as Jesus does when he20600:22:11,660 –> 00:22:14,300lays out the cost of commitment to us.20700:22:15,520 –> 00:22:16,459You’ve been listening to Open the Bible20800:22:16,459 –> 00:22:21,540with Pastor Colin Smith and a message today called Love and it’s part of our20900:22:21,540 –> 00:22:26,560series Ordinary People Extraordinary God all based on the book and the story of21000:22:26,560 –> 00:22:32,619Ruth today from chapter 1 and verses 6 to 18. 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Open the Bible is supported21900:23:11,439 –> 00:23:14,959entirely by our listeners financially and if that’s something you’re22000:23:14,959 –> 00:23:19,040considering doing in the future but you haven’t done up until now we have an22100:23:19,040 –> 00:23:23,579offer for you this month. If you are able to begin a new direct debit to the work22200:23:23,579 –> 00:23:28,199of Open the Bible in the amount of five pounds per month or more or a one-off22300:23:28,319 –> 00:23:33,400gift of 50 pounds or more we’d love to say thank you by sending you a bundle of22400:23:33,400 –> 00:23:38,680gifts. There’s a book by Lee Strobel called The Case for Easter and the22500:23:38,680 –> 00:23:44,160booklet Six Days that Changed the World by Colin Smith. Also a lovely open the22600:23:44,160 –> 00:23:50,520Bible tote bag, bookmark and pen. Colin, what might our listeners get out of22700:23:50,520 –> 00:23:54,660reading The Case for Easter. Well I think the first thing is it’s an absolutely22800:23:54,660 –> 00:24:00,239fascinating read. I mean Lee Strobel was an atheist when he began exploring the22900:24:00,239 –> 00:24:05,739Christian Faith and in The Case for Easter he retraces his own steps showing23000:24:05,739 –> 00:24:10,140the biblical evidence that led him to believe that Jesus really Rose from the23100:24:10,140 –> 00:24:14,939dead and the compelling evidence on which we can take a reasoned step of23200:24:14,939 –> 00:24:19,160faith is really placed before us in the Gospels. The reality is that there are23300:24:19,160 –> 00:24:23,619many people who’ve not seriously considered it. Well The Case for Easter23400:24:24,319 –> 00:24:29,959Christians come to clarity about why we believe in the resurrection and it can23500:24:29,959 –> 00:24:34,079help to provide a pathway to faith for someone who’s just beginning to explore23600:24:34,079 –> 00:24:35,199Christianity.23700:24:35,199 –> 00:24:39,579Well The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel and Colin’s booklet23800:24:39,579 –> 00:24:43,6806 Days That Changed the World as well as a lovely Open the Bible tote bag23900:24:43,680 –> 00:24:48,760bookmark and pen are our gift to you if you’re able to set up a new direct debit24000:24:48,760 –> 00:24:53,160to the work of Open the Bible this month in the amount of five pounds per month24100:24:53,500 –> 00:24:57,140or more or a one off gift to fifty pounds or more24200:24:57,140 –> 00:25:00,939full details terms and conditions and to give online24300:25:00,939 –> 00:25:05,180come to our website openthebible.org.uk24400:25:05,180 –> 00:25:08,180For Colin Smith for Open the Bible24500:25:08,180 –> 00:25:15,180I’m David Pick and I hope you’ll join us again soon24600:25:17,660 –> 00:25:21,239The story of Ruth is one of the most beautiful stories in the Bible24700:25:21,280 –> 00:25:24,359It’s a story about love and redemption24800:25:24,359 –> 00:25:27,599Here the next part of the series on Open the Bible
