Outline
“Hope Assured” (Ruth Chapter 3)

Intro/Set-Up:
Review from Ruth Chapter 2

I. Hatching a Plan (vv. 1-7): The channel (or way) of Redemption
- Naomi Makes a Plan
+ Background for the plan: The Law of Redemption
+ Reason for the plan: Security/Rest
+ Preparation and instruction for the plan
- Ruth Carries out the Plan
+ Followed “to the T”

II. Approaching the Man (vv. 8-15)-- Assurance in the word
- Ruth Inquires
- Boaz Replies

III. Waiting… (vv. 16-18)-- Staying the path (of faith)
Returning and Reporting (vv. 16-17)
Exercising Patience (v. 18)

IV. Conclusion
Closing Thoughts & Application

**Homework**
Share something you’ve learned from our study this week
Read Ruth Chapter 4; Rev. 5

The theme/main idea we are going to be identifying this morning is: “Seeking Redemption”

Questions to consider:
What is God saying to me in His Word?
What am I going to do about it?

“The Goel — sometimes translated kinsman-redeemer — had a specifically defined role in Israel’s family life.The kinsman-redeemer was responsible to buy a fellow Israelite out of slavery (Lev. 25:48).He was responsible to be the “avenger of blood” to make sure the murderer of a family member answered to the crime (Numbers 35:19).He was responsible to buy back family land that had been forfeited (Lev. 25:25).He was responsible to carry on the family name by marrying a childless widow (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).In this, we see that the Goel, the kinsman-redeemer, was responsible to safeguard the persons, the property, and the posterity of the family.” –David Guzik

“When the two widows came to Bethlehem, their plan was that Ruth take care of Naomi and both of them eke out an existence the best they could. But now Naomi has a new plan: Ruth is to marry Boaz, and then all of them can live happily ever after.” –Warren Wiersbe

“To spread one’s mantle [or the corner of your garment] over a person meant to claim that person for yourself (Ezek. 16:8; 1 Kings 19:19), particularly in marriage… Ruth had come under the wings of Jehovah God (Ruth 2:12), and now she would be under the wings of Boaz, her beloved husband. What a beautiful picture of marriage!” –Warren Wiersbe


“We may ask, “Why didn’t Ruth wait for Boaz to propose to her?” His statement in 3:10 suggests the first reason: He fully expected that she would marry one of the younger bachelors in Bethlehem. Boaz was an older man, and Ruth was a young woman (4:12). Evidently he concluded that he was out of the running. But the most important reason is given in verse 12: There was a nearer kinsman in town who had first option on Ruth and the property, and Boaz was waiting for him to act. Ruth had forced the issue, and now Boaz could approach this kinsman and get him to decide.” –Warren Wiersbe

Closing Thoughts & Application

Application for husbands and wives:
Good Questions to consider for husbands & wives: Husbands: “In the marriage relationship, many husbands wish they had a wife who submitted to them the way Ruth is being told to here. But do they provide the kind of godly leadership, care, and concern that Boaz showed towards Ruth and others?

Wives: “In the marriage relationship, many wives wish they had a husband who loved, cared, and treated them the way Boaz did towards Ruth. But do they show the same kind of humble submission and respect Ruth showed to Boaz?”

General Application:
- The Channel of Redemption (coming to God on His terms)
- Assurance in the Word (Romans 4:21)
- Staying the Path ("Let us run the race with endurance")

Summary/Conclusion:

The channel of redemption:
It is a one way street; God has ordained the process and procedure of redemption (we cannot alter it or create our own way)

“Ruth prepared herself to meet Boaz by learning how to present herself to him (vv. 3–4). There was nothing improper about this procedure, for it was the only way Ruth could offer herself to her kinsman redeemer. She had to put herself at the feet of the lord of the harvest, and he would do the rest.Suppose that on her way to the threshing floor, Ruth decided to take a different approach. Why lie at the feet of the man you want to marry? Why uncover his feet and then ask him to put a corner of his mantle over you? Certainly there ought to be a better way! Had she used another approach, Boaz would have been confused, and the entire enterprise would have failed.” –Warren Wiersbe

We can’t come into God’s presence in our own righteousness, for “all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). We can only come in the righteousness of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 5:21)

Assurance in the word (Romans 4:21):
- Ruth was given assurance by the word/the promise of Boaz. He has committed himself to seeking out and attaining Ruth’s redemption.
- Ruth does not (at this point) have the thing promised; but she has the promise of Boaz and that is enough

“In the midnight darkness, Ruth couldn’t see the face of Boaz, but she could hear his voice; and that voice spoke loving assurance to her: “Fear not!” Our assurance is not in our feelings or our circumstances but in His Word. How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word.” –Warren Wiersbe

The promise of redemption for Ruth was given to her by the word of Boaz, but she was also sent out with the generous gift of the barley. For the believer our redemption has been assured by the promise of Jesus Christ,“18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” –John 14:18

And in the meantime, to give us security within His word of promise He has given us the Holy Spirit as the “seal of our redemption: “16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” –John 14:16-17

“11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” –Ephesians 1:11-14

Staying the path ("Let us run the race with endurance"):
- Ruth leaves the threshing floor with a promise from Boaz, yet she does not have the “thing promised” so she must exercise patience and trust in the waiting
“It is “through faith and patience” that we inherit the promises.” –Warren Wiersbe

Note: discouragements and distractions in life– trying to dissuade us from the path of faith: “3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” –2 Peter 3:3-4

“11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” –Hebrews 6:11-12

“35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37 “For yet a little while,And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back,My soul has no pleasure in him.” 39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.” –Hebrews 10:35-39

Supplemental Study Links:

(Wk. 1)

Summary of the Book of Judges:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Judges.html

Summary of the Book of Ruth:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Ruth.html

When was Ruth Written?
https://www.gotquestions.org/when-was-Ruth-written.html

"Who Was Chemosh?" (false god of Moab)
https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Chemosh.html

"What is a Kinsman Redeemer?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/kinsman-redeemer.html

(Wk. 2)
"What did Jesus mean when He said, “I am the Bread of Life” (John 6:35)?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/bread-of-life.html

"What is the meaning of Jacob wrestling with God?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacob-wrestling-with-God.html

"What does it mean that He brought me out of the miry clay (Psalm 40:2)?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/out-of-the-miry-clay.html

"Why did Ruth and Orpah make different decisions?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Ruth-and-Orpah.html

"What is the significance of Ruth telling Naomi, “Wherever you go, I will go” (Ruth 1:16)?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/wherever-you-go-I-will-go.html

(Wk. 3)

"What is the story of Ruth and Boaz?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Ruth-and-Boaz.html

"What does it mean that blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/blessed-hunger-thirst-righteousness.html

"What did Jesus mean when He said, “I am the Bread of Life” (John 6:35)?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/bread-of-life.html

"What does the Bible say about Christian character?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-character.html

(Wk. 4)

"What is a Threshing Floor?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/threshing-floor.html

"What did it mean to spread the corner of your garment over someone?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/spread-corner-garment.html

"Was it against the Mosaic Law for Boaz to marry Ruth, according to Deuteronomy 23:3?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Boaz-Ruth-and-the-Law.html

"What are the roles of the husband and wife in a family?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/roles-husband-wife-family.html

"How is a virtuous woman a crown to her husband (Proverbs 12:4)?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/virtuous-woman-crown-her-husband.html

"What does it mean to be a godly husband?"
https://www.gotquestions.org/godly-husband.html