Ruth - 1

Introduction

• Encourage us to see how the Lord works every situation of our life for His glory
• Motivate us to live a righteous and committed life 

Life can bring huge crisis and a need for rescue

• Ruth 1:1-5
• Most crisis of life is the result of bad decisions or irresponsible behavior

But God…had compassion

• Ephesians 2:4-6

Facing Crisis After Crisis

Crisis #1: She lived in a political corrupted nation

Religious sham (1:1a)

• Judges 17:1-5
• Exodus 20:3
• Judges 17:8-13
• Judges 18:6
• Judges 18:30-31
• Proverbs 12:15

Political sham (1:1a)

• Judges 17:6
• Proverbs 16:25

Social sham (1:1a)

• Judges 19:22
• Hosea 9:9-10
• Romans 1:25-26
• I Corinthians 6:9-10

Lesson: God will save any person in any condition under any circumstances

• Revelation 5:9