Ruth - 3

Facing Crisis After Crisis

Crisis #5: She compromised with the world

• Her sons married women of Moab (1:4)
• Deuteronomy 7:1-3

Lesson: we are not to engage in worldly fellowship

• II Corinthians 6:17-18

Lesson: we should never be likened to unbelievers

• II Corinthians 6:14-17
• Romans 12:1-2

Lesson: we should never speak like unbelievers

• I Corinthians 15:33

Lesson: we should not be entangled with this world

• II Timothy 2:4

Crisis #6: She was in despair

• All three men died (1:5)

Lesson: We cannot depend on our strength to face the despair of our lives.

• Job 6:11
• Ephesians 2:12

Facing crisis after crisis. What must we do?

• Ruth 1:16-17
• Psalm 119:50