Yahweh's Providential Lovingkindness

BIG IDEA:

NO MATTER HOW BITTER GOD’S PROVIDENCE MIGHT TASTE, GOD IS ALWAYS EXTENDING HIS

LOVINGKINDNESS TO HIS PEOPLE.

MAIN POINTS:

1. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IN ISRAEL’S LAW TO GLEAN (1-3A)

2. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IN RUTH’S PROVIDENTIAL PLACEMENT (3B)

3. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IN CAUSING REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL IN BETHLEHEM (4)

4. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS BY RESURRECTING RUTH’S DEAD IDOLATRESS HEART (11-12)

5. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS BY EMPLOYING THE LOVINGKINDNESS OF BOAZ AND OTHERS (16)

6. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS BY SOFTENING NAOMI’S HEART (20)

7. GOD DISPLAYS HIS LOVINGKINDNESS BY SENDING A KINSMAN REDEEMER (20)