Weekend Review 07.24.11






















Songs:
One Thing Remains (Brian Johnson) (@BrianJohnsonM)
God of the Redeemed (Jeremy Riddle) (@JeremyMRiddle)
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Thomas Obediah Chisolm & William Marion Runyan)
Blessed Assurance (Fanny Jane Crosby & Pheobe Palmer Knapp)

Band:
Drums: Corey Wilkins (@coreylayne)
Bass: Ash Moselle
Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton (@JasonEatonMusic)






















This weekend we had a guest teacher. Lead Pastor from Real Life Church (@RealLifeSCV) in Valencia, California, Rusty George (@RustyLGeorge). Rusty spoke about the life of Ruth as we continued our series Called RETRO. The reason the story of Ruth is so good is because it is a rags to riches kind of story. It is a feel good story. The story of Ruth the Moabite begins with a major famine. During the famine her husband, brother in law and her father in law left to go and find them food and they all three died. So Naomi and Ruth the Moabite decide to head back to Naomi's hometown which happened to be Bethlehem. What you need to understand is that Moabites were not normally welcomed to a place like Bethlehem. The Moabite family was founded when one of Lot's daughters got him drunk and slept with him and she conceived. When Naomi got to Bethlehem which means "the house of bread" no one even recognized her. Going to through a lot like Naomi will change you. The famine, the death of her husband and the deaths of her son's have really changed her. So much so that she asked for her name to be changed from Naomi "cheerful one" to Mara "bitter one". So Ruth begins to try to find food for her and her mother in law and she goes to a field to see if they would allow her to glean some grain and she comes across what would become her kinsman-reedemer, Boaz. Boaz is a beautiful picture of Jesus' love towards us. Boaz, loved and took care of Naomi (Mara) and Ruth the Moabite for the rest of their lives. Ruth and Naomi couldn't believe the favor that the Lord had shown them thru Boaz. If you haven't studied or read the story of Ruth you really should. Boaz is a beautiful picture of Jesus' unselfish love for us.

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