Week 6 Ruth

Main Point: God's providential care for His people demonstrates His lovingkindness.

Questions:

What impacted you from the message this weekend? What challenged you or encouraged you? What did you learn about God’s character through the study of Ruth?

Read Ruth Chapter 1. What was the situation at the beginning of the book of Ruth? Who were the main characters? What happened to the main character?

How do you see God working in Naomi and Ruth’s friendship? How did Ruth express her commitment to Naomi and Naomi’s God? (See Ruth 1:16-18)

Read Ruth Chapter 2. What does the writer of Ruth tell us about Boaz in this chapter? What examples of his character does the reader get from this text?

How did God move in this chapter? What examples of God’s providential care are in this chapter?

Read Ruth Chapter 3. What did Naomi tell Ruth to do in this chapter? Why was this a dangerous plan? How did Boaz respond to Ruth?

What did Boaz commit to doing for Ruth? What did it mean to redeem Ruth? What stood in Boaz’s way?

Read Ruth Chapter 4. What happened in the chapter? What was the result of Boaz redeeming Ruth.

What do we learn about the child of Boaz and Ruth? Why is the genealogy in Ruth 4:16-22 important?

What is one thing you can do this week to put into practice what you learned in this message?