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Text to read: Ruth 1:12 Go back, my daughters; go your way; for I’m too old to have a husband. Even if I were to say, ‘I still have hope’; even if I had a husband tonight and bore sons; 13 would you wait for them until they grew up? Would you refuse to marry, just for them? No, my daughters. On your behalf I feel very bitter that the hand of Adonai has gone out against me.” 14 Again they wept aloud. Then ‘Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Rut stuck with her. 15 She said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god; go back, after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Rut said,
“Don’t press me to leave you
and stop following you;
for wherever you go, I will go;
and wherever you stay, I will stay.
Your people will be my people
and your God will be my God.
17 Where you die, I will die;
and there I will be buried.
May Adonai bring terrible curses on me,
and worse ones as well,
if anything but death
separates you and me.”
18 When Na‘omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
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John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
Verse 13
[13] Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
It grieveth me — That you are left without the comfort of husbands or children; that I must part with such affectionate daughters; and that my circumstances are such, that I cannot invite you to go alone with me. For her condition was so mean at this time, that Ruth, when she came to her mother's city, was forced to glean for a living. It is with me, that God has a controversy. This language becomes us, when we are under affliction; tho' many others share in the trouble, yet we are to hear the voice of the rod, as if it spake only to us. But did not she wish to bring them to the worship of the God of Israel? Undoubtedly she did. But she would have them first consider upon what terms, lest having set their hand to the plow, they should look back.
Verse 14
[14] And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Kissed — Departed from her with a kiss. Bade her farewell for ever. She loved Naomi, but she did not love her so well, as to quit her country for her sake. Thus many have a value for Christ, and yet come short of salvation by him, because they cannot find in their hearts, to forsake other things for him. They love him, and yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better.
Verse 15
[15] And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
To her gods — Those that forsake the communion of saints, will certainly break off their communion with God. This she saith, to try Ruth's sincerity and constancy, and that she might intimate to her, that if she went with her, she must embrace the true religion.
Verse 17
[17] Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
There will I be buried — Not desiring to have so much as her dead body carried back into the land of Moab: but Naomi and she having joined souls, she desires they may mingle dust, in hopes of rising together, and remaining together for ever.
Verse 18
[18] When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
Left speaking unto her — See the power of resolution! Those who are half-resolved, are like a door a-jar, which invites a thief. But resolution shuts and bolts he door, and then the devil flees from us.
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Daily Devotionals:
Monday, January 18, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- Read all of Ruth 1.
- What do you learn about loyalty?
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- Describe the person who has been most loyal to you.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- What sorts of things test our loyalty?
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- How does Ruth convey loyalty to Naomi?
- How do you convey it?
Friday, January 22, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- What are some of the attributes of a loyal person?
- Which do you normally display?
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- How are responsibility and loyalty linked?
- How does one inform the other?
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Text to read: Ruth 1:12-18
- Pray for all those working for the good of their families and friends
First United Methodist Church
2111 Camino del Rio Suth
San Diego, California, 92108, United States
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Sermon Story "Obedience" by Gary Lee Parker for Sunday, 25 January 2016 with Text to read: Ruth 1:12 Go back, my daughters; go your way; for I’m too old to have a husband. Even if I were to say, ‘I still have hope’; even if I had a husband tonight and bore sons; 13 would you wait for them until they grew up? Would you refuse to marry, just for them? No, my daughters. On your behalf I feel very bitter that the hand of Adonai has gone out against me.” 14 Again they wept aloud. Then ‘Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Rut stuck with her. 15 She said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god; go back, after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Rut said,
“Don’t press me to leave you
and stop following you;
for wherever you go, I will go;
and wherever you stay, I will stay.
Your people will be my people
and your God will be my God.
17 Where you die, I will die;
and there I will be buried.
May Adonai bring terrible curses on me,
and worse ones as well,
if anything but death
separates you and me.”
18 When Na‘omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
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The beginning story of Ruth is so familiar to us in the church that we really need to look and listen at it for the first time because there are many people who are not fmiliar ith the story or even heard the story before. Here we have a woman who was married to this man with two sons living in their own land when a famine came and they moved to a different land to support themselves while in this land the two sons married women who were not of their own culture, but of the land they were living in. The woman's husband died long with her two sons with no grandchildren born to them. This woman heard that her homeland was being prosperous and she decided to move back to her own country while her two daughter-in-laws started to follow her. She stopped and explained to her that she is too old to have other sons who would grow up to marry her, so the one daughter-in-law went back to her own mother but the other stayed with her. She reasoned with her daughter-in-law that remained that her sister-in-law went back to her family and own land, but the one that stayed simply said that I will not leave you, the God you serve I will serve, the people who are yours are mind, and the land which is yours is mind that may God do something to me if I do any diefferent. This brings me to the questions: Who has been faithful to you? Who have you been faithful to? and How do you see this woman's decision to follow her mother-in-law have on you? There was a woman who had a child out of wedlock and decided to raise him as a single mother until she met a man that she fell in love with and married her. This marriage resulted in two other children, but after three months of the second child or her third child being formed her husband's weeakness to alcohol drew him away from his family responsibilities. This woman had her mother pay the cost for her aad her two children back to her homeland where she gave birth to her third child. She settled into a smalltown some 17 miles away from her hometown. During this time, her oldest child went a Vacation Bible School resulting in her returning to redemption grace of Jesus and continued at this church until she went home to be in the physical presence of her Savior, Jesus. Yes, she was faithful to her children even though at the time many single mothers could have the option to place their children up for adoption and support their own lifestyle in a succesfl mode. How do relate to this story or what story to have to share from your life or your families life or your friends life? We come to seek ways to support obedience to God and His call as we take and eat the Body of Jesus and drink His Blood to the Holy Sacrament of the Holy Eurcharist. We come to receive from God singing the Hymn: "I’ll Follow Jesus" by William J. Henry, 1911
1. I’ll follow Jesus here, I’ll never, never fear,
Though Satan’s tempting pow’rs assail;
And though I’m tempted sore, I’ll trust Him evermore,
For through His grace I shall prevail.
Refrain:
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
I’ll follow Jesus all the way;
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
To the home of everlasting day.
2. I’ll follow by His side, whatever may betide,
Though perils thickly throng the way;
Though billows deep may roll, there’s naught can harm my soul,
For He is with me night and day.
Refrain:
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
I’ll follow Jesus all the way;
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
To the home of everlasting day.
3. I’ll follow all the way, I’ll never, never stray,
This world no more can win my love;
I’ve left it all behind, more lasting joys to find,
My treasures all are stored above.
Refrain:
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
I’ll follow Jesus all the way;
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
To the home of everlasting day.
4. I’ll follow, follow on until the crown is won,
And heaven’s gates unfold to me;
Then with my harp in hand, I’ll join that happy band,
And praise Him through eternity.
Refrain:
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
I’ll follow Jesus all the way;
I’ll follow, I’ll follow,
To the home of everlasting day.
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Gary Lee Parker
4147 Idaho Street, Apt. 1
San Diego, California 92014-1844, United States
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