Opening Reading: Psalm 89:1-18

Outline:

· Providential Blessing and God’s Ultimate Good Through Loss

· A Servant is Born

· The Book of Ruth in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Verses Read or Referenced in Sermon (Bold passages on screen):

· John 1:46

· 1 Corinthians 1:23

· Ruth 4:13; 1:8-9, 16-17

· Ruth 2:12

· Ruth 4:16-22

· Ruth 1:20-21

· Romans 8:28-29

· Ephesians 1:11

· Psalm 115:3

· Ruth 1:17

· 1 Samuel 1:20

· Matthew 1:21

· Ruth 4:14

· Galatians 4:4-7

· Ruth 4:18-22

· Genesis 46:12

· Exodus 6:23

· Numbers 1:7; 7:12

· Matthew 1:5

· 1 Samuel 16:1-13

· 2 Samuel 7:16

· Isaiah 26:18

· Ecclesiastes 1:9

· Mark 10:45

· Luke 19:10

· Isaiah 11:1-5

· Matthew 21:9

· Matthew 22:42

· Matthew 1; Luke 3

· Hebrews 2:8

· 2 Peter 3:9

· Luke 22:37

· Isaiah 53:6, 10-12

· Colossians 1:18