WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:13.119 Allow me to draw our attention to a passage that will be our focus this afternoon, drawn from the book of Ruth, chapter four, and I'll be reading the twelve the first twelve verses. 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:18.640 We only have two books in the Bible that bear women's names. 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:21.519 One of them is Ruth. 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:23.920 In Swahili ni Ruth. 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:27.280 And from where I come from, it is Luthu. 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.399 And so the other one is the book of Esther. 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:32.560 Two very interesting books. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:34.479 Are there some Ruths in the house? 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:36.479 Yeah, there are some Ruths. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:41.359 Okay, Ruth chapter 4. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:51.439 The Bible says, Meanwhile, while Boaz went, meanwhile, Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian redeemer he had mentioned came along. 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.280 Boaz said, Come over here, my friend, and sit down. 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.560 So he went over and sat down. 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:04.879 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, Sit here, and they did so. 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:14.560 Then he said to the guardian redeemer, Naomi, who has come back from Moabi selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:28.159 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of this seated here, and in the presence of the elders of our people, if you will redeem it, do so. 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:35.200 But if you will not, tell me so that I will know, for no one has the right to do it except you. 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:37.519 And I am next in line. 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.000 I will redeem it, he said. 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:55.760 Then Boaz said, On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:03.439 At this the guardian redeemer said, Then I cannot redeem it, because I might endanger my own estate. 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:07.280 You redeem it yourself, I cannot do it. 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:16.800 Now, in the earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:21.360 This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel. 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:27.919 So the guardian redeemer said to Boaz, Buy it yourself, and he removed his sandal. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:40.879 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kileon, and Malone. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:57.120 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Malone's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead and his property, so that this his name will not disappear from among his people. 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:01.120 From among his people. 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:53.120 And before I do so, let's appreciate again the worship team just for their ministry. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:54.400 Great ministry. 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:55.599 We thank God for them. 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:02.639 And we thank God for each one of us who have made it to the service today, even with this interesting weather. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:11.439 And those who are online, we also celebrate you following this service from across the country and all over. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.919 We celebrate you and we thank God for you. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:20.959 We also want to celebrate our senior pastor and associate pastor who are out of town for ministry. 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.399 Let's celebrate our senior and associate pastor. 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:25.279 Amen. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.600 We thank the Lord for their lives. 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:36.079 Earlier in the first service, my wife was here and she sent greetings, received them in Jesus' name together with our family. 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.319 They we bless you and they are on their way home. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.199 I know that they are following this service. 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:55.279 This afternoon, brothers and sisters, I want to bring to us a message titled Jesus, the ultimate King's Man Redeemer. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:05:01.120 Jesus, the Ultimate King's Man Redeemer. 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:15.519 When we talk about redemption in our day-to-day, we are talking about the perspective that we have is the perspective of a very spiritual word and a very spiritual engagement. 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:24.959 We are actually focusing on salvation and we are focusing about the good things that Jesus has done when he went to the cross. 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:39.920 But when you talk about redemption in the earlier in the Israel context, and when you go to the Old Testament, where we have the word redemption and we follow the story of redemption, and yes, the word of God is actually about Jesus. 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:45.279 From Genesis all the way to Revelation, the word of God is about Jesus. 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.480 And Jesus is also the Redeemer. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:50.800 Jesus is actually the Redeemer. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:06:00.160 And when we talk about redemption in the ancient Israel, we it is not it is not a very fancy aspect as we view it today. 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:14.000 In fact, talking about redemption and the redemption system, as you find it in the book of Leviticus, chapter 25, and you'll also find part of it in Deuteronomy chapter 25, I may interest you that you get some time and look at those passages. 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:25.519 You will realize that it was a system that had been set up by God to take care of those in the society who are vulnerable. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:30.079 It was really about protecting, especially the poor. 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.959 It was about protecting the widows. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:42.879 It was about protecting members of the Israelite community who, for one reason or the other, may sell their land because of need. 00:06:44.959 --> 00:07:10.480 And since the land belonged to God and belonged to his people, then even if the land is sold, God put in a mechanism to ensure that though at this moment is a time of need, that somebody will stand in the place of this other vulnerable individual who was in desperate need of maybe survival and something like that to redeem their land back. 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:21.920 It was like a surety that one time, though we have had to part with something that is special to us, somebody will stand up for us and redeem our land back. 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:58.639 It was also a system that was set apart for widows who, you know, a man had married a woman, and for one reason or the other they didn't have children, they didn't have sons, for example, and this widow widowed this man dies, then there will be a relative who is set in place, whose work will be to acquire this woman and through her perform the duties of a husband and and there be a son who will inherit that which belongs to this man who died before they got children. 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:12.240 So when you think about redemption, really, uh that system may not have been a system for those who had everything well collected and they were good and things were working for them. 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:20.639 It may not have been for those who are necessarily wealthy in the society, they did not really think much about redemption. 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.920 It was it may not have been really big news for them. 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:37.039 In fact, in addition to the king's man redeemer, who was the first person that would redeem whatever was sold out, God also bring in brings in the year of jubilee. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:50.399 So that just in case there is no redeemer who helps this poor family or this poor widow to redeem whatever belongs to them back, then they would wait for the year of jubilee. 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:58.559 It was also a way of redeeming people who had given themselves among the Israelites, either as laborers or slaves. 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:05.600 And and this person would ensure that even as they serve their masters, that they they were protected. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.679 They had some rights protected by this kinsman redeemer. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:29.120 However, should no one, because there had to be somebody willing to do it, should no one come out who was willing to do it, then this person would have to wait for the year of Jubilee, because at the year of Jubilee everything was restored back. 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:46.879 Now, if you did sell your land on maybe the the third year, then you will be waiting for 47 years if no one redeems you for there to be hope for redemption for you. 00:09:47.519 --> 00:10:03.840 If you became a slave at year 10 and no one is there to protect you, you would have to wait for 40 years for somebody for for the year of Jubilee, so that in the year of Jubilee you will be released. 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:14.720 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that in my uh wild imagination, there must have been people who died for two factors. 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:18.240 They died a desperate death for two factors. 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:22.080 Number one, that there was no one willing to redeem them. 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:27.679 But also number two, that they did not make it to the year of Jubilee. 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:36.320 Because if nobody redeemed you and you never made it to the year of Jubilee, you would have died a desperate death. 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:47.840 That is what redemption, the system of redemption that God puts in place, uh was meant to cure. 00:10:48.480 --> 00:11:05.759 And here in the passage that we have read, and throughout the book of uh Ruth, we we have we have two women who are in this category, two widows who are in need of redemption. 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:10.399 Naomi, or rather, the family of Elimelech in chapter 1. 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:16.480 There is hunger, there is famine in the land, and and and so and so Elimelech moves his family to Moab. 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:28.399 They leave Bethlehem, the house of bread, and they go to Moab, a nation that had been cast, a nation that had been cast out by God, and they go there in seeking refuge. 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:32.799 They went to seek refuge, they went so that they can survive. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:38.879 And while they were there, the Bible tells us that strategy tragedy struck. 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.480 Tragedy struck. 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:47.679 I am saying tragedy struck. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:53.840 And Naomi lost her husband in a foreign land. 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:59.919 And and and we are not told whether they they brought back the body to come and bury. 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:05.360 But I'm looking at the way the situation looks like I it is most likely they didn't. 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.200 They didn't have the capacity and the means to do so. 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:18.799 And so the Bible tells us that Naomi continued to live there for another 10 years, and in the period of 10 years, two things happened. 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:26.000 One, her sons marry among the Moabites, and then after they marry, they also die. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:38.879 A woman who went out full in her hands with her husband and children, and perhaps things started looking like they were getting better sooner than later. 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:46.080 She is alone with nothing, without a husband, without sons, and without hope. 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:51.360 A desperate situation that requires redemption. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:03.200 And on her way back, her two daughters-in-law, you know, say, Oh, we are following you, we are going together with you. 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:12.879 And and Naomi looks at them and says, Hey, my girls, my girls, my daughters, you still have a future. 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:25.200 Why you are young, you are in your hometown, but all factors held constant, you still have an opportunity. 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.519 I don't allow me to go back. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.399 And they said, No, we are going with you. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:41.360 And and and she tries to paint the picture of how desperate situation the situation will be, or how desperate the situation is. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:51.360 She says, Let us exercise our imagination for a moment that perhaps if I got a husband today, let's not talk about a week. 00:13:51.519 --> 00:14:04.080 Today, if I got a husband today, and that husband is very gracious, and also today, by God's grace, I become pregnant, I conceive. 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.240 She's trying to paint the picture. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:24.080 So, first of all, there is no husband today, so there is no conception today, but but let's say, for example, it happens, and then she goes further to say, and in fact, we surprisingly discover that by the end of this pregnancy I have twins. 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:34.559 Will you wait for them until they are old enough for you to marry them? 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:43.759 And while you are waiting for them, I don't know whether your years will also be somewhere constant, just waiting. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.799 You are not growing older, waiting for them. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:53.120 Naomi is saying the situation is desperate, it is bad. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:15:08.080 And by the way, for your information, in the house of Judah, because Elimelech comes from the house of Judah, Naomi is telling this story from an idea that she has or she had when she joined this family after getting married. 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:14.240 Do you remember Judah when all his sons died and God struck them dead and Tamar was left? 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.039 What story did Judah give the daughter-in-law? 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:20.480 Said, now, my daughter, just go back home. 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:26.960 Should things work out for me here and I get a son, I promise you, I'll give you. 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.919 And you know the story. 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:33.679 Naomi did not want to get herself into that situation. 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.960 And so she urges the two ladies to go back. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:40.879 However, one of the ladies says, No, I am going to cling with you. 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:42.480 I am going to go with you. 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.480 Wherever you go, I will go. 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.279 Whoever your people are, they will be my people. 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.840 Wherever you will die, there shall I die. 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.720 Wherever you will be buried, there I will be buried. 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.840 And this lady stuck with Naomi. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:07.679 And it is this lady called Ruth that now shows up in now a foreign country among a foreign people, and and and they are with Naomi and they have arrived. 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:13.200 And the women actually they are greeted at at the at the marketplaces. 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:16.399 They come in at the gates, they are greeted by women. 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.519 And the women are asking, could that be Naomi? 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:21.440 Could that be Naomi? 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.720 The people, the women could not even recognize her. 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:32.879 Maybe when when she was living, she she she had makeup, she had ornaments, but as she's coming back, she's coming back in rugs. 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:35.360 She's also coming back alone. 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:41.120 Maybe she had she had ointment when she was living, but but now everything has dried. 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:43.759 And you can ask, is that Naomi? 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.799 And in fact, even her herself, she could not recognize herself as Naomi. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.399 She said, Call me Mara. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:54.960 Things are bad because I'm bitter. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:12.400 However, brothers and sisters, it is from this downward, bad, desperate situation and story that we end chapter four of the book of Ruth with celebration. 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.799 We end the book of Ruth with a celebration. 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.720 We end the book of Ruth with celebration. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:31.519 And the question is what happened in between chapter one and towards the end of chapter four, brothers and sisters, a redeemer came in. 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.680 It is a redeemer that made a difference. 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:47.839 I am here to declare over your life that between the beginning of your life, between the beginning of your story and the end of your story, there is a redeemer in between. 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:50.720 That redeemer makes things different. 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.440 That redeemer, his name is Jesus. 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:58.720 He makes all things new. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:05.119 And so it is this redemption that is happening in chapter 4 that I want us to focus on. 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:19.440 And it gives us three characteristics of redemption that I want to suggest to us are ultimately fulfilled perfectly in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:27.680 The first one, therefore, is that for redemption to take place, there had to be requirements. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:33.759 There were requirements that had to be met for redemption to take place. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.119 And so the question is: what are these requirements? 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:43.519 Boaz brings out these requirements before the elders and before this kinsman redeemer. 00:18:43.759 --> 00:19:00.480 He says that Boaz, when he went up in chapter 4, verse 1, when Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the claws' guardian redeemer or kinsman redeemer he had mentioned in chapter 3 came along. 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:04.400 Boaz said, Come over here, my friend, and sit down. 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:06.960 So he went over and sat down. 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:12.319 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, Sit here, and they did so. 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:20.880 Then he said to the guardian redeemer, Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.119 I thought you should know. 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.880 You know, I'm wondering whether it is true he didn't know. 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:31.279 Boaz is telling him, I thought you should know. 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:41.759 And then the Bible continues to say, I thought I should bring this matter to your attention and suggest he is the man who has the responsibility, he is the man who has the right. 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:49.359 But Boaz is saying, I suggest that you buy it in the presence of this seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.680 If you will redeem it, do so. 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.440 But if you will not tell me, so I will know. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:20:00.079 For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line. 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:06.640 The first requirement is that for redemption to take place, there had to be a kin. 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:16.559 And a kin is a relative, a close relative, not just any other kin, but a close relative. 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:34.400 That relative will be the one who has the first responsibility and right to look at the desperate situation of the other kin and actually take up that responsibility to redeem them. 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:38.720 In this case, we have a fellow here whose name we are not given. 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:41.279 We are just told he was the closest. 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:55.759 But though he was the closest, he seems either not to have bothered, because, brothers and sisters, it is very clear from this text that Naomi's arrival in Bethlehem was not secret news. 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:00.400 You know, you can be in such a situation that it is no longer private. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:04.480 Naomi's desperate situation was not private. 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:19.839 Everybody had the news, but it seems like the kinsman redeemer, the one who had the right, the one who had the responsibility, the one who was the first in line, seems to have been unaware. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.200 Brothers and sisters, I want to let you know that Jesus is aware of your situation. 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:29.359 Jesus, who is your kinsman redeemer, is aware of your situation. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.640 People may not know, but Jesus knows. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:35.119 He's aware, he's not ignorant. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:37.279 So he had to be a relative. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.039 But secondly, that person also had to be willing. 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:44.880 He had to be willing to redeem. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.599 And the next thing that Boaz then is asking, number one, is saying, You are the man that is qualified. 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:52.720 But then he goes further to ask him, But are you willing? 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:58.079 And we, as we see, the man immediately says, I am willing. 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:02.880 But as we shall see, That will turn around again. 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:07.200 But this king's man redeemer had to be willing. 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:13.599 Not only did this king's man redeemer had to be willing, but he also had to be legally qualified. 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:19.039 And so legally qualified here also means that the person had the right age. 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:24.319 The person had the right age to transact in this kind of business. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:53.920 One who is akin, one who is uh who has expressed willingness, and one who is legally qualified. 00:22:54.319 --> 00:23:09.279 Brothers and sisters, our king and our kinsman, redeemer, his name is Jesus, he perfectly fulfills all these requirements for him to be qualified to redeem. 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:12.640 Because he became one of us. 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:15.440 Jesus became a king. 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:34.960 He became one of us when he left his glory above, when he left his throne above, according to Philippians chapter 2, and he came down to this world, and he was born in Bethlehem without any honor, without even people recognizing that there is a king that is being born. 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:49.039 He was not honored, he was not even born in a good place, but he left all his glory above so that he can come and associate with you and me and become our king. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:53.200 That is the reason why Jesus left heaven. 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:05.119 And that's why the Bible tells us, Jesus says in John 1, John chapter 10, that he lays his life willingly. 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:17.599 Jesus is not only qualified to be the Redeemer, He is not only our kin, but He is willing to be your Redeemer. 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:21.359 This same Jesus is fully qualified. 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:29.519 And I am here to encourage you this morning to know that Jesus left heaven with your name on his mind. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:40.400 He left heaven targeting you to come and associate with you, qualified to be a redeemer. 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:44.079 And so that today you are not walking alone. 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:46.799 You have a kinsman redeemer. 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:51.039 This kinsman redeemer is not only qualified, but he is your friend. 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:57.200 That is the first aspect of redemption. 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:01.359 That there was a requirement, and the requirement had to be met. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:04.559 But secondly, there was a cost for redemption. 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:09.200 Redemption was an expensive affair. 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:20.480 Redemption was a matter that required and called for responsibility, additional responsibility to the redeemer. 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:31.519 Now, Boaz tells this man in verse 5, he says to him, after he has enumerated his qualification, then he says, Redeem. 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:35.200 And verse 5, the man says, I will redeem it. 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:44.720 And then Boaz goes further and tells him, There is a responsibility, there is a cost for this redemption. 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:53.279 And he tells him, The day you acquire the land, you will also acquire the widow. 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:56.880 This is what the Bible says in verse in verse 5. 00:25:57.039 --> 00:26:13.359 Then Boa said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth, the Muabites, the wife of the dead, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance. 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:21.200 And by this, at this, the guardian redeemer stood up and said, No, I cannot redeem it. 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.000 Why? 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.680 Because there is a cost. 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.000 I might endanger my own estate. 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.359 What does this mean? 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:32.559 Basically, when you take up the role of a redeemer, it came with a cost. 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:38.400 Because first of all, you had the cost, you had the responsibility of being a husband. 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:47.519 Being a husband comes with privileges, but it also comes with responsibility. 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:57.359 And while at that, it is concerning that many young people will want the privilege of marriage. 00:26:57.680 --> 00:27:02.640 And as they get into marriage, they are excited about the privilege. 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:05.599 They are excited about the goodies that come. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:09.039 I can see my good friend Brother Johnson is laughing. 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:14.559 Yes, there are some good things that will come with marriage, my brother. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:21.039 Because that smile that you normally leave in church and go home, now you will be going home with it. 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.160 You will not be leaving it at home. 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:32.640 You know, this is one gentleman who must be watching our services very frequently because there is a smile that just comes there that is a blessing to him. 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.000 He has to keep watching. 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:38.000 Now you will not watch, it will be in your house. 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.480 Where is that smile? 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.319 What is your smiley, Edgar? 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.680 Nah, you call and sonny. 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.680 Where is the sister? 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.960 I'm Ali Toka. 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.960 Okay, watch out. 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.319 Alright? 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:03.599 But Johnston, I want to tell you, it also comes with a responsibility. 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:09.200 And it is that responsibility for your information that makes marriage sweet. 00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:11.119 It is not even the privileges. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:14.160 The privileges are just like icing on the cake. 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:23.039 It is when you see the blessings of responsibility over your wife, the blessings of responsibility over your husband. 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:27.200 That is the joy that makes a marriage sweet. 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:31.440 It is the responsibilities that bring people closer. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:37.519 When you know today there is nothing to eat, you even come closer, at least to be warm. 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.680 You at least be warm, encourage one another. 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:43.279 Responsibility. 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:50.960 This kinsman redeemer stands up and recognizes the responsibilities that will come by him becoming a redeemer. 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:54.720 In fact, he sees danger on his own property. 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:57.039 Initially, he had seen an opportunity. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:00.640 He had probably seen the 50 acres Elimelech had left. 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:04.559 He had probably seen how that will be added to his 20 acres. 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:08.799 And he probably was thinking in his mind, after all, Naomi is old. 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:10.480 Very soon she will not be there. 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:13.279 And so what remains is the land and it is mine. 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:19.359 But now Boaz has told him there is a responsibility, there is a cost. 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:25.039 And for this cost, the Redeemer who had the right said no. 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:31.359 Jesus looked at you and he saw the cost and he said yes. 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:35.359 Where people said no, Jesus said yes. 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:40.160 Where people said we cannot tolerate you, Jesus said, I will take that up. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:46.400 Where you fell down and you are full of shame, Jesus said, I'm going to lift you up. 00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:48.559 I am going to embrace you. 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.960 You do not need to change your clothes. 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.200 Your mud is going to be my mad. 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.599 Your tears is going to be my tears. 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:58.160 Your weaknesses are going to be my weaknesses. 00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:05.200 And in all this, I will cause a transformation about you because I am ready to take the cost. 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.839 Jesus took the cost. 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.599 Brothers and sisters, do you know there are some people who are very expensive to keep? 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.240 There are some people who are expensive to keep in every way. 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:33.759 But even when everybody says that one we cannot keep up with, Jesus said, I am going to keep up with this one because I can bear the cost. 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.079 Ah, this rain is good. 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.920 It means we can preach until four. 00:30:56.319 --> 00:31:00.960 So, so we are not going to follow this clock because I don't want you to be rained on. 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:03.039 I am going to preach until it stops. 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.400 When it stops, I release you. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.200 Hallelujah. 00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.640 So that you're not rained on. 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.960 Alright? 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.720 I'm just being fair. 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.160 Hallelujah. 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:30.319 Jesus is not only qualified as your redeemer, but he is willing to pay the cost for your redemption. 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:53.759 And and for this transaction to be done, then there was a ritual there, or the way they did uh transactions is that the person who is now selling or redeeming will remove their sandal and hand it over to this other person, and the transaction or the deal will be closed. 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:58.400 And and and and this man then said, No, I am not going to do it. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:02.640 And he removed his sandal and said, Over to you, Boaz, redeem it. 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:12.240 I am here to tell you, my brothers and sisters, Jesus did more than removing his sandal, Jesus gave his own life for you. 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:21.279 In that transaction, all that was required, if I may demonstrate, was that he only needed to remove a shoe. 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:25.039 Maybe it was even an old shoe, not as new as mine. 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.119 Maybe it illiquim chapa. 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.880 But Jesus did not remove his shoe. 00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:36.319 Jesus gave his precious life and his precious body. 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:42.720 He said for this one, the price is greater than a shoe. 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:45.359 The price is greater than a sandal. 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:52.799 The price tag that Jesus has placed on you is greater than any price tag anybody can ever place on you. 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:54.880 The devil cannot afford you. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:57.119 Sicknesses cannot afford you. 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.680 Things of this world cannot afford you. 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:08.000 Because the price tag that Jesus has placed you for redemption is his own life, his own body. 00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.640 That he went to the cross for you. 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.160 He died for you. 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:17.039 He said, I am stopping at nothing until I redeem this one. 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:23.359 I didn't know this place is very comfortable without one shoe. 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:31.680 And I've never considered even walking around without one shoe, but today I am. 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:40.079 But I want you to know that this Jesus took on your sin, this Jesus bore your curse. 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:43.680 This Jesus carried on him your judgment. 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:57.039 And he did not do this grudgingly, he did this joyfully. 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:25.840 You owe no one no debts because Jesus paid it all on the cross, and that's why we are able to sing today and say, Ah the cross, the cross, where I fell, so the light and the burden of my heart rolled away. 00:34:28.400 --> 00:35:00.400 It was there by faith I received my sight and now I am happy all the day at the cross, at the cross are the cross where I fall saw the light and the burden of my heart rolled away. 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:11.679 It was there by faith I received my sight. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:18.559 And I am happy all the day. 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:30.960 And you're still walking with the burden of your heart. 00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:50.960 You are still gleaning on leftovers, yet your kin's man redeemer has already paid the cost for you, and you are here with us, maybe in the sanctuary, you are online, you are in the pavilion. 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:59.360 This is the moment you accept the gift of the king's man redeemer. 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:09.920 This is the moment you receive this gift of salvation that has cost your kinsman redeemer his very life. 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:21.599 Now we normally do this towards the end of the sermon, but I don't want you to miss what comes next on the next point. 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:31.679 And so you are here, you've not given your life to Jesus Christ, your king's man redeemer, you haven't received this gift from the king's man redeemer. 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:43.920 We are posing for you so that you can come and receive this gift right away in this very moment because the king's man redeemer is calling you. 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.880 Is there someone like that? 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.239 You're saying, Don't be ashamed. 00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.800 You're saying, Pastor, you are talking about me. 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:56.800 I have never received this savior, and you're saying I want to give my life to him now. 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:02.880 Please let me ask these deacons who are here, chair, if you could just come to the front. 00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.199 We have some deacons at the pavilion. 00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.960 Please just stand at the front. 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:12.559 That anybody who wants to receive this redemption, this is the moment. 00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.960 This is the moment. 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:18.159 This King's Man Redeemer is calling you. 00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:28.000 Don't be ashamed because where you are is worse than what he wants to give you now, right here in this place. 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.559 And so I'm giving this opportunity one more time. 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.599 Maybe you are online. 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.400 Let us know. 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:38.159 If you are online and you're saying, I want to give my life to Jesus right now, this is the time. 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:50.800 I want you to stand up wherever you are, gather courage, gather courage and say, I am not leaving this sanctuary today, before I surrender my life to my king's man Redeemer. 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:57.599 You are saying, I am not living, I must receive him today in Jesus' name because he's inviting you. 00:37:57.679 --> 00:38:02.000 And I said earlier, there are people who must give their lives to Christ this year. 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.760 You must surrender your life. 00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:05.760 Jesus has been pursuing you. 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:10.639 This is the year, and probably this is the moment for you. 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:15.039 Is there anyone? 00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.920 This is your opportunity. 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:21.679 Let me know if if there is someone online, please let me know. 00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:27.760 Let me know if there is someone online because this is your moment in Jesus' name. 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.760 And even at the pavilion, let me know. 00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:32.880 Should there somebody come to the front, pray with them? 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:36.800 But also let us know before this service ends, because we want to celebrate you. 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:38.079 We want to celebrate you. 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.440 Who is saying today? 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:43.039 I want to come to this king's man redeemer. 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:50.639 It was there by faith. 00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:55.360 I receive my sigh. 00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.559 You are the one we are waiting for. 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:06.639 Oh, are the cross are the cross. 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.559 We are waiting for you. 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:11.360 The king's man redeemer is waiting for you. 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.599 And he knows you're here. 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.960 He knows you are here. 00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:17.360 He knows you are the one we are talking about. 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.480 He knows that. 00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:23.360 Because he knows the condition of your heart, he knows whom he died for. 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:33.519 So if you are the one, step forward so that today you can receive this gift of salvation in Jesus. 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:38.320 Online, let me know if there is somebody online in Jesus. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.360 Ah, the cross. 00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:12.000 Naim says, Today, I want to give my life to this king's man Redeemer. 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:14.880 And his life will never be the same again. 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:16.960 So I just want to lead him to Christ. 00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:20.400 And just in case there is somebody in the pavilion who has come forward, let me know. 00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:27.280 Ras Naeim, wherever you are, we are celebrating with you, and and we want you to join us in prayer right now. 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:35.119 And and and we want you to, and anyone else who could be online, and even here, maybe you haven't stood, but you're saying, Pastor, it is I. 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:40.320 This Jesus knows you, this kingsman redeemer knows you, and he knows you by name. 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:54.239 And I want you to say, having put your faith in the Lord Jesus, Ras Naim, and anyone else, I want you to say, Lord Jesus, I come to you, I recognize you as my kingsman redeemer. 00:41:54.880 --> 00:42:29.760 And today, by faith, I open my heart so that you can come in and save me and redeem me and become Lord and Savior of my life through your redemption, I receive the forgiveness of sin, and I receive a new life because now I am born again, and I am a child of God in Jesus' name. 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.199 Amen. 00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:36.800 Let us celebrate the King of Kings as we celebrate Ras Naim. 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:40.400 Ras Naim has given his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:45.599 While you're standing there, let me just bring the third, the third uh uh uh uh uh uh point. 00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:51.679 The third characteristic of this redemption is that is the blessing of redemption. 00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:56.320 The blessing of redemption, Jesus secures it fully. 00:42:56.559 --> 00:43:11.679 Look at what happens in verse 11 after Boaz has redeemed Ruth and has redeemed Naomi, and he has taken up the cost willingly and joyfully, and now Naomi has a name to her. 00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.239 This is what happens in verse 11. 00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:26.880 The there is a witness, and in verse 11 they say, and all the people who were at the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses, and now look at what happens to this one who was a widow. 00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:59.599 Initially, she was called the Moabite widow, she was she she was referred to as the widow who came with Naomi, but now the elders are saying, We are witnesses, and now may the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home, may the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Retro and Leah, the two who build the house of Israel, and may you prosper in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem, may your house. 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:11.199 Be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you from this woman, you are blessed. 00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:18.480 And for this, Naomi is around Ruth is now connected to the blessings of Abraham. 00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:22.400 That which was not hers has been has now become hers. 00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:29.920 She is now in the league of Rachel and Leah, the matriarchs of Israel. 00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:36.800 Because of this Redeemer, fruitfulness has been restored over her. 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:41.039 Because of this redeemer, honor has been restored on her. 00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:46.400 Because of this redeemer, now Ruth has a legacy to her name. 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:54.079 Wherever Israel talks about its genealogy and its status, they will talk about Ruth. 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:56.800 Ruth's name will always be mentioned. 00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:02.960 Because it is through Ruth that we get Jesse and we get Obed and we get David. 00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:06.320 And through that lineage we come and get Joseph. 00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:14.480 And through that lineage we get our king's man Redeemer, Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. 00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:25.039 And so with this, brothers and sisters, Jesus has appropriated on each one of us every blessing of the Father. 00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:29.760 We who are not a people, the Bible says, Now we are the people of God. 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:34.800 We who are far away, the Bible says, now we have been brought near. 00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:38.800 We who are strangers to the covenant and the blessings of Abraham. 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:42.400 The Bible says, now we have become partakers. 00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:46.880 And I am here to declare over your life, my brother, my sister, you are blessed. 00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:50.239 Because you have not been redeemed by the blood of goats. 00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:53.840