<TITLE>06. Par 31-33</TITLE>L-31 Before reading, I might say this little slogan that I like so well.
If you have rivers that you cannot cross
And you have mountains you cannot go through,
Just remember, God in heaven specializes
In things others cannot do.
I'm reading from the Book of Ruth, the 1st chapter.
Now, it came to pass in the days when the judges rule,... there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judaea went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and... his wife Naomi,... names of his... sons was Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judaea. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband died;... she was left, and her two sons,
And they took them wives of the women of Moab: the name of... one was Orpah,... the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.
Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the women was left... the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
And she arose with her daughter in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she... heard in the... she heard... that the LORD had visit his people in giving them bread.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughter-in-laws with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judaea.
And Naomi said unto her two daughter-in-laws, Go, return each to her mother's house: and the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
And... The LORD grant unto you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voices, and wept.
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb,... that ye may... that may be your husbands?
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons;
Would ye tarry for them until they be grown? would you stay for them... for their... from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sake that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me...
And they lifted up their voices, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her,
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and to her god: return thou after thy sister in law.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, nor to return from following after thee: for where thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people,... thy God shall be my God:
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... me and... of thee and me.

L-33 I want to title this little talk this morning as I teach it, trying to bring a faith to you of redemption, and what it is, and how to receive it. I want to title it: "The Kinsman Redeemer."
Now, to redeem anything is to bring it back, something that's been lost, like put in a pawn shop. And you go down and redeem that, it's redeemed by a price. Then it's your personal property, after you have redeemed it. But the law of redemption in Israel had to be a kinsman to redeem a property or something that had been lost.


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