February 23, 2020
The Hesed of God in the Horrors of Life
- Ruth 1:1-21
- Brock Graham
The one thing we need to continue to gaze at with the greatest clarity we can possibly have is the beauty, majesty, and faithful loving-kindness of God. There is a Hebrew word all through the Old Testament on this faithful, loving-kindness of God and it is the word "hesed."
We start a 4-week series through the book of Ruth. This book is titled Ruth but it's not ultimately about Ruth. Or Boaz. Or Naomi. This is a book about the faithful loving-kindness of God - to His people in their specific circumstances and to His promise in the grand narrative of redemptive history. Ruth's hesed to Naomi and Boaz's hesed to Ruth all come in the shadow of God's hesed to His people.
And so for the next 4 weeks, let's dive into a study of the hesed of God - His loving kindness to each of us in the circumstances of life and to it's fullest understanding in His loving-kindness to us in the grand redemptive story of the coming of Jesus the Savior-King.