1 00:00:30,099 --> 00:00:31,059 Were open, plural. 2 00:00:31,779 --> 00:00:33,459 And then it says in the book. 3 00:00:34,339 --> 00:00:36,579 And so I wonder what all them other books are. 4 00:00:37,619 --> 00:00:41,219 There's a place in the Bible that tells us God keeps records of 5 00:00:41,219 --> 00:00:42,379 things and other books. 6 00:00:42,379 --> 00:00:46,979 I don't know if he has a library or not, but it says the book, 7 00:00:47,859 --> 00:00:52,659 the book was written, and whosoever was not found written in 8 00:00:52,659 --> 00:00:53,939 that book, the book of life. 9 00:00:54,739 --> 00:00:57,979 And so that's the most important place that you have your 10 00:00:57,979 --> 00:01:01,299 name to make sure it was recorded and thank God, because we're 11 00:01:01,299 --> 00:01:02,339 saved by grace. 12 00:01:03,459 --> 00:01:05,539 God doesn't have to erase. 13 00:01:05,539 --> 00:01:08,179 If he had to get saved over and over and over again, he'd have 14 00:01:08,179 --> 00:01:11,019 to write it down, then erase it, and then write it down again 15 00:01:11,019 --> 00:01:12,019 and then erase it. 16 00:01:12,179 --> 00:01:14,419 I mean, kidding you, that's kind of silly, isn't it? 17 00:01:14,419 --> 00:01:15,139 Ridiculous. 18 00:01:15,459 --> 00:01:16,979 But Jesus paid it all. 19 00:01:18,339 --> 00:01:20,499 We're paid for, bought, paid for. 20 00:01:21,459 --> 00:01:24,739 And so if your name's written down and you say, I hope it is, that's 21 00:01:24,739 --> 00:01:25,259 not good enough. 22 00:01:25,259 --> 00:01:30,049 You don't want to hope because after you die, there's no names written 23 00:01:30,049 --> 00:01:30,209 there. 24 00:01:30,209 --> 00:01:31,609 They're already in the book. 25 00:01:32,089 --> 00:01:33,449 And so you need to make sure. 26 00:01:33,449 --> 00:01:35,369 You say, well, how can you be so sure? 27 00:01:35,449 --> 00:01:38,169 Well, you've got to make up your mind whether you're going to 28 00:01:38,169 --> 00:01:39,289 believe the Bible or not. 29 00:01:39,929 --> 00:01:43,049 And the Bible tells us very clearly these things are written 30 00:01:43,049 --> 00:01:48,329 that you may know you have eternal life, and yet you ask people 31 00:01:48,329 --> 00:01:49,129 all the time. 32 00:01:49,129 --> 00:01:51,689 And most of the time their answer will be, well, I sure hope 33 00:01:51,689 --> 00:01:52,009 so. 34 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:53,199 I think so. 35 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:55,039 I believe it might be. 36 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:56,079 I'm trying. 37 00:01:56,399 --> 00:01:59,719 And all those people are still wondering if they're going to make 38 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:00,319 it or not. 39 00:02:00,959 --> 00:02:06,239 Well, in Christ we are accepted in the beloved and all our 40 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:06,999 sins are forgiven. 41 00:02:06,999 --> 00:02:08,799 That's the glory of the gospel. 42 00:02:08,959 --> 00:02:10,959 I mean, gospel means good news. 43 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:13,239 What would be the good news? 44 00:02:13,239 --> 00:02:15,839 If you can be saved, if you trust Christ. 45 00:02:15,839 --> 00:02:18,639 But you better behave yourself or you might not make it. 46 00:02:19,749 --> 00:02:21,909 Man, you go from that big smile to a frown. 47 00:02:22,869 --> 00:02:26,909 And so we're not serving God out of fear that we might not get 48 00:02:26,909 --> 00:02:30,709 to heaven if we don't serve God, we're serving God out of love. 49 00:02:32,229 --> 00:02:35,389 God first loved us, and we love him. 50 00:02:35,389 --> 00:02:38,389 Take your Bible and go to the book of Ruth. 51 00:02:38,389 --> 00:02:42,629 A little big book of Ruth, only four chapters, but my. 52 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:43,789 It's one of my favorite. 53 00:02:43,789 --> 00:02:46,639 And I want to preach to you this morning. 54 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:49,719 And I'm going to finish it actually next Sunday night. 55 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:51,519 Brother Cox preaching next Sunday morning. 56 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:54,559 And then I'm going to finish this up Sunday night. 57 00:02:55,279 --> 00:02:59,759 And it's some things in this little book that changed my life. 58 00:03:00,399 --> 00:03:04,159 And I hope it'll help you and change your life and get you to thinking 59 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:05,599 the Book of Ruth. 60 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:06,799 Now let me ask you a question. 61 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:10,799 Have you ever wasted any time in your life? 62 00:03:12,219 --> 00:03:13,659 Kind of ridiculous, isn't it? 63 00:03:14,299 --> 00:03:15,899 You ever wasted any money? 64 00:03:18,059 --> 00:03:20,939 How'd you like to have all the money back that you wasted? 65 00:03:22,299 --> 00:03:24,619 Have you ever wasted opportunities? 66 00:03:26,619 --> 00:03:31,099 You had a great opportunity and you missed it because you began 67 00:03:31,099 --> 00:03:32,099 to second guess. 68 00:03:32,099 --> 00:03:33,739 Or maybe you were late. 69 00:03:34,619 --> 00:03:35,819 That's another message. 70 00:03:35,819 --> 00:03:39,559 But being on time has a lot to do with success in life. 71 00:03:40,599 --> 00:03:42,279 A lot of people get there too late. 72 00:03:42,839 --> 00:03:47,959 A lot of battles, wars could have changed had people gotten there 73 00:03:48,279 --> 00:03:49,399 at the right time. 74 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:52,599 Can you imagine Jesus ever being late? 75 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:54,039 Oh, sorry. 76 00:03:54,759 --> 00:03:56,039 I was running behind today. 77 00:03:56,039 --> 00:03:56,999 I'm a little late. 78 00:03:57,879 --> 00:03:59,399 And I know it's a challenge. 79 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:03,669 Most of us can't brag about how we never late. 80 00:04:04,469 --> 00:04:10,629 But what about wasted time, wasted years? 81 00:04:12,149 --> 00:04:13,189 The Book of Ruth. 82 00:04:14,309 --> 00:04:18,869 This great big book of four chapters. 83 00:04:20,389 --> 00:04:22,629 I preached a lot of sermons from this book. 84 00:04:23,749 --> 00:04:27,149 One of the greatest women in the Bible started out. 85 00:04:27,149 --> 00:04:28,189 She wasn't even saved. 86 00:04:28,189 --> 00:04:31,119 You know Ruth, Ruth was a Moabitess. 87 00:04:31,119 --> 00:04:35,279 She lived in a land of false gods and idol worship. 88 00:04:35,999 --> 00:04:39,359 She got saved after she met Naomi. 89 00:04:39,359 --> 00:04:41,119 She says, I want to know your God. 90 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:43,999 I want to follow you. 91 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:46,079 Her sister said, no, I'm going back. 92 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:52,359 But Ruth, my, what an amazing life. 93 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:55,759 And what an amazing passage of scripture she actually became. 94 00:04:56,299 --> 00:04:59,819 In the lineage of Christ, she married Boaz. 95 00:05:00,859 --> 00:05:04,699 Boaz is one of the greatest types of Christ in all the Bible. 96 00:05:04,939 --> 00:05:08,579 When you read the Bible, look for Jesus on any page, whatever book 97 00:05:08,579 --> 00:05:11,899 you're in, whether it's Genesis or Revelation, try to look 98 00:05:11,899 --> 00:05:15,979 and find something, someone that reminds you of Christ. 99 00:05:16,779 --> 00:05:18,859 The Bible is about Jesus Christ. 100 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:22,769 We find him all the way in the book of Genesis. 101 00:05:23,729 --> 00:05:27,929 From the very beginning, when he said, let there be light, Jesus 102 00:05:27,929 --> 00:05:28,929 said, I am the light. 103 00:05:30,049 --> 00:05:30,849 I am the light. 104 00:05:30,849 --> 00:05:35,169 It started out with darkness, and he said there was light. 105 00:05:35,489 --> 00:05:38,329 But there was two things that happened between the darkness and 106 00:05:38,329 --> 00:05:38,649 the light. 107 00:05:38,649 --> 00:05:46,289 If you go back in Genesis 1, it says the Spirit of God moved upon 108 00:05:46,289 --> 00:05:47,489 the face of the deep. 109 00:05:49,169 --> 00:05:50,769 And God said, let there be light. 110 00:05:51,889 --> 00:05:56,649 God said, the word of God, you have darkness, the word of God, the 111 00:05:56,649 --> 00:06:00,729 spirit of God, and then light right in that middle there. 112 00:06:00,729 --> 00:06:03,888 That's what brings the light into the world. 113 00:06:03,888 --> 00:06:05,089 It's what brings the light. 114 00:06:05,409 --> 00:06:07,809 And our country had that light at one time. 115 00:06:07,889 --> 00:06:11,889 We still have those of us who know Christ, but our country said 116 00:06:11,889 --> 00:06:13,529 we don't need any light anymore. 117 00:06:13,529 --> 00:06:15,349 We love darkness rather than Light. 118 00:06:16,549 --> 00:06:17,829 And that's where we are today. 119 00:06:18,549 --> 00:06:23,029 And our kids are being taught to love darkness and that. 120 00:06:23,029 --> 00:06:24,789 That's the normal and that's the best. 121 00:06:25,829 --> 00:06:28,949 And you know what happened as the result of that. 122 00:06:29,909 --> 00:06:34,069 But wasted money, wasted effort, wasted words. 123 00:06:34,229 --> 00:06:35,589 You ever waste words? 124 00:06:36,389 --> 00:06:38,229 What about wasting your parents? 125 00:06:40,239 --> 00:06:43,359 Do you ever wish you could go back and tell Mommy you love her 126 00:06:43,359 --> 00:06:44,159 one more time? 127 00:06:44,239 --> 00:06:47,999 You could have done it so many times, but you wasted those words, 128 00:06:48,879 --> 00:06:50,079 wasted your father. 129 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:53,679 You ever think about that? 130 00:06:56,879 --> 00:07:00,479 But without a doubt, I think the greatest waste is time. 131 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:03,159 Our life is so short. 132 00:07:03,159 --> 00:07:06,159 I don't think I have to convince anybody of that. 133 00:07:07,259 --> 00:07:08,059 Life is short. 134 00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:11,819 Can you believe next month we'll be already half through this 135 00:07:11,819 --> 00:07:12,139 year? 136 00:07:13,899 --> 00:07:14,299 Already. 137 00:07:16,539 --> 00:07:21,979 Life is so short and it's so unpredictable and it's so fragile. 138 00:07:23,259 --> 00:07:27,019 And yet many times we waste some of the best years of our life. 139 00:07:28,139 --> 00:07:29,339 You don't want to do that. 140 00:07:29,819 --> 00:07:34,569 And the Bible tells us how we can keep from wasting those lives, 141 00:07:34,569 --> 00:07:35,289 those years. 142 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:42,089 But what if we could take back all those things that we lost? 143 00:07:42,489 --> 00:07:44,529 I knew I was going to grow old one day. 144 00:07:44,529 --> 00:07:46,809 But I thought it would take longer than what it did. 145 00:07:50,089 --> 00:07:57,489 There's one thing that nobody has plenty of and that's time, the 146 00:07:57,489 --> 00:07:58,289 songwriter said. 147 00:07:58,289 --> 00:08:02,199 I got up on Sunday morning, went to church at 10. 148 00:08:03,559 --> 00:08:06,759 I listened to the words I'd heard time and time again. 149 00:08:07,559 --> 00:08:11,319 The preacher spoke of simple lives it seems he spoke of mine. 150 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:14,839 But I was young, I had plenty of time. 151 00:08:16,279 --> 00:08:19,799 I walked on down life's pathway, living as I wished to live. 152 00:08:20,439 --> 00:08:23,319 How to beat the other fellow, how to get what life could give. 153 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:26,279 Making money isn't sinful, Having fun is not a crime. 154 00:08:26,359 --> 00:08:27,639 So I'll just wait. 155 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:29,959 I've got plenty of time. 156 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:34,759 Plenty of time to decide where I'm bound. 157 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:39,559 To eternal darkness or to heaven's grounds. 158 00:08:40,439 --> 00:08:42,919 I'm just a young man not yet in my prime. 159 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:46,279 So I'll just wait, I've got plenty of time. 160 00:08:48,039 --> 00:08:53,479 Before I knew what happened, life scenes had passed away and millions 161 00:08:53,479 --> 00:08:57,859 stood before God's throne, for it was judgment day. 162 00:08:59,219 --> 00:09:01,299 Now eternal darkness beckons. 163 00:09:01,299 --> 00:09:04,019 And the name it calls is mine. 164 00:09:05,619 --> 00:09:07,379 I thought I had plenty of time. 165 00:09:08,899 --> 00:09:10,099 Eternity waits. 166 00:09:10,499 --> 00:09:14,099 I've got plenty of time to think of all the days that Christ 167 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:15,299 could have been mine. 168 00:09:16,419 --> 00:09:17,779 Now my time is over. 169 00:09:18,419 --> 00:09:20,099 Earth's days are left behind. 170 00:09:22,109 --> 00:09:24,269 You and I have plenty of time. 171 00:09:24,349 --> 00:09:27,389 Now I've got nothing but plenty of time. 172 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:30,029 The Book of Ruth, Chapter one. 173 00:09:30,029 --> 00:09:34,949 It says it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled that there 174 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:37,669 was a famine in the land. 175 00:09:37,669 --> 00:09:39,309 You might want to underline that word. 176 00:09:39,389 --> 00:09:43,269 You know, there's other kinds of famine than just famine of hunger. 177 00:09:43,269 --> 00:09:46,989 Famine or food not having enough food. 178 00:09:48,179 --> 00:09:50,419 Most of us know nothing of that. 179 00:09:52,179 --> 00:09:52,739 Nothing. 180 00:09:53,459 --> 00:09:54,739 We just think we do. 181 00:09:56,019 --> 00:10:00,099 We sometimes tell our wife or our husband, oh, I'm starving. 182 00:10:01,459 --> 00:10:04,659 Most of us don't know what that means, really. 183 00:10:04,659 --> 00:10:06,259 It's just a figure of speech. 184 00:10:06,499 --> 00:10:10,659 We can get pretty hungry, but there was a famine. 185 00:10:10,659 --> 00:10:14,999 But, you know, sometimes there can be famines of finances. 186 00:10:15,639 --> 00:10:17,959 We seem like we have things going okay. 187 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:18,439 Security. 188 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:23,079 And the Bible warns us about don't put your trust in riches, uncertain 189 00:10:23,079 --> 00:10:23,559 riches. 190 00:10:24,519 --> 00:10:28,519 And sometimes we have financial famines we go through. 191 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:30,119 Things happen we didn't expect. 192 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:35,719 Now we have to kind of refigure the figure, so to speak. 193 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:42,669 Sometimes God has to put us in those places of famine to remind 194 00:10:42,669 --> 00:10:50,989 us he's our security, not the government, not money, not our stocks 195 00:10:50,989 --> 00:10:51,749 and bonds. 196 00:10:54,149 --> 00:10:54,949 Just like that. 197 00:10:54,949 --> 00:10:55,909 They can be gone. 198 00:10:58,069 --> 00:10:59,669 It's not a sin to have things. 199 00:11:00,389 --> 00:11:03,589 It's not a sin to have good finances. 200 00:11:04,469 --> 00:11:06,229 But don't build your life on those. 201 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:09,599 Enjoy them if God gives them to you. 202 00:11:10,639 --> 00:11:14,559 But don't get consumed with the blessing and forget about the 203 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:15,199 blesser. 204 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:20,639 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all 205 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:23,398 these things shall be added unto you. 206 00:11:23,398 --> 00:11:24,759 But there was a famine. 207 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:27,359 Sometimes there can be emotional famine. 208 00:11:27,359 --> 00:11:32,039 We call it depression, where we go through a time in our life 209 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:36,639 when it just seems like everything's going wrong and everything's 210 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:36,959 bad. 211 00:11:38,959 --> 00:11:41,279 Marriages can go through famines. 212 00:11:42,719 --> 00:11:45,999 You love your mate, but you're not in love with them. 213 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:48,239 There's a famine going on. 214 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:51,199 Something's missing. 215 00:11:53,039 --> 00:11:56,239 Revival in marriages could really make a difference. 216 00:11:57,599 --> 00:11:59,159 There's all kinds of famines. 217 00:11:59,159 --> 00:12:00,799 There's spiritual famines. 218 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:03,759 Sometimes God hides his face. 219 00:12:03,759 --> 00:12:05,239 He never leaves us. 220 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:07,319 He never, ever leaves us. 221 00:12:07,719 --> 00:12:10,319 He knows exactly where we are at any moment. 222 00:12:10,319 --> 00:12:11,479 We belong to Him. 223 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:13,319 He's invested in us. 224 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:14,919 We belong to Him. 225 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,479 If you're saved, if you've been born again, if you've only been 226 00:12:19,479 --> 00:12:23,559 born once, you're going to have to die twice, physical and then 227 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:24,199 eternal. 228 00:12:25,639 --> 00:12:31,469 But if you're born twice, physical and a spiritual birth, you 229 00:12:31,469 --> 00:12:32,389 only die once. 230 00:12:33,189 --> 00:12:34,549 And that's really not a death. 231 00:12:35,669 --> 00:12:41,949 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, a 232 00:12:41,949 --> 00:12:43,709 Christian really doesn't die. 233 00:12:43,709 --> 00:12:46,229 We just leave our body behind and go on to be with Jesus. 234 00:12:46,789 --> 00:12:49,749 As from the body present with the Lord. 235 00:12:50,549 --> 00:12:52,189 There's all kinds of famines. 236 00:12:52,189 --> 00:12:56,919 But here was a famine in the land of not enough to eat. 237 00:12:58,119 --> 00:13:05,399 And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, the Place of bread, 238 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:06,759 place of praise. 239 00:13:07,479 --> 00:13:09,958 And so it says, they went to sojourn. 240 00:13:10,839 --> 00:13:15,479 You might want to write that, underline that word or circle sojourn. 241 00:13:16,119 --> 00:13:20,849 It means just to visit for a little while in the country of Moab. 242 00:13:22,129 --> 00:13:24,449 It's a good thing to get used to looking up words. 243 00:13:24,449 --> 00:13:25,569 You're not sure what they mean. 244 00:13:25,569 --> 00:13:26,929 You know what Moab means? 245 00:13:27,249 --> 00:13:28,209 It was a place. 246 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:33,169 But the word Moab means the place of ease. 247 00:13:35,489 --> 00:13:37,809 And let me tell you something, that's another message. 248 00:13:38,369 --> 00:13:41,009 There's no such place as the place of ease. 249 00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:46,499 The word always says, if you'll live here, it'll be much easier. 250 00:13:47,699 --> 00:13:50,819 If you'll go here, it'll be much easier if you'll do this. 251 00:13:51,139 --> 00:13:53,539 Everybody wants to find an easy place. 252 00:13:53,619 --> 00:14:00,379 It doesn't exist in this world, but yet we keep falling for 253 00:14:00,379 --> 00:14:03,059 it, and we keep trying to find it and follow after it. 254 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:04,979 Somewhere where it's easy. 255 00:14:07,379 --> 00:14:08,459 Well, that's what they did. 256 00:14:08,459 --> 00:14:16,269 They went to Moab, He, Elimelech and his wife Naomi. 257 00:14:17,949 --> 00:14:19,469 And they had two sons. 258 00:14:20,829 --> 00:14:24,389 The name of the man was Elimelech, which means, my God is 259 00:14:24,389 --> 00:14:29,549 king, and yet there's a famine on the land and he's in Panic City. 260 00:14:30,909 --> 00:14:32,589 And he said, we got to get out of here. 261 00:14:35,229 --> 00:14:38,879 The name of the wife was Naomi. 262 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:41,759 Her name means pleasant. 263 00:14:43,439 --> 00:14:46,159 In the next chapter, or near the end of this chapter, actually. 264 00:14:46,159 --> 00:14:46,799 Won't go there. 265 00:14:46,799 --> 00:14:47,719 We'll get there in a minute. 266 00:14:47,719 --> 00:14:52,719 But she got away from God and she came back home with Ruth. 267 00:14:52,719 --> 00:14:56,799 And she said everybody just kind of went out to meet her and 268 00:14:57,439 --> 00:14:59,799 said, it's Naomi. 269 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:01,999 And she said, don't ever call me Naomi again. 270 00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:04,159 She wasn't smiling when she said it. 271 00:15:05,159 --> 00:15:08,919 She said, call me Marah, which means bitter. 272 00:15:11,479 --> 00:15:12,119 Bitter. 273 00:15:14,279 --> 00:15:17,479 Interesting that her name changed. 274 00:15:19,079 --> 00:15:21,839 Naomi wasn't pleasant anymore. 275 00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:22,919 Not yet she will be. 276 00:15:22,919 --> 00:15:28,359 But the name of the two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, those are interesting, 277 00:15:28,439 --> 00:15:29,359 strange names. 278 00:15:29,359 --> 00:15:33,379 One means sickly and one means pining. 279 00:15:34,499 --> 00:15:42,179 So she had two sons that were sick, pining, weak. 280 00:15:47,699 --> 00:15:52,659 Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah, and they came into the country 281 00:15:52,659 --> 00:15:54,699 of Moab, the place of ease. 282 00:15:54,699 --> 00:15:55,779 And then what does it say? 283 00:15:56,349 --> 00:15:58,749 They continued there. 284 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:01,709 First of all, they sojourned. 285 00:16:03,549 --> 00:16:05,229 This is going to go for a little while. 286 00:16:06,589 --> 00:16:10,669 Well, now, this sojourning, they're taking more time. 287 00:16:12,349 --> 00:16:13,909 And then very quickly. 288 00:16:13,909 --> 00:16:16,389 It's kind of interesting how fast it changed. 289 00:16:16,389 --> 00:16:20,109 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, you say? 290 00:16:20,109 --> 00:16:21,469 Well, he would have died anyway. 291 00:16:21,549 --> 00:16:22,269 I don't know. 292 00:16:23,789 --> 00:16:24,669 I don't know that. 293 00:16:24,669 --> 00:16:25,709 And you don't either. 294 00:16:25,789 --> 00:16:26,909 And you. 295 00:16:26,909 --> 00:16:28,669 And I don't know when we're going to die. 296 00:16:29,309 --> 00:16:31,189 If you're saved, we don't dread it. 297 00:16:31,189 --> 00:16:36,549 Death is not something to be dreaded as Christians, by the way. 298 00:16:36,549 --> 00:16:41,589 If we're scratching, clawing and screaming our way to keep from 299 00:16:41,589 --> 00:16:44,749 dying, what kind of testimony is that to a lost world? 300 00:16:45,229 --> 00:16:46,349 We're going to heaven. 301 00:16:47,469 --> 00:16:48,829 Yeah, I want to live long. 302 00:16:49,069 --> 00:16:50,429 I want to enjoy my family. 303 00:16:50,669 --> 00:16:53,589 There's still things I. Oh, on my spiritual bucket list. 304 00:16:53,589 --> 00:16:55,149 Do you have one of those, by the way? 305 00:16:56,269 --> 00:16:57,789 A spiritual bucket list? 306 00:16:57,949 --> 00:16:59,629 Nothing wrong with having a bucket list. 307 00:16:59,629 --> 00:17:02,309 One day you'd like to do this and visit here and go there. 308 00:17:02,309 --> 00:17:03,189 Nothing wrong with that. 309 00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:07,229 But do you have a spiritual bucket list that you'd like to win 310 00:17:07,949 --> 00:17:09,789 someone to Christ before you die? 311 00:17:09,789 --> 00:17:11,469 Or maybe another one? 312 00:17:13,149 --> 00:17:14,109 Or another one. 313 00:17:15,069 --> 00:17:16,749 Maybe you have a bucket list. 314 00:17:16,749 --> 00:17:20,379 You'd like to sing in the choir one day or teach Sunday school 315 00:17:20,379 --> 00:17:21,419 class one day. 316 00:17:22,379 --> 00:17:24,779 Or you'd like to win your family to Christ. 317 00:17:26,939 --> 00:17:28,859 Spiritual read through the Bible. 318 00:17:29,419 --> 00:17:32,739 I won't ask you to raise your hand, but how many of you read through 319 00:17:32,739 --> 00:17:34,139 the Bible from COVID to cover? 320 00:17:35,659 --> 00:17:37,739 Doesn't mean you're not a good Christian if you don't. 321 00:17:38,059 --> 00:17:39,979 Doesn't mean you're a good Christian if you do. 322 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:42,699 I'm just asking, be a good thing. 323 00:17:42,939 --> 00:17:46,509 But before I die, I'd like to say, yeah, I've read all the way 324 00:17:46,509 --> 00:17:47,189 through the Bible. 325 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:51,669 But they continued there. 326 00:17:54,549 --> 00:18:02,629 And her husband died and she was left, and her two sons, now it 327 00:18:02,629 --> 00:18:03,749 says they took them. 328 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:05,909 Wives of the women of Moab. 329 00:18:07,269 --> 00:18:08,829 Her sons were Christians. 330 00:18:08,829 --> 00:18:12,229 They served God and were waiting and looking for the Messiah. 331 00:18:13,469 --> 00:18:15,029 He said, well, how could they be saved? 332 00:18:15,029 --> 00:18:16,509 Jesus hadn't died yet. 333 00:18:17,549 --> 00:18:20,189 Well, there's only one way to be saved, that's through Christ. 334 00:18:21,149 --> 00:18:27,389 They either believed he was coming to die or he came to die. 335 00:18:28,989 --> 00:18:30,509 They were saved on credit. 336 00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:31,869 We're saved on cash. 337 00:18:32,509 --> 00:18:33,149 Okay? 338 00:18:34,909 --> 00:18:38,229 It took just as much of faith to them to believe that Jesus, one 339 00:18:38,229 --> 00:18:41,659 day God was going to send his son the Messiah. 340 00:18:42,939 --> 00:18:44,139 And they believed that. 341 00:18:44,139 --> 00:18:45,179 Not all of them. 342 00:18:45,499 --> 00:18:48,539 A Jew's not going to heaven just because he's Jewish. 343 00:18:48,859 --> 00:18:50,459 He still has to be saved. 344 00:18:52,219 --> 00:18:55,299 And some of the hardest people in the world to win are Jewish people 345 00:18:55,299 --> 00:18:56,899 because they believe, because they're Jewish. 346 00:18:56,899 --> 00:19:02,139 They got a reserved seat and we ought to weep over them. 347 00:19:03,739 --> 00:19:07,499 The Apostle Paul said, I wish myself accursed for my kinsman's 348 00:19:07,499 --> 00:19:07,819 sake. 349 00:19:08,599 --> 00:19:12,559 In other words, he would be willing to die without Christ if 350 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:14,639 all of his brothers could be saved. 351 00:19:14,639 --> 00:19:16,439 That's kind of deep, isn't it? 352 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:23,719 But they Took wives. 353 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:32,839 The two sons, women of Moab were. 354 00:19:33,649 --> 00:19:34,929 They were not a Christian nation. 355 00:19:35,969 --> 00:19:43,729 She had two Christian boys that married unsaved women. 356 00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:46,489 The Bible tells us about that. 357 00:19:46,489 --> 00:19:47,169 But some people. 358 00:19:47,409 --> 00:19:48,369 Yeah, I know, but. 359 00:19:48,849 --> 00:19:52,449 I know, but I really love him. 360 00:19:52,449 --> 00:19:53,649 Or I really love her. 361 00:19:54,049 --> 00:19:55,609 And they'll get saved later. 362 00:19:55,609 --> 00:19:57,489 Or I'll tell them about Jesus later. 363 00:19:59,659 --> 00:20:01,819 You know that's very foolish, don't you? 364 00:20:03,899 --> 00:20:06,899 That's why you need to be careful that you don't date unsaved 365 00:20:06,899 --> 00:20:07,259 people. 366 00:20:08,699 --> 00:20:15,659 Are you listening, young people, you say, well, how do I know? 367 00:20:16,379 --> 00:20:17,099 Find out. 368 00:20:17,259 --> 00:20:17,979 Ask them. 369 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:21,579 Most of the time they'll say, oh, yeah, yeah, I'm saved. 370 00:20:22,139 --> 00:20:23,339 How'd you get saved? 371 00:20:23,899 --> 00:20:24,619 I don't know. 372 00:20:25,389 --> 00:20:26,909 It just kind of happened one day. 373 00:20:27,229 --> 00:20:28,669 That's not how you get saved. 374 00:20:30,749 --> 00:20:33,869 That's not how you get saved by just waiting on something to happen. 375 00:20:34,749 --> 00:20:37,309 You put your faith in something that already happened. 376 00:20:37,949 --> 00:20:45,349 Christ, his life, his death, his burial, his resurrection in the 377 00:20:45,349 --> 00:20:45,989 God, man. 378 00:20:45,989 --> 00:20:47,149 That's how you get saved. 379 00:20:51,719 --> 00:20:55,319 But they married unsaved women. 380 00:20:56,999 --> 00:20:59,239 And the name of one was Orpah. 381 00:20:59,879 --> 00:21:03,159 Not Oprah, but Orpah. 382 00:21:03,159 --> 00:21:03,799 Okay. 383 00:21:05,879 --> 00:21:07,399 Another interesting name. 384 00:21:08,839 --> 00:21:12,039 Orpah means the back of my neck. 385 00:21:14,839 --> 00:21:15,799 That's what it means. 386 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:17,249 You know why? 387 00:21:18,609 --> 00:21:22,769 Because in a few minutes, Ruth says, I'm going with you, Naomi. 388 00:21:23,809 --> 00:21:25,169 And she said, I'm going back. 389 00:21:25,169 --> 00:21:26,929 The other one said, I'm going back to Moab. 390 00:21:27,169 --> 00:21:30,369 And all they saw was the back of her neck as she walked away. 391 00:21:33,409 --> 00:21:35,209 Strange that that's what her name meant. 392 00:21:35,209 --> 00:21:36,729 You say, well, I don't know about that. 393 00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,009 Well, okay, but that's just what her name meant. 394 00:21:39,569 --> 00:21:40,209 We don't know. 395 00:21:40,209 --> 00:21:43,129 People probably never got saved so close. 396 00:21:43,929 --> 00:21:45,529 Just as close as Ruth was. 397 00:21:46,569 --> 00:21:51,129 She probably heard the same testimony, the same things that Naomi 398 00:21:51,129 --> 00:21:51,849 shared with him. 399 00:21:54,489 --> 00:21:56,409 And the name of the other was Ruth. 400 00:21:58,569 --> 00:22:04,809 Ruth means companion or friend. 401 00:22:07,209 --> 00:22:10,409 Some even think it might even be related to the word grace. 402 00:22:11,169 --> 00:22:14,489 Ruth, because she wasn't saved. 403 00:22:14,489 --> 00:22:17,889 Because she was a better woman than her sister. 404 00:22:19,009 --> 00:22:21,129 No, we're not saved by being good or bad. 405 00:22:21,129 --> 00:22:23,089 We're saved by what you do with Christ. 406 00:22:25,649 --> 00:22:26,768 That's all that matters. 407 00:22:26,768 --> 00:22:28,129 What you do with Jesus. 408 00:22:28,529 --> 00:22:31,769 That's the most important thing you say. 409 00:22:31,769 --> 00:22:33,329 Well, I haven't made up my mind. 410 00:22:33,329 --> 00:22:35,729 Jesus said, if you're not for me, you're against me. 411 00:22:37,819 --> 00:22:39,179 He already said, I'm for you. 412 00:22:39,179 --> 00:22:40,219 But are you for me? 413 00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:42,539 He died for you. 414 00:22:42,699 --> 00:22:45,019 He died for people who will never be saved. 415 00:22:47,259 --> 00:22:49,099 You say, well, then I just need to believe. 416 00:22:49,179 --> 00:22:53,339 No, the Bible says the devil believes you need to receive Christ 417 00:22:53,339 --> 00:22:57,579 to as many as Received him to them, gave you power to become the 418 00:22:57,579 --> 00:22:58,539 sons of God. 419 00:22:59,499 --> 00:23:00,699 You know you're a sinner. 420 00:23:00,699 --> 00:23:01,019 Good. 421 00:23:01,419 --> 00:23:02,299 That's a good thing. 422 00:23:02,459 --> 00:23:03,499 The hardest thing to. 423 00:23:03,819 --> 00:23:05,499 You know why it's so hard to win people? 424 00:23:05,799 --> 00:23:06,919 Because they don't think they're lost. 425 00:23:09,239 --> 00:23:11,559 They think, well, I'm just as good as you are, Preach. 426 00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:12,839 Guess what? 427 00:23:13,799 --> 00:23:14,919 I'm not the standard. 428 00:23:14,919 --> 00:23:15,959 That's not good enough. 429 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:19,919 Only Christ is the standard. 430 00:23:19,919 --> 00:23:21,399 When you're as good as Jesus. 431 00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:24,159 Never even had a bad thought. 432 00:23:24,159 --> 00:23:26,039 Jesus never had to say, I'm sorry. 433 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:29,919 He never said, whoops, if you're that good, you can probably 434 00:23:29,919 --> 00:23:30,999 go right into heaven. 435 00:23:32,689 --> 00:23:35,169 But if you're not, you're lost. 436 00:23:40,049 --> 00:23:49,369 Ruth, she chose to follow her mother in law, but actually she was 437 00:23:49,369 --> 00:23:50,249 following God. 438 00:23:50,249 --> 00:23:52,129 She says, I want to know you are God. 439 00:23:52,689 --> 00:23:54,129 I'll show you that in a moment. 440 00:23:54,449 --> 00:23:57,409 But then the Bible says, they dwelt there 10 years. 441 00:23:57,929 --> 00:24:00,569 Sojourn continued. 442 00:24:01,129 --> 00:24:05,049 And then in verse four, they dwelled there 10 years. 443 00:24:05,529 --> 00:24:07,369 How'd you like to have 10 years back? 444 00:24:08,889 --> 00:24:10,409 Say, I don't know. 445 00:24:10,409 --> 00:24:14,088 Well, when you get older you say, I would sure like to have 10 446 00:24:14,088 --> 00:24:14,729 years back. 447 00:24:16,729 --> 00:24:17,929 I'm 72. 448 00:24:18,969 --> 00:24:20,969 I don't know if I'll see 82 or not. 449 00:24:21,129 --> 00:24:24,339 Maybe not worried about it. 450 00:24:24,339 --> 00:24:25,619 I'm living by faith. 451 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:28,019 Enjoying the ride. 452 00:24:28,019 --> 00:24:30,099 I already got a mansion prepared. 453 00:24:33,299 --> 00:24:34,499 I'm not looking forward. 454 00:24:35,219 --> 00:24:38,699 You know, I think it was Charles Swindoll. 455 00:24:38,699 --> 00:24:39,379 Not long ago. 456 00:24:40,419 --> 00:24:41,699 He said, I am not. 457 00:24:42,179 --> 00:24:43,139 How did he put it? 458 00:24:43,379 --> 00:24:45,219 He said, I'm not afraid to die. 459 00:24:45,219 --> 00:24:47,299 I just don't want to be there when it happens. 460 00:24:50,209 --> 00:24:51,249 We don't know how we're going to die. 461 00:24:51,249 --> 00:24:52,769 But listen, let me tell you something. 462 00:24:53,169 --> 00:24:55,329 God will give grace when you need it. 463 00:24:56,289 --> 00:24:58,529 God doesn't give us grace to put in the bank. 464 00:24:58,529 --> 00:25:00,129 Grace to put in the shoebox. 465 00:25:00,129 --> 00:25:01,249 Slide it under the bed. 466 00:25:02,049 --> 00:25:05,608 God says, when you need grace, you need grace to live. 467 00:25:05,608 --> 00:25:06,129 Amen. 468 00:25:06,209 --> 00:25:07,809 That's how you get saved, by grace. 469 00:25:08,369 --> 00:25:12,289 And when it's time for you to go home, if you know Christ as your 470 00:25:12,289 --> 00:25:15,249 personal savior, he'll give you the grace. 471 00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:17,429 So don't worry about it. 472 00:25:18,469 --> 00:25:19,509 Enjoy the ride. 473 00:25:21,349 --> 00:25:26,669 But they dwelt there 10 years and then it says, and Mahlon and 474 00:25:26,669 --> 00:25:28,149 Chilion died also. 475 00:25:29,589 --> 00:25:31,749 So she lost a husband and two sons. 476 00:25:32,949 --> 00:25:36,549 And now you have these two women who were married. 477 00:25:37,829 --> 00:25:39,989 Now they're single, they're lost. 478 00:25:45,199 --> 00:25:47,039 And she was left, the three of them. 479 00:25:48,479 --> 00:25:53,759 Then she arose with her daughters in law that she might return 480 00:25:53,999 --> 00:25:55,599 from the country of Moab. 481 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:59,879 So she's going home, she's going Back to Bethlehem, Judah, where 482 00:25:59,879 --> 00:26:01,279 there was a famine. 483 00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:09,609 Because she heard that there was bread now in the land to return 484 00:26:09,689 --> 00:26:10,409 to the country. 485 00:26:10,889 --> 00:26:16,209 For she had heard how God had visited his people, giving them the 486 00:26:16,209 --> 00:26:16,569 bread. 487 00:26:16,569 --> 00:26:20,089 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was and her 488 00:26:20,089 --> 00:26:22,249 two daughters in law with her. 489 00:26:22,409 --> 00:26:26,849 And they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 490 00:26:26,849 --> 00:26:32,489 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, go, return each 491 00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:34,309 to her mother's house. 492 00:26:34,549 --> 00:26:41,189 What is that the same Naomi that we sometimes look at as a heroine? 493 00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:45,349 Well, she's going to get some priorities straightened out and she's 494 00:26:45,349 --> 00:26:46,949 going to become a great mother in law. 495 00:26:47,509 --> 00:26:49,789 But this was when she was backslidden. 496 00:26:49,789 --> 00:26:52,149 She hadn't been where she should have been for 10 years. 497 00:26:53,109 --> 00:26:54,709 She was out of the will of God. 498 00:26:56,789 --> 00:26:58,709 She should have stayed in the will of God. 499 00:26:58,869 --> 00:27:04,139 It's better to stay in the will of God if there's a famine than 500 00:27:04,139 --> 00:27:08,139 to get out of the will of God where they got fullness of bread. 501 00:27:08,699 --> 00:27:10,059 Now, that's easy to preach. 502 00:27:11,179 --> 00:27:13,099 It's a little difficult to practice. 503 00:27:13,979 --> 00:27:19,659 When things go wrong, you start wondering and then you start 504 00:27:20,699 --> 00:27:21,499 wandering. 505 00:27:25,579 --> 00:27:30,389 10 years and now she wants to send them back. 506 00:27:31,269 --> 00:27:32,869 They're not even saved yet. 507 00:27:35,109 --> 00:27:39,829 You want to send them back where they'll never hear about the 508 00:27:39,829 --> 00:27:41,189 one and only true God. 509 00:27:42,629 --> 00:27:42,989 Yeah. 510 00:27:42,989 --> 00:27:44,629 And the Lord deal kindly with you. 511 00:27:44,709 --> 00:27:51,189 God's not going to deal kindly with two women going back away from 512 00:27:51,189 --> 00:27:56,239 God as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 513 00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:59,679 The Lord grants you that you may find rest. 514 00:28:01,039 --> 00:28:03,599 There is no rest outside of Jesus Christ. 515 00:28:04,879 --> 00:28:08,999 You might sleep good, but there's no rest in your soul and 516 00:28:08,999 --> 00:28:12,239 in your heart and in your life without Christ. 517 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:17,919 Jesus says, come unto me, all you that are tired and heavy laden, 518 00:28:19,199 --> 00:28:20,399 and I'll give you rest. 519 00:28:22,939 --> 00:28:28,779 When Naomi's not giving good advice, be careful who you take advice 520 00:28:28,859 --> 00:28:29,259 from. 521 00:28:30,219 --> 00:28:30,859 Amen. 522 00:28:31,259 --> 00:28:31,859 Be careful. 523 00:28:31,859 --> 00:28:36,939 God can use good godly people to say, here's what I think you ought 524 00:28:36,939 --> 00:28:37,339 to do. 525 00:28:37,419 --> 00:28:39,819 There's nothing wrong with that, but just make sure. 526 00:28:41,099 --> 00:28:42,979 As far as you know, only God knows. 527 00:28:42,979 --> 00:28:46,819 But as far as you know that person is serving God, that they're 528 00:28:46,819 --> 00:28:47,659 in the will of God. 529 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:48,459 They love God. 530 00:28:48,459 --> 00:28:49,459 They're not ashamed. 531 00:28:51,459 --> 00:28:52,539 They know where they're going. 532 00:28:52,539 --> 00:28:53,939 They know how they're gonna get there. 533 00:28:55,219 --> 00:29:00,419 Be careful when you ask advice from other people. 534 00:29:01,459 --> 00:29:03,379 I did not say, don't ever do that. 535 00:29:04,419 --> 00:29:05,299 God can work. 536 00:29:05,299 --> 00:29:06,219 God can use that. 537 00:29:06,219 --> 00:29:07,619 He's used people in my life. 538 00:29:08,899 --> 00:29:09,539 Amen. 539 00:29:11,779 --> 00:29:14,739 The Lord grant you that you may find rest, each of you, in the 540 00:29:14,739 --> 00:29:15,779 house of her husband. 541 00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:21,679 Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept. 542 00:29:22,399 --> 00:29:23,999 Now that's a good sign. 543 00:29:24,479 --> 00:29:25,839 They had a tender heart. 544 00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:30,959 I don't know that Naomi had a tender heart. 545 00:29:31,759 --> 00:29:34,879 She has burdened, broken, confused. 546 00:29:35,679 --> 00:29:40,239 But she's telling her daughter in laws, go on back home. 547 00:29:42,969 --> 00:29:43,689 And they wept. 548 00:29:43,769 --> 00:29:48,169 And they said unto her, surely we will return with thee unto thy 549 00:29:48,169 --> 00:29:48,489 people. 550 00:29:51,609 --> 00:29:52,889 Naomi said, again. 551 00:29:53,049 --> 00:29:53,849 Turn again. 552 00:29:54,009 --> 00:29:54,729 Turn around. 553 00:29:56,409 --> 00:29:58,969 My daughters, will you go with me? 554 00:29:58,969 --> 00:30:02,409 Or are there yet any more sons in my womb that you may. 555 00:30:03,129 --> 00:30:04,809 That may be your husbands. 556 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:06,729 Turn again, man. 557 00:30:06,729 --> 00:30:07,209 She's. 558 00:30:07,589 --> 00:30:08,349 She's on a mission. 559 00:30:08,349 --> 00:30:11,109 And my daughters, go your way. 560 00:30:13,989 --> 00:30:16,309 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man. 561 00:30:17,349 --> 00:30:19,349 At the end thereof are the ways of death. 562 00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:25,349 The Bible says most of us, our problem is we want to do it our way 563 00:30:26,949 --> 00:30:28,309 instead of God's way. 564 00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:34,719 She said, I'm too old to have husband. 565 00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:36,919 If I should say I have hope. 566 00:30:36,919 --> 00:30:40,719 If I should have an husband also tonight and should bear sons, 567 00:30:40,719 --> 00:30:43,999 also bear sons, would you tarry for them till they were grown? 568 00:30:45,759 --> 00:30:48,879 Would you stay for them from having husbands? 569 00:30:49,919 --> 00:30:54,199 Nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sake that 570 00:30:54,199 --> 00:30:58,799 the hand of God, the hand of the Lord has gone out against me. 571 00:30:58,879 --> 00:31:00,399 I want you to understand that. 572 00:31:01,839 --> 00:31:03,279 She didn't say against us. 573 00:31:03,679 --> 00:31:05,439 She didn't say against my husband. 574 00:31:05,679 --> 00:31:08,079 I don't really know now, are you listening? 575 00:31:09,999 --> 00:31:14,239 I don't know, but it's something to think about that God 576 00:31:14,319 --> 00:31:15,519 might use in our life. 577 00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:20,999 Was it Elimelech, Naomi's husband? 578 00:31:20,999 --> 00:31:23,919 Was he the one that decided, we're getting out of here because 579 00:31:23,919 --> 00:31:24,879 there's a famine? 580 00:31:26,249 --> 00:31:27,049 Or was it her? 581 00:31:28,729 --> 00:31:33,569 Was he a backslidden husband and leader and wasn't leading well, 582 00:31:33,569 --> 00:31:36,809 and said, back up, we're going. 583 00:31:37,849 --> 00:31:41,609 And maybe Naomi could have been a submissive wife and said, 584 00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:43,689 well, okay. 585 00:31:45,049 --> 00:31:46,809 Or could it have turned around? 586 00:31:48,169 --> 00:31:54,209 Maybe her husband was passive and weak and didn't really know God 587 00:31:54,209 --> 00:31:58,009 that well, and she was kind of ruling the roofs and said, we're 588 00:31:58,009 --> 00:32:00,889 going, honey, whether you like it or not. 589 00:32:02,489 --> 00:32:05,049 The Bible doesn't say I'm not adding to Scripture. 590 00:32:05,129 --> 00:32:06,569 But it is interesting. 591 00:32:07,209 --> 00:32:09,289 Cause she's going to say it again in a moment. 592 00:32:10,089 --> 00:32:12,809 She says, God hath dealt bitterly with me. 593 00:32:15,689 --> 00:32:16,089 Me. 594 00:32:16,729 --> 00:32:20,979 It's almost like she's saying, we got into this mess because of 595 00:32:20,979 --> 00:32:21,299 me. 596 00:32:24,659 --> 00:32:27,139 Again, I'm not being dogmatic about that. 597 00:32:28,099 --> 00:32:31,019 But I know in a lot of families the men are not leading 598 00:32:31,019 --> 00:32:32,099 the way they should lead. 599 00:32:33,539 --> 00:32:34,659 They're to follow Christ. 600 00:32:34,739 --> 00:32:37,459 The wife should follow her husband, and the husband should follow 601 00:32:37,459 --> 00:32:37,859 Christ. 602 00:32:40,339 --> 00:32:43,739 Sometimes Women have to lead the way because their husband is 603 00:32:43,739 --> 00:32:45,869 not interested in spiritual things or. 604 00:32:45,939 --> 00:32:47,779 Or they're not even saved many times. 605 00:32:48,659 --> 00:32:53,339 And so a woman has to raise the kids to love God and live for 606 00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:53,659 God. 607 00:32:53,659 --> 00:32:57,139 We ought to pray for situations like that, or single mothers 608 00:32:57,139 --> 00:32:58,339 or single fathers. 609 00:33:03,379 --> 00:33:06,819 I can't resist from chasing this rabbit. 610 00:33:07,699 --> 00:33:13,709 But, ladies, you have a lot of influence on your husband and husbands. 611 00:33:13,709 --> 00:33:15,469 You have a lot of influence on your wives. 612 00:33:17,149 --> 00:33:20,909 And the Bible tells men to love their wives as Christ loved 613 00:33:20,909 --> 00:33:22,829 the church and gave himself for it. 614 00:33:28,909 --> 00:33:32,349 She said, the lord in verse 13 has gone out against me. 615 00:33:32,749 --> 00:33:35,149 And they lifted up their voice and wept again. 616 00:33:35,549 --> 00:33:38,109 So this is not an easy thing going on here. 617 00:33:39,389 --> 00:33:43,469 And Orpah kissed her mother in law goodbye. 618 00:33:43,469 --> 00:33:47,069 But Ruth clave unto her. 619 00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:54,309 And she said, behold, thy sister in law is gone. 620 00:33:54,309 --> 00:33:58,269 Back unto her people and unto her gods. 621 00:33:58,589 --> 00:34:05,519 Little G, return thou after thy sister, boy. 622 00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:08,599 She is determined to try to get Ruth to go. 623 00:34:09,959 --> 00:34:11,799 But God had plans for Ruth. 624 00:34:13,559 --> 00:34:16,599 He could have also had plans for Orpah. 625 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:20,519 You see, everybody has a decision, ladies and gentlemen. 626 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:26,199 You can blame anybody you want to, but you have the freedom to decide. 627 00:34:27,479 --> 00:34:29,319 And you don't have to just guess. 628 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:35,279 The Bible says he will give you all the counsel that you want. 629 00:34:37,119 --> 00:34:38,559 All you got to do is ask. 630 00:34:39,279 --> 00:34:43,159 You have a Bible not only that tells us how to live, but even gives 631 00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:46,519 us illustrations of people, what happened to them when they didn't 632 00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:47,279 live for God. 633 00:34:47,279 --> 00:34:50,599 And then it has people in the Bible what happens when they did 634 00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:51,439 live for God. 635 00:34:52,959 --> 00:34:56,159 So you have a Bible that even has pictures in it. 636 00:35:02,688 --> 00:35:03,968 In Ruth, verse 16. 637 00:35:04,048 --> 00:35:05,048 You know this verse? 638 00:35:05,048 --> 00:35:06,288 It's very famous. 639 00:35:07,088 --> 00:35:12,928 Ruth said, entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following 640 00:35:13,008 --> 00:35:13,768 after thee. 641 00:35:13,768 --> 00:35:15,768 For whither thou goest, I will go. 642 00:35:15,768 --> 00:35:18,128 And where thou lodgest, I will lodge. 643 00:35:18,208 --> 00:35:22,468 Thy people shall be my people and thy God, my God. 644 00:35:24,938 --> 00:35:28,138 I don't know if she was saved right there in that verse or not. 645 00:35:29,098 --> 00:35:32,698 I think probably before this, she realized the light came on. 646 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:36,698 And she realized her past and her present and her future. 647 00:35:37,658 --> 00:35:39,338 And she said, I'm going with you. 648 00:35:40,378 --> 00:35:44,218 And I'm going to serve your God, who is now my God. 649 00:35:46,538 --> 00:35:48,538 Where thou diest will I die. 650 00:35:48,538 --> 00:35:49,898 And there will I be buried. 651 00:35:50,058 --> 00:35:51,418 The Lord do so to me. 652 00:35:51,418 --> 00:35:54,368 And more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 653 00:35:55,799 --> 00:35:56,479 And look at this. 654 00:35:56,479 --> 00:36:06,279 When she, Naomi, saw that she, Ruth, was steadfastly minded, she 655 00:36:06,279 --> 00:36:07,119 made up her mind. 656 00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:10,039 She didn't say, well, I just can't make up my mind. 657 00:36:10,679 --> 00:36:12,039 I don't know what to do. 658 00:36:12,999 --> 00:36:15,559 No, she said, I've already made up my mind. 659 00:36:17,479 --> 00:36:22,819 Multitudes today are in the valley of decisions trying to make 660 00:36:22,819 --> 00:36:26,939 up their mind if I'm going to serve God or do what I want to do. 661 00:36:27,579 --> 00:36:31,819 By the way, you don't give up anything to follow Jesus. 662 00:36:33,499 --> 00:36:34,779 Most people think you do. 663 00:36:34,779 --> 00:36:36,779 Well, I don't know if I'm ready to give up everything. 664 00:36:37,018 --> 00:36:40,659 Hey, I don't even remember what I had when I got Christ into 665 00:36:40,659 --> 00:36:41,259 my life. 666 00:36:41,739 --> 00:36:42,779 I don't even remember. 667 00:36:42,859 --> 00:36:44,219 I didn't give up anything. 668 00:36:46,789 --> 00:36:47,989 I mean, not worth mentioning. 669 00:36:47,989 --> 00:36:51,109 It was just a bunch of junk and tricks and deceits. 670 00:36:53,189 --> 00:36:56,309 I met Jesus and I got everything. 671 00:36:58,149 --> 00:37:02,029 I didn't say, oh, well, I guess I'll give up all that good 672 00:37:02,029 --> 00:37:04,629 stuff and follow Jesus. 673 00:37:05,109 --> 00:37:06,869 I'll be a good little Christian. 674 00:37:07,189 --> 00:37:08,309 Are you kidding me? 675 00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:12,629 You ever met anybody in their life that said they were sorry they 676 00:37:12,629 --> 00:37:13,589 became a Christian? 677 00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:17,879 You ever meet anybody who said, I wish I'd been a Christian 678 00:37:17,879 --> 00:37:18,479 sooner? 679 00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:22,359 You ever met anybody who got saved and got away from God for a 680 00:37:22,359 --> 00:37:26,799 while and they came back and said, I wish so bad I'd not wasted 681 00:37:26,799 --> 00:37:29,199 those years wandering around the world? 682 00:37:33,759 --> 00:37:36,399 She was steadfastly minded to go with her. 683 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:37,599 Then she left. 684 00:37:37,679 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaking unto her, Naomi said, all right, I won't bring it up anymore. 685 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:41,199 Let's go. 686 00:37:42,699 --> 00:37:43,659 She made up her mind. 687 00:37:44,299 --> 00:37:45,819 Some of you need to do that today. 688 00:37:46,859 --> 00:37:51,379 You got one foot in the world and one foot in the word of God or 689 00:37:51,379 --> 00:37:55,659 the Bible, and you can't decide where to put both feet at. 690 00:37:58,139 --> 00:37:59,259 You might not be saved. 691 00:37:59,259 --> 00:37:59,859 I don't know. 692 00:37:59,859 --> 00:38:03,619 I'm not here to try to make you doubt your salvation. 693 00:38:03,619 --> 00:38:07,339 But, hey, if anybody can make you doubt your salvation, it's better 694 00:38:07,339 --> 00:38:13,179 to doubt it now and get it settled than to wait till after you 695 00:38:13,179 --> 00:38:18,219 die and wake up in hell and say, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish. 696 00:38:18,779 --> 00:38:19,619 If I had only. 697 00:38:19,619 --> 00:38:20,379 If I had only. 698 00:38:20,379 --> 00:38:21,819 I was that close, I almost. 699 00:38:25,979 --> 00:38:31,179 So they went, they two went together until they came to Bethlehem. 700 00:38:32,939 --> 00:38:36,829 And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all 701 00:38:36,909 --> 00:38:38,989 the city was moved about them. 702 00:38:39,389 --> 00:38:40,429 That's interesting. 703 00:38:40,669 --> 00:38:43,229 The whole city welcomed them back. 704 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:47,229 And they said, is this Naomi? 705 00:38:47,949 --> 00:38:49,709 They didn't hardly recognize her. 706 00:38:51,389 --> 00:38:58,589 You know, sometimes, and I hesitate to say this, but sometimes 707 00:38:59,069 --> 00:39:02,829 people can get so far away from God that they look different. 708 00:39:04,469 --> 00:39:05,189 They look hard. 709 00:39:06,709 --> 00:39:08,869 They don't have the glow they used to have. 710 00:39:09,989 --> 00:39:11,749 They don't seem to smile as much. 711 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:12,709 They don't have the joy. 712 00:39:12,709 --> 00:39:13,909 They look kind of rough. 713 00:39:14,149 --> 00:39:17,789 Not everybody, but I'm just saying, my wife and I Have noticed 714 00:39:17,789 --> 00:39:22,149 that through the years because we were there when they got saved. 715 00:39:22,149 --> 00:39:25,069 And then they left for a long time without God and without the 716 00:39:25,069 --> 00:39:26,389 church and without the Bible. 717 00:39:26,629 --> 00:39:29,839 And we saw them again, and we look at each other and go, oh, no. 718 00:39:31,279 --> 00:39:33,839 You say, well, that's not going to happen to me. 719 00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:42,919 Is this Naomi? 720 00:39:42,919 --> 00:39:45,119 And she said unto them, call me not Naomi. 721 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:47,839 So she must have had some real true repentance. 722 00:39:47,839 --> 00:39:49,679 She said, don't even go there. 723 00:39:50,879 --> 00:39:51,879 Call me Mara. 724 00:39:51,879 --> 00:39:54,599 For the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with. 725 00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:55,359 There it is again. 726 00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:55,759 Me. 727 00:39:57,069 --> 00:39:59,149 She could have said, yeah, my dumb husband. 728 00:39:59,629 --> 00:40:02,069 It was his idea for us to move to Moab. 729 00:40:02,069 --> 00:40:04,909 And I went along, as a good Christian wife should do. 730 00:40:05,709 --> 00:40:06,749 It's his fault. 731 00:40:08,589 --> 00:40:13,789 No, she said, God hath spake to me. 732 00:40:14,109 --> 00:40:16,189 Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. 733 00:40:17,069 --> 00:40:18,909 That's one way, you know, There's a lot of ways. 734 00:40:18,909 --> 00:40:21,629 But another way, you know for sure you're saved is you get away 735 00:40:21,629 --> 00:40:22,269 from God. 736 00:40:22,919 --> 00:40:24,639 God's going to chasten you. 737 00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:25,759 He's going to spank you. 738 00:40:25,759 --> 00:40:27,239 He's going to discipline you. 739 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,519 Some people go out in the world and they don't miss the church 740 00:40:31,519 --> 00:40:33,839 or the Bible or they used to be singing the choir and they used 741 00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:34,639 to teach Sunday school. 742 00:40:34,639 --> 00:40:38,279 And they're out and gone and they seem to be prospering and happier 743 00:40:38,279 --> 00:40:45,559 and fine, they just kind of look that way, but they're not. 744 00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:48,519 It's all a pretense. 745 00:40:49,649 --> 00:40:51,089 But God doesn't spank them. 746 00:40:55,409 --> 00:40:56,289 They're not his. 747 00:40:57,169 --> 00:41:00,929 You wouldn't let some stranger spank your kids, would you? 748 00:41:01,409 --> 00:41:04,929 Parents, would you do that? 749 00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:08,769 Would you let some other parent grab your kid and begin to 750 00:41:08,769 --> 00:41:10,289 wear them out and spank them? 751 00:41:11,489 --> 00:41:12,929 That's ridiculous, isn't it? 752 00:41:14,779 --> 00:41:17,659 God doesn't spank unsaved people. 753 00:41:18,699 --> 00:41:19,659 He doesn't have to. 754 00:41:19,659 --> 00:41:24,339 Their sin will find them out when it takes its course. 755 00:41:24,339 --> 00:41:26,059 Sin when it is finished. 756 00:41:26,699 --> 00:41:30,619 We look at people, wonder how they get away with it, because it's 757 00:41:30,619 --> 00:41:31,339 not finished yet. 758 00:41:31,339 --> 00:41:36,699 When it's sin, when it is finished bringeth forth death. 759 00:41:39,659 --> 00:41:41,339 God says, I don't want you to do that. 760 00:41:42,349 --> 00:41:43,109 I want to bless you. 761 00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:44,269 I want to take care of you. 762 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:48,029 I want to supply your needs. 763 00:41:50,349 --> 00:41:53,589 I'm going to preach on the rest on this, chapter two, the Lord 764 00:41:53,589 --> 00:41:55,469 willing, next Sunday night, if God leads. 765 00:41:55,469 --> 00:41:59,429 But she meets Boaz, and I mean, she falls madly in love with 766 00:41:59,429 --> 00:42:00,829 Boaz, Ruth does. 767 00:42:02,829 --> 00:42:07,469 And she's out gleaning in a field, and he looks at her and goes, 768 00:42:07,629 --> 00:42:08,109 wow. 769 00:42:10,439 --> 00:42:17,799 And the Bible says that Ruth started gleaning picking up sheaves 770 00:42:17,799 --> 00:42:20,439 of wheat in Boaz's field. 771 00:42:20,439 --> 00:42:22,599 And Boaz came up to her. 772 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,559 They hadn't got married yet, but they will soon. 773 00:42:26,119 --> 00:42:31,079 And he said to her, don't go gleaning another field. 774 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:32,199 Stay right here. 775 00:42:33,079 --> 00:42:33,639 Right in. 776 00:42:33,639 --> 00:42:34,679 This is my property. 777 00:42:34,679 --> 00:42:35,119 Right here. 778 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:35,959 It's a square. 779 00:42:37,909 --> 00:42:39,149 Don't go anywhere else. 780 00:42:39,149 --> 00:42:40,549 I don't care how it looks. 781 00:42:40,789 --> 00:42:41,949 I don't care how you think. 782 00:42:41,949 --> 00:42:42,789 It's much better. 783 00:42:42,869 --> 00:42:44,629 Grass is greener on the other side. 784 00:42:44,629 --> 00:42:45,349 Forget it. 785 00:42:46,149 --> 00:42:48,709 What he was saying is, I love you and I'm going to take care of 786 00:42:48,709 --> 00:42:48,869 you. 787 00:42:48,869 --> 00:42:49,989 She didn't know that yet. 788 00:42:50,309 --> 00:42:52,189 But he said, don't go to another field. 789 00:42:52,189 --> 00:42:54,709 You ever heard the expression, stay in the box? 790 00:42:56,149 --> 00:42:58,309 I'll tell you something before you hear that. 791 00:42:58,309 --> 00:43:01,269 Usually they say you got to think outside the box. 792 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:03,439 You ever heard that? 793 00:43:03,439 --> 00:43:04,639 I have, many times. 794 00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:08,479 Because if you think it, you'll do it. 795 00:43:08,799 --> 00:43:10,079 You fall the way you lean. 796 00:43:10,079 --> 00:43:11,199 You lean the way you think. 797 00:43:14,079 --> 00:43:19,119 And Boaz is going to tell her to stay within that square. 798 00:43:19,279 --> 00:43:23,679 You say, well, okay, but it sounds like a prison to me. 799 00:43:24,959 --> 00:43:26,799 That's how deceptive the devil is. 800 00:43:26,959 --> 00:43:28,959 The prison's out there, not in here. 801 00:43:31,529 --> 00:43:38,249 I will walk at liberty, for I seek thy precepts, the Commandments. 802 00:43:39,929 --> 00:43:41,449 That's where the real liberty is. 803 00:43:41,449 --> 00:43:42,729 That's where the good life is. 804 00:43:42,729 --> 00:43:46,209 That's where the joy is that doesn't depend on people or things 805 00:43:46,209 --> 00:43:47,209 or circumstances. 806 00:43:47,449 --> 00:43:49,769 That's the good life staying in the box. 807 00:43:54,819 --> 00:43:56,019 Call me, not Naomi. 808 00:43:57,059 --> 00:43:59,939 Mar Almighty hath dealt very bitterly. 809 00:44:00,259 --> 00:44:01,019 Verse 21. 810 00:44:01,019 --> 00:44:01,619 We're almost through. 811 00:44:01,619 --> 00:44:02,579 I went out full. 812 00:44:03,459 --> 00:44:05,859 And the Lord hath brought me home again, empty. 813 00:44:05,859 --> 00:44:09,299 I thought she went out empty and wanted to come back full. 814 00:44:10,019 --> 00:44:16,899 Well, she realized she already had more than unsaved people have. 815 00:44:16,899 --> 00:44:20,019 I went out full, even though there was a famine. 816 00:44:20,429 --> 00:44:22,029 God was still taking care of us. 817 00:44:24,189 --> 00:44:25,629 And I've come home empty. 818 00:44:26,269 --> 00:44:31,709 Why then call ye me, Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against 819 00:44:31,709 --> 00:44:32,029 me. 820 00:44:32,029 --> 00:44:32,829 There it is again. 821 00:44:33,229 --> 00:44:34,909 And Almighty hath afflicted me. 822 00:44:34,909 --> 00:44:36,268 There it is again, four times. 823 00:44:36,268 --> 00:44:41,469 So Naomi returned, and Ruth, the Moabitess, her daughter in law, 824 00:44:41,629 --> 00:44:44,749 with her, which returned out of the country of Moab. 825 00:44:45,149 --> 00:44:49,789 And they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. 826 00:44:50,189 --> 00:44:53,979 And when you read about harvest in the Bible, it always speaks 827 00:44:53,979 --> 00:44:59,699 of revival, of blessing, of joy, when you're where you're supposed 828 00:44:59,699 --> 00:45:03,259 to be, even if it don't feel like it. 829 00:45:03,259 --> 00:45:05,539 We don't live by feeling, ladies and gentlemen. 830 00:45:05,539 --> 00:45:06,738 We live by faith. 831 00:45:08,259 --> 00:45:09,779 Feelings are deceptive. 832 00:45:10,099 --> 00:45:12,579 Your feelings can change in seconds. 833 00:45:12,899 --> 00:45:16,219 You could be on top of the mountain and Five seconds later on 834 00:45:16,219 --> 00:45:18,339 the bottom the valley. 835 00:45:20,659 --> 00:45:23,739 It's hard to not follow your feelings. 836 00:45:23,739 --> 00:45:26,259 I know that from experience. 837 00:45:26,499 --> 00:45:31,539 I know that sometimes it feels right, but it's not right. 838 00:45:32,898 --> 00:45:38,339 It takes faith to say, I'm staying, I'm going to trust God. 839 00:45:38,419 --> 00:45:39,699 Right in the middle of the famine. 840 00:45:39,939 --> 00:45:41,059 God already promised. 841 00:45:41,059 --> 00:45:42,219 We sang it a moment ago. 842 00:45:42,219 --> 00:45:46,719 Standing on the promises that cannot stand Listening every moment 843 00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:52,039 to the spirit's call Resting in my Savior as my all in all Standing 844 00:45:52,039 --> 00:45:53,519 on the promises of God. 845 00:45:58,399 --> 00:45:59,479 That's what it's all about. 846 00:45:59,479 --> 00:46:00,319 Not feeling. 847 00:46:01,439 --> 00:46:02,559 It takes faith. 848 00:46:02,879 --> 00:46:04,239 Where does faith come from? 849 00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:06,519 Anybody know? 850 00:46:06,519 --> 00:46:10,639 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 851 00:46:11,399 --> 00:46:16,599 So the devil wants to keep you out of the Bible in any way and every 852 00:46:16,599 --> 00:46:17,399 way he can. 853 00:46:19,399 --> 00:46:21,799 Most Christians do not read the Bible every day. 854 00:46:22,679 --> 00:46:25,719 They may pray for faith, but the Bible says faith doesn't come 855 00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:26,439 by prayer. 856 00:46:27,399 --> 00:46:29,959 I don't know that it would be a sin to say, lord, give me more 857 00:46:29,959 --> 00:46:30,359 faith. 858 00:46:30,599 --> 00:46:33,039 But I think if we say, lord, give me more faith, he's probably 859 00:46:33,039 --> 00:46:37,399 gonna hand you this book because this is where your faith 860 00:46:37,559 --> 00:46:38,999 resources are, right in here. 861 00:46:41,499 --> 00:46:45,339 And you don't just read it, you do it. 862 00:46:47,099 --> 00:46:51,499 Truth changes nothing until it is applied. 863 00:46:53,579 --> 00:46:56,539 You know why it's so hard for you to read the Bible every day? 864 00:46:58,379 --> 00:47:00,699 Because if you do, you're going to have faith. 865 00:47:02,059 --> 00:47:05,789 And that faith is going to hold you steady when your feelings 866 00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:07,349 is saying do the opposite. 867 00:47:08,629 --> 00:47:10,229 But you're going to be grounded. 868 00:47:11,909 --> 00:47:14,829 That's why it's so important to find a church that preaches the 869 00:47:14,829 --> 00:47:15,669 word of God. 870 00:47:17,349 --> 00:47:20,469 Not what people want to hear, but what they need to hear. 871 00:47:23,109 --> 00:47:27,029 I know I've said enough, but that just falls out, doesn't it? 872 00:47:27,029 --> 00:47:29,709 Where do you get to chapter two next Sunday night if the Lord 873 00:47:29,709 --> 00:47:31,829 doesn't come, even so come Lord Jesus. 874 00:47:32,849 --> 00:47:36,529 But if he doesn't come next Sunday night, you'll be amazed in 875 00:47:36,529 --> 00:47:37,249 chapter two. 876 00:47:38,449 --> 00:47:39,809 Go ahead and read it if you want to. 877 00:47:40,449 --> 00:47:42,849 Then you can sleep that night. 878 00:47:42,849 --> 00:47:43,809 No, I'm just kidding. 879 00:47:43,809 --> 00:47:44,609 Just kidding. 880 00:47:44,769 --> 00:47:45,489 Just kidding. 881 00:47:46,929 --> 00:47:48,689 I woke a few people up just then. 882 00:47:48,689 --> 00:47:49,169 That was. 883 00:47:49,409 --> 00:47:50,409 Should have done that again. 884 00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:51,089 Just kidding. 885 00:47:51,569 --> 00:47:53,849 Let's stand with our heads bowed and eyes closed. 886 00:47:53,849 --> 00:47:56,289 We're getting ready to leave here in just a minute or two. 887 00:47:58,859 --> 00:48:03,259 Don't waste any more time wandering around looking for an easier 888 00:48:03,339 --> 00:48:03,739 place. 889 00:48:05,579 --> 00:48:08,339 Listen, you're not going to find a better place than in the will 890 00:48:08,339 --> 00:48:08,859 of God. 891 00:48:09,659 --> 00:48:14,099 No one will ever find a place better than to be in the will of 892 00:48:14,099 --> 00:48:14,459 God. 893 00:48:15,739 --> 00:48:18,899 And if you're in the word of God, you're in the will of God if 894 00:48:18,899 --> 00:48:21,419 you're obeying, trust and obey. 895 00:48:23,109 --> 00:48:27,989 When I sing a verse of invitation I have decided to follow 896 00:48:27,989 --> 00:48:33,869 Jesus Decided, decided, made up my mind the world behind me, the 897 00:48:33,869 --> 00:48:37,189 cross before me Though no one joined, still I will follow.