The Word From Thurles
Temporada 2
A Recipe For Godliness
The Same Kind Of Faith
Temporada 1
A Bigger Story
A Community Steeped In Hesed
Will He Say Yes?
Naomi Has A Plan
Hesed
Light On The Horizon
Coming Home
por Dr Stephen McAuley
You already have everything you need to live a godly life. You have the faith, you have everything else that is necessary, you have the power of God behind it all and you have all of God's magnificent promises.
In this episode, we begin a new season looking at 2 Peter. Knowing that he's nearing the end of his time on earth, Peter's writing to warn the believers under his care to stay strong. In his introduction, he drops in an interesting thought: we all have the same kind of faith he had.
We've come to the bit where every good love story finishes: “They got married and they all lived happily ever after.” But our storyteller has more to say, for this story is part of a much bigger story.
Bethlehem, in the days of Ruth, shows us what a community of God's people should be like. It also helps us to understand what God is like.
Naomi's risky plan has left us with a beautiful picture of marriage as God intends it to be, but better still, it opens up to us a deeper understanding of God's lovingkindness.
The story of Ruth is really a story about God, the knowledge of whose hesed gives His people the nerve to grab opportunities and take risks in order to show His hesed to the people around them.
The Hebrew word Hesed is one of the most important words in the Bible. It describes how God relates to us and it describes how we ought to relate to one another.
How often, when the days are dark, we are like Naomi. All we can see is the badness. We don't see the glimmers of hope on our horizon and we don’t remember the promises.
Was there a time when some bitter blows from the hand of God and you headed off to try and find happiness with other gods, left God’s place and withdrew from God’s people? It’s time to come home. It might be costly and there are no guarantees that life will be easy but it’s time to return. Back home is where the blessing is.
Did Elimilek do the wrong thing when he took his family to Moab? Was the tragedy that followed a judgement from God? How does God deal with His children wehn they turn their backs on Him anyway? A sermon on Ruth 1:1 – 5