Sunday Sermon
June 21st 2009
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Scripture: ESV Ruth 1:1-3 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
Sermonic Title: "Father your Family through the Famine"
Sermonic Theme: The providence of God (God will provide.)
Sermonic Subject: Fatherhood (Our paternal Christian responsibility to our family.)
Sermonic Tension: You may die before you complete your assignment as father.
(The ironic providence of God. The irony of this narrative is revealed in verse one it says “a man … went to sojourn in the country of Moab” however verse two says “they …remained.”)
Sermonic Sentence: How you handle your paternal assignment will shape your families image of God.
Sermonic Structure:
I. Father your family by leading them through the famine.
a. Legally there’s a famine. (Lawlessness Judges 21.25)
b. Naturally, there’s a famine. (Ruth 1.1)
c. Spiritually there’s a famine. (Judges 21.25/Ruth 1.1)
II. Father your family by laboring for them in the famine.
a. Naomi name means “pleasure, pleasant and my delight”
b. Mahlon name means “sick”
c. Chilion name means “pinning”
III. Father your family by preparing them for the day you may leave them and the famine.
a. Leave your family real-estate. (Ruth 4.3/ 4.9)
b. Leave your family riches. (Proverbs 13.22)
c. Leave your family connected to the redeemer. (Ruth 2.1)
2 comments:
Ronald, another home run! I can't wait to see the rest of this series. You are really encouraging me to preach series that really challenge me more.
Lance
I've always enjoyed the book of Ruth; being a woman of God, I appreciate the loyalty Ruth had for her mother in law. Everything about this book screams, "women". So on Father's day when you went to this book, I thought, oh, he is going to continue with Ruth. Oh, men, too bad. However, when you introduced the topic, I was quite intrigued. I loved the message, “Father your family through the famine.” When famine came, Elimelech made some adjustments for the preservation of his family. And all according to the providence of God. What a message.
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