Building a Legacy
Ruth 4
Part of Ruth—The Thread of Providence
November 26, 2023

Ruth 4:13-22

The almighty and ever-present power of God by which he upholds, as with his hand and heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness prosperity and poverty all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand. —Heidelberg Catechism #27

We can be patient when things go against us, thankful when things go well, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that nothing will separate us from his love. All creatures are so completely in his hand that without his will they can neither move or be moved. —Heidelberg Catechism #28

5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. —Deuteronomy 6:5-9


GENERATIONS & GENOGRAMS

God has been at work in the as well as in the .

This, then, is the family line of Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron,
19 Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
21 Salmon the father of Boaz,
Boaz the father of Obed,
22 Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David. —Ruth 4:18-22

• Jesus earthly family is filled with

, yet God’s was at work.