If you are a virtuous woman, you will attract virtuous people! People will know.

Ruth was actually very interested in the nation of Israel. Her understanding of the Israelites was like that of Chinese who particularly want to go to the United States and know everything about American universities. Ruth's understanding of the nation of Israel far exceeded her understanding of her own nation. When sharing the first chapter, although the Bible does not fully record it, the lines reveal that Ruth's understanding of the nation of Israel and the God behind the nation of Israel was very rich.

Ruth knew that the nation of Israel had a custom, which was that no tribe or family was allowed to be cut off from that generation. Why did she follow Naomi? Was she coming to Israel with Naomi for tourism? No. Ruth thought, Since I married my husband, I must pass on descendants for him. Ruth was very clear about the inheritance of descendants, but now only she and Naomi were left in her husband's family. What did Ruth come to Israel with Naomi to do? Ruth must have been thinking that she would do whatever her mother-in-law told her to do.

Ruth knew very well the customs of the Israelites, that is, if the men in the family died and there were no descendants, they would find the closest relative to have offspring from him, and then this offspring would be registered under the name of her deceased husband, so as to inherit the descendants and status of her husband's family. Do not think that Ruth's idea is just a physical inheritance. This way of thinking runs through the entire Bible. When you read carefully, you will find that the word descendant is a very, very magical word. When God chose Abraham, He said, Through you and your descendants all nations on earth will be blessed. The same was said to Isaac, Through you and your descendants all nations on earth will be blessed. When it came to Jacob, this responsibility fell on Jacob, and God still said, Through you and your descendants all nations on earth will be blessed. Naomi must have passed on the stories written in Genesis to Ruth. Before Naomi passed it on to Ruth, Ruth's own reverence for God and the materials she collected about the God of Israel also had a great influence on Ruth. Through you and your descendants all nations on earth will be blessed such an idea has taken deep root in Ruth's heart. Ruth thought, I want to have my descendants, and my descendants will bless all nations. In fact, Ruth's nation was Moab, the descendants of Lot and his daughters, originally a cursed nation, but Ruth, a remarkable girl, came from such a nation. She began to have such a deep understanding of the God of Israel. When she came among the Israelites, in addition to seeking God, she also had a very clear motive, which was to pass on descendants for her family. If not, she would not have come to Israel, and if not, she would not have looked for Boaz. If Boaz was not a close relative of her husband, she would never have married Boaz. Ruth's purpose in marrying Boaz was not to marry into a wealthy family, but to redeem the property originally owned by her parents-in-law from a close relative, and also to pass on descendants for her parents-in-law. A person with such a mentality is a remarkable person. Why is she a remarkable person? Because of Ruth's knowledge of the God of the Israelites, she said that the God of the Israelites is the eternal God, so since He is the eternal God, He can make me live forever, so that I can see my descendants. My descendants will be a blessing to all nations, and this will become the descendant of Abraham. When you slowly understand, you will find that if there is no concept of eternity in our hearts, there is no concept of descendants. Why? Anyway, I am already dead, and descendants have nothing to do with us. Is it related? It is related. Without the concept of descendants, there is no concept of mission. Without the concept of mission, what do you pass on? Nothing can be passed on. When a person learns from Ruth, he must learn, first, that she knows that the God of Israel is the eternal God, so she followed Naomi here. She also knows that the God of Israel is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and also makes Israel and his descendants a blessing to all nations and all people. This is a very important mentality. If today you are a Christian and only think about making yourself live well, then you will definitely not live well. Why? Because that mentality is not the mentality that the Bible wants you to have. The correct mentality should be that I and my descendants will be a blessing to all nations. Such mentality is the mentality that blesses you.

Today, the problem with Chinese people is not any other problem, it is the problem of extreme selfishness. After hearing it, I felt that how could this nation reach this state? We have a girl among us whose mother said to her, You have to give me money, tens of thousands of dollars, this is the cost of raising you. This relationship is so desolate, the mother-daughter relationship has become a transaction of money. As a result, I later heard another case, that is, the relationship between parents and children has become a financial transaction. If a person has no concept of eternity, he has no concept of mission, and no concept of blessing all nations through your descendants. Living is a very sad state, living is sad, and there is no blessing. Not having blessing is the mentality in people's hearts, which is thinking every day that I must live well in this life. But Ruth thought every day about passing on descendants for her husband, which is why she later married Boaz. This Boaz, the lines are very clear, verse 10 here says: May the Lord bless you, my daughter. This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. Why did Boaz say this? Was it that Ruth had no one to marry? Did she have to follow Naomi this old and poor woman? Before, she was called sweet, but now she is called bitter. This bitter old woman came to Israel together, living a poor life, and could only rely on picking up wheat ears in other people's fields. Do you think such a life is fun? She could have found a young man with a little money and a little family business to marry. Now she is coming to find Boaz. Boaz fully understands Ruth's intention. That is, since she married her husband, since she came to Israel with her mother-in-law Naomi, what is her purpose? The Bible does not explicitly write it, but between the lines, Ruth is to pass on her mission, she is to establish her husband's family for her husband. Later, the descendants of Ruth from Boaz became a very powerful nation, a tribe, in Israel, that is, Jesse, Jesse is David's father, and David later became the king of Israel. This place talks about the younger men, whether rich or poor, you have not run after, verse 11: And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character. Everyone must underline this sentence. If you are a virtuous woman, will people know? They will definitely know. If you are a promiscuous woman, will people know? They will definitely know. So what kind of woman you are is very important. As soon as you come up, you ask your husband for a designer bag, and people will know. If the things you like in your heart are not the things that God likes, you cannot be blessed. Then why was Ruth blessed later? Ruth was David's grandmother and Boaz's wife. Boaz was the rich man in that place. Was Ruth's life in her later years good? It must have been good. We have to change our thinking a little bit. We think that spiritual people need to live a poor life to be spiritual. No! Spiritual people will definitely live a rich life. Even if they are poor, they are rich people. If they are poor today, they will definitely live a rich life in the future. If a person in this world pleases God, his God is the eternal God. It is the heavens and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is on it belong to God. If you have Ruth's mentality, Your God is my God, where you die, I will die. It is difficult not to be blessed with such a mentality. Some Chinese people sharpen their heads to find rich second generations, but later they live a painful life. But this Ruth did not sharpen her head to find a rich second generation, but she found one, why? Because she has the mentality of being blessed in her heart, which is very important. Sometimes people think, how can I do this and that, and then I can marry into a wealthy family. But what we see in today's newspaper news is that some people who marry into wealthy families do not live a very painful life? But did Ruth live a painful life later? No, she lived very happily. A person's character is your brand. Do you think that wearing a revealing dress can find a rich person? Some girls like to dress a little sexy and go to nightclubs, thinking they can find a rich boyfriend. What kind of boyfriend can they find? They find boyfriends who go to nightclubs. But Ruth's character is that I don't marry casually, I have a sense of mission in me. I am not considering for myself, I am considering to pass on the mission God has given me. Then Ruth's virtue was praised. What kind of person we are, don't think others don't know. It is not like that. If you are a very virtuous person, people will know. There was no internet at that time, no Weibo, but the spread of information at that time was no slower than it is now, it was all word of mouth. An information would spread throughout the city in a short time. A Moabite named Ruth came among us Israelites with her mother-in-law. Ah, what kind of person is she? Oh, I don't know, quickly find out, what kind of person is she? In the end, everyone in the city knew what kind of person Ruth was. This character attracted Boaz. You have to know what kind of person you are, and you will attract what kind of person. Is that right? So everyone should learn from Ruth to be a person of character. When you are such a person, what Naomi declared to her, that came from the inspiration of the Spirit of God. Just wait, you don't need to do anything, you just wait. Her mother-in-law asked her to lie at Boaz's feet, and she did it. Now she doesn't need to do anything, just wait for God to accomplish it Himself. The things that God accomplishes Himself are so wonderful, extremely wonderful. Later, Ruth became Boaz's wife and inherited the descendants for her previous father-in-law Elimelech's family. Not only did she inherit the descendants, but she also redeemed the Elimelech family's property through Boaz, the rich man. We really need to start understanding Ruth's thoughts and her knowledge of the God we believe in. If your knowledge of Jesus Christ is not as good as Ruth's, then you have a computer in vain, you have the internet in vain, and you have the Bible in vain. Ruth had nothing, but her knowledge of God is deeper than yours and mine.

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