12-5-10 Sorrell PM: Ruth and Lot

Text: Gen 13:8-9; Ruth 1:8-9

Intro:   The Proposals

A.        Lot – Gen 13:8-9

B.        Ruth 1:8-9

I.          The background

A.        Lot – Gen 12:1-5

B.        Ruth – Ruth 1:1-5

II.        The Circumstances

A.        Lot – Gen 13:5-7

B.        Ruth – Ruth 1:11-13

III.       The Decisions

A.        Lot’s

Gen. 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

B.        Ruth’s

Ruth 1:16-17 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: ¹⁷Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

IV.       The Factors

A.        Lot – Gen 13:2-4

B.        Ruth –

1.         Poor Head - Ruth 1:6

2.         Bitter Head - Ruth 1:20

3.         No Future prospects - Ruth 1:12-13;

V.        The Results

A.        Lot – 2 Pet 2:7; Gen 19:30-38 (Wickedest in scripture don’t read)

B.        Ruth Matt 1:5-15

VI.       The Difference – Ruth 1:16-17; Ruth 2:12;