Sermon #11 Ruth Series:
Title: One That Has Right To
Redeem
Text: Ruth 2:20
Reading:
Subject: Christ our Kinsman Redeemer
Date: Tuesday Evening - June 29, 1993
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Introduction:
If
you have a marginal reference column in your Bible you will notice that the
words, “one of our next kinsmen” might
be better translated, “one that has right to redeem.” That is the title of my
message tonight. I want, by the Spirit of God, to talk to you about One That Has Right To Redeem.
It is impossible to understand what is
written in Ruth chapters 3 and 4 unless we understand what is written in the
law of God concerning redemption and the kinsman-redeemer.
·
Leviticus
25:25-28 - The redemption of property.
·
Leviticus
25:47-48 - The redemption of persons.
Illustrations: 1. An item pawned. The
original owner or
his representative!
2. A mortgage - “Death pledge.” It is death
to the owner’s possession if he is not able
to pay!
3. Even after foreclosure has begun, “The equity
of redemption” (Jer. 32:6-12).
NOTE: The
right of redemption is always dependent upon...
·
Kinship!
·
Ability!
·
And
willingness!
NOTE: The
word redeem means two things - “To buy again”, or “buy back”, and “to take
possession of”, “to evict and take possession of that which has been bought
back!
Ephesians 1:7 and 14
Romans 3:24-25 and 8;23
·
Redemption
is by price - The blood of Christ.
·
Redemption
is by power - (1) Regeneration and (2) Resurrection. The year of Jubilee!
Proposition:
In the Book of Ruth, Boaz,
her kinsman-redeemer, typifies and beautifully portrays the Lord Jesus Christ,
our Kinsman-Redeemer.
Tonight, I want to show you seven characteristics of our
Kinsman-Redeemer, seven characteristics of the One That Has Right To Redeem.
·
Redemption
presupposes a dreadful calamity - The Fall.
·
Redemption
by a kinsman presupposes personal inability (Psa. 49:6-9).
I. Redemption
by a kinsman is a matter of divine appointment - THE KINSMAN-REDEEMER IS A DIVINELY APPOINTED REDEEMER. Only one who
is appointed by God has the right to redeem. (John 10:16-18; Heb. 10:5-14).
II. The
one that has right to redeem must be A
NEAR KINSMAN (Heb. 2:10-13).
III. The
Kinsman-Redeemer must be himself ENTIRELY
FREE OF THE DEBT (Heb. 7:26).
IV. The
one who has right to redeem must be ABLE
TO REDEEM.
·
The
debt must be paid! Infinite merit!
·
Satisfaction!
·
Righteousness!
V. The
one who has right to redeem must be WILLING
TO REDEEM. No one could be forced to redeem.
·
“I gave my back to the
smitters, my cheeks to...”
·
The
bondslave (Ex. 21:5).
VI. THE REDEMPTION MADE WAS A PARTICULAR AND EFFECTUAL REDEMPTION.
·
Made
for a specific person!
·
Obtained
a specific inheritance!
·
Obtained
all that was lost! (Psa. 69:4).
VII. THE ONE
WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO REDEEM MUST RAISE UP A SEED (Isa. 53:10-12; Psa.
22:30-31; Ruth 4:5-6).