What do we learn from Ruth?

 Principle of Sacrifice

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Matthew 11:20-30

Every opportunity and still lost

The message came through The Apostles (ch. 10) John the Baptist (ch. 11) and they were still lost.

Every opportunity and still lost

Whom does Jesus rebuke? Why does he rebuke them? How can we best minister to them?

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Whom does Jesus Rebuke?

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These are all Bible Belt cities

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Proximity to the Gospel does not make you a follower of God.

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Greater opportunity means greater responsibility.

Indifference

Your knowledge will be that rod that will eternally lash you, and that scorpion that will forever bite you, and that worm that will everlastingly gnaw you.
Thomas Brooks in Precious Remedies

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Why does he rebuke the Bible Belt?

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Indifference

Indifference

For great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.
2 Kings 22:13

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How shall we then minister?

Tension between

Gods sovereignty (vv. 25-27) Human responsibility (vv. 28-30)

Tension between

This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
Acts 2:23

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Rejoice!

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Rejoice! Invite!

A New Beginning