Title: Ruth is the most hygienic
One day, his great-grandfather was about to die, panting for breath, so the middle son, Gong-bo Oh, of the three brothers, grabbed his thigh and cut the flesh with a knife. you would do When the fact became known to the government at a certain time, an investigation team came out to check if it was true, and when they investigated, the wound was so large that the front was cut, but the bones were visible to the back. So, they gave out a lot of bronze bowls with the name of the Japanese emperor and a lot of wounds, so the three brothers shared them equally.
There is such a story. One day, his great-grandfather said he wanted to eat skate, so he went looking for it all day and couldn't find it. In the old days, there were no cars or trains in that country, so they couldn't get them, so they couldn't make skates, so it is said that the three brothers did not eat skate their whole life.
It makes you realize that God is blessing the family of the filial son.
In Ruth 1:16-17, “Ruth said, “Do not compel me to leave my mother and not follow her and return. Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God, and where you die I will die and be buried there. There is one.” Naomi took Ruth with her. In Israel, a foreign country, Ruth went through all sorts of hardships to provide for her mother-in-law with utmost sincerity. As a result, she became King David's great-grandmother and received the tremendous blessing of being listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1. In other words, Ruth married Boaz and had Obed, Obed had Jesse, and Jesse had King David. What a blessing it is for a woman from Moab, a poor foreign country, to become David's great-grandmother and to go up in the genealogy of Jesus.
1. I want to receive grace by thinking about why Ruth's filial piety is so great.
① Ruth honored her mother-in-law with the utmost sincerity.
According to common sense, the relationship between the father-in-law is not good and there are conflicts between them, but Ruth followed her mother-in-law and honored her with utmost sincerity until she abandoned her native land.
If you know that a heavenly husband is precious, you should respect your parents-in-law well. How many children do they spend on expensive clothes and expensive food, but their parents-in-law do not take care of them at all? Ruth honored her mother-in-law with the utmost sincerity.
② Ruth, having no husband and no children, served her mother-in-law with utmost sincerity.
It is said that if you have a husband or children, you will be able to respect them without being able to do anything about it, but Ruth served her mother-in-law well even though she had no husband and no blood. Also, since you have followed and served your mother-in-law outside of your own country, what greater filial piety can there be than this?
I saw an article in the newspaper a few years ago that the parents who raised six siblings and educated them to higher education didn't want to see their daughter as a daughter, and daughter-in-law was putting it off to each other's sons. After a few days of wandering around, I read an article that he committed suicide by taking drugs in Jeongneung Valley.
Filial piety is the foundation of all morals, and these foundations have all been destroyed.
③ Ruth honored her mother-in-law, who had no wealth. There is a saying that the children of wealthy families are filial. Because it is said that they do filial piety even in the form of fear of loss when distributing property. Then, if you inherit all the property, it is said that from then on, it will be disrespectful. So here's a funny story. A certain father made several savings accounts, showed them to his children, and hid them, but after he died, he found that there were 20,000 won each.
Although Ruth was a beggar-like mother-in-law with no wealth, she served with utmost sincerity. It is pure filial piety. She is truly a good woman.
④ Ruth served her foreign mother-in-law well.
In the text, it is said, “Your people will become my people, your God will become my God, and where you die, I will also die.” What a wonderful filial father.
In the United States, there are animal hotels that leave dogs and cats for vacation. However, when they return from vacation, they say that they go to the dog or cat quickly, but do not look for the parents of the nursing home in the neighborhood.
2. Why is filial piety important?
① Filial piety is a command from God.
Filial filial piety is not done because it is one of ethics and morality, and filial piety does not mean that we can or cannot do it, but we must respect it because it is the Word of God. It cannot be said to be a true believer to serve the invisible God well without serving the visible physical parents.
In particular, this year's motto is to “become a saint who changes the world with a changed life.” Above all, we must glorify God and lead unbelievers to Christ by showing them how to serve their parents better than the worldly people.
The Bible emphasizes “filial piety” more than any other religion in the world. The Bible emphasizes filial piety more than any moral or moral lesson in the world.
Proverbs 20:20 says, “He that curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be quenched in the ashes.” Proverbs 30:17 says, “The eyes of those who mock their fathers and disobey their mothers will be pecked by ravens of the valley, and eagles will Your young will eat you.” Deuteronomy 5:16 says, “Honor your father and mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and be blessed in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” Proverbs 23:25 He said, “Rejoice your father and mother, and please the mother who gave birth to you.” To live according to God's command, we must honor our parents.
② Filial piety is the first commandment of humanity.
The Ten Commandments can be divided into two. One is the commandment to keep God, “You shall have no other gods,” “You shall not make an idol, you shall not bow down,” “You shall not take the name of God in vain.” The first commandment is, “Honor your father and mother, that your life may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” These words are more important than the commandments, “You shall not murder,” “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,” “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.” This means it will be
That is why Ephesians 6:1 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, for this is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and that you may live long on the earth.” This commandment also has special blessings attached to it.
③ Filial piety is acknowledging God's authority.
God is a God of authority and a God of order. If there is no order in this world, it will be a world of chaos. It is the authority to maintain this order. So God has given authority to each person. Each must obey the authority above him in his position. Those who challenge and disobey authority are challenging and disobeying God's authority.
Romans 13:1 says, “Let each one be subject to the authorities above him. There is no authority except from God, and all authority is ordained of God.” Whether your parents are good or bad, educated or ignorant, you must obey and respect them because of the authority called parents.
Of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Ham, when he saw his father drinking too much wine and sleeping with his lower body stretched out, pouted and ridiculed and insulted his brother and sister. But Shem and Japheth tried so hard not to see their father's faults, so they took a single blanket and stepped back and brought it to cover them. At this time, Noah woke up and, knowing this, cursed Ham. As they were told to “become a servant of a servant,” they became the ancestors of black people, and their descendants were most despised and served as slaves, and Shem and Japheth blessed them. You may ask, “Why is Ham cursed when Noah made a mistake?” Rather than Noah’s mistake, the sin of challenging parental authority, ridiculing and ridiculing parents is a much greater sin because they challenge God and disobey God. that was received.