Setting the Stage for the Savior

Right in Whose Eyes? - Message 9 - Setting the Stage for the Savior - Ruth 1:1-5; Matthew 1:1-25

Outline:

I. Context: In the Days of the Judges – Ruth 1:1a
A. The Cycle – Sin, Judgment, Cry for Rescue, Deliverance, Rest
B. The Spiral – A Downward Progression
C. The Relativism – do what is right in your own eyes

II. Compromise – Ruth 1:1b-5
A. Choosing Moab over the Promised Land
B. The Circumstances of Life and Death

III. Covenant Promises – Matthew 1:1-25
A. The Promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – vs. 1-2; Genesis 12:1-3; 17:1-8
B. The Proof that God Works All Things for Good – vs. 3-25

1. Tamar the Canaanite – Gen. 38:25-30
2. Rahab from Jericho – Joshua 2:1; 6:22-23
3. Ruth the Moabites – Ruth 1:3
4. Bathsheba the Adulteress, married to Uriah the Hittite – 2 Samuel 11:3-5
5. Mary, the Unwed Mother – Matt. 1:18-25

C. The Provision of a Savior – Luke 2:25-38

1. Simeon’s Prophecy (vs. 18-35)
2. Anna’s Praise (vs. 36-38)

IV. The Coming New Year – Romans 8:26-39
A. Justified and Glorified
B. More than Overcomers
C. The Inseparable Love of God in Christ