(1) Perilous Times

(1) "Perilous Times" (Ruth 1-14)
Dr. W. Jamie Kim

I. Perilous Times
1. In the Days When the Judges Ruled
2. There Was a Famine
3. Went to Another Country

II. Cast
1. Husband (Father): Elimelech (Yaweh is King)
2. Wife (Mother): Naomi (sweetie pie)
3. Two Sons: Mahlon (weakling) and Kilion (sick ling)
4. Daughters-in-Law: Orpah and Ruth (friend)

III. The Narrative
1. The story begins with the judgment of God (the downside of the vicious cycle)
2. Times weren¡¯t good and circumstances even worse
3. They left everything behind and then lost even more.
4. Naomi was left alone.

IV. Only Thing Left: Go Home

V. Problem: No One to Go with and Nothing to Look Forward to

VI. Application
1. What do you do when living is hard? Especially when it's not your fault? More
over when there is nothing you can do about it?
2. Have you ever overcome circumstances like these? What did you do? What did
you learn from those experiences? How would you do it differently if you were to
do it again?
3. You know the Murphy¡¯s Law, ¡°Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.¡± Ha
you felt that way recently? What are you doing about it?