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BEAUTIFUL

VIRTUOUS. BEAUTIFUL. WOMAN. CAR. PARK. EARTH RISE. Virtue:. General moral excellence Right action and thinking Goodness of character Strength Virtuous = characterized by moral worth. 1 st Virtuous Women. Ruth 3:11; 2:11 Ruth in Bethlehem

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BEAUTIFUL

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  1. VIRTUOUS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN CAR PARK EARTH RISE

  2. Virtue: General moral excellence Right action and thinking Goodness of character Strength Virtuous = characterized by moral worth

  3. 1st Virtuous Women ... • Ruth 3:11; 2:11 • Ruth in Bethlehem • Virtuous Women have the reputation of being virtuous • Virtuous Woman? + Keep your reputation virtuous - Start to reform your reputation among family, friends,...

  4. 2nd Virtuous Women ... • Ruth 1:1 ... • Judges 21:25 • Ruth grew up in Moab • Virtuous Women rise above the days and culture they grow up and or live in

  5. Canaannization of American Society These factors – the extensive loss of God through a commanding spread of atheism, the collapse of modern philosophical supports for human rights, the brutish dehumanization of life including abortion and terrorism…, and a striking shift of sexual behavior that welcomes not only divorce and infidelity but devious alternatives to monogamous marriage attest that radical secularism grips the life of the Western man more firmly than at any time since the pre-Christian pagan era. Still more disconcerting is the fact that modernity deliberately experiences this new immorality as an option superior to the inherited Judeo-Christian alternative. What underlies the atheistic commitment to novel sexual and marital and political patterns is a stultification [making appear foolish] of Biblical conscience, an irreligious redefinition of the good, and a profane will set. • Carl F.H. Henry: Twilight of A Great Civilization: Drift Toward Neo-Paganism, 1988

  6. Barna Group – 2008 Data Percent of Believers who Believe Each is Morally Acceptable Age 23-41 Age 42+ • 59% • 58% • 44% • 37% • 35% • 33% • 28% • 33% • 38% • 23% • 17% • 13% • 19% • 13% Cohabitation Gambling Sex Outside Marr. Using Profanity Getting Drunk Looking at Porn. Having sex w same sex partner

  7. 2nd Virtuous Women ... • Ruth 1:1 ... • Judges 21:25 • Ruth grew up in Moab • Virtuous Women rise above the days and culture they grow up and or live in • Virtuous Woman? + In but not of the world, then stay there - What one or two things should you do?

  8. 3rd Virtuous Women ... • Ruth 2:10, 13b • Ruth was different than others • Act differently in the same situation 1:7-14 • Listen to and follow good advice 2:8,9,22; 3:1-5,18 • Think of others before themselves 2:14b • Kind to others 3:10 and chapter 1 • Virtuous Women differ from others in positive ways • Virtuous Woman? +Be different, be unique, be what God wants you to be - Follow one of the ways Ruth was different

  9. 4th Virtuous Women ... • Ruth 1:16-18 • Ruth determines to do right • Virtuous Women determine to do right • Virtuous Woman? + Pray each day for strength to continue doing right - Pray for strength to do right in one thing you struggle with, strengthen your resolve by asking for help

  10. 5th Virtuous Women ... • Ruth grew up in Moab ... • Naomi’s influence on Ruth, note ‘you’ in Ruth 1:16,17 • Women often learn virtue from a virtuous woman • Virtuous Woman? + Take ‘Ruth’ under your wing • Find a ‘Naomi’ and ask her for help

  11. Virtuous Women ... ...have the reputation of being virtuous ...rise above the days and culture they live in ...differ from others in positive ways ...determine to do right ...help others to learn virtue IF you are a virtuous woman – keep doing right. IF you are not a virtuous woman – follow Ruth.

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