Ruth 1-4
The Mercy of God We See In Ruth
Paul Pierucki · May 10, 2026 · 11:00 AM service
Pastor Pierucki opens with a survey of what the Bible actually says about Mary, correcting traditions that exalt her, then turns to the book of Ruth to preach on the mercy of God. He walks through Naomi's losses in Moab, her wrong belief that God was against her, her continued care for her daughters-in-law, and how God turned everything around through Boaz, showing Boaz as a picture of Christ and Ruth as a picture of the believer coming in as a stranger. He closes with personal testimony about the mercy his mother and his wife showed him, and challenges hearers that since God has shown greater mercy than any mother, nothing should be put ahead of Him.
“Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.”