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这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。
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让学生对旧约中的路得记有一个总体的理解
帮助学生理解忠于传统是一件好事
鼓励学生坚持善良、正义和公正
主题
可靠、公平、家庭、帮助、谦逊、善良、邻里关系、责任
背诵经文
路得记 2:20
开始祷告(3-5分钟)
团队建造(5分钟)
今天的课程我们将从一个快速的抛接游戏开始。让每个人站起来，围成一个大圈。游戏规则如下：
• 准备3-4个物品，让大家相互抛接。确保它们是软的，可以是卷起的袜子、网球、躲避球等。
• 从一个物品开始，让学生抛接时说出接球人的名字。
• 一段时间后，增加第二个物品。继续抛接物品，仍然说出名字。
• 不断增加物品，直到有好几个物品在空中飞。如果一个物品掉落，所有物品都停止抛接，然后重新开始。
• 如果愿意，学生可以坐着玩。
课堂起头(5分钟)
一般讨论：
集中注意力在球上和集中注意力在名字上哪个更难？
当没有人知道你的名字时你感觉如何？（被忽视等）
你记住别人的名字困难吗？
有没有尴尬的经历，当你忘记了某人的名字或别人忘记了你的名字，甚至把你的名字和别人搞混？
今天我们继续学习路得。她在某些方面是一个“无名小卒”，是以色列人中的一个外国人。今天我们将了解她是如何被一个名叫波阿斯的男人注意到并关心的。我们还将看到我们如何能像波阿斯一样对有需要的人忠诚信实。
深入学习(30分钟)
你可能还记得，路得是拿俄米的儿媳。她们在摩押相遇，那是路得的故乡，拿俄米、她的丈夫和两个儿子因以色列的饥荒而逃到那里。在那里，拿俄米的丈夫去世了。她的两个儿子各娶了一位摩押女子，但后来两个儿子也去世了。于是拿俄米与她的两个儿媳妇相依为命。当她决定返回以色列时，一个儿媳妇留在摩押，而路得表现出对拿俄米的极大忠诚，她离开了自己的故乡随拿俄米去了以色列。今天我们将学习这本书的第二章。
读 路得记第2章
讨论问题：
1.路得是如何遇见波阿斯的？（她在他的田里收割，而他出现了）
2.波阿斯遇见路得时对她说了什么？（留在这里你会安全，可以喝我的水罐里的水等）
3.路得如何回应？她什么感觉？（她脸伏于地。她可能感到谦卑、荣幸，甚至尴尬）
4.波阿斯对路得表现友善的原因是什么？（第11节说他看到了路得的忠诚，祈求神奖励她，因为她在神的庇护下。）
从一开始，路得和波阿斯的关系就很有趣。路得是一个外邦人，在波阿斯的田里寻找残余的谷物。然而，波阿斯欢迎了她。她努力工作，收集大麦，并将收获带回家与拿俄米分享。让我们关注第19节及其后的内容，当拿俄米发现路得与波阿斯之间发生的事情。
讨论问题（继续）：
5. 当拿俄米看到并分享路得的收获时，她问路得什么？（你今天在哪儿？愿那关心你的人蒙福！）
6. 当路得提到波阿斯时，拿俄米兴奋起来。她怎么说他的？（“他没有停止过对活人和死人表现出他的善良。”）
7. 波阿斯是一个什么样的人？（一个受人尊敬的人）
8. 拿俄米说了波阿斯的一些路得还不知道的事情。那是什么？（他是一个近亲，“守护者救赎者”）
9. 在路得记第二章的结尾，路得对波阿斯的承诺是什么？（她留在他身边，在他的田地工作）
在第一章中，我们读到路得对拿俄米的忠诚。现在，我们看到波阿斯对路得表现出忠诚。他不仅仅是以善报善。他在两个重要方面尊重以色列的传统。他表现出对外邦人的忠诚以及对家族救赎的忠诚。
波阿斯忠于关于外邦人的传统
读 申命记 24:19
讨论问题：
1.这节经文说收割者在收割时忽略了谷物该怎么办？（留下给外邦人、孤儿和寡妇分享）
2.神会做什么回报？（赐福你手中的工作）
3.波阿斯在尊重这条命令吗？（绝对的）
4.这显示了哪些性格特征？（慷慨、服从、正直、忠诚、同情等。）
我相信波阿斯知道这条命令 - 以及其他类似的命令 - 照顾那些需要帮助的人。但这里还有其他事情正在发生。我们将在第二章中开始看到这种发展。
波阿斯忠于关于家族救赎的传统
读利未记 25:47-55
家族救赎者的概念植根于利未记25章。法律允许外邦人和穷人以这种方式得到照顾。基本上，最近的亲属承担了照顾需要帮助的家族成员的责任。
讨论问题：
1.从实际操作来看，波阿斯是如何表现出对这条命令的忠诚的？（与路得沟通，承诺与她分享，邀请她留在他的田里，提供面包等。）
2.在路得记2:16中，波阿斯做了超出要求的事情。他做了什么？（他不仅仅允许她收集偶然落下的谷物，还指示收割者故意留下些谷物给她。）
3.拿俄米得知此事并高兴地称波阿斯为他们的亲属救赎者。她在第22节中说了什么？（你与波阿斯在一起会很好，你会安全等。）
4.波阿斯在照顾路得时展示了哪些性格特征？（忠诚、责任感、忠诚、善良、同情、高贵等。）
在这一章中，很明显波阿斯是一个忠诚的人。如果他忽略了自己的责任，继续他的生活，把路得和拿俄米抛诸脑后，会更容易和方便，但他却站出来做了正确的事情。总体来说，他履行了照顾贫困外邦人的义务。更具体地说，他进入了家族救赎者的角色，照顾了嫁入他家族的路得。
我们还没有读完这个故事 - 还有两章要读 - 但我们已经学到了很多关于波阿斯的东西。
应用(25分钟)
波阿斯的忠信值得称赞。这些性格特征提出了两个我们必须问自己的非常有趣的问题：你对谁是波阿斯？谁是你的波阿斯？
你对谁是波阿斯？
读 马太福音25:40
在这段经文中，耶稣谈到那些为有需要的人提供帮助的人。
一般讨论：
• 当我们帮助有需要的人时，我们实际上在帮助谁？（耶稣）
• 波阿斯的慷慨是如何体现的？（他表现出兴趣，他很慷慨，他做了超出要求的事情）
• 这是一个棘手的问题，但我想大声讨论：你周围有哪些人让你可能需要像波阿斯一样对待？（无家可归者、单亲父母、学校里被忽视的孩子等）
• 你们都不是收割大麦的农民，但你们可以给予什么？你们可以如何给予？（注意他人，与孤独的人互动，提供一餐或服务等。）
波阿斯对“外邦人”表现出了极大的忠诚。当我们像他一样行事时，我们是在荣耀神。
一般讨论：
你今天在教会中看到这种善良了吗？（让学生分享）
教会如何改进对待其他人的态度？（更具包容性，更慷慨，等等）
既然是教会，我们如何努力在我们中间看到更多的慷慨？（让学生集思广益）
让我们具体一些。大声说出你今天可以迈出一步去成为他人的波阿斯的人名。（鼓励学生分享）
这引出了我们的第二个问题：
谁是你的波阿斯？（耶稣）
一般讨论：
1.在灵性上，我们在这个故事中在哪些方面像路得？（我们都需要帮助、保护、救赎，等等）
2.谁在灵性上像波阿斯帮助路得那样帮助了你？（父母、老师、小组带领者、教练、导师，等等）
3.这种“救赎者”的语言暗示了对那些信靠耶稣的人将会发生的事情。波阿斯在什么方面显现了耶稣的特质？（他在不必做的时候介入，他对他的人忠诚，他能够供应和拯救，他无条件地爱，等等）
最终，我们的救赎者是耶稣。虽然我们可以不时帮助无助的人，但我们也是“外邦人、寡妇、孤儿”。我们需要保护，需要救赎，需要有人拯救我们。耶稣就是那一位。
读 路得记2:12
讨论问题：
1.波阿斯为什么称赞路得？（她对拿俄米的忠诚以及在以色列和他们的神中寻求庇护）
2.我们如何以类似方式找到庇护？（我们在耶稣的救赎下寻求庇护。我们投靠祂寻求保护和供应）
我们可以成为波阿斯，我们也需要一位波阿斯。我们的救赎者是耶稣。
在路得记第二章中，波阿斯忠于他的民族传统。有时，我们可能会轻视过去的传统或认为它们已经过时。今天的课程表明，这些传统有时并不是老式的，而是我们有用的榜样。
结束祷告(5分钟)
祈祷学生们像波阿斯那样忠诚。祈祷他们完全理解耶稣对其追随者的忠诚。祈祷他们允许自己在祂的翅膀下寻求庇护。
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Ruth
Lesson 2: Boaz’s Loyalty to Tradition
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Goals
1. To give students an overview understanding of the Old Testament book of Ruth
2. To help students understand that loyalty to tradition is a good thing
3. To encourage students to cling to that which is good, right, and just
Topics
Dependability, Fairness, Family, Helping, Humility, Kindness, Neighborliness, Responsibility
Scripture Memorization
Ruth 2:20
OPENING PRAYER (3 to 5 minutes)
GROUP BUILDING (5 minutes)
We’re going to begin today’s lesson with a quick juggling game. Have everyone stand up and form a big circle. Here is how the game works:
• Gather 3-4 items that the group will toss to each other. Make sure they are soft, but anything—rolled up socks, tennis balls, dodge balls, etc.
• Start with one item, have student toss it around, saying the name of the person to whom they have tossed the item.
• After a while, add a second item. Have them toss around the items, still saying names.
• Keep adding until you have several items flying. If an item is dropped, all items stop being tossed. You then begin tossing all of the items again at the same time.
• Students may stay seated if you prefer.
GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)
General Discussion:
• Which was harder, focusing on the ball or focusing on the names?
• How do you feel when no one knows your name? (Left out, etc.)
• Is it hard for you to remember people’s names?
• Anyone have an embarrassing story of a time when you forgot someone’s name or your name was forgotten or even confused with someone else’s name?
We are continuing our study of Ruth today. She was a “nobody” in some ways, a foreigner in Israel and among its people. Today, we’re going to discover how she was noticed and cared for by a man named Boaz. We are also going to see how we can be loyal and faithful to the needy among us, just as Boaz was to Ruth.
DIGGING IN (30 minutes)
As you may remember, Ruth is Naomi’s daughter-in-law. They met in Moab, Ruth’s homeland, where Naomi, her husband, and her two sons had fled to find food during Israel’s famine. While there, Naomi’s husband died. Her sons each married a Moabite woman, but then the two sons also died. This left Naomi with her two daughters-in-law. When she decided to return to Israel, one daughter-in-law remained in Moab. Ruth, showing great loyalty to Naomi, left her own homeland for Naomi’s. Today, we will study chapter two of this book.
Read Ruth 2
Discussion Questions:
1. How does Ruth meet Boaz? (She is harvesting in his field and he shows up.)
2. When Boaz meets Ruth, what does he tell her? (Stay here and you’ll be safe, drink from my water jars, etc.)
3. How does Ruth respond? How do you think she felt? (She bows with her face to the ground. She may have felt humbled, honored, and perhaps embarrassed.)
4. In his words, what is Boaz’s reason for being kind towards Ruth? (Verse 11 says he saw Ruth’s loyalty and is asking for the Lord to reward her as she takes refuge in Him.)
From the beginning, Ruth and Boaz have an interesting relationship. Ruth is a foreigner, seeking the scraps of Boaz’s field. However, Boaz welcomes her. She works hard, gleans barley, and takes her harvest home to share with Naomi. Let’s focus on verse 19 and afterwards when Naomi discovers what has been occurring between Ruth and Boaz.
Discussion Questions (continued):
5. When Naomi sees and shares in Ruth’s harvest, what is her question to Ruth? (Where were you today? Blessed be the man who took care of you!)
6. When Ruth mentions Boaz, Naomi lights up with excitement. What does she say of him? (“He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.”)
7. What kind of man does Boaz sound like to you? (Someone who is well-respected.)
8. Naomi reveals something about Boaz that Ruth does not yet know. What is it? (That he is a close relative, a “guardian redeemer.”)
9. By the end of Ruth 2, what is Ruth’s commitment to Boaz? (She stays close to him and works his land.)
In chapter 1, we read of Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi. Now, we are seeing Boaz show some loyalty toward Ruth. He is not just repaying kindness for kindness.Instead, he is honoring Israel’s traditions in two really important ways. He shows his faithfulness to foreigners and his faithfulness to family redemption.
Boaz is Faithful to the Tradition Regarding Foreigners
Read Deuteronomy 24:19
Discussion Questions:
1. What does this verse say a harvester should do when he or she is overlooking grain to harvest? (Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow to share.)
2. What will God do in return? (Bless the work of your hands.)
3. Is Boaz honoring this command? (Absolutely.)4. What character traits do you think this demonstrates? (Generosity, obedience, integrity, faithfulness, compassion, etc.)
I’m confident that Boaz knew this command—and others like it—that advised taking care of those in need of aid. But something else is going on here too. We’ll begin to see this development in chapter two.
Boaz is Faithful to the Tradition Regarding Family Redemption
Read Leviticus 25:47-55
The idea of a family redeemer is rooted in Leviticus 25. The law allowed for foreigners and the poor to be provided for in this way. Essentially, the closest relative took responsibility for his or her family members who needed care.
Discussion Questions:
1. Practically, how does Boaz demonstrate loyalty to this command? (Communicates with Ruth, promises to share with her, invites her to stay in his field, provides bread, etc.)
2. In Ruth 2:16, Boaz does more than is required. What does he do? (Instead of just allowing her to glean what is accidentally left behind, he instructs the harvesters to leave some for her on purpose.)
3. Naomi learns of this and rejoices, calling Boaz their kinsman redeemer. What does she say in verse 22? (It will be good for you to stick with Boaz, you’ll be safe, etc.)
4. What character traits do you see Boaz displaying in his care for Ruth? (Loyalty, responsibility, faithfulness, kindness, compassion, nobility, etc.)
In this chapter, it is clear that Boaz is a loyal man. It would have been easier and more convenient if he had neglected his responsibilities and gone about his business pushing Ruth and Naomi from his mind, but instead he steps up and does the right thing. Generally, he fulfills his obligation in caring for the poor foreigner. More specifically, he steps into his role as a kinsman redeemer of the family and cares for Ruth, who married into his family.
We’re not all the way through the story—there are two more chapters to go—but we’ve come far enough to learn from Boaz.
MAKING IT REAL (25 minutes)
Boaz’s faithfulness and loyalty are commendable. These character traits prompt two really interesting questions that we must ask ourselves: Towards whom are you a Boaz? and Who is your Boaz?.
Towards whom are you a Boaz?
Read Matthew 25:40
In this passage, Jesus talks to those who have provided help for those in need.
General Discussion:
• When we help those in need, who are we really helping? (Jesus.)
• How is Boaz’s generosity demonstrated? (He takes interest, he is generous, he goes above and beyond what is required.)
• This is a tough question, but I want to wrestle with it out loud: Who are some people around you who you may need to act as a Boaz toward? (The homeless, a single parent, an ignored kid at school, etc.)
• None of you are a farmer harvesting barley, but what could you give? How could you give? (Noticing people, interacting with the lonely, providing a meal or a service, etc.)
Boaz demonstrated great loyalty to “foreigners.” We honor God when we act as he acted.
General Discussion:
• Do you see this same kind of kindness in the Church today? (Allow students to share.)
• How might the Church improve its attitude toward people unlike its members? (Be more welcoming, be more generous, etc.)
• Since we are the Church, how can we work toward seeing more generosity among us? (Allow students to brainstorm.)
• Let’s be specific. Share out loud the name of someone whom you can take a step toward being a Boaz to today? (Encourage students to share.)
This leads to our second question:
Who is your Boaz? (Jesus)
General Discussion:
• In what ways spiritually are we like Ruth in this story? (We are all in need of help, protection, redemption, etc.)
• Who has been a spiritual help to to you similar to the way Boaz helped Ruth? (Parent, teacher, small group leader, coach, mentor, etc.)
• This “redeemer” language foreshadows a bit of what is coming to those who trust in Jesus. How does Boaz hint at Jesus-like qualities? (He steps in when he didn’t have to, he’s loyal to his people, he’s able to provide and deliver, he loves unconditionally, etc.)
Ultimately, our redeemer is Jesus. Though we may be able to help the helpless among us from time to time, we are also “foreigners, widows, the fatherless.” We need protection. We need salvation. We need someone to rescue us. Jesus does that.
Read Ruth 2:12
Discussion Questions:
1. Boaz commends Ruth for what? (Her loyalty to Naomi and for finding refuge among Israel and their God.)
2. How do we find refuge similarly? (We take shelter under the salvation of Jesus. We run to Him for protection and provision.)
We can be a Boaz but we also need a Boaz. Our redeemer is Jesus.
In Ruth 2, loyalty is on display as Boaz remains faithful to the traditions of his people. Sometimes, we may scorn past traditions or believe them to be outdated. After today’s lesson, it is clear that sometimes these traditions are not old-fashioned but in fact useful models for our lives.
CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)
Pray that your students become loyal just as Boaz demonstrated. Pray that they fully grasp the loyalty of Jesus towards His followers as well. Pray that they allow themselves to take shelter under His wings.
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