I Have Commanded the Servants Not to Touch You

The one who occupies the lowest place is usually left in peace. However, it does happen that one or the other among the reapers who thinks he has learned something and understood something will bother a poor beginner with his many well-intentioned opinions and notions.

Boaz, who knew his reapers and also knew what they were apt to do when he was not present, wanted Ruth to know that not all of them could be trusted. Therefore he said: I have commanded the servants not to touch you.

There will always be some brothers in the church here on earth who have more of a tendency to rule rather than to serve. You can expect all kinds of things from them. Paul said that he had no one with him who was like-minded as Timothy, who sincerely cared for their state. Phil. 2:20. They all sought their own.