Hebrews 11:38

Rahab

Joshua 1:3-6Every place that the sole of your foot will tread

upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this

Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the

Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able

to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

I will not leave you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause

this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

Q: Why would Joshua risk the lives of two men if he knew that the land was already given to him?

A: Perhaps because there was one woman who needed rescued.

Joshua 2; 6:17And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with

her in her house shall live…

Hebrews 11:31By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish

with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly

welcome to the spies.

James 2:25And in the same way was not also Rahab

the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them

out by another way?

Sin sticks!

The fact of her salvation does not

imply God’s approval

But reputation, credibility, and trust are not easy to save once they are lost.

Acts 9:26And when he (Paul, sic) had come to Jerusalem,

he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe

that he was a disciple.

Proverbs 22:1A good name is to be chosen rather than great

riches,and favor is better than silver or gold.

Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious

ointment…

The fact of her salvation does not

imply God’s approval

But reputation, credibility, and trust are not easy to save

once they are lost.

How would YOU like to be remembered?

It’s YOUR choice.

She was a true believerJoshua 2:9-11

 “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen

upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of

the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings

of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. 11 And as soon as we heard

it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for

theLORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. 

She “ACTED” on her faithJames 2:24-25

  You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in

the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she

received the messengers and sent them out by another way? . 

2 Thessalonians 1:6-9…since indeed God considers it just to repay

with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as

well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty

angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God

and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,

Not “doing” is just as bad as not “knowing”…Seize the moment !!

It’s not as important how you start as how you finish

Joshua 6:24-25And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it.

Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of

the LORD. 25 But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because

she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

She married Salmon & had a son, Boaz Boaz married Ruth & had a son, Obed Obed had a son, Jesse Jesse had 8 sons, the youngest being

David

Rahab was the great, great, grandmother of the greatest warrior king of Israel

A bad start doesn’t mean you can’t finish well

Matthew 21:28-31“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go

and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he

changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same.

And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go.31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said

to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the

kingdom of God before you.

The penitent one served his father

You can be “marked” for good or for evilAnd the marks of sin

stick Seize the moment

Because faith without works won’t work

Do not be held back by anythingIt is not as important how you start as how you finish