Rahab Was Concerned About Her Family

Joshua 2: 12-13

Passage

When Rahab came to faith in God, her life was forever changed!

Rahab was concerned about her family who were in danger as well.

She knew that God would take care of her.

She wanted the same assurance for her family.

Her heart was moved to reach out for the help for them.

Response

One of the surest signs of salvation is a desire to tell others about the Savior.

Rahab proved she was saved!

Prayer

Lord, save my family, and my loved ones. Amen

Rahab And Her Spiritual Fulfillment

Joshua 2: 12-22

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When Rahab came to faith in God, her life was forever transformed!

She was a changed woman!

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What God did in Rahab is a miracle of His love and grace.

God love her.

God saved her because of His grace upon her!

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What God did for Rahab, He can do for us too.

God can save us by His love and grace.

God can make us into a new creation!

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God made a few changes in the life of Rahab.

These changes in her life brought her fulfillment as she walked with the Lord.

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Let us study the few changes God did on Rahab.

Rahab Acknowledged God

Joshua 2: 10-11

Rahab told the spies that she and the people in Jericho had heard of what happened in Egypt.

They had heard of the two kings they had defeated along the way.

They had heard that they were coming to Jericho.

They had heard that the God of Israel was alive and powerful.

And they were frightened.

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What the people of Jericho had heard had become a message of judgment to them.

But it introduced Rahab to the true and living God!

In the end, the message had become a message of life to Rahab!

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So is the Gospel message.

It is the only message that can take the vilest sinner and make him a new creation.

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The Gospel is a message about God who loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins on a cross (John 3:16).

The Son of God suffered in terrible agony and shed His blood so that our sin debt might be paid.

Three days later he arose from the dead to bring eternal life to everyone who would call on His Name (1 Cor. 15:3-4).

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The Gospel is the only message that will bring eternal life to a person dead in sin (Romans :16)!

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Rahab acknowledged God!

So must we!

We must turn to God for Salvation!

Let us do it TODAY!

Rahab's Spiritual Failures

Joshua 2:1

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Rahab Was A Defiled Sinner

Rahab was a prostitute.

She was engaged in a wicked lifestyle, selling her body to men for money.

Her life was a life of deep depravity and wickedness.

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Rahab is a picture of every person who is lost in sin.

They are in a helpless and hopeless situation.

Their lifestyle is wicked in the eyes of the Lord.

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Rahab Was A Dead Sinner

Rahab was living her life, but spiritually she was dead in her sins.

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This is the condition of every person outside of a relationship with the Lord Jesus.

They are dead to God and to all He represents.

And they will face the Second Death (Rom. 6:23; Rev. 20:11-15).

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Rahab Was A Doomed Sinner

Rahab lived in a city that had already been selected for destruction.

God had already determined that Jericho would fall!

The people living there might felt confident and reasonably safe behind the walls of their city.

But God had already passed sentence upon them, and they were doomed to destruction!

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Every lost sinner is in the same situation!

They may feel secure and may not believe that there is any danger.

The Bible tells us that the lost are condemned already (John 3:18).

It tells us that they abide under the wrath of God (John 3:36).

It tells us that their ultimate destiny is eternity in Hell, to be forever separated from the presence of God (Psa. 9:17; 2 Thes. 1:8-9).

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In spite of her lifestyle, in spite of her pagan background, in spite of her lost condition, God had given Rahab forty years of grace, mercy and warning.

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Likewise, God has given us enough time to repent and to receive Him.

God had touched our heart many times before.

Oh! What a gracious God we serve!

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But there is a limit to patience in calling the lost to come to Him for salvation.

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It is a dangerous thing to delay coming to the Lord!

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We must wait no more!

We must come to Jesus now while He is calling us!

Introducing Rahab

Joshua 2:1-24

The Israelites were about to enter Canaan and claim their promised land.

The first city they would have to face was the great walled city of Jericho.

If they could take this city, they could easily split the country into two, and then move from there to conquer the north and the south.

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Before they attacked the city, Joshua sent two spies into the city to examine the mood of the people, and to determine whether or not they were ready for the war that was coming.

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When the two men arrived in Jericho, they went to the home of a harlot.

Their purpose in entering into a harlot’s home was not immoral.

Their reasons were practical.

The sight of men entering a harlot’s home would not attract too much attention.

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What they found when they entered the home of Rahab was a shock to them.

They found Rahab changed by the power of God!

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Rahab is a demonstration of the power of God to transform lives.

God can take sinners who will place their faith in Him and completely changes them by His power.

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Let us look at what the Lord did for Rahab.

Let us see how Rahab saved and changed by the power of God!