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Introduction: (Defining the pain)
The Story of Rahab
I want to tell you a story about a little girl who grew up in the big city.
This was a rough place; a godless city.
As in every big city there was not enough jobs and not enough things to do.
She got hooked up with the wrong people and found herself pulling tricks to survive.
She spent every day being abused by people and discarded as trash.
It became a way of life for her; not one she was proud of, but one in which she learned to function.
She’s a woman now.
She, like any other person in her situation, would dream of getting out: getting out prostitution, getting out the city, getting out of this life.
She would hear about other places, other people, other gods and knew there had to be something better out there.
This woman’s name is Rahab.
She lives on the wall in a place called Jericho.
People have been talking about the power of this God from a people called Israel.
A God that cares and takes care of his people.
She would dream of meeting this God and these people one day, knowing they were headed her way to take the city.
Some were frightened but she found herself getting excited about the possibility.
The King of Jericho
The king had also been hearing of this people and their great God.
But the king was not like the prostitute.
He loved the city that he had created through his vision and leadership.
The city of Jericho had been his salvation providing everything he needed for peace, safety, and tranquility.
He wasn’t ready to let that go.
He wasn’t trying to escape.
As a matter of fact he was willing to fight to the death to keep his way of life.
But what the king didn’t know is he was fighting for something that was already lost.
Judgement had already been announced.
It was just a matter of time.
One of these people will die for life that has already been lost.
One will be saved because she is willing to lose her current life to save it.
We find ourselves in the same situation today.
People are fighting so hard for a life on which God has already pronounced judgment.
And they are willing to die trying to keep it.
But every once in a while you find a Rahab.
One that is willing to lose the current life so they can truly life.
Matt 16:24-25
Like Rahab we have a choice to make as well: Live the current life of this world, or be willing to lose it so we can really life.
Rahab did not let this world define her even with her past and her unseen future she took a leap of faith that changed her life and your forever.
Josh 2:1
Joshua 2:2-3
Joshua 2:6-7
Biblical Understanding: (Defining the passage)
Don’t be defined by your past.
Your past doesn’t define your future.
“The world defines you by your past because that’s all they know.
God not only knows your past but also your future.”
Rahab was not a prostitute anymore.
she is now a servant of God.
Josh 2:
She is no longer a servant to the king of Jericho, but to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Let God’s past define your future.
Josh 2:
God’s track record is much better than ours.
Be defined by your faith.
Joshua 2:
Put your faith in something bigger than yourself.
Faith is only as strong as the object of that faith.
Genuine faith involves the whole person
(Martin Loyd-Jones, Pastor of Westminster Chapel in London for 30 years.)
Intellect - Truth is revealed.
Faith that is based on facts.
Emotion - The heart is stirred by the truth.
Feelings.
Will - The will is moved to act in obedience to God.
Heb 11:
Warned of future event and believed because of the source of the intel.
Was moved in his heart with reverent fear.
Enacted his will in obedience and constructed the ark.
Joshua 2:15
Josh 2:17-
Be defined by your courage.
The Lord defines you by your courage.
Courage is displayed when your faith turns into action.
Josh 2:21
Rahab hung out the red cord immediately.
Her life changed the day she believed.
She was fully convinced in the future of the Lord.
Courageous actions save other people.
Rahab had about two weeks to save her family.
Rahab got busy gathering her family into the house of safety.
The Passover
Courage says if you can help you should help.
Next Steps: (Defining the process)
When you enter into God’s story, you are defined by his past, his present, and his future.
Let the truth of God’s past determine your future.
Let your faith in the future move you to action today.
Base your faith of the evidence of the past and it will produce courage for your present.
Let the truth of God’s future move you to be courageous to save others.
Courage over fear will give you the strength to save others.
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