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How do you see the the Christian faith?
Museum - show of best and briughtest - holy than thou.
smart dressed
“Don’t stay away from church because there are so many hypocrites.
There’s always room for one more.”
Cruise ship - place for the rich and famous or retired or highlife.
We come for the experience and for the food.
We come for comfort.
For some will feel that Christian faith is not for people like me (elaborate)
For others feel that Christian faith is for for people like them : (elaborate)
Such important question today, as we celebrate together.
Relevent today - baptise Lydia, as we recognise her profession of faith and celebrate her being welcomed into God’s family - who is it for?
Today want us to see at heart of Christian faith is:
God’s Gloriuous grace and saving faith
To help us - focus in reading is suprising character - Rahab.
Reading - Who is Rahab - if she were here today would she belong in church?
IMAGINE _ EXCITING STORY - LET YOUSELF BE GRIPPED BY TENSION, PUT YOURSELF IN SPIES SHOES, OR RAHABS SHOES
Series in Joshua - all about God fulfilling his promises to people - but writer takes surprising pause.
Leaving this chapter out wouldnt really have impact on rest of book.
Why then leave it in?
Structures whole chpater to build tension (elab) to gate shut
Then stops - and have this breath, to hear key conversation btween spies and surprising character of faith.
Rahab.
Not exactly your sterotypical christian or person of faith.
She was a cananite - pagan.
She worshipped other God’s and canannites in particular worshiped involved most horrific activity including human sacrifice, sexual pervesion.
She was a women - in society at time, didt have same status or value.
And worse she was a shameful women - prostitute.
Here at centre of story - if anyone doesn’t belong in people of God it’s her.
But going to see Glorious grace of God (continue to see through all of Joshua), as we learn from Rahab what saving faith looks like.
Know the LORD
Here is this pagan, Canaanite Harlot who understands the utter supremecy of Yahweh.
He is the one true God - of heaven and earth - phrase thats all inclusive - he is God over all.
What brings her to this conclusion - not some feeling - evidence.
How does she make this realisation - she weighs the evidence.
falling in love ; always based on evidence, look, talk, act.
How does she know who God is? Evidence.
She has heard about mighty acts.
As she recalls what he has done for Israel.
Here is unbeliever in a foreign land, but God’s fame has spread, such are his mighty acts.
She recalls the Exodus, when God parted the sea to rescue his people, and destoryed Pharoah and his army.
And she recalls the mighty victory God gave his people over their enemies Og and Sihon, whom in judgement he destroyed.
What fuels her faith - not some abstract feeling but facts of what God has done demonstrates truth of claims of who he is
Do you know the LORD.
I wonder what you think of when you think of God? Grumpy school headmaster.
Dictator?
Distant relative?
None are God of bible.
God we meet in bible is Creator and Sustainer full of Glory but also grace.
See in this section
Why Rahabs house?
No indication that anything sexual in visit.
possibly a public house or hostel.
We don’t get the practical reason, but get the theological reason.
That God in his divine purpose and his glorious grace does not just offer salvation to Israel, but to all.
Unknowingly these spies are actually on a rescue mission, to save Rahab and her family from the destruction to come, from judgement of God excercised throuh is people.
Rescue For anyone who would recieve them and respond in faith.
For Rahab, for her family, but actually there is no reason to rule out others in the city who could have come.
What is God like?
In this true story we meet a God who is almighty and eternal and majetic, but who is also gloriously grace.
His undeserved kindness toward the lost and broken, towards sinners
That is what Rahab recognises, as she considers all she has heard and experienced.
How do we know God? it’s as he reveals himself.
Through history recorded in scriptures.
That is what he did in person of Jesus.
God came to show himself to us that we might know him.
Do you know Jesus?
Do you know him - Jesus who perfromed mighty acts - signs and wonders.
miracles.
power of nature and sickness and demons and death.
Do you know him - Jesus who spoke with authority and kindness words of perfect wisdom
Do you know him - Jesus who lived sinless life, who though some hated him could find no cause to accuse him.
Do you know him - Jesus who wen willingly out of love to die on Cross, bearing the sin of the whole world, taking God’s wrath on our behalf as he dies in our place.
Do. you know him - Jesus who in his mighty power rose again deafeats death rising again, to offer us literally a life line.
Do you know him - Jesus who ascends to heaven to sit on his throne, and intercede for us.
To offer us a right relationship with God who made us, and a place of belonging in his people and place and under his blessing for ever.
Do you know him - Jesus who sends his Spirit to dwell in hearts of every believer to empower them to live changed lives bold for the Kingdom
Do you know him?
He is the LORD.
KNOW HIM.
.Where is the evidence - bible All of scripture records history, his mighty acts.
Culminating in Jesus, life, death and ressurection.
Its in the evidence.
Eye witness accounts all record same events.
over 500 hundred eyes withness testify to truth of ressurection.
Fame of Jesus continues to reach all over the world today, 2000 years later.
Come and get to know him - read.
Essentials.
spend with his peopel.
Recognise your need
with knowledge of Lord comes knowledge of her need.
comfronted with reality that THIS God not canaanite is true God, Lord of all, she sees her people,melting in fear at coming judgement.
she know immediate danger.
but more, risks life with own King, what is it she sees - Lord of heaven and earth.
Shes sees danger she faces, and only place where safety is to be found.
Sinking mud.
Harbours, stop kids playing in it- story in news children playing got stuck, and as tide came in nearly drowned
Didn’st see danger.
Bible is very clear.
There is no one who lives up to God’s perfect standard.
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