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Introduction
Is everyone having fun?
So far in our story times we have seen God send someone special to protect Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
We have seen God provide for the widow and her sons through the miracle performed by prophet Elisha.
In tonight’s Bible Study we are going to see God provide for an entire family’s future because of one person being faithful.
Tonight’s Bible story comes from Joshua 2:1-24 and 6:22-27.
Israel under the command of Joshua is about to enter the promised land; however, as any good military commander Joshua sends two spies into the land of Canaan to a town called Jericho to gather information about city.
Its not long before the two spies are uncovered and must hide before they can be captured.
They stop at the home of a woman named Rahab who hides them on the rough.
Let’s look at our story!
Did you notice that Rahab had already heard of the great miracles God had done for the Israelites as he brought them out of the land of Egypt?
Rahab describes in great detail the reports her people had received about events at the Red Sea and the battles Israel had won up to this point.
Rahab makes a very bold confession about her faith in God.
Did you catch what she said?
“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 Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you destroyed across the Jordan.
When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below.”
Rahab celebrates that God is one true God.
Rahab’s confession reveals a lot about her motives.
She understands that God is with the Israelites and that she cannot overcome them.
She decides the best course of action is to be faithful and serve God.
Sometimes in our lives we are faced with difficult choices.
Sometimes we are faced with hard choices.
In those moments we have two choices we can make.
We can go with God or go against God.
I pray that we always choose to go with God.
Rahab asks the spies to give her a sign that they will show kindness to her family since she has sparred their lives by hiding them.
They tell her to tie the robe she used to let them down from her window to the window, so they know which house to spare.
She is also instructed to keep her family in the house when the battle begins.
Because of her faithfulness God provided a way for family to be spared.
The story picks up in chapter six as the battle rages on.
Joshua commands the two spies to go to Rahab’s house and bring her and her family out to there just as they had promised.
Because of her act of faithfulness God provided a future for family.
God has provided a future for us through Jesus Christ.
Through Christ we have been made pure more of which we will talk about tomorrow.
But just like Rahab need to make a choice.
We to must make a choice to follow Christ.
Memory Verse
Joshua 6:25 (NIV), “But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho-and she lives among the Israelites to this day.”
Joshua 6:25 (CSB), “However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she still lives in Israel today.”
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