Joshua 2:8-15
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Unexpected discoveries
1. A Safe Place in a Dangerous City (1-7)
Why the house of a prostitute
a. would not have attracted particular atention
b. prostitutes often talked to military officers
c. her house offered an easy escape route
d. God had plans for Rahab
2. A Surprising Convert in a Sinful City (8-14)
Many widows became prostitutes out of a sense of desperation.
Your past doesn't determine your future, your choices do.
Rahab's information
a. She, too, believed in the Lord
b. The Canaanites were terrified by Israel.
3. A Successful Return from a Doomed City (16-24)
The symbol of Rahab's shame became her salvation.
Conditions of the covenant
a. there must be a scarlet rope in the window
b. only those in her house would be safe
c. they could not tell anyone
Regardless of your past, God wants to use you in the future.
If God can use Rahab, He can use you and me.
1. A Safe Place in a Dangerous City (1-7)
Why the house of a prostitute
a. would not have attracted particular atention
b. prostitutes often talked to military officers
c. her house offered an easy escape route
d. God had plans for Rahab
2. A Surprising Convert in a Sinful City (8-14)
Many widows became prostitutes out of a sense of desperation.
Your past doesn't determine your future, your choices do.
Rahab's information
a. She, too, believed in the Lord
b. The Canaanites were terrified by Israel.
3. A Successful Return from a Doomed City (16-24)
The symbol of Rahab's shame became her salvation.
Conditions of the covenant
a. there must be a scarlet rope in the window
b. only those in her house would be safe
c. they could not tell anyone
Regardless of your past, God wants to use you in the future.
If God can use Rahab, He can use you and me.
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