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Ch. 7 The Battle Begins

Ch. 7 The Battle Begins. Timeless Truth – Faith is the victory. Where are we?. The wandering is over Moses has died Joshua has been appointed by God as the successor to Moses God says prepare yourselves, my promise to you is about to take place. Today’s Focus. Rahab

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Ch. 7 The Battle Begins

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  1. Ch. 7 The Battle Begins Timeless Truth – Faith is the victory.

  2. Where are we? • The wandering is over • Moses has died • Joshua has been appointed by God as the successor to Moses • God says prepare yourselves, my promise to you is about to take place

  3. Today’s Focus • Rahab • Read Joshua 2:1-24 at your table • What do you notice? • Does anything seem “out of place?” • Is there anything that seems confusing or just doesn’t make a lot of sense? • Does anything stick out as you read?

  4. Rahab: Woman of Flaws • Harlot/Prostitute – ALWAYS referred to this way – we never let her “baggage” go • She is a Canaanite through and through • Religion incorporated sexual immorality into worship • God’s plan was to eradicate ALL living in the land due to their immorality and flaws • Rahab’s name meant: “broad,” “insolence,” or “fierceness”

  5. Rahab: Woman of Flaws • The spies go to Rahab – but why? These are “holy men…” • Avoid being noticed • Information could be easily obtained • It was built into the city wall – quick escape • It was possibly an inn

  6. Rahab: Woman of Flaws • Let’s make a deal – Ch 2:14-21 • Our lives for yours • Be warned! If any venture outside your home, his blood will be on his own head, we will be guiltless • Leave this scarlet cord in the window • Scarlet has meaning • Cleansing – Ritual cleanings • Looking forward – Christ’s blood

  7. Rahab: Woman of Faith • Seems to be the smartest person in the story! • The spies were quickly found out • The king’s men believed her lie with ease

  8. Rahab: Woman of Faith • Confession of Faith – Ch. 2:8-13 • “I know that the LORD had given this land to you” • We heard about the Red Sea, what happened in Egypt, what you did to the Amorite kings… • “For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below…”

  9. Rahab: Woman of Faith • Rahab ends up settling with Israel and marries into the family • She is great-great-grandmother to King David • She is in direct line with Jesus (Matthew 1:5) • Hebrews 11:31 – She is a “heroine” of faith! • James uses her as an example of an outward expression of inward faith – James 2:25

  10. Implications and Applications • Salvation is available to all by faith • One can be saved, but still surrounded by the sin of one’s culture • God’s goodness transcends cultures and peoples • God’s plan to include gentiles by faith was present from the beginning

  11. Implications and Applications • God’s past work provides bases for our faith in what He will do in the future • God saves the “unlikely” sinner and therefore we should not judge whether or not someone may come to faith • God raises up the lowliest

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