Joshua, Chapter 2, Verse 8-9
8 Before the spies
lay down, Rahab went up to them on the roof 9 and said: “I know that the LORD has given you the land, that a dread of you has
come upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land tremble with fear because of you.
Rahab saved the spies of
Israel. Why? She knew the truth that
God was with Israel. Rahab was a survivor and a sinner; she knew God had given
the land to Israel. If you know the truth you do not swerve from it. Rahab was
saved from the fate of Jericho because of her action not just good will toward
Israel. James in his epistle puts it this way: 20Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works
when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? 22 You
see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by the
works. 23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled
that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”
and he was called “the friend of God.”24 See
how a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25
And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works
when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by a different route?
Rahab was saved by her
faith and actions by the God of Israel and as a result she is not only saved but
the Christ the Messiah descends from Boaz her son.
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