BY FAITH RAHAB

Sunday Morning:  May 5, 2002

Text: Hebrews 11:31  "By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace."

REMINDER

1 Corinthians 10:11  "Now all these things happened unto them (Israel) for ensamples [topos, types]: and they are written for our admonition [rebuke, warning], upon whom the ends of the world [ages] are come."

LAW VERSUS GRACE

John 1:17  "For the law (wilderness) was given by Moses, but grace (in the land) and truth came by Jesus Christ."

CHANGE OF COMMAND

Deuteronomy 34:9  "And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses."

CHANGE IN THE PRIESTHOOD

Deuteronomy 10:6  ". . Aaron died, . . and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead."

PRIEST OF GOOD THINGS TO COME

Numbers 34:17  "These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun."

INHERITANCE

Hebrews 9:11  "But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come,  . . "

CHANGE IN LAW

Hebrews 7:12  "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law."

SABBATH NOT OBSERVED

Joshua 6:4  "And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets."

TABERNACLE SERVICE SUSPENDED

Joshua 18:1  "And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them."

ALTAR OF STONES

Joshua 8:30-31  "Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, 31. . . an altar of whole stones, . . and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings."

RAHAB WAS A HARLOT

Joshua 2:1  "And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged [lay] there."

ONLY WOMEN IN HEBREWS 11

Hebrews 11:11  "Through [by] faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age,. ."

LIED ABOUT THE SPIES

Joshua 2:4  "And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:"

LET ME NOT BE ASHAMED

Psalms 25:1-3  "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause."

RAHAB BELIEVED

Joshua 2:9-11  "And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

THEY DID NOT BELIEVE

Hebrews 3:19 "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief."

RAHAB HAD FAITH

Hebrews 4:2  "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."

ALREADY SAVED

10. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD

11. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath."

A BLESSING TO ISRAEL

Joshua 2:12  "Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:" (Genesis 12:

LIFE IN THE GOOD LAND

Joshua 2:14-15  "And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee."

TOKEN OF HOPE

Joshua 2:18  "Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee."

RAHAB'S FAITH

Joshua 2:21  "And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window."

TOKEN OF THE FIRSTBORN

Genesis 38:28  "And it came to pass, when she (Tamar) travailed, that the one (firstborn) put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first." (firstborn inheritance)

UNCLEAN GENTILE

Joshua 6:23  "And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel."

OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH

Matthew 1:5-6  "And Salmon begat Booz [Boaz] of Rachab [Rahab, Gentile]; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth [Moabite]; and Obed begat Jesse; 6. And Jesse begat David the king.."

CONTRAST, AMONG JUDAH

Joshua 15:13  "And unto Caleb [Hebrew, Dog] the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah,"

ABRAHAM AND RAHAB JUSTIFIED

James 2:23-25  "And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED

24. Ye see then how that by works (of faith) a man is justified (not salvation), and not by faith only (alone).

JUSTIFIED WITHOUT LAW

Acts 13:39  "And by him all that believe [present active participle] are justified [present passive indicative] from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses."

BY WORKS OF FAITH

25. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works (of faith), when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?"

RAHAB BLESSED WITH ABRAHAM

Galatians 3:8-9  "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen [Gentiles] through faith, preached before the gospel (of the kingdom inheritance) unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed (Genesis 12:1-3). 9. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."

CALLED GENTILES

Matthew 21:43  "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."

NOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD

1 Peter 2:9-10  "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."