The Incredible Grace of God

Incomparable Christ

Hebrews 11: 30-31

Joshua 2: 1-7

Rahab’s PAST

• Her PROFESSION
  • Rahab was a PROSTITUTE – a Gentile prostitute
    • 1 Timothy 2: 3-4
    • 2 Peter 3: 9
    • Luke 19: 10
    • John 3: 16
  • God sent His messengers to the home of a prostitute because He LOVED her and wanted her to know His love and experience His GRACE and mercy
• Her LIE

Rahab’s RELIEF

• Her ADMISSION
  • Rahab’s salvation was as simple as RECOGNIZING the one true God and TRUSTING Him with her life
• Her CONFESSION
  • The most POWERFUL and potent ingredient in the salvation of a person is the EVIDENCE of the presence of God in the life of a child of God

Rahab’s MISSION

• Her PASSION
• Rahab’s first act as a new believer was the IMPASSIONED PLEA for the salvation of her family

Rahab’s DELIVERANCE

• Her REDEMPTION
• • ETERNAL shelter and safety are found only in God’s place of salvation – that place is at the foot of the cross through faith in the life, death, burial, and resurrection of JESUS CHRIST

Jericho’s PAST

• Joshua 6: 1-2

Jericho’s FUTURE

• Joshua 6: 3-5

God’s grace SAVES us from our sin and the penalty of sin

God’s grace KEEPS us in Christ

God’s grace EMPOWERS us to live for Christ

 

 

Matt Wethington