Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there. v.1
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Rehab. An amazing well known woman of the Bible. Unfortunately she has a title attached to her name like John the Baptist, but her title isn't one I don't think most people would like: Rehab the Prostitute. Yes she was a prostitute but that’s not the end of her story. Rehab is not an Israelite, she and the whole nation of Jericho are afraid of the Lord God at this point in history knowing all that the God of Israel had been doing for them and were afraid to be next to be taken out by God. Yet Rehab is to be the only one that has faith in God as we read in the famous hall of fame chapter in Hebrews 11:31. She must have had a word from God ("So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" Romans 10:17) to let these spies in as well as the two spies knowing out of all the homes to go to, to go to hers to hide. This act of faith leads her in to an amazing blessing, not only saving her and her family from destruction but Rehab marries an Israelite named Salmon who becomes a great great grandma to king David and ultimate a part of the genealogy to Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:5)! She may have the title of a prostitue but that didn't stop her from faith in God and turning her whole life around to become a worshiper of Him with blessing upon blessing.
Dont let a past sin or title hold you to what potential you can still have for faith in Christ. What might that sin or title be (that someone or you give yourself) that you need to look past and show faith God is calling you to?
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