RAHAB: 6.THE OUTCOME

RAHAB: 6.THE OUTCOME

SEEK GOD’S WORD FOR TRUTH

Read the following passage:

 JOSHUA 6:25

 

Of those rescued how many made their home in the midst of Israel?

 

What reason is given?

 

The story does not end here. We are not told what happened to Rahab’s family members, but we do know what happened to Rahab. She married an Israelite named Salmon and bore him a son. Rahab is considered a woman of great faith, and she is held in high esteem in the Bible. The following passage about Rahab was written centuries after her death:

Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld….By faith Ra′hab the harlot did not perish with those who acted disobediently, because she received the spies in a peaceable way.

     HEBREWS 11:1, 31

 

Based upon what you’ve learned about Rahab, how does this definition of faith apply to her?

 

How did she demonstrate her faith?

 

The apostle Paul wrote: ^“By this undeserved kindness, indeed, YOU have been saved through faith; and this not owing to YOU, it is God’s gift. No, it is not owing to works, in order that no man should have ground for boasting.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

 

From this, what else do you learn about faith?

 

The apostle Paul also wrote: ^“That YOUR faith might be, not in men’s wisdom, but in God’s power.” (1 Corinthians 2:5)

 

Upon whom did Rahab base her faith?

 

And finally, the outcome of Rahab’s story is the honor given to her in the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, where she is listed in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.

 

FIND GOD’S WAYS FOR YOU

 

Your story does not end here, either. What have you learned about yourself from this study?

 

What changes, if any, have you made?

 

How would you describe your relationship with God and why?

 

How do you choose to live out your life?

 

STOP AND PONDER

 

How have God’s ways become your ways?

 

RAHAB and Salmon had a son, Boaz.

Boaz was the father of Obed;

Obed, the father of Jesse,

Jesse, the father of King David.

And from the line of King David of the tribe of Judah

came the promised Messiah,

Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.