Replicating The Rehab Of Rehab

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. Hebrews 11:31 (NIV)

Joshua 2:1-21

I CAN REPLICATE THE REHAB OF RAHAB WHEN, BY FAITH, I…

1. ____________ A Future My ________ Could Never ______________.

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. Joshua 2:1 (NIV)

…Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her… Joshua 6:17b (NIV)

“Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out…” Joshuah 6:22b (NIV)

But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute… Joshua 6:25a (NIV)

By faith the prostitute Rahab… Hebrews 11:31a (NIV)

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute… James 2:25a (NIV)

Satan uses my past as a ________. God uses my past as a __________.

“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. ¹⁵ There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope…” Hosea 2:14-15a (NIV)

2. ______________ The ________________ Of God’s Faithfulness.

Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof ⁹ and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea[a] for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. ¹¹ When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below. Joshua 6:2-5 (NIV)

Stop __________ on what God hasn’t done & ___________ what He has.

I will remember your great deeds, Lord; I will recall the wonders you did in the past. ¹² I will think about all that you have done; I will meditate on all your mighty acts.
Psalm 77:11-12 (GNT)

3. _________ Myself With ___________ God Over ___________

The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” ³ So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.” ⁴ But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ⁵ At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” ⁶ (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) Joshua 2:2-6 (NIV)

Before I can change my __________, I have to change my ___________.

Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.  1 Kings 18:21 (NIV)

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 (NIV)

4. ________ On God’s ____________ Plan To Save Me.

Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us ¹⁸ unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. ¹⁹ If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them. ²⁰ But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.” ²¹ “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” Joshua 2:17-21 (NIV)

So now, ·promise [swear to] me ·before [or by] the Lord that you will show ·kindness [loyalty] to my family just as I showed ·kindness [loyalty] to you. Give me ·some proof [a sure sign; a solemn pledge] that you will do this. Joshua 2:12 (EXB)

God’s salvation is ________, but His plan must be ________________.

“Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window. Joshua 2:21 (NIV)

5. __________ A ______________ By ______________ Jesus To Others.

But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day. Joshua 6:25 (NIV)

This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: ⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse the father of King David… Matthew 1:1, 5-6 (NIV)

My __________________ isn’t my ____________.  It’s God’s ________.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. ¹³ Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. Psalm 51:12-13 (NIV)

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? James 2:25 (NIV)