Now
faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
For by it men of old gained approval. …
By
faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient,
after she had welcomed the spies in peace.
Hebrews
11:1-2, 31
When
we are jumping to judge people, we need to consider that we do not judge as God
judges. God sees the hearts of men and
women.
Rahab
was a prostitute living in Jericho. Rahab
knew God parted the Red Sea and delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt,
and she believed that He was the True God. When two Israelite spies ask Rahab to help
them and promised her that she and her family would be safe when Jericho was
overrun by the Israelites, she trusted them.
The
spies escaped from Jericho, and when the City was destroyed by the Israelites,
only Rahab and her family were saved. Of
all the people God could have saved, He saved Rahab, not because of her
personal merits, but because she had faith in Him as the One True God.
That
is the way it is with God, no one is saved because they are good, they are
saved by faith in God and His Son, Jesus.
Remember
that.
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