Scripture Passage: Joshua 2

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(Seemingly) Reckless Inclusivity
"There is a place for you at Mountainview";

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Reckless Genealogy
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,...
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,.

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Spy Retry
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.”

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In the hospitality business
So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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Naive Incompetence?
3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house,..."

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A moral dilemma
4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but..."

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God-focused testimony
“I know that the Lord ... are melting in fear ... 10 We have heard ... the Lord ... 11 When we heard ...melted in fear ... the Lord your God is God …

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Beyond "be nice" (HeSeD)
12 “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

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Always three
Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.

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A red entryway
18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down,

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God Moved
24 They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”

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A famous prostitute
By Faith...
Hebrews 11:31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

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...And In Action
James 2:25 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?

November 28th - Reckless Incusivity: Rahab