Faith and Action

 

Joshua 2: 15-24

 

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall so that she lived in the wall.   And she said to them, “Go into the hills, or the pursuers will encounter you, and hide there three days until the pursuers have returned. Then afterward you may go your way.”   The men said to her, “We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.   Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.   Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.   But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear.”   And she said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

They departed and went into the hills and remained there three days until the pursuers returned, and the pursuers searched all along the way and found nothing.   Then the two men returned. They came down from the hills and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.   And they said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us.”

 

Rahab closed the deal, and it was time for the next step, so she arranged transportation to get them out of Jericho.  In that her home was built into the city wall she used a rope to transport them out of the city and gave them instruction to go hide in the hills for three days.  This was all done while the city slept.

 

We could learn a lot from Rahab as Followers of Christ, first and foremost she believes in a God she had not known, much like Abram, who became Abraham.  Second, she acted on her beliefs, she not only listen to the spies but acted on their requirements, as the apostle Mark would have said, immediately.  She did not wait to put the scarlet cord in the window.

The two spies also listen and did as told, and returned back to Joshua and told him the people were living in fear of God, and that victory was theirs to have.  It is sad that the Citizens of the USA do not look to God, but believe the Media hype and are living in fear of dying.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice