August 9
James 2:24-26
"24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. 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? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead."
I love the Bible because God includes some great stories of people that we wouldn't expect including a prostitute. Rahab was a woman living in Jericho when 2 Jewish spies arrived to scout out the city's defenses before attacking. Rahab hid the spies, protecting them from capture and asking only that they didn't forget her when they came back.
She placed her faith in God based on what she had heard of His victories as the Jews invaded the lands around her city. She had a life changing faith - a faith that involved a perceived risk - the risk of her life.
Rahab is in the Bible because she had a saving faith - a faith that changed her life. That is what God asks of us today - a willingness to place our eternal destinies in the hands of Jesus Christ who died for us and took everything wrong we have ever done or ever will do. His death we live by faith. The inspiring thing about Rahab is that it didn't matter who she was - what mattered was her faith. That is what matters to God. Have you trusted your life to Christ?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment