Everybody Has A Story

Psalms 118:17 (NKJV)

17 I shall not die, but live,

And declare the works of the Lord.

“Sometimes the best way to share our faith is to tell our story!”

The Story of Rahab

(Reversing the Curse)

Her Story

Joshua 2:1 (NKJV)

1 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

Rahab was a prostitute!

Joshua 2:12-15 (NKJV)

12 Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,

13 and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”

14 So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”

15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.

Joshua 2:21 (NKJV)

21 Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

Joshua 6:23 (NKJV)

23 And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel.

Rahab trusted and acted up the Word!

There is power in the Blood!

Our Surprise

Matthew 1:1-6 (NKJV)

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.

3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.

5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,

6 and Jesse begot David the king.

David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

Rahab wound up in the genealogy of Jesus Christ!

She reversed the curse for her and generations to come!

The Scriptures

Hebrews 11:31 (NKJV)

31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

James 2:25 (NKJV)

25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

Rahab is noted for her faith.

Challenge:

You can reverse the curse in your life and family!

Galatians 3:13-14 (NKJV)

13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Christ bore the curse we deserved that we might receive the blessing of Abraham.