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NASB | Joshua 2:4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 2:4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; so she said, "Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. |
Bible Question:
Rahab lied to the king's men, yet God still blessed her. I know she saved the spies, which was good, but she still lied. (Joshua chapter 2) |
Bible Answer: Hello Humility, Is not God's grace, truly greater than all our sin and shame? Who of us is without sin? We see that she is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah in Matt. 1:5. Certainly this tells us that even harlots are not beyond the grips of God's grace! Notably, she's commended for her faith in Heb. 11:31, "By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace." (NASB) C.H. Spurgeon comments in his sermon on Rahab - "Perhaps the most wonderful thing about her faith was that she should be a woman of such a character. She was apparently the most unlikely person to become a believer in Jehovah. She was a harlot, a woman that was a sinner, and universally known to be such. Desperate attempts have been made to find some other meaning for the word rendered harlot, but they have been utterly fruitless. Both Paul and James declare concerning her that she was what we commonly call her. The idea that she was a hostess or tavern keeper is absurd, because such a thing as an innkeeper was not known in those days, as everybody knows. To foist such an interpretation as that upon the original Hebrew is not to translate, but to misinterpret; and no one has ever attempted it with the Greek. She had doubtless been a great sinner; it is no use trying to mince the matter. Let the glory be to divine grace. Why should we wish to rob God of his honor in having delivered such a woman from her sin? But after she became a believer in Jehovah it strikes me she forsook her sin and became another character, though she was still known by her old title." [No. 1061] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |