Postby solidust » October 28th, 2014, 5:47 pm
Imagine looking through your family tree and finding this description of your ancestor: “A prostitute, she harbored enemies of the government in her house. When she was confronted by the authorities, she lied about it.”
What would you do about her? Hide her story from anyone inquiring about your family? Or spotlight and praise her in the legends of your family’s story?
Meet Rahab. If what we read about her in the book of Joshua chapter 2 were all we knew, we might lump her in with all of the other renegades and bad examples in the Bible. But her story doesn’t stop there. The book of Matthew chapter 1 reveals that she was King David’s great-great grandmother and that she was in lineage of our Savior, Jesus Christ. And there’s more. Hebrews chapter 11 names Rahab as a woman of faith who was saved from the fall of Jericho (see Joshua chapter 6:17). And in James chapter 2, her works of rescue were given as evidence of her righteous faith.
God’s love is unconditional and amazing that way. He can take people with a bad reputation, transform their lives, and turn them into examples of His love and forgiveness. If you think you’re too bad to be forgiven or if you know someone else who feels that way, read about Rahab and rejoice. If God can turn her into a beacon of righteousness, there’s hope for all of us.
Source: Our Daily Bread 26/10/2014 (Edited)
No matter what you have done or maybe doing know this my friend:
- God’s Love for us is unconditional and wants to make us whole, today right now.
- Where sin is much, grace is much more (no sin is greater than the grace of God)
- The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
- God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
- If any man/ woman be in Christ he/ she is a new creature (born again) old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. (Newness of life).
How can I be saved or be born again?
All it takes my friend is a step of faith (for without faith it is impossible to please God).
Repent of your sins believing that Jesus died for our sins upon the cross, that he paid the price for our forgiveness and only through Him we are made righteous and one with God. Believe that he just didn’t die but rose again after the third day and is now seated on the throne.
You may want to tell Him in words like these: “Dear Lord, thank you for this time and opportunity. I believe that you died for my sins upon the cross and made a way for me to be saved. I now receive you into my life as my Savior, so I can have forgiveness and everlasting life. Thank you for your gift of eternal life.
If you have prayed that simple pray from your heart my friend you are now saved, your name is written in the book of life and there is great rejoicing in heaven. Congratulations and Welcome Home!
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solidust on November 6th, 2014, 6:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
