30/08/2017
THE SINNER’S HOUSE BECAME THE SAFE HOUSE
# Lessons from Joshua 6:22-25
• She is a well-known pr******te.
• She lived on the wall of the city.
• She could be described by no other name but “PR******TE”.
• Yet her house became the safe house.
Her father must have rejected her, her mother might have given up on her, relatives will probably pretend never to have known her and her siblings would have been embarrassed about the profession of their sister – PR******TE. However, her house turned to be the safe house.
She saved herself, her father, her mother, her brothers, her relatives and all that she had in the house (V. 22-23). One will wonder, how can the house of a terrible pr******te become the safe house?
The house of the pr******te became the safe house all because of a red rope (the thread of redemption) hanging down her window.
“Here is what you must do: Hang this red rope out the window through which you let us down and gather your entire family with you in your house — father, mother, brothers, and sisters. Anyone who goes out the doors of your house into the street and is killed, it's his own fault — we aren't responsible. But for everyone within the house we take full responsibility. If anyone lays a hand on one of them, it's our fault.” (Joshua 2:18-19 MSG)
She was not perfect, with natural judgment, she should be destroyed because of her sinful lifestyle, yet, she and all that she had in her house were saved. All because of a red rope.
In addition to been saved, she got an inheritance among God’s special people.
“But Joshua spared Rahab the pr******te, with her family and all who belonged to her . . . and she lives among the Israelites to this day.” (Joshua 6:25 NIV)
Furthermore, her name was enlisted in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matt 1:5). A red rope changed everything about the sinner. It saved her from perishing, made her house become a safe house and enlisted her in the genealogy of Christ.
The red rope signifies the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus can cleanse you from all sins, it can change a sinner to saint, it can make somebody out of nobody, and it can save from the wrath of God to come (Judgment).
Don’t give up on that child, don’t reject your sibling, never give up on yourself, the atonement for your sins has been made. Only believe and ask for the blood.
“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matt 26:28-29 NKJV)
“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus” (Heb 10:19 NKJV)
The blood of Jesus is available for your cleansing and molding. Say this prayer:
Father, I thank you for the atonement you have made through the blood of Christ. I believe that Jesus died for my sins and that His blood was shed for my cleansing. Wash me in His blood today and make me your child. I accept and confess Jesus as my Lord and personal savior. Amen.
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