Demonstrating Belief by Works, Part 1 (TMF:2026)

Monday, February 13, 2023
Peace to Live By: Demonstrating Belief by Works, Part 1 (TMF:2026) - Daniel Litton
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       Our next verse in James states: “And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?” (2:25, ESV). James here is referring to an account from the Old Testament found in Joshua chapter 2. In that account, the two spies from Joshua had gotten into a pinch, and a prostitute named Rahab had helped them out first by hiding them from the men who were after them, then by misleading the King, and finally be letting the men out of her window. I want us to look at part of the text back there in Joshua chapter 2. Do you see what happened here? Rahab stated that she believed the stories about the Israelites, that what had been told about God actually happened. Sound familiar? This is the way a person believes in Jesus. And Rahab demonstrated that she actually did believe by helping out the men before she said this, and then by helping them escape afterward. James said, “she received the messengers.” This occurred before anything she had spoken.