08-04-19 || ONCE UPON A PROSTITUTE

ONCE UPON A PROSTITUTE

Never Give Up

Holly Russo – Pastor at HOPE

 

“By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.”

- Hebrews 11:31

 

 

HOW ARE YOU KNOWN

1. Don’t count yourself out

“But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, ‘Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.’”

– Joshua 2:4-5

 

“Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David.”

– Matthew 1:5-6

 

 

2. Don’t compare and condemn “And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.”

- Hebrews 11:32-34

 

 

3. Don’t compete for someone else’s calling “In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?” – James 2:25