CALLED BY THE LORD, PART 5

DEPICTION OF RAHAB OF JERICHO

I was doing Bible study one night and it became clear to me that, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Deborah, Jael, Lydia, Seller of Purple, Rehab,The Twelve Disciples, and Paul were all CALLED by God. The Lord may require  some people to carry out a special task.There will be others that may be required to minister His Word and  travel around the world as a missionary.  

This week I'll share scriptures about different men 

and women that were called by the Lord. Some of these people were rebellious and did not want to answer His call.  All eventually did the Lord's will.

Today, I'll share scriptures which show how 

a prostitute named  Rahab was used to help 

Joshua's spies. Joshua, son of Nun, became 

the ruler for the Israelites after Moses died.

The Bible also tells us that the Lord is "not a

respecter of persons"and accepts all who will

respect him. It can be His will to use a harlot

(prostitute) when He deems it necessary.

 

Acts 10:34-35

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth
I perceive that God shows no partiality.

³⁵ But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 

 

 

 

 

DEPICTION OF RAHAB WITH JOSHUA'S SPIES

 

 

JOSHUA 1-3

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 

 ² “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.

 ³ Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses

JOSHUA  2:1-8, 10-11, 17-18, 21

1 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there. ² And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country.”

³ So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the country.”
⁴ Then the woman took the two men and hid them. So she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.  
⁵ And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.” 
⁶ (But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)  
⁸ Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, ⁹ and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land...

 

¹⁰ For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 

¹¹ And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath

 

¹⁷ So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear, ¹⁸ unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.

 

²¹ Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPICTION OF SCARLET RED PUT OUT THE

WINDOW BY  RAHAB