HEROES                                                              EAST BAY FELLOWSHIP

(Series, #4)                                                                                    July 1, 2007

RAHAB – MAKING GOOD CHOICES

TEXT: Heb. 11:31

INTRODUCTION

· Tim Sanders says we should view all of our choices through the lens of  three categories (Tim Sanders, www.sanderssays.typepad.com (8-25-06)):

a. Rubber

b. Metal

c. Glass

GOOD SPIRITUAL CHOICES TAKE:

1) COURAGEOUS LOYALTY

· Do you consider yourself fiercely loyal to God?   Yes      No  (circle one)

2) CAREFUL CONVERSATIONS

· You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say.  What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.   Prov 18:20 (TEV)

· The three distinct conversations of Rahab:

a. The King (pressure)

b. The People (gossip)

c. The Spies (community)

3) COVENANT CONSCIOUSNESS

· The scarlet cord mentioned in this passage is symbolic of a scarlet thread that runs through the whole of the Bible:

a. The original sacrifice (Gen. 3:21)

b. The pre-law sacrifices (Gen. 8:20, 22:13)

c. The sacrifices of the Law (Lev. 1:1-17)

d. The sacrifice of Christ (Rev. 12:11)

CONCLUSION

· Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.    II Jn 1:8 (NIV)