Rahab's Loss Of Faith

proud of and have had to answer for but His blood cleanses me of my sin. The Word of God promises us that in 1 John 1:7 There is a difference between shame and guilt. Guilt is the "feeling" we get from the Holy Spirit who lives in us when we are dabbling in sin. On the other hand shame is a feeling Satan attempts to use to trip up God's children who have already dealt with their sin the proper way by going to the Lord and laying it at the feet of Jesus. The beauty of being able to read about David's peace after restoration is incredible. His immediate change in perspective was so obvious. God rawly shared about His servants’ greatest accomplishments and lowest points. He was unashamed about them. He made it very obvious that even the "great …show more content…
At first glance Rahab is not the kind of Bible character that little Christian girls often claim to do their report on godly women. She was a woman who was rough around the edges. But, by the grace of God she was redeemed and was used greatly by the Lord. She went from selling her body to being given the honor of having the King of Kings come from her bloodline. Rahab’s story was personally very touching for me to read because it shows that none of us are seen as lost causes in the Lord’s eyes. God is not ashamed of us. He even allowed us to read about her highly unsightly background. Before placing her faith in the Lord she had devoted her life to pretty much everything God said not to do. In fact her nothing positive was even really mentioned about her past. She was basically a typical “ancient day bad girl”. Well, until He changed her life. Until then she had lived for herself. She earned her living in the most profane of ways by selling her body to wicked men who were willing to pay. Her paycheck depended on her sin. They went hand in hand. She was in great bondage whether she realized it back then or not. Redeemed by His unmatchable grace. A fun fact about Rahab that truly displays the kind of redemption He gives is the fact that Rahab is the first person that the Scripture introduces believers to in the Promised Land. It has been speculated that she may have given her trust to the spies because unlike all the other men who walked into her door. These ones did not try to use her for immoral pleasure. They treated her with dignity. God’s sovereignty timed the whole ordeal and Rahab choose to believe in Yaweh at that crucial time. She went against her old callused habits and chose to help the spies despite the risk it put her in. Scripture also makes her very relatable by not making it seem as if she became perfect after accepting Christ. Her remarkable