Joshua 6b

I have given into thine handI have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

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17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: onlyonly Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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The Israelites were to take nothintake nothing for themselves from this accursed place.

Vile sin, including religious fornicationreligious fornication and infant infant sacrificesacrifice ruled this wicked city.

17b "Only Rahab the harlot shall live."

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A Canaanite and a harlot; Why would she live? She believedbelieved the Truth of the Living God;

She put her faith into actionaction.

God saved her and her family.

Her faith in God was true;

It produced good works.

Rahab the harlotharlot became Rahab the wifewife of a man of God.

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When she put her faith in God Almighty,

She turnedturned from sin unto righteousness.

18And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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When we refuserefuse to keep ourselves from sin, we bringwe bring on ourselves the curse of sin.

So many Christians are living lives of perpetual "bad luckbad luck" because of sinfulsinful attitudes, words, or deeds.

There is no luck.

There is blessing or cursing.

19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

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They had beenhad been used for evil, but now they would be set aside unto the Lordset aside unto the Lord.

That happens whenever a man or woman is bornborn of the Spirit of God.

20 So the people shoutedSo the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shoutgreat shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

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Not a plan that a man would plan.

21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

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Her house was on the wall; how did Godhow did God preserve her house when the walls fell?

The same force fieldforce field that held the Jordan River;

The force field of the Holy GhostHoly Ghost.

Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto heras ye sware unto her.

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We are as good as our wordour word,

And no better.Colossians 3 9 Lie notLie not one to another, seeing that ye have put offput off the old man with his deeds;

23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them withoutleft them without the camp of Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lordput into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

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If you want wrong made right,

Give itGive it completely to God.

If your life is a mess, with troubles wall to wall,

Give it completely to God.

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Set yourself aside unto God, livingliving your life His Way.

Quit thinking as you've always thoughtalways thought;

Quit behavingbehaving as you have always behaved.

Live your life as a Christian gentleman or a Christian lady, and enjoy God's bestenjoy God's best.

Romans 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye presentpresent your bodies a living sacrificeliving sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable servicereasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformedbe ye transformed by the renew-ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that goodgood, and acceptableacceptable, and perfectperfect, Will of GodWill of God.

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25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and sheshe dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Hebrews 11 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. 31 By faithBy faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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The Israelites would occupy, with God's blessingwith God's blessing, many of the cities that they conquered.

But notnot this center of wickedness.

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1 Kings 16 33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the Word of the Lord, which He spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Don't defy the Will of God.

27 So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

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Joshua didn't win this battle.

Neither the sword nor the bow won this battle.

Faith in God brought down the walls of Jericho and gave

victory to God's people.

By faithBy faith the walls of Jericho fell and the city was destroyed.

By faithBy faith Rahab was saved from that destruction.

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James 2 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

Faith lives in works.

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