Passage: Joshua 2:1
Notes
What exactly is kindness?
What is the motive behind our kindness?
Rahab’s faith in God led to kindness toward us.
Our faith in God should lead us to show kindness toward his people.
- Kindness is Covenantal
- Kindness is tangible
- Kindness is a choice we make based on our belief in God
Verses
{And Joshua, son of Nun, sent two men secretly from Shittim [Shi-teem] as spies, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho.’ Joshua 2:1 ESV}{"Bring out the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land."
"True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. And when the gate was about to be closed at dark, the men went out. I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them." Joshua 2:3-4 ESV}{I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Now then, please swear to me by the LORD that, as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a sure sign, that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death. Joshua 2:9-13 ESV}{Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the LORD gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you. Joshua 2:14 ESV}{Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us. Joshua 2:24 ESV}
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