Lesson's From A Prostitute [Two]

The lesson for today?

Rahab was a prostitute...a harlot...

That is the lesson?

Yep.

You see there are some Christians [those who fall under category 1 of my last post] who say that the word "harlot" in the Hebrew could maybe be interpreted "inn keeper".

Is the word interpreted that way in other places?

Well...no...but it makes it a much nicer, more sanitized story if we have God working through a kind, industrious, and even hospitable woman...instead of the first option...God working through a woman who sells her body for $$.

Some people want to shake their heads at God...hasn't He read His book of virtues?

It would be a much nicer read if He only worked through nice, middle classed, law abiding folk like us...right? [we better re-check our family tree...I smell some self righteousness creeping in]

But God doesn't answer to us...He is the standard of goodness...so we must put our editor pens away for another day.

The reason why some Christian's have a problem with Rahab being a prostitute is because her name is mentioned in Jesus family tree...oh the shame of it all!

Like Peter, we need to put away our swords...Jesus doesn't need our protection...as God of the universe He does just fine on His own.

Remember category 3 of our last talk? God is the only sinless One in the Bible.

Jesus, God in the flesh, is the only sinless man in the Bible [yes, I am talking about humanity after Genesis 3].

All of Jesus' family tree was made up of sinners...of varying degrees...and out of all that sinful humanity God brought His sinless Son into the world...in order to save sinful humanity...

...great isn't He?

One pastor said it so well...he said that "God draws straight lines with crooked sticks" [by the way...we are the crooked sticks part of the quote].

God can do what we can't even imagine...He speaks worlds into existence...He raises the dead...and He causes a virgin to conceive and give birth to His Son.

Mary was a virtuous, godly young woman...but she was still a sinner...and out of her womb God brought forth the Saviour of the world.

Next time we will look at another "so called" problem...with Rahab being a prostitute.