Friends Church Sermons

Finding the life that God has promised us. Let me clarify one thing here before we move on to chapter 2. Canaan this land of promise is not a place of health, wealth, and absence of conflict. It’s not a utopia where we have no problems to face – we are talking about Canaan not Eden. The land of promise represents a place where we are able to become all that we are created to be. A place where we can reach our God given potential. A place where God’s promises of peace, wholeness, joy, and blessing are real in everyday life. But this place is not without conflict or pain as you will see as we read further. Let’s look at chapter 2 together. Rahab is an interesting character. She is a harlot – a prostitute. She is likely a Temple prostitute given over to the worship of Baal the Canaanite Fertility God. Anyway she presents a very unlikely ally for the spies of Joshua. Here is a woman who is deeply involved in sinful brokenness and dedicated to a false God – perhaps if you will the worst of the lot in Jericho. In R