Saved by a hooker: Deuteronomy 34:1 - Joshua 2:24
Away, you evil doers: Luke 13:22-14:6
May Your mercy come quickly to meet us: Psalm 79:1-13
A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor: Proverbs 12:26
Our reading from Joshua & and our reading from Luke together throw out common misconceptions of who’s in God’s kingdom & who’s not. How many people look at a prostitute and say, “there’s somebody who’s going to enter the kingdom of God”? Rahab knew which god was for real – the God of the Jews. She changed her life and eventually (warning – the following line is Bible geek information) became an ancestor of Jesus.
Then in Luke Jesus told us that some of the people we think are good servants of the Lord won’t get into the kingdom of God. What mankind often sees as good enough for God isn’t what God sees. He wants your heart. If you believe in Jesus in your heart, not only will you wind up Living It Like You Mean It, but you’ll be part of God’s kingdom.
One final note: Can you imagine the spies going home & telling their wives that they were saved by a hooker? :)
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