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Genealogy of Jesus –Matthew
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Rahab
The Godly Mother!
Hebrews 11:30-31 & James 2:25
• Heb 11:30-31 ~ By faith the walls
of Jericho fell down after they had
been encircled for seven days. By
faith Rahab the harlot did not
perish along with those who were
disobedient, after she had
welcomed the spies in peace.
• James 2:25 In the same way, was
not Rahab the harlot also justified
by works when she received the
messengers and sent them out by
another way?
The Courage of Rahab’s Faith
• Rahab was an Amorite
• Deuteronomy 9:4 "Do not say in your
heart when the LORD your God has
driven them out before you, "Because
of my righteousness the LORD has
brought me in to possess this land,'
but it is because of the wickedness of
these nations that the LORD is
dispossessing them before you.
The Courage of Rahab’s Faith
• Josh 2:1, 9-16
• “The LORD your God, He is God in
heaven above and on earth beneath.”
(Josh 2:11)
• Josh 6:22-25 “…Rahab the harlot and
her father's household and all she
had, Joshua spared; and she has lived
in the midst of Israel to this day, for
she hid the messengers whom Joshua
sent to spy out Jericho.”
Rahab was a Harlot!• God is a God
• What about the
meaning of this
designation
“harlot?”
• Just a hostess or
innkeeper?
• Harlot comes
from the Greek
word “porne”
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Boaz Called Rahab Mom
• “And Salmon begat Boaz...” (Ruth
4:21).
• It seems clear that Rahab was a
good mother to her son Boaz.
• I believe that we can look at the
life and character of Boaz and
evaluate Rahab’s competence as a
mother.
Boaz Called Rahab
Mom
• The Dignity and Disposition of Rahab’s
Son - Boaz
• Ruth 2:1 ~ Now Naomi had a kinsman of
her husband, a man of great wealth, of
the family of Elimelech, whose name was
Boaz.
• Ruth 2:4-13
• Boaz was good to his servants. He
showed kindness to those around him.
Rahab the Godly Mother
• The Devotion Of Rahab’s Son.
• Ruth 3:10 Then [Boaz] said, [to Ruth]
"Blessed are you of the LORD, my
daughter! For you have shown more
kindness at the end than at the
beginning, in that you did not go after
young men, whether poor or rich.
• Boaz shows a devotion to honor,
particularly in desiring to raise up the
name of the dead of the house of
Elimelech.
• Ruth 4:11-17 – The Blessing of the
Elders of the City.
Boaz Called Rahab Mom
 Could it be that when Boaz was
growing up, Rahab would sit him on
her lap and tell him the story of how
God had destroyed her whole
hometown and spared her life
because of her faith?
 Boaz was devoted to honor, devoted
as a husband; because of that godly
mother, devoted to God!
 What does the faith of your children
Rahab the Godly Mother!
 If God can take a harlot like Rahab
and transform her into a godly
mother, then BY FAITH, God can
help us too!
 “Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6)
 Ephesians 6:4 … bring them up in the
discipline and instruction of the
This do in remembrance of
Me!
-Jesus