Rehab was identified in the Bible as a prostitute. It's not a flattering reference to be sure,

but that was not the description that defined Rehab's life. Later, she was celebrated

as a woman of faith. So how did she rise above her sorted reputation? Today, on Insight

for Living, Chuck Swindall explains that Rehab courageously gave shelter to two spies. This is a

complex plot, so we'll begin with helpful highlights from our previous program. We're in Joshua

chapter 2. Chuck titled his message with a question. Are spies and lies okay in God's eyes?

Rehab's house was built on the wall. Interestingly, they stayed at that house. They didn't know her.

She hadn't known them before they arrived, but she was willing to house them and hide them. There

had to be a coordinated effort, so she had to be on their side. So something must have happened in

her heart before they're coming, where she would be brought to faith, the faith of the Hebrews. In

fact, as you will see when we get to the verse, she saw their God as the supreme God of heaven and

earth. She embraced the God of the Scriptures. She's a Canaanite. She's a Gentile Canaanite, a former

idol worshipping prostitute. But now she houses these spies. In the meantime, the King, according to

this second verse, gathers his soldiers around him and says, I want there to be a search party,

because there are spies in our land. So they went to Rehab and she had hidden the two men. We

read in this fourth verse. She replied, yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn't know where

they were from. Yes, she did. That was a lie. It was a circumstantial necessity. Had she said otherwise,

they would have captured them and taken them to the King. Let's read on. She said, as the gates were

about to close, I don't know where they went, so hurry and you will probably be able to catch up

with them. All of that was fabricated. None of that was true. It was a cover-up. Just as you would have

covered it up, or I would have for the sake of righteousness to carry out the plan of God.

And so the spies, the soldiers, make their way down and they go out of the gate when the gates

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