JSF Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Q4. (Joshua 2:4-6) Does God honor Rahab for lying to the king's men? Is her lying justified in this case? Is there ever a time it might be permissible to lie? We live in a world of sin and it will never get better until we are with Jesus in paradise. When Pastor Wilson says life is messy, that is so true. There are so many instances of the absence of "black and white". Who knows what God would have done if Rahab had told the truth? He would have fulfilled His plan regardless. But he brings good even of our muddling around because He is gracious that way. I do think motive figures largely in cases like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliya721 Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 On 6/10/2016 at 3:44 PM, Pastor Ralph said: Q4. (Joshua 2:4-6) Does God honor Rahab for lying to the king's men? Is her lying justified in this case? Is there ever a time it might be permissible to lie? God doesn't honor her for lying to the king's men. He honors her for assisting the spies in doing His work. Each action was on the side of the coin. She simply decided she would do what was right in the Lord's eyes, despite what it looked like to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Price Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 I believe God honors Rehab for her faith in Him and in her confession in believing Him to be the real and living God. It is in this instance that she is forgiven of sin and is saved from being destroyed with the city. Our focus should be on the reason she is willing to hide the spies, because she believes in their living God and has fear of Him and that fear is deeper than any fear she has for her government and the soldiers. She fears Yahweh more than any punishment she would receive from hiding them from the king. She has stated this to the spies, that they had heard of how their God dried up the Red Sea for his people to escape and all the other miracles that were done. She and her people had great fear of their God and did not want to fight against Him!!!! She recognizes Yahweh and calls Him by His name as being the powerful and the only one true and living God. This is why God honors her and protects her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irmela Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Q4. (Joshua 2:4-6) Does God honor Rahab for lying to the king's men? Is her lying justified in this case? Is there ever a time it might be permissible to lie? Rahab is honored for her faith. She hid the men from the king and his soldiers in the best way that she knew how to at that time. It was to send them on a wild goose trail. I think when it is difficult to give a truthful answer it is best to ask God for wisdom how the question is to be answered in a way not to put people into danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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