1. Believing Promises
Joshua 2:1-24

8. Rahab
Rahab’s Profession (Joshua 2:1-7)
Rahab’s Profession of Faith (Joshua 2:8- 11)
Rahab’s Promises (Joshua 2:12-24)

9. DISCUSSION GUIDE
1. What mission did Joshua give the spies who went into Canaan? (Joshua 2:1)
The spies were given a reconnaissance mission. They were to look over the land, especially the city of Jericho.

10. The verse tells us that Rahab was a prostitute
DISCUSSION GUIDE
2. What does this verse tell us about Rahab? (Joshua 2:1)
The verse tells us that Rahab was a prostitute

11. DISCUSSION GUIDE
3. What do these verses tell us about what kind of people God can use to accomplish his purpose?

12. DISCUSSION GUIDE
4. When he heard that there were spies in the city what did the King of Jericho do? (Joshua 2:2-3)
When he heard there were spies in the city the King of Jericho sent word to Rahab to send the men out of her home.

13. DISCUSSION GUIDE
5. How did Rahab respond? What did she do to protect the spies? (Joshua 2:4-6)
Rahab lied to the king. She said that the men had left her home before the gates were closed in the evening. Actually, Rahab had taken the spies to the roof of her home and hid them under stalks of flax.

14. DISCUSSION GUIDE
6. Does this story give you and me the freedom to lie as long as we do it for a good cause?

15. DISCUSSION GUIDE
7. How did Rahab know that God had given the land over to the Israelites? (Joshua 2:8-13)
Rahab pointed to all the successes of Israel as proof that God was protecting them. She mentioned the miracle at the Red Sea and the victory over the kings of the Amorites.

16. Rahab said that God is God in heaven and earth
DISCUSSION GUIDE
8. What statement did Rahab make about God? (Joshua 2:11)
Rahab said that God is God in heaven and earth

17. 9. What does this statement tell you about Rahab’s faith?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
9. What does this statement tell you about Rahab’s faith?

18. DISCUSSION GUIDE
10. What bargain did the spies make with Rahab? (Joshua 2:12-14)?
The men agreed that since Rahab was protecting them they would treat her kindly and faithfully when they took the land

19. DISCUSSION GUIDE
11. What were the specific conditions of the deal the spies made with Rahab? (Joshua 2:17-20)
The men agreed to save Rahab and her family under the
Following conditions. Rahab must:
Tie a scarlet cord in the window through which the spies would escape
Bring all her family into her house because anyone outside the house would not be safe
She must not tell anyone about the plans of the Israelites

20. 12. What risks did Rahab take by hiding the Israelite spies?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
12. What risks did Rahab take by hiding the Israelite spies?

21. DISCUSSION GUIDE
13. What report did the spies give to Joshua? (Joshua 2:24)
The spies told Joshua that God had given the whole land into their hands. They went on to tell Joshua how afraid the Canaanites were of the Israelites.

22. DISCUSSION GUIDE
14. What does Rahab’s story tell us about the change that God can make in a life?

24. Noah was a drunk
Isaiah preached naked
Abraham was too old
Jonah ran from God
Isaac was a daydreamer
Naomi was a widow
Jacob was a liar
Job went bankrupt
Leah was ugly
John the Baptist ate bugs
Joseph was abused
Peter denied Christ
Moses had a stuttering problem
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Gideon was afraid
Martha worried about everything
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Rahab was a prostitute
Zacchaeus was too small
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
Paul was too religious
David had an affair and was a murderer
Timothy had an ulcer...
Elijah was suicidal
AND Lazarus was dead!

25. Charles Colson