Steve Petch Sunday 23 rd February 2014 Saving Faith Joshua 2

What happened to Rahab? Matthew 1 v 5: An ancestor of Jesus Hebrews 11 v 31: A Hero of the faith James 2 v 25: An example of saving faith

Some encouragements from Rahab’s life: God can use women to build his kingdom God can use single people … God can use people of all races … God can use people with ‘a past’ … “If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has gone; the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5v17

Saving Faith Saving faith starts with believing “Without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Hebrews 11 v 6

Saving Faith Saving faith starts with believing Saving faith results in action James 2 v 14 – 25

Saving Faith Saving faith starts with believing Saving faith results in action Saving faith leads to repentance Saving faith may seem risky… … but it’s the safest thing of all

Saving Faith “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul?” Mark 8v36 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him might not perish but have eternal life”. John 3 v 16

Saving Faith Jim Elliot Died Jan 8 th 1956, aged 28 Ecuador "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"

Saving Faith Saving faith starts with believing Saving faith results in action Saving faith leads to repentance Saving faith may seem risky… … but it’s the safest thing of all