Sermon Title: "Rahab’s Window”

The message centers on Rahab’s window as a picture of escape, faith, grace, and salvation. Though Rahab was known by her sinful past, God showed mercy to her and used her window as a place where His saving grace was clearly displayed.

The title points to the window where Rahab let the spies down by a scarlet cord. That window became more than part of her house. It became a place where God showed His power to rescue, His willingness to forgive, and His grace toward those who believe Him.

Rahab was a Gentile woman from Jericho who had a sinful reputation as a harlot. Yet the sermon emphasizes that her past did not keep God from reaching her. Her story reminds us that the grace of God can reach anybody who will believe and respond to Him.

Rahab’s window was a window of escape because the spies were able to leave Jericho through it before judgment came. The sermon applies this to salvation by reminding hearers that judgment is coming, but God has provided a way of escape through the Lord Jesus Christ.

The sermon mentioned the judgment seat of Christ for believers and the great white throne judgment for those who reject Christ. The warning was clear: no one should neglect the salvation God has offered, because there will be no escape apart from Christ.

The scarlet cord was presented as a picture of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Just as that cord was connected to rescue in Rahab’s story, the blood of Christ is the only hope of salvation for sinners today.

Rahab’s window was a window of faith because God had been working in her heart before the spies ever escaped. She had heard what the Lord had done for Israel, her heart melted, and she believed that the God of Israel was the true God in heaven above and earth beneath.

The sermon connected Rahab’s hearing to Romans 10:17, which says that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rahab heard how God delivered His people, and that hearing became part of the faith response God produced in her heart.

The sermon explained that Rahab’s heart melted because the truth of God’s power and judgment had reached her. This was used as a picture of conviction, when the Word of God and the Spirit of God show a person their need and draw them toward faith and obedience.

Rahab’s window was a window of grace because God showed kindness to someone many people would have written off. The sermon made clear that God’s grace was available to Rahab, to her family, and is still available today to whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord.

Rahab did not only ask for herself to be spared. She asked for her father, mother, brethren, sisters, and all they had. The sermon applied this as a reminder that believers ought to carry a burden for their families, friends, and communities to be saved.

The message strongly emphasized that the gospel is a whosoever gospel. God’s grace is not limited to a select few while others are left without hope. The invitation of salvation is still extended to all who will call upon the Lord by faith.

Joshua 6 shows that when Jericho was destroyed, Rahab and those gathered in her house were brought out alive. The sermon used this as the final picture that Rahab’s window was a window of salvation, because those under the protection of that scarlet token were spared.

The sermon asked whether believers have extended the scarlet cord to others. In other words, if we have received salvation through Christ, we should be telling others about Him and pointing them to the same grace that rescued us.

The sermon closes with a clear call to salvation. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but Christ has provided a way of escape. Lost sinners were urged to call upon the Lord, take hold of the scarlet cord by faith, and be saved.