Safety In The Fathers House

The passage today is from the story of Rahab.  She helped two Israelite men avoid capture in Jericho.  For doing so she was promised safety for herself and her family when the Israelites came into the land and took it over.   Take a look at this passage.

Joshua 2:17-20(NKJV)

17So the men said to her: “We will be blameless of this oath of yours which you have made us swear, 

18unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home. 

19So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him. 

20And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free from your oath which you made us swear.”

I think this passage is a good analogy to that whole process of being saved or not.  As people come to know Jesus we then go out and tell others about Him.    If others accept Jesus we bring them into God's house.  They are saved.  God has promised to take care of them. 

But what about the ones who chose not to accept Jesus?  There are many who wonder how a loving God could send anyone to hell?  Look what this passage says about those who choose to go outside the safety of the house.

  19So it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we will be guiltless.

It was a choice they made.  God didn't send them to hell, they chose to go there by rejecting Jesus.  It was their choice so their blood was on their hands so to speak. 

God sets the rules for how we are saved.  We have the choice to play by God's rules or not.  Who's rules are you going to play by?