GRACE IN JUDGEMENT

When God gave the city of Jericho into the hands of Joshua and the Children of Israel, He did so as a judgement against the evil within this city. However, Rahab the harlot and her family were all spared because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Even in judgment God still showed grace. Some really get hung up on the fact that God had Israel kill everyone else in Jericho but the truth is that we all deserve death. The wages of sin is death. So why do we have spiritual life? Because even though we deserved judgment God showed us grace. For by grace you've been saved through faith. And this is not of yourself. It is a gift of God, not of works. It's been said when we get to heaven there will be three things that amaze us. Number one, we'll be amazed at the people that are there that we didn't think had a chance. We'll be amazed, secondly, at the people who are missing because we thought for sure they'd be there. But the thing that will amaze us the most is that we're there ourselves. And the only reason we will be there is because God extended His grace when we put our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus.