Key Thought: The assurance of Divine support does not override human preparation and responsibility. We are to do everything in our power to do the best we can in what God calls us to do.
October 11, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Joshua 2:1, Numbers 13:1,2, 25-28, 33.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Why would Joshua start the mission of conquering Canaan by sending out spies?
3. Personal Application: Because God gave Israel a second chance to enter Canaan, what should that tell us about how God extends grace to us and why we should extend grace to those who need it? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Second chances and grace works for some people, but when you are being abused and he asks for a second chance, you could be putting yourself into a dangerous situation. Or a person who steals from you asks for a second chance, you may be giving him a second chance to steal even more if they haven’t dealth with the cause.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Joshua 2:2-11, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What do these texts tell us about Rahab?
3. Personal Application: What does this story tell us about how God must have our ultimate obedience? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Rahab is depicted as a model of faith. How can we appreciate the openness of people to God, even if their lifestyle is far from the Biblical ideal? How can we appreciate their faith without condoning some of their practices?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Joshua 2:12-21, Exodus 12:13,22,23.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does this tell us about the agreement between the spies and Rahab?
3. Personal Application: What gospel message can we find in these two stories? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Have you ever found a situation in which required a combination of justice and grace? What are some practical ways of merging the two – showing grace but exacting justice?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Joshua 9:1-20.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What are the differences between Rahab and the Gibeonites? Why is it meaningful?
3. Personal Application: Have you ever found yourself struggling between what appears to be two conflicting Biblical values? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study:: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/2-suprised-by-grace-teaching-plan/

Daily Lesson for Tuesday 7th of October 2025

Rahab’s deal is very clear: life for life and kindness for kindness. The word cḥesed (Joshua 2:12), “loving-kindness,” has a richness of meaning that is difficult to express in one word in other languages. It refers primarily to covenantal loyalty, but it also carries the notion of faithfulness, mercy, benevolence, and kindness.

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The words of Rahab also are reminiscent of Deuteronomy 7:12, where Yahweh Himself swore to keep His cḥesed toward Israel. “ ‘Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy [cḥesed] which He swore to your fathers’ ” (Deuteronomy 7:12, NKJV).

Interestingly enough, the same chapter (Deuteronomy 7:1-26) prescribes the ban (cḥerem) on the Canaanites. Here is Rahab, a Canaanite who is under the ban, and yet she claims, by her emerging faith, the promises that were given to the Israelites. As a result, she is saved.

The first image that inevitably comes to mind related to the conversation of the spies with Rahab is the Passover at the Exodus. There, in order for the Israelites to be protected, they had to stay inside their homes and mark the doorposts and lintels of their houses with the blood of the sacrificial lamb.

“ ‘ “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt” ’ ” (Exodus 12:13, NKJV; see also Exodus 12:22-23).

“By obedience the people were to give evidence of their faith. So all who hope to be saved by the merits of the blood of Christ should realize that they themselves have something to do in securing their salvation. While it is Christ only that can redeem us from the penalty of transgression, we are to turn from sin to obedience. Man is to be saved by faith, not by works; yet his faith must be shown by his works.”—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 279.

In that case, the blood was a sign that saved them from the destroying angel of God. As God spared the lives of the Israelites during the last plague in Egypt, the Israelites were to save Rahab and her family when destruction reached Jericho.

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