Of Whom the World Is Not Worthy

For He, too, was rejected, abandoned on a cross, left in a grave for three days; but the Christ who was reanimated by the power that created the world reforms, reshapes and gives eternal life to the abandoned people of this world. They in turn become the prized and invaluable sons and daughters of the King. Their stories are not stories of great power, but stories of great loss redeemed by this beautiful Lord of grace.

Are you wondering if you are beyond repair? Maybe as a young girl you were tortured by the pain of a broken family. Maybe as an older man you're looking back at life to see mistake after mistake, and now the setting sun of life condemns you as being unfit for heaven. Maybe you are an alcoholic who has been labeled as a failure all of your life and have no hope for a new life.

The story of Rahab is here for you. Let this story stand as a giant memorial stone engraved with these words: "Of whom the world is not worthy." Then you will begin to understand the glory of this passage and of this story of grace. For in Christ Jesus, He who redeemed Rahab and put her in the royal line of the Savior, will redeem you and make you an heir of the Kingdom of Christ.

The words of C.S. Lewis ring true in this matter:

"No creature that deserved redemption would need to be redeemed."

You see, we are all Rahab. We are not only born sinners as sons of Adam and daughters of Eve, but we have all prostituted ourselves: sold ourselves into sin by our malicious hearts toward others, our pride before God, the lusts of the eyes and lusts of the flesh.

"Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned (Rom. 5:12)."

Thank God a Savior has come into our camp. A free offer of salvation is here. All who will call upon the name of Jesus Christ will be saved. No fiery judgment will touch you, though it rages over the universe. A righteous God shall surely bring down the walls of this world, but the destruction shall not touch you if you are in Christ. Not even death can destroy you. There is a scarlet cord hanging in the window of the house of every harlot who has professed faith in Jesus Christ. That cord is the blood of a Savior sealing that house. That cord is the sign that you, an unworthy sinner in the eyes of the world, have come into the covenant of grace. God now calls you His own.

Therefore, We Look to the Author of our Salvation

Look at Hebrews 12:1-2. Can you see how the writer makes the transition from Chapter 11 and the Hall of Heroes of Faith to show the reader how we are surrounded by this great cloud of witnesses in order to run the race of faith? We see them around us: Abraham and Sarah, Rahab and David -- all of them -- great sinners who called on a great Savior and became great people of faith.