A Conquering Faith    

Hebrews 11:30-31 (NASB)
³⁰  By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
³¹  By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.

1.     Be Willing to Look Foolish To Be Found Victorious

Joshua 2:1-3 (NASB)
¹  Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
²  It was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."
³  And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land."

Joshua 6:2-5 (NASB)
²  The LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.
³  "You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.
⁴  "Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
⁵  "It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight ahead."

Joshua 6:16-17 (NASB)
¹⁶  At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORDhas given you the city.
¹⁷  "The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

Joshua 6:20-23 (NASB)

2.      Be Willing To Seize God’s Opportunity Despite The Risk 

Joshua 2:4-7 (NASB)
⁴  But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
⁵  "It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them."
⁶  But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
⁷  So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Joshua 2:8-12 (NASB)
⁸  Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
⁹  and said to the men, "I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.
¹⁰  "For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
¹¹  "When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
¹²  "Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's household, and give me a pledge of truth,

Joshua 2:15 (NASB)
¹⁵  Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

Joshua 2:17-18 (NASB)
¹⁷  The men said to her, "We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear,
¹⁸  unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father's household.

Matthew 1:5 (NASB)
⁵  Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.