It is a strange instance of blindness that attempts have been made to soften down the Bible's plain speaking about Rahab's character.
In her story we have an anticipation of New Testament teaching.
The' woman that was a sinner.'Mary Magdalene.
She shows us that there is no hopeless guilt. None is so in regard to the effects of sin on a soul. There is no heart so indurate as that its capacity for being stirred by the divine message is killed.
There is none hopeless in regard to God.
His love embraces all, however bad. The bond which unites to Him is not blamelessness of life but simple trust.
The grossest vice is not so thorough a barrier as self-satisfied self-righteousness.
A thin slice of crystal will bar the entrance of air more effectually than many folds of stuff.
