First+Fruits+essay

Please answer the following questions in an essay format.
 * Remember, the essay flows together with central theme.
 * Use the "Description of Essay Components" link to help you, along with the grading rubric.

A) Who and what was Rahab, and why would she risk so much to protect the foreign spies?

B) The connection between Rahab and you is that when you put your faith in God (right down to trusting him with your life like Rahab did) He can use you no matter what your past might include. Reflect on your past and present behavior. Give an example of how your relationship with Jesus has changed your speech or actions.

C) God saved Rahab and her family from destruction. That would have been enough, but he also placed this woman in the ancestral line of the Messiah! Give an example of a time when you felt forgiven for past wrongs and how God has then used you for His work.

D) Tell what you think the greatest challenge is here at LCA to showing love to one another as peers. What do you risk in trying to show love to one another? Tie this thought into what Rahab risked because she knew the Hebrew God was GOD.