The fourth and final point made above in defending Rahab’s deception was that, “Potential consequences of any action must be carefully considered, and rigorously avoided if life-threatening. Since human life is considered most important, it needs to be protected even at the cost of truth.”

One scholar has aptly observed that “the problem of moral exceptions or necessary compromises with evil has apparently occupied Christians from the very beginning.”

The second point in the article “In Defense of Rahab” was that, “Motives are vital for determining an action’s moral validity.