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Samson

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Introduction

  • Judges 16:3

  • Judges 13:5 – Samson’s hair was very important.

  • Samson was a Nazirite (rules for Nazirites listed in Numbers 6).

  • Some things were by God’s design.

    • Judges 14:1-4

    • God can use both upright and sinful people to accomplish his will.

      Don’t let a relationship mess up your thinking.
      • Judges 16:4-21
      • Samson finally told her his secret because he loved her.
      • He was blinded by emotion long before he was physically blinded.
      • True love doesn’t mean your decisions are automatically wise.
      • Acts 18:26 – Priscilla and Aquila are a good example of a healthy relationship.
        • Trust in God, not yourself.
        • Judges 3:4; 6:34; 11:29 – “the spirit of the Lord”
        • Judges 13:24-25; 14:5-6, 19; 15:14-15; 16:20 – This was God’s strength that Samson was using!
        • Judges 13:3-7
        • The long hair wasn’t the source of his strength – it was a condition of using God’s strength.
        • Judges 16:22, 28-30
        • I Peter 3:21 – Does baptism itself save us? No. It’s a condition God set to receive his salvation.
        • I Peter 1:18
        • I John 1:7 – If we walk in the light, God will save us.
        • Colossians 1:13-14
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