samson, a man of our times
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Samson, a man of our timesTRANSCRIPT
Samson
SAMSON is one of the most remarkable men
whose birth was foretold to his
parents by an angel
Samson’s birth was not an
accident, he was born1……because GOD purposed
Samson’s birth, that is to ‘save the
Israelites from the power of the
Philistines’ (Judges 13:5)
• Realise there is a purpose that God wants you
to fulfil before He sets down to create you
• Realise God has made you with all the
necessary potential to be able to fulfil the
purpose
• Realise that you are born because God
purposed it
What is the purpose of your life?
Before his birth Samson was set apart as
a Nazarite i.e. entirely consecrated /
dedicated to God. In token of his
consecration
• he drank no wine
• allowed his hair to grow, untouched by
the razor.
2
‘Before I formed you in the womb
I knew you, before you were born
I set you apart’,
(Jeremiah 1:5)
Every child of God is a consecrated manYou are also separated for God
God endowed Samson with supernatural
strength - a strength which never could have
been the result of mere muscles and sinews
Because of the disobedience
1. Samson lost his strength (it’s not in hair)
2. Adam & Eve lost the paradise (it’s not in fruit)
3
To become disobedient is to sin or rebel against God(I Samuel 15:22,23)
It was not the fashioning of Samson's
body that made him strong; it was not
the arm, or the fist with which he smote
the Philistines; it was a miracle that
dwelt within him, a continued going forth
of the omnipotence of God, which made
him mightier than thousands of his
enemies.
SAMSON’swhole life is a scene of miracles and
follies. Often corrected; still he sins
again.
At last he falls into the hands of
Delilah.
What is your Delilah?
What is the sin in your life that you are
foolishly toying with?
What is the toy that you are playing with
that can bring your own destruction?
Samson,
the great hero, has fallen!
His enemies make sport of him!
But…..
Listen to Samson’s
last prayer…..
Sovereign Lord, remember
me. Please, God, strengthen
me just one more time
Are you desperate too?
You too can pray like Samson…..
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Will you pray?