Samson: A Study in Grace and Consequence
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Samson: A Study in Grace and Consequence (Contents)
Part 1 – Born for Purpose: The Child of Promise Part 2 – Strength Begins in the Spirit Part 3 – Power Without Purity: The Fall at Timnah Part 4 – The Fighter and the Foxes: Anger Turned into Mission Part 5 – Gaza and the Gates: Strength Without Boundaries…
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Part 1 – Born for Purpose: The Child of Promise
Key Verse “You will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb; he will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”— Judges 13 :…
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Part 2 – Strength Begins in the Spirit
Key Verse “The Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”— Judges 13 : 25 (NIV) 1. The Source of Samson’s Strength Before Samson ever performed a single feat of might, Scripture reveals its source: the Spirit of the LORD.…
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Part 3 – Power Without Purity: The Fall at Timnah
Key Verse “Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his father and mother, ‘I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.’”— Judges 14 : 1–2 (NIV) 1. The Descent to Timnah…
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Part 4 – The Fighter and the Foxes: Anger Turned into Mission
Key Verse “So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails, lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines.”— Judges 15 : 4–5 (NIV) 1.…
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Part 5 – Gaza and the Gates: Strength Without Boundaries
Key Verse “But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the…
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Part 6 – Delilah: Love, Lust, and Betrayal
Key Verse “After this he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.”— Judges 16 : 4 (NIV) 1. The Valley of Sorek: Between Two Worlds The story of Samson and Delilah unfolds in the Valley of Sorek, a fertile region lying between…
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Part 7 – Eyes Closed, Heart Open: Captivity and Consequence
Key Verse “But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.”— Judges 16 : 22 (NIV) 1. From Champion to Captive The fall of Samson is one of the most dramatic reversals in Scripture. Once a hero who tore apart lions and armies, he…
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Part 8 – One Last Prayer: Strength Restored in Death
Key Verse “Then Samson prayed to the LORD, ‘Sovereign LORD, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.’”— Judges 16 : 28 (NIV) 1. The Festival of Mockery Samson’s final scene unfolds in the…
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Part 9 – No Heirs but a Legacy: Strength That Did Not Continue
Key Verse “Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel twenty years.”— Judges 16 : 31 (NIV) 1. The Silent Burial Samson’s death…
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Part 10 – Lessons from Samson: Strength, Sin, and Salvation
Key Verse “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”— 2 Corinthians 12 : 10 (NIV) 1. The Paradox of Power Samson’s story is one of the most paradoxical in Scripture — a man anointed by God yet undone by himself; empowered by the Spirit yet enslaved by desire;…