Insights
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Introductions
—JUDGES 21:25
Introductions
Introductions
• Meet a family of faith.
• Meet a family of faith. Judges 13:1-5
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Introductions • Meet a family of faith. • Meet a man of significance and strength.
So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. —JUDGES 13:24-25
Insights:
Insights
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. —1 CORINTHIANS 10:12-13
Recognize this…
Insights: Recognize this… There is no position that will make you immune from a fall.
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Understand this…
Understand this… The collapse of faith often takes place gradually, not suddenly.
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Insights:
Know this…
Know this… You can’t make God’s moral standards optional in your life.
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Insights:
Hear this…
Hear this… The worst thing you can do is to minimize the consequences of sin.
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And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death… —JUDGES 16:16
Proverbs 7:21-27
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Insights:
Mark this…
Mark this… God is serious about human sinfulness.
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. —JUDGES 16:20
Judges 16:15-19
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Injuries and Losses
Injuries and Losses
Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison. —JUDGES 16:21
Injuries and Losses Samson lost his… • Hair • Strength • Eyes • Freedom • Usefulness and Testimony
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
• Guard your purity.
• Guard your purity. • Building relationships with integrity.
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Instructions • Guard your purity. • Building relationships with integrity. • Seek God’s mercy.
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. —ROMANS 13:11-14
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Introductions
—JUDGES 21:25
Introductions
Introductions
• Meet a family of faith.
• Meet a family of faith. Judges 13:1-5
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Introductions • Meet a family of faith. • Meet a man of significance and strength.
So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. —JUDGES 13:24-25
Insights:
Insights
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. —1 CORINTHIANS 10:12-13
Recognize this…
Insights: Recognize this… There is no position that will make you immune from a fall.
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Insights:
Insights:
Understand this…
Understand this… The collapse of faith often takes place gradually, not suddenly.
Insights:
Insights:
Know this…
Know this… You can’t make God’s moral standards optional in your life.
Insights:
Insights:
Hear this…
Hear this… The worst thing you can do is to minimize the consequences of sin.
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And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death… —JUDGES 16:16
Proverbs 7:21-27
Insights:
Insights:
Mark this…
Mark this… God is serious about human sinfulness.
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. —JUDGES 16:20
Judges 16:15-19
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Injuries and Losses
Injuries and Losses
Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison. —JUDGES 16:21
Injuries and Losses Samson lost his… • Hair • Strength • Eyes • Freedom • Usefulness and Testimony
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
• Guard your purity.
• Guard your purity. • Building relationships with integrity.
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Instructions • Guard your purity. • Building relationships with integrity. • Seek God’s mercy.
And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. —ROMANS 13:11-14
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