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.

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‘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)

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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?