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In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse twenty-eight, Samson, now with a repentant spirit and a renewal of faith in God, calls upon the Lord, and his prayer receives favor with God. This final demonstration of Samson’s faith results in inclusion among the heroes of faith as in Hebrews eleven, verses thirty-two through thirty-four. Samson receives an […]

In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse twenty, Samson is an example of those believers who think that God will remain with them even while they continue in sinful and immoral conduct. The Lord departed from this judge because of his continued disobedience. The passage strongly warns us that the Lord can leave a persistently sinning person

In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse nineteen, Samson compromises with Delilah by continuing to disregard God’s instruction to remain separate from the wicked nations of Canaan, as in Deuteronomy seven, verses one through four. “When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many

In Judges, chapter sixteen, verse one, Samson went to Gaza. One of the five principalities of the Philistines, which was ten miles from Ashkelon. A chief city, to make some new attempt upon them, whom he feared not in their cities or camps, having had such huge experience of his strength and God’s assistance. Possibly

In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse twenty, during the twenty years Samson was judge over Israel, the son of Manoah, never succeeded in delivering the people from the oppression of the Philistines. His record consisted only of sporadic exploits against the heathen nation. What might God have accomplished through Samson if he had been faithful to

In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse fourteen, empowerment from the Spirit in the Old Testament does not mean that God endorsed the person’s way of life, as an example with Balaam in Numbers twenty-four, verse two. The Spirit of the Lord is not equivalent to the filling of the Spirit recorded in the New Testament of

In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse seven, Samson’s fight with the Philistines was primarily motivated by personal anger and revenge rather than concern for God’s deliverance of the Hebrew people. This selfishness and lack of commitment to God eventually led to his ruin. In chapter sixteen, verse one, Samson randomly went down to Gaza to be

In Judges, chapter fourteen, verse six, Samson’s great physical strength was not his own but was the result of the Spirit coming upon him. Under the new covenant, the Holy Spirit also comes upon believers. Although not to make us physically strong. Instead, the Holy Spirit empowers us to live and witness for Christ. Samson

In Judges, chapter fourteen, verse four, the statement does not mean God initiated Samson’s intention to marry an unbeliever. Samson was motivated by his desire to seek marital companionship with those outside God’s people. However, God did not use the sin of Samson as an occasion to accomplish His purpose against the Philistines.The verse is

In Judges, chapter fourteen, verse three, although the Lord had blessed Samson and empowered him with the Spirit, as in chapter thirteen, verse twenty-four through twenty-five, section fourteen, verse six, then nineteen and chapter fifteen, verse fourteen, respectively. Even though Samson was mighty and blessed by God with enormous strength, this particular Nazarite made fatal