Samson

שׁ�ְמשׁוֹן – “sun man”

שׁ�ְמשׁוֹן

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

(2 Corinthians 4:7)

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Samson'sworld

Samson angels & sacrifices

Samson angels & sacrificeslong hair & vows

Samson angels & sacrificeslong hair & vowslions & bees

Samson angels & sacrificeslong hair & vowslions & beesriddles & nagging women

Samson angels & sacrificeslong hair & vowslions & beesriddles & nagging womenmurder & theft

Samson angels & sacrificeslong hair & vowslions & beesriddles & nagging womenmurder & theftsex & marriage

Samson'sworld

Samson'sdestiny

“You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.”

(Judges 13 5)

“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

(Jeremiah 1 5)

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

(Ephesians 2:10)

...the Lord blessed him as he grew up. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him...

(Judges 13:24,25)

Samson'sweakness

One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye...

(Judges 14:1)

So Samson’s wife came to him in tears and said, “You don’t love me; you hate me! You have given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.”

(Judges 14:16-17)

So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging.

(Judges 14:16-17)

One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.

(Judges 16:1)

Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah

(Judges 16:4)

She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it. Finally, Samson shared his secret with her.

(Judges 16:16-17)

When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.”

(Judges 16:20)

When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.

(Judges 16:20)

When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.didn’t realize the Lord had left him.

(Judges 16:20)

So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.

(Judges 16:21)

strengthSamson's

But before long, his hair began to grow back.

(Judges 16:22)

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength

(Isaiah 30:15)

“Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time.”

(Judges 16:28)

Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.”

(Judges 16:29-30)

So he killed more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime.

(Judges 16:30)

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

(Galatians 2:20)

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.”

(Colossians 3:2,3)

“...unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”

(John 12:24)

“...give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him..”

(Romans 12:1)

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