JUDGES 15
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Outline
Judges 15:9-16:31
A MIXED BAG
When we use the term
"a mixed bag" we are thinking that what we are talking about has a
variety of good and bad elements. If we
say, "The concert was a mixed bag," we are thinking that it was good
and bad. Samson's life was also "a
mixed bag". God used him mightily
in spite of his personal failures.
PRESUMPTION
1.
Sometimes we are like
the Israelites. We would rather appease than confront.
2. The Philistines
presumed that Samson could be stopped. Judges 15:9-14, 16:1-3, 5, 21-25
Satan will be constantly
trying to stop the Child of God, just as the Philistines tried to stop Samson.
3. Samson presumed that He
could live as he pleased. Judges 16:1-20
Samson especially seemed
to think that he could do whatever he wanted with the ladies. He kept company with a Harlot and then with
Delilah.
Samson seemed to think
that he could maintain a relationship with Delilah, who was actually trying to
deliver him into the Philistines' hands, and not pay any consequences.
We must realize that
like Samson, we are not beyond God's hand of discipline. Proverbs 3:11-12,
Galatians 6:7-8
POWER
1. To Win - Judges
2. To Escape - Judges
16:1-3
3. To Retaliate - Judges
I believe that He was
used of God to bring Glory to God through this action.
PRAYER
1. Samson prayed and his
thirst was quenched. Judges 15:18-20
2. Samson prayed and his
strength was used one last time for God's glory. Judges 16:28-31
