Broken People Faithful God
When compromise cost everything but God’s grace is found
Judges 16
Samson
Birth Announced by the Angel of God;
“’For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.’” -Judges 13:7b
A Nazarite; Numbers 6 (to dedicate himself to the Lord)
-No Alcohol
-Nothing from the Vine
-No cutting of their hair
-No touching dead bodies
How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets. -Hebrews 11:32
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that, then said good-bye to the brothers and sisters and went to nearby Cenchrea. There he shaved his head according to Jewish custom, marking the end of a vow. Then he set sail for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him. -Acts 18:18
Judges 16:1-21
Lessons from Samson’s Compromised Life:
-Little compromises lead to a big fall; guard the little things
-Compromise eventually make us oblivious to the obvious
-Compromise deletes us of God’s strength
-Compromise blinds us and binds us
-Compromise exposed our biggest battle—the one within
**Verse by Verse Bible Study (The Book of Judges) by Gary Hamrick
Judges 16:22-31
“Three Kinds of Men” by C.S.Lewis
-My Will – God’s Will – “To Live is Christ”
”The price of Christ is something, in a way, much easier than moral effort—it is to want Him”
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 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 2:8-10
Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts. -2 Corinthians 3:3
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