Samson: A Man Without Character

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• Samson was born into a godly home, to parents who
  believed in prayer and the fear and worship of
  God (vs. 8, 19-22).
• God gave to Samson a special endowment of the
  Holy Spirit that made him a conqueror (vs.
  24-25).
• Samson didnt take his blessings and his work
  seriously. He was a profane man like Esau (Heb.
  1216-17).

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• He Defied His Parents (141-5)
• He went into enemy territory and fell in love
  with a heathen woman. (Deut. 71-6)
• When his parents reminded him of Gods law, he
  defied them. (Eph. 61-3)
• His parents should have obeyed God rather than
  men (Acts 529).
• God would use Samsons sin to weaken the
  Philistines (v. 4).

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• He Defied His Parents (141-5)
• He Defiled His Body (145-20)
• God gave Samson the power to overcome the lion
  even though he was not walking completely in
  Gods will.
• A Nazarite was never to touch a dead body, but
  Samson deliberately defiled himself for the sake
  of the honey!
• He then made a joke about it to entertain his
  friends!

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• He Defied His Parents (141-5)
• He Defiled His Body (145-20)
• He Disregarded Gods Warning (15)
• God delivered him repeatedly, but then warned him
  by showing him how weak he was.
• Even though Samsons parents had been prayerful,
  we find only two prayers of Samson here, for
  water (vs. 18-20), and in 1628, for strength to
  destroy the Philistines.

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• He Defied His Parents (141-5)
• He Defiled His Body (145-20)
• He Disregarded Gods Warning (15)
• He Deliberately Played With Sin (16)
• Already sought one foreign woman, but now going
  deep into enemy territory to Gaza for another.
• Three times Delilah enticed Samson, and three
  times he lied to her. Each time the enemy
  attacked him, so he should have realized he was
  in danger. But read Prov. 721-27 to see why
  Samson yielded.

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• CONCLUSION
• The rest of the story shows the tragic end of the
  believer who will not let God have his way with
  his life.
• Samson is an illustration of people who have
  great strength to conquer the externals of life,
  but who cannot conquer themselves.

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What Did Samson Do Wrong?

• He Despised His Heritage (13)
• He Defied His Parents (141-5)
• He Defiled His Body (145-20)
• He Disregarded Gods Warning (15)
• He Deliberately Played With Sin (16)

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Will You Become A Christian?
Hear The Word (Rom. 1017) Believe That Jesus is
the Son of God (John 824) Repent of Your Sins
(Acts 1730) Confess That Jesus is the Son of God
(Acts 837) Be Baptized for the Forgiveness of
Sins (Acts 238) Live Faithfully Until You Die
(Rev. 210)