WHEN SWEET REVENGE TURNS SOUR (3 OF 4)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Judges 15:1-32
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Title: When Sweet Revenge Turns Sour
Series: The Life of Samson | Part 3
Scripture: Judges 15
Author: Tim Badal
Let's turn to the Book of Judges. For the past few weeks we've been investing our time looking at the Book of Judges and probably the most visible leader during that time in the history of Israel: Samson. While the Book of Judges contains many leaders-both men and women-who served the nation of Israel well, Samson gets the most press of them all. Four chapters of this book are dedicated to the life and times of Samson who was endowed by God with great might and strength to vanquish the neighboring enemies the Philistines.
Over these four chapters we are going to learn that while God has gifted Samson with great strength, power and might, his greatest enemy is not the neighboring Philistines. What is true for Samson is what many of us learn in life: our greatest enemy is ourselves. Our own passions, our own desires and the things we so readily keep unchecked in our lives are the very things that bring us down.
We've already learned that Samson has many chinks in his armor. He has many areas of weakness-not because of an external foe but because he's unwilling to deal with the sin, failures and flaws in his own life. So it would seem that God has picked a broken man and because of picking this broken man God can't get His job done.
We're going to see repeatedly that even through Samson's disobedience, wrong decisions, selfish lusts and desires, God's will is still accomplished. God uses Samson in spite of himself. That's a good reminder for us that God uses us even amongst our failures, flaws, dysfunction and even downright disobedience. We may think, "If I've blown it then God has blown it because He chooses to use me." But we need to know that God's plans cannot be thwarted. Neither the devil nor our disobedience can thwart the plans and purposes of God.
We also learn in Samson's life that while God may use our flaws, failures and sinf ...
Series: The Life of Samson | Part 3
Scripture: Judges 15
Author: Tim Badal
Let's turn to the Book of Judges. For the past few weeks we've been investing our time looking at the Book of Judges and probably the most visible leader during that time in the history of Israel: Samson. While the Book of Judges contains many leaders-both men and women-who served the nation of Israel well, Samson gets the most press of them all. Four chapters of this book are dedicated to the life and times of Samson who was endowed by God with great might and strength to vanquish the neighboring enemies the Philistines.
Over these four chapters we are going to learn that while God has gifted Samson with great strength, power and might, his greatest enemy is not the neighboring Philistines. What is true for Samson is what many of us learn in life: our greatest enemy is ourselves. Our own passions, our own desires and the things we so readily keep unchecked in our lives are the very things that bring us down.
We've already learned that Samson has many chinks in his armor. He has many areas of weakness-not because of an external foe but because he's unwilling to deal with the sin, failures and flaws in his own life. So it would seem that God has picked a broken man and because of picking this broken man God can't get His job done.
We're going to see repeatedly that even through Samson's disobedience, wrong decisions, selfish lusts and desires, God's will is still accomplished. God uses Samson in spite of himself. That's a good reminder for us that God uses us even amongst our failures, flaws, dysfunction and even downright disobedience. We may think, "If I've blown it then God has blown it because He chooses to use me." But we need to know that God's plans cannot be thwarted. Neither the devil nor our disobedience can thwart the plans and purposes of God.
We also learn in Samson's life that while God may use our flaws, failures and sinf ...
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