Title: Blinded By Pride (2 of 5)
Series: Blind Spots
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Judges 16:4-21
When my dad sold his business and retired, he got bored just sitting around - so he went to work as a meat inspector for the government. They gave him a white coat and helmet and special knife, and his job was to go to meat plants (like Tyson or Indiana Packers) and inspect the meat as it was taken from one part of the processing plant to the next. Sometimes, there'd be some bad meat on the side of beef or pork and dad would take his knife and cut it away. It didn't take long - the workers appreciated his help.
However, other inspectors would shut down the entire line and order a worker to come over to do what dad - in one swipe of his knife. But, why shut the line down? Why make it harder for these people to do their job? Because they could. They had the authority and power to shut down the entire plant if they wanted to. They didn't work for the company and they didn't care about the workers. They had power... and they intended to use it!
Dad once said "You give a man a white coat and some authority and he'll become a tyrant."
Someone once said "All power tends to corrupt. And absolute power corrupts... absolutely." (Lord Acton)
Someone else observed: "People like Hitler and Napoleon have all committed shameful actions in the hopes of gaining absolute power. Authority, or simply the desire of control, can cause people to act in incomprehensible ways."
(https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Power-Corrupts-and-Absolute-Power-Corrupts-Absolutely-FKS52CS8J38Q#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20examples%2C%20throughout,to%20act%20in%20incomprehensible%20ways.)
In our text today, we read about a man who had absolute power. His name was Samson, and it was God who gave Samson his absolute power. Samson was the superman of his age.
Back in the 1950s George Reeve played the part of Superman - the intro said:
"He was faster than a speeding bullet, more pow ...
Series: Blind Spots
Author: Jeff Strite
Text: Judges 16:4-21
When my dad sold his business and retired, he got bored just sitting around - so he went to work as a meat inspector for the government. They gave him a white coat and helmet and special knife, and his job was to go to meat plants (like Tyson or Indiana Packers) and inspect the meat as it was taken from one part of the processing plant to the next. Sometimes, there'd be some bad meat on the side of beef or pork and dad would take his knife and cut it away. It didn't take long - the workers appreciated his help.
However, other inspectors would shut down the entire line and order a worker to come over to do what dad - in one swipe of his knife. But, why shut the line down? Why make it harder for these people to do their job? Because they could. They had the authority and power to shut down the entire plant if they wanted to. They didn't work for the company and they didn't care about the workers. They had power... and they intended to use it!
Dad once said "You give a man a white coat and some authority and he'll become a tyrant."
Someone once said "All power tends to corrupt. And absolute power corrupts... absolutely." (Lord Acton)
Someone else observed: "People like Hitler and Napoleon have all committed shameful actions in the hopes of gaining absolute power. Authority, or simply the desire of control, can cause people to act in incomprehensible ways."
(https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Power-Corrupts-and-Absolute-Power-Corrupts-Absolutely-FKS52CS8J38Q#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20examples%2C%20throughout,to%20act%20in%20incomprehensible%20ways.)
In our text today, we read about a man who had absolute power. His name was Samson, and it was God who gave Samson his absolute power. Samson was the superman of his age.
Back in the 1950s George Reeve played the part of Superman - the intro said:
"He was faster than a speeding bullet, more pow ...
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