THE MAN FROM SMALLVILLE (2 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Judges 14:1-20, Judges 15:1-2
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The Man From Smallville (2 of 3)
Series: The Superman
Jeff Strite
Judges 14:1-15:2
OPEN: Commenting on the "Spiderman" movie, a critic noted that the famous kiss (where Spiderman kissed the heroine while hanging upside down in the rain) was actually not a kiss at all. The actor put his mouth up to hers but actually didn't kiss her because - between having to wear his mask and hanging upside down with the rain running down his face - he had to be able to breath.
ILLUS: An interviewer once asked a famous movie actor and comedian:
"What's it like when you kiss a girl in a movie? Do you ever get emotionally involved?"
"Oh," he said, "I once kissed a very beautiful actress on the screen, and it meant nothing to either of us. Of course, the ushers pulled me down off the screen and made me go back to my seat... But aside from that..."
APPLY: Love can be a many splendered thing but it can also be very confusing and complicated as well.
I. Samson was a man in love - but he had a very confusing and complicated relationship.
First - his was a forbidden love.
We're told in Judges 14:2 and 3
"When he returned, he said to his father and mother, 'I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.'
His father and mother replied, 'Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?'
But Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me. She's the right one for me.'"
Why were Samson's parent's concerned?
Because God had decreed that His people should not marry Gentiles.
In Deut.7:3-4 (speaking of the nations they'll encounter in the Promised Land) "Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.."
Secondly, his was a lost love.
His wife is ...
Series: The Superman
Jeff Strite
Judges 14:1-15:2
OPEN: Commenting on the "Spiderman" movie, a critic noted that the famous kiss (where Spiderman kissed the heroine while hanging upside down in the rain) was actually not a kiss at all. The actor put his mouth up to hers but actually didn't kiss her because - between having to wear his mask and hanging upside down with the rain running down his face - he had to be able to breath.
ILLUS: An interviewer once asked a famous movie actor and comedian:
"What's it like when you kiss a girl in a movie? Do you ever get emotionally involved?"
"Oh," he said, "I once kissed a very beautiful actress on the screen, and it meant nothing to either of us. Of course, the ushers pulled me down off the screen and made me go back to my seat... But aside from that..."
APPLY: Love can be a many splendered thing but it can also be very confusing and complicated as well.
I. Samson was a man in love - but he had a very confusing and complicated relationship.
First - his was a forbidden love.
We're told in Judges 14:2 and 3
"When he returned, he said to his father and mother, 'I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.'
His father and mother replied, 'Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?'
But Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me. She's the right one for me.'"
Why were Samson's parent's concerned?
Because God had decreed that His people should not marry Gentiles.
In Deut.7:3-4 (speaking of the nations they'll encounter in the Promised Land) "Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.."
Secondly, his was a lost love.
His wife is ...
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