>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER THAT
MEANS YOU'VE MADE A DECISION -
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YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN - THAT
MEANS THAT YOUR WORLD VIEW -
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JESUS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO YOU.
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WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU THINK
ABOUT MAKING THE MOST IMPORTANT
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DECISION IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT
MARRYING SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT
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MAKE JESUS THE
CENTER OF THEIR LIFE?
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>>IF I WERE TO ASK YOU WHO IN
THE BIBLE DO YOU THINK OF IF I
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WERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SMARTEST
PERSON WHO'S EVER LIVED, WHO
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WOULD THAT BE? >>SOLOMON.
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>>SOLOMON. IF I WAS
TO ASK YOU TO TELL ME,
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IN THE BIBLE, WHO WAS THE PERSON
THAT HAD THE GREATEST PATIENCE
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AND SUFFERING,
WHO WOULD THAT BE?
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>>JOB. >>JOB.
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>>AND IF I WERE TO SAY, WHO
IN THE BIBLE WAS THE PHYSICALLY
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STRONGEST? WHO
WOULD THAT BE? >>SAMSON.
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>>SAMSON IS THE ONE PEOPLE THINK
OF WHEN THEY THINK OF WHO IS THE
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PHYSICALLY
STRONGEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
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PRESENTATIONS, ABOUT SAMSON AND
WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WALKING
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THE CHRISTIAN WALK, ABOUT OUR
SAVIOR AND WHAT OTHER LESSONS
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THE LORD MIGHT HAVE FOR
US IN HIS WORD FROM THAT.
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YOU'LL FIND THE STORY OF SAMSON
IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES - IF YOU
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GO TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES CHAPTER
13 - SAMSON IS THE LAST OF THE
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JUDGES MENTIONED. NOW
SOME BELIEVE THAT SAMUEL IS
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AMONG THE JUDGES, BUT YOU
DON'T GET TO SAMUEL UNTIL YOU
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GET TO THE BOOK OF SAMUEL.
BUT, IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES,
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SAMSON IS THE LAST
JUDGE THAT IS MENTIONED.
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MOST SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THERE
WERE APPROXIMATELY TWELVE JUDGES
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- AND FOUR CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK
OF JUDGES ARE DEDICATED JUST TO
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SAMSON - A VERY
INTERESTING CHARACTER.
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AND IT EVEN WAS FORETOLD IN THE
BOOK OF GENESIS, WHEN JACOB WAS
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BLESSING HIS SONS, IT TOLD
US THAT FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN,
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WHICH IS WHERE SAMSON CAME FROM,
IT SAID, "DAN SHALL JUDGE HIS
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PEOPLE AS ONE OF
THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL."
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MATTER OF FACT, THE NAME
'DAN' MEANS 'JUDGE' AND THE NAME
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'DANIEL' MEANS 'JEHOVAH IS MY
JUDGE' OR 'ELOHIM IS MY JUDGE'.
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AND SO, SAMSON WAS
FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN.
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NOW, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES
TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES, WE'RE
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JUST GOING TO READ IT.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S THINGS
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THAT GOD WANTS TO SAY TO YOU,
TODAY THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
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I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S INHERENT
POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD THAT,
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AS I READ THROUGH THIS STORY
THE LORD IS GOING TO SPEAK TO
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DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAYBE IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, BECAUSE THERE'S
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POWER IN THE WORD OF
GOD TO DO THAT, AMEN?
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CHAPTER 13 - JUDGES - VERSE
1, "AGAIN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
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DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE
LORD," - THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN
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APOSTASIES MENTIONED IN THE BOOK
OF JUDGES, THIS IS THE SEVENTH
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OF THEM - "AND THE LORD
DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF
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THE PHILISTINES FOR FORTY YEARS.
NOW THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN FROM
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ZORAH, OF THE FAMILY OF THE
DANITES, WHOSE NAME WAS MANOAH;
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AND HIS WIFE WAS
BARREN AND HAD NO CHILDREN.
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AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
APPEARED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID
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TO HER, 'INDEED NOW, YOU
ARE BARREN AND HAVE BORNE NO
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CHILDREN, BUT YOU SHALL
CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON.
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NOW THEREFORE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL
NOT TO DRINK WINE OR SIMILAR" -
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THAT MEANS STRONG - "DRINK,
AND NOT TO EAT ANYTHING UNCLEAN.
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FOR BEHOLD, YOU SHALL
CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON.
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AND NO RAZOR SHALL COME UPON HIS
HEAD, FOR THE CHILD SHALL BE A
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NAZARITE TO GOD FROM THE WOMB;
AND HE SHALL BEGIN TO DELIVER
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ISRAEL OUT OF THE
HAND OF THE PHILISTINES."
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YOU NOTICE HOW OFTEN GOD RAISES
SOMEONE UP DURING TIMES OF GREAT
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ADVERSITY? WHEN
WAS MOSES CHOSEN?
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A TIME OF GREAT
OPPRESSION AND ADVERSITY.
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AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE LIKE
DANIEL - COMES AT TIMES OF GREAT
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ADVERSITY AND OPPRESSION.
ELIJAH - A TIME OF GREAT
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ADVERSITY AND OPPRESSION
- PROPHETS OF GOD ARE BEING
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PERSECUTED - JESUS - THE
ROMANS WERE RULING THE WORLD - A
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TIME OF GREAT OPPRESSION.
SO SAMSON, DURING THIS TIME OF
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NATIONAL OPPRESSION, THE PEOPLE
ARE PRAYING TO GOD; GOD ANSWERS
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THE PRAYER BY
RAISING SOMEONE UP.
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AND, USUALLY, THESE PEOPLE THAT
GOD HAS RAISED UP DURING TIMES
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OF OPPRESSION TO DELIVER
HIS PEOPLE ARE TYPES OF CHRIST -
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FLAWED THOUGH THEY MAY BE ON THE
HUMAN SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THINGS IN
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THERE. FOR ONE
THING, A PROMISED SON -
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SUPERNATURAL VISITATION OF THE
ANGEL THAT'S GIVEN - SOMETHING
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LIKE ISHMAEL AND
ISAAC AND JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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SOMEONE SAID, 'GREAT MEN
ARE BORN FOR TIMES OF GREAT
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OPPRESSION.' AND
NOW, THE INSTRUCTION THAT
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THE ANGEL GIVES - HAVE
YOU EVER WONDERED BEFORE?
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WAS SAMSON STRONG BECAUSE HE WAS
JUST BIGGER THAN EVERYONE ELSE
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AND HE WAS REAL BEEFY
MUSCLES - JUST HARD AS A ROCK?
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OR WAS IT
NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT?
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AND I'VE HEARD
THEORIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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IF YOU SAW SAMSON, DID HE
LOOK STRONGER THAN OTHER PEOPLE?
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WAS THERE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM PHYSICALLY?
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WELL, WHEN DELILAH STARTS TO
GIVE HIM A HARD TIME, SHE SAYS,
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'WHAT IS THE
SECRET OF YOUR STRENGTH?
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AND YOU WOULD THINK
THAT IF HE HAD GREAT BIG OL'
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SCHWARZENEGGER MUSCLES, THAT
THE SECRET OF HIS STRENGTH WOULD
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HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS -
HE WAS - BIG MUSCLES.
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BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
ELSE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
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BUT THEN, AGAIN, IF THERE
WAS NOTHING PHYSICAL ABOUT THE
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STRENGTH OF SAMSON, THEN WHY DID
THE ANGEL COME AND GO TO SUCH
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GREAT LENGTHS TO TELL THE
MOTHER, 'BE VERY CAREFUL IN YOUR
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PRENATAL CARE, BECAUSE
GOD IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING
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EXTRAORDINARY WITH THIS BABY
AND YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF
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YOURSELF.' SO WHAT THE ANGEL
SAID TO THE WIFE OF MANOAH IS
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JUST NOT FOR THE WIFE OF MANOAH,
BUT EVERY EXPECTING MOTHER AND
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FATHER NEED TO REALIZE THEIR
HABITS AND HEALTH ARE REPRODUCED
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IN THE CHILDREN AND
THEY'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
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THEY'VE LEARNED NOW - YOU
KNOW, DNA IS A VERY INTERESTING
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SCIENCE, AND THEY'VE DISCOVERED
THAT YOUR DNA IS NOT THE SAME
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FROM THE TIME YOU'RE BORN
UNTIL YOU DIE, YOUR DNA CHANGES
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THROUGH YOUR LIFE, BY YOUR
LIFESTYLE, BEHAVIOR, EXPOSURE,
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YOUR DIET - IT
WILL ALTER YOUR DNA.
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YOUR DNA CAN
ACTUALLY BE ALTERED.
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AND SO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AFFECTS YOUR DNA THAT WILL THEN
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BE REPRODUCED IN YOUR CHILDREN.
BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT
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SOMETIMES A PARENT'S
HABITS CAN BE INHERITED.
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SOME THINGS CAN ACTUALLY
BE INHERITED TENDENCIES.
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SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE
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YOU MAY PASS IT ON TO THE
THIRD OR FOURTH GENERATION.
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SO IT SAYS HERE HE WOULD BE
A NAZARITE. WHAT IS A NAZARITE?
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLE TO THE
BOOK OF NUMBERS CHAPTER 6.
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AND THERE'S SOME INTERESTING
INFORMATION HERE - AND I'M NOT
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GOING TO READ IT ALL, BUT
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS TO
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UNDERSTAND SOMETHING
ABOUT SAMSON, AND TO UNDERSTAND
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SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE HE
KIND OF MEANDERED A LITTLE BIT.
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"THEN THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES,"
- I'M IN NUMBERS 6, VERSE 1 -
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"SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL, AND SAY TO THEM: 'WHEN
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EITHER A MAN OR A WOMAN
CONSECRATES AN OFFERING TO TAKE
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THE VOW OF A NAZARITE, TO
SEPARATE HIMSELF TO THE LORD,
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HE SHALL SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM
WINE AND SIMILAR DRINK; HE SHALL
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DRINK NEITHER VINEGAR MADE
FROM WINE NOR VINEGAR MADE FROM
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SIMILAR DRINK; NEITHER SHALL
HE DRINK ANY GRAPE JUICE," -
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MEANING FRESH - NEW WINE - "NOR
EAT FRESH GRAPES OR RAISINS.
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ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION
HE SHALL EAT NOTHING THAT IS
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PRODUCED BY THE GRAPEVINE," - HE
WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY OUT OF THE
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VINEYARD. NOW THAT
COMES UP LATER - "ALL
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THE DAYS OF HIS VOW OF HIS
SEPARATION NO RAZOR SHALL COME
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UPON HIS HEAD; UNTIL THE
DAYS ARE FULFILLED FOR WHICH HE
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SEPARATED HIMSELF TO
THE LORD, HE SHALL BE HOLY.
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THEN HE SHALL LET THE LOCKS
OF THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD GROW.
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ALL THE DAYS THAT HE SEPARATES
HIMSELF TO THE LORD HE SHALL NOT
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GO NEAR A DEAD BODY.
HE SHALL NOT MAKE HIMSELF
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UNCLEAN EVEN FOR HIS FATHER OR
HIS MOTHER, FOR HIS BROTHER OR
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HIS SISTER, WHEN THEY
DIE, BECAUSE HIS SEPARATION TO
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GOD..." - MEANING, EVEN IF YOUR
FAMILY MEMBER DIED - FATHER AND
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MOTHER - YOU WERE
NOT TO TOUCH THEIR BODY.
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I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DIES
YOU HAVE TO CARE FOR THE BODY.
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THEY DID FOR JESUS BUT, YOU
KNOW, BIBLICALLY, WHEN YOU TOUCH
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A DEAD BODY, YOU'RE UNCLEAN
UNTIL SUNDOWN - YOU'RE SUPPOSED
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TO WASH - AND THAT'S
JUST GOOD SANITATION RULES.
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BUT IF YOU WERE A NAZARITE,
IT DIDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS YOUR
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FATHER, YOUR MOTHER,
YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SISTER -
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YOU ARE TO BE
FULLY CONSECRATED TO GOD.
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AND DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'HE THAT
LOVES FATHER OR MOTHER MORE THAN
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ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME.' AND SO
IT WAS SAYING THAT THE NAZARITE
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WAS TO BE FULLY
CONSECRATED TO GOD.
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THERE WAS TO BE NO RISK THAT HIS
MIND WAS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY
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THE WRONG SPIRIT. HE
WAS NOT SUPPOSED DRINK WINE
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OR STRONG DRINK OR
ANYTHING OF THE SORT.
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AND SO, THIS WAS
THE NAZARITE VOW.
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NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'RE
GOING TO DELVE INTO THE SECOND
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PART OF WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
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"NOW SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNAH"
- NOW SAMSON'S GROWING UP, YOU
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KNOW, AS HE GOT TO BE A TEENAGER
AND HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD, AS FAR
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AS WE KNOW, AND HE MAYBE MADE
SOME LOCAL FRIENDS AND HE SAID,
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'YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD JUST GO
FOUR MILES DOWN THE HILL' - EVEN
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THOUGH THE PHILISTINES OPPRESSED
THEM, THEY SAW THEM EVERY DAY,
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THEY TRADED WITH THEM, HE
PROBABLY SPOKE THE LANGUAGE, AS
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YOU'LL SEE, AND THROUGH CONSTANT
EXCHANGE AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH
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SOME OF THE TEENAGERS OF THE
PHILISTINES, HE - ONE DAY HIS
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EYE SAW A YOUNG PHILISTINE GIRL
AND HE THOUGHT, 'WOW, SHE IS
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REALLY PRETTY. AND
LOOK AT THE SPARKLE AND
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THE PERSONALITY, AND
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
00:10:05.70\00:10:09.70
I FIND MYSELF SO ATTRACTED.' SO
HE WENT DOWN AND HE SAW A WOMAN
00:10:09.74\00:10:14.44
IN TIMNAH, OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES.
00:10:14.48\00:10:16.78
NOW SAMSON'S NOT THAT OLD YET,
BECAUSE YOU'LL READ LATER IT
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SAYS HE JUDGES FOR TWENTY YEARS
- THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, THAT
00:10:19.11\00:10:23.75
COMES LATER. AND
HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS LATE
00:10:23.79\00:10:26.99
TEENS, EARLY
TWENTIES WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
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HE COMES TO HIS FATHER AND HIS
MOTHER AND HE SAYS, "I HAVE SEEN
00:10:30.16\00:10:34.13
A WOMAN IN TIMNAH OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES;
00:10:34.20\00:10:38.00
NOW THEREFORE, GET
HER FOR ME AS A WIFE."
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THEN HIS FATHER AND MOTHER SAID
TO HIM, 'IS THERE NO WOMAN AMONG
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THE DAUGHTERS OF YOUR BRETHREN,
OR AMONG ALL MY PEOPLE," - LOOK,
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IF YOU CAN'T FIND ONE AMONG
THE ISRAELITES OR EVEN AMONG THE
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TRIBE OF DAN - "THAT YOU
MUST GO AND GET A WIFE FROM THE
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UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINES?"
NOW, I WON'T TAKE THIS TOO FAR,
00:10:55.65\00:11:01.39
THERE WERE OTHER TRIBES AROUND
ISRAEL: YOU HAD THE EDOMITES,
00:11:01.42\00:11:05.93
YOU HAD THE MOABITES, YOU HAD
THE AMMONITES - THEY WERE ALL
00:11:05.96\00:11:09.03
RELATED TO LOT - THEY
PRACTICED CIRCUMCISION.
00:11:09.06\00:11:12.53
HE'S BASICALLY SAYING, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO MARRY OUTSIDE THE
00:11:12.57\00:11:16.40
FAITH, AT LEAST MARRY SOMEONE
THAT WAS RELATED TO ABRAHAM THAT
00:11:16.44\00:11:21.41
BELIEVES IN JEHOVAH, BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO THE UNCIRCUMCISED
00:11:21.44\00:11:25.98
PHILISTINES. THAT
WAS, THEY THOUGHT, THE
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WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
SAMSON WAS STRONG MINDED AND HE
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WAS PERSUASIVE AND HIS ANSWER
WAS, TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER,
00:11:33.79\00:11:39.46
"GET HER FOR ME, FOR
SHE PLEASES ME WELL."
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HERE HE STARTS TO SOUND LIKE
A REAL MUSCLE HEAD, DOESN'T HE?
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(LAUGHTER) HIS LOGIC WAS,
'I JUST REALLY WANT HER.' HE
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COULDN'T ARGUE WITH THEM EXCEPT
TO SAY, 'I WANT WHAT I WANT.
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GET HER FOR ME.'
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AND MOST IMPORTANT,
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>>WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT THESE FORBIDDEN UNIONS?
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"WHEN THE LORD YOUR GOD BRINGS
YOU INTO THE LAND WHICH YOU GO
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TO POSSESS, AND HAS CAST
OUT MANY NATIONS BEFORE YOU, YOU
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SHALL MAKE NO COVENANT WITH
THEM NOR SHOW MERCY TO THEM.
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NOR SHALL YOU MAKE
MARRIAGES WITH THEM.
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YOU SHALL NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTER
TO THEIR SON, NOR TAKE THEIR
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DAUGHTER FOR YOUR SON.
FOR THEY WILL TURN YOUR SONS
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AWAY FROM FOLLOWING ME, TO SERVE
OTHER GODS, SO THE ANGER OF THE
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LORD WILL BE AROUSED AGAINST
YOU AND DESTROY YOU SUDDENLY."
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THAT'S VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS,
AND YET, IT STILL HAPPENS.
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PEOPLE RAISED IN THE CHURCH,
THEY SAY, 'YEAH, I LOVE THE
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LORD. I GAVE MY
HEART TO THE LORD.'
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AND THEN THEY
START DATING A PAGAN.
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THEY START DATING A PHILISTINE.
AND IN THEIR MIND THEY THINK,
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'OH MAN, HE PLEASETH ME WELL.'
'SHE PLEASETH ME WELL.' 'WHAT A
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MAN.' 'WHAT A GIRL.' 'I'M SURE -
THEY JUST - THE FEW THINGS THEY
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DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT
JESUS, BUT I'LL TALK TO THEM.
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I'LL MARRY THEM AND THEN I'LL
CONVERT THEM.' OR THEY SAY, 'I'M
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GOING TO DATE THEM AND I'LL GIVE
THEM BIBLE STUDIES WHILE WE'RE
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DATING.' THAT'S A BAD
IDEA BECAUSE YOU'LL BOTH END UP
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INFLUENCING EACH OTHER AND YOU
END UP - IT'S A SIPHON EFFECT -
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COMPROMISES ARE MADE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M
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SAYING, FRIENDS, YOU
TAKE IT UP WITH THE LORD.
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LET ME GIVE YOU MORE SCRIPTURE.
1 KINGS 11, "BUT KING SOLOMON
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LOVED MANY FOREIGN WOMEN,"
- NOW, UP UNTIL THIS POINT
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IN KINGS, SOLOMON WAS
ON A TRAJECTORY TO HEAVEN.
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IT SAYS THERE IN 1 KINGS CHAPTER
3, SOLOMON LOVED THE LORD,
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WALKING IN ALL THE
COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD.
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HE PRAYED AND
GOD GAVE HIM WISDOM.
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GOD SAID, 'I'M GOING TO BLESS
YOU WITH WISDOM AND I'M GOING TO
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MAKE YOU RICH AND YOU'RE GOING
TO LIVE LONG AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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BE FAMOUS.' AND SOLOMON IS GOING
FROM GOOD TO BETTER TO BEST TO
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EXCELLENT - HE'S GOING LIKE THAT
- AND HE BUILDS HIS PALACE, HE
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BUILDS THE TEMPLE OF THE
LORD AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM
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AROUND THE WORLD AND THE LAND
IS FULL OF GOLD AND SILVER LIKE
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STONES, AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
IS LEFT BREATHLESS - YOU'VE
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HEARD THE WORD 'BREATHTAKING'?
COMES FROM THE STORY - THE QUEEN
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OF SHEBA - IT SAYS THERE WAS NO
MORE BREATH IN HER WHEN SHE SAW
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- AND IT'S GOING
LIKE, LIKE, LIKE THAT.
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AND LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS NEXT:
"BUT KING SOLOMON LOVED MANY
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FOREIGN WOMEN" - WHAT DO YOU
THINK HAPPENED TO THE KINGDOM
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THEN? WENT DOWN.
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THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT -
HE "LOVED MANY FOREIGN WOMEN, AS
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WELL AS THE DAUGHTER OF
PHARAOH: WOMEN OF THE MOABITES,
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AMMONITES, EDOMITES, SIDONIANS,
AND HITTITES FROM ALL THE
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NATIONS OF WHOM THE LORD HAD
SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
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'YOU SHALL NOT INTERMARRY
WITH THEM, NOR THEY WITH YOU.
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SURELY THEY WILL TURN AWAY YOUR
HEARTS AFTER THEIR GODS.'" IT
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DIDN'T HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT. AND HIS WIVES TURNED
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AWAY HIS HEART. "FOR IT
WAS SO, WHEN SOLOMON WAS
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OLD, THAT HIS WIVES TURNED HIS
HEART AFTER OTHER GODS; AND HIS
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HEART WAS NOT LOYAL
TO THE LORD HIS GOD."
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IT DOESN'T SAY HE GAVE UP
ON GOD, HE JUST COMPROMISED.
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HIS FAITH WAS
DILUTED. I COULD GO ON AND ON.
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THERE'S SEVERAL VERY CLEAR
STATEMENTS IN THERE AND, OF
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COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW
TESTAMENT, "DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY
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YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS.
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FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HAS
RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH LAWLESSNESS?
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AND WHAT COMMUNION
HAS LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?
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AND WHAT ACCORD
HAS CHRIST WITH BELIAL?
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OR WHAT PART HAS A
BELIEVER WITH AN UNBELIEVER?
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AND WHAT AGREEMENT HAS
THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS?
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FOR YOU ARE THE
TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD.
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AS GOD HAS SAID: 'I WILL DWELL
IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM.
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I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY
SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.' THEREFORE
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COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM
AND BE SEPARATE,' SAYS THE LORD.
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'DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS
UNCLEAN, AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU.
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I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU,
AND YOU SHALL BE MY SONS AND
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DAUGHTERS.'" SO GOD IS TELLING
US, 'IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER, THAT
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MEANS YOU'VE MADE A DECISION
YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
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THAT MEANS THAT YOUR WORLD VIEW
- JESUS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
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THING TO YOU.' AM I RIGHT?
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WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU THINK
ABOUT MAKING THE MOST IMPORTANT
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DECISION IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT
MARRYING SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT
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MAKE JESUS THE CENTER OF THEIR
LIFE, WHO HAS NOT MADE THAT
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PERSON A PRIORITY, AND YOUR
CHILDREN - YOUR PRIORITIES -
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YOU'LL SAY, 'YOU KNOW, LET'S
- WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CHURCH.
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SABBATH'S THE HOLY DAY.' AND
THEY SAY, 'NO IT'S NOT, IT'S A
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HOLIDAY FOR US.
SATURDAY'S PARTY DAY.'
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YOUR HOME IS DIVIDED.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM.
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YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PRAY AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'NO, WE'RE
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GOING TO GO PAY FOR SOME
COUNSELING.' OR 'WE'RE GOING TO
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BUY A BOOK.' AND YOU'RE GOING
TO SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO CHURCH.'
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THEY SAY, 'NO, WE'RE GOING
TO THE THEATER.' 'WE'RE GOING TO
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CHURCH.' 'WE'RE GOING TO THE
MALL.' AND 'WE'RE GOING TO EAT
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CLEAN FOOD.' AND THEY SAY, 'NO
WE'RE NOT.' AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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FIND YOURSELF TRYING TO
COOK TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME.
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I'M TELLING YOU,
FRIENDS, IT CAN BE ROUGH.
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NOW, SOMETIMES YOU FIND THE
LORD AND YOUR SPOUSE DOESN'T AND
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YOU'VE GOT A BELIEVER
MARRIED TO AN UNBELIEVER.
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE BACKSLIDE AND,
WHILE THEY'RE OUT OF THE CHURCH,
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YOU GET A BELIEVER MARRIES
AN UNBELIEVER AND THEN THEY COME
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BACK TO THE LORD AND THEY'VE
GOT TO LIVE WITH THE RESULTS.
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AND, IF YOU'RE IN THAT
SITUATION, YOU'RE MARRIED.
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BUT WHY WOULD YOU DELIBERATELY
WANT TO DO THAT AND GO DOWN TO
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TIMNAH AND MARRY
SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR FAITH?
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THE DEVIL HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE
TO DILUTE THE EFFECT OF THE
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GOSPEL IN THE WORLD BY GETTING
HALF-HEARTED BELIEVERS WHO DON'T
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UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
OF FINDING A LIFE PARTNER WHERE
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JESUS IS FIRST IN THEIR
LIFE. SO WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING
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SOMEBODY, THE FIRST
THING YOU WANT TO KNOW IS THAT
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JESUS IS FIRST FOR THEM.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
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HE SAID, 'BOY, BUT THEY'RE
REALLY GOOD LOOKING AND THEY
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SEEM SO SMART AND THEY'RE SO...'
'THEY'RE ALMOST A CHRISTIAN.'
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'THEY ACT LIKE A
CHRISTIAN IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS.
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THEY'RE CHRISTIAN-LIKE.'
I HEAR ALL THESE THINGS.
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THEY'RE SO POLITE AND
THEY'VE GOT CHRISTIAN MORALS.
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THEY'RE ATHEISTS.
'OH, BUT THEY'VE GOT
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CHRISTIAN MORALS.
THEY LOVE HUMANITY.' AND I
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HEAR ALL THESE BAD
ARGUMENTS. DON'T DO IT.
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CAN I GET AN AMEN? >>AMEN.
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>>IT'S JUST WHAT GOD
SAYS. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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SAMSON GOT WHAT HE WANTED. BE
CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR, YOU
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MIGHT GET IT. AND THEN
IT WAS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE.
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THIS CREATED A FORK
IN THE ROAD FOR HIS LIFE.
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INSTEAD OF MARRYING A GIRL FROM
AMONG HIS PEOPLE, HE MARRIED A
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PHILISTINE AND HIS WHOLE LIFE
GOT OFF COURSE AND IT STARTED
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WITH THIS. YOU WATCH AND SEE.
GOD HAD A BIG PLAN - HE HAD MORE
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OPPORTUNITY THAN
ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE.
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"SO SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNAH
WITH HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND
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CAME TO THE
VINEYARDS OF TIMNAH."
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- NOW WHAT WAS A NAZARITE
SUPPOSED TO DO AND NOT DO?
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DON'T HAVE
NOTHIN' TO DO WITH GRAPES.
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IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT
A RAISIN, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
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TO EAT A GRAPE SEED, IF YOU'RE
NOT SUPPOSED TO DRINK ANY GRAPE
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JUICE, DON'T WALK
THROUGH A VINEYARD.
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IS THAT A GOOD IDEA? IF
YOU'RE AN ALCOHOLIC, DON'T
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GET YOUR APPLE JUICE AT
THE LIQUOR STORE. (LAUGHTER)
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RIGHT? "NOW, TO
HIS SURPRISE, A YOUNG
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LION CAME ROARING AGAINST HIM.
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME
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MIGHTILY UPON HIM, AND HE
TORE THE LION APART AS ONE WOULD
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HAVE TORN APART A YOUNG GOAT.
THEN HE WENT DOWN AND TALKED
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WITH THE WOMAN; AND
SHE PLEASED SAMSON WELL.
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AFTER SOME TIME, WHEN HE
RETURNED TO GET HER," - SO THEY
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CONTRACTED FOR THE MARRIAGE
AND HE FINALLY RETURNS FOR THE
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WEDDING FEAST - "HE TURNED
ASIDE" - HE WANTS TO GO BACK AND
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SAYS, 'WAS I DREAMING?
DID I REALLY KILL THAT LION?'
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HE TURNS BACK AND, IN THE WEEKS
THAT HAVE GONE BY, THE ANIMALS
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HAD KIND OF HOLLOWED OUT THE
CARCASS OF THE LION AND, WITHIN
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THE RIBCAGE, IT SAYS, "BEHOLD, A
SWARM OF BEES AND HONEY WERE IN
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THE CARCASS OF THE LION."
NOW YOU'VE MAYBE SEEN BEES SWARM
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BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL
FIND A HOLLOW LOG AND THEY COULD
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EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE CAVITY
THERE OF THIS LION, FOR WHATEVER
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REASON THEY TOOK UP
RESIDENCE AND THEY'D ALREADY
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BEGUN MAKING HONEY. AND
"HE TOOK SOME OF THE HONEY
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IN HIS HANDS AND
WENT ALONG, EATING.
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WHEN HE CAME TO HIS FATHER AND
MOTHER," - HE HAD A BIG PILE OF
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COMB - "HE GAVE SOME TO
THEM, AND THEY ALSO ATE.
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BUT HE DID NOT TELL THEM THAT HE
HAD TAKEN THE HONEY OUT OF THE
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CARCASS OF THE LION." WHY?
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BECAUSE, FIRST OF
ALL, A DEAD BODY'S UNCLEAN.
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WHAT WAS A
NAZARITE SUPPOSED TO DO?
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STAY OUT OF THE VINEYARD.
DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING DEAD.
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AND, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH
SOMETHING DEAD, MAKE IT A CLEAN
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ANIMAL THAT'S DEAD. BUT A
LION IS AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL.
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SO HE'S GOT AN UNCLEAN CARCASS
ON AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL AND HE GETS
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HONEY FROM IT. "SO HIS
FATHER WENT DOWN TO THE WOMAN.
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AND SAMSON GAVE A FEAST THERE,
FOR YOUNG MEN USED TO DO SO."
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SO HERE THEY'RE HAVING
THE WEDDING FEAST AND THE WORD
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'FEAST' THERE IS 'WINE BANQUET'.
YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
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SAMSON'S COMPROMISING
IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
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SO HE'S DOWN THERE AND HE'S
ACTING LIKE THE PHILISTINES WHEN
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HE'S WITH THE
PHILISTINES WHEN HE HAS A FEAST.
00:21:37.19\00:21:39.19
AND FINALLY HE SAYS, 'LET
ME POSE A RIDDLE TO YOU.' -
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'THEY'LL NEVER GET THIS.' -
HE THOUGHT, 'THEY'LL NEVER GET
00:21:41.26\00:21:42.60
THIS.' SO HE SAID TO THEM, 'OUT
OF THE EATER CAME SOMETHING TO
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EAT, AND OUT OF THE STRONG CAME
SOMETHING SWEET.' NOW FOR THREE
00:21:46.47\00:21:52.01
DAYS" - THEY NEVER
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE RIDDLE.
00:21:52.04\00:21:53.78
HIS PARENTS DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:21:53.81\00:21:55.24
NOBODY KNEW - NO WAY
ANYONE WOULD EVER GUESS THAT.
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- "BUT IT CAME TO PASS ON THE
SEVENTH DAY THAT THEY SAID TO
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SAMSON'S WIFE," - NOW,
NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY 'FIANCE'.
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THEY HAD - THEY
WERE MARRIED NOW.
00:22:06.29\00:22:08.06
SEVERAL TIMES SHE'S CALLED
'HIS WIFE,' SO HE DID MARRY HER.
00:22:08.09\00:22:12.06
AND HE LOVED HER. -
"ENTICE YOUR HUSBAND," - I
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DIDN'T SAY SHE LOVED HIM -
"ENTICE YOUR HUSBAND THAT HE
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MIGHT EXPLAIN THE RIDDLE TO
US, OR ELSE WE WILL BURN YOU AND
00:22:19.73\00:22:22.94
YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE WITH FIRE."
WHAT ARE THEY THREATENING TO DO?
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BURN HER. THEN SHE
EXPLAINED THE RIDDLE
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TO THE SONS OF HER PEOPLE.
HE TOLD HER - HE CONFIDED IN
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HER; SHE
IMMEDIATELY BETRAYS HIM.
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.28
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S
SCARED. SO THEY SAY, "WHAT IS
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SWEETER THAN HONEY?
AND WHAT IS STRONGER
00:22:36.05\00:22:37.35
THAN A LION?"
SAMSON NOW IS SO MAD.
00:22:37.39\00:22:40.62
HE LOOKS AT HIS WIFE WHO'S
PROBABLY LOOKING DOWN - "SO HIS
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ANGER WAS AROUSED, AND HE WENT
BACK UP TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE."
00:22:43.53\00:22:47.13
HE SAID, 'LOOK, THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE HONEYMOON.' HE SAID,
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.80
'WE'RE MARRIED NOW,' HE SAYS,
'BUT I AM SO MAD AT HER.' THAT
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HE STORMS BACK UP TO DAN AND
HE GOES BACK UP TO HIS FATHER'S
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HOUSE. - "AFTER A
WHILE, IN THE TIME" -
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I'M IN CHAPTER 15, VERSE 1 - "OF
WHEAT HARVEST, IT HAPPENED THAT
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SAMSON VISITED HIS
WIFE WITH A YOUNG GOAT."
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HE STARTS GETTING LONELY AND
HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT AND HE
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SAID, 'OH WELL, MAYBE I WAS
TOO ANGRY AND THIS IS ALL OVER
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WITH.' AND HE GETS DOWN TO
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE AND HE
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SAID, 'YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO SEE
BETSY' - WHATEVER HER NAME WAS
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AND THE FATHER WOULD
NOT PERMIT HIM TO GO IN.
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HE SAYS, 'NO' - HE SAID, 'I
THOUGHT YOU PURELY HATED HER;
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THEREFORE I GAVE HER TO THE BEST
MAN.' AND SAMSON SAID TO HIM,
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'"THIS TIME I SHALL BE BLAMELESS
REGARDING THE PHILISTINES IF I
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HARM THEM!' THEN
SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT
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THREE HUNDRED FOXES;" NOW
HE DIDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY.
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AND IF YOU READ SOME OF
THE ANCIENT ACCOUNTS OF ISRAEL
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DURING THE TIME - ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE HILLS OF JUDAH, IT
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WAS A LOT MORE FORESTED.
THERE WERE RABBITS AND SMALL
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VARMINTS AND
FOXES WERE NUMEROUS,
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RUNNING - THERE
WERE FOXHOLES EVERYWHERE.
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SO THE IDEA THAT HE CAUGHT 300
FOXES IN THAT COUNTRY AT THAT
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TIME IS NOT REALLY THAT AMAZING.
HE DIDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY
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BUT HE WOULD CATCH THESE FOXES.
AND HE SAYS, 'I AM GOING TO
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DESTROY THE PHILISTINES -
IT'S CALLED SLASH AND BURN - YOU
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DESTROY THEIR FOOD
SOURCE - 'I'M GOING TO SUBJUGATE
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THEM ECONOMICALLY.
HE'D LIGHT THIS BRAND FILLED
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WITH PITCH ON FIRE, HAVE IT
TIED TO TWO FOXES' TAILS - YOU
00:24:12.31\00:24:16.38
EVER SEE HOW A FOX RUNS?
THEY DON'T MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE.
00:24:16.42\00:24:19.45
YOU GET TWO FOXES TOGETHER
AND IT IS JUST A CRAZY ZIG ZAG.
00:24:19.49\00:24:23.09
AND THEY GO RIP SNORTING ALL
AROUND, THROUGH THESE FIELDS AND
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THEY'RE JUST - THE FIELDS
ARE JUST GOING UP IN FLAMES.
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.93
AND, AT FIRST, THEY THOUGHT IT
WAS A FLUKE, BUT THEN DAY AFTER
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DAY THEIR FIELDS ARE
BURNING. YOU NOTICE IT SAID IT
00:24:31.93\00:24:34.34
WAS DURING WHEAT
HARVEST? AND IT DECIMATED THEM
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ECONOMICALLY AND
THEY'RE SAYING, 'WHO DID THIS?'
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THEY SAID, 'WHO HAS DONE THIS?'
VERSE 6 OF CHAPTER 15 - AND
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SOMEONE ANSWERED, "SAMSON,
THE SON-IN-LAW OF THE TIMNITE,
00:24:45.38\00:24:48.68
BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN HIS WIFE
AND GIVEN HER TO HIS COMPANION."
00:24:48.72\00:24:52.92
THE PHILISTINES THOUGHT,
'WELL, THAT IS PRETTY BAD.
00:24:52.95\00:24:55.76
TAKE A GUY'S WIFE AND GIVE IT TO
HIS FRIEND.' "SO THE PHILISTINES
00:24:55.79\00:24:59.53
CAME UP AND BURNED HER
AND HER FATHER WITH FIRE."
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.67
YOU KNOW, IF SHE HAD BEEN LOYAL
TO HER HUSBAND, HE WOULD HAVE
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PROTECTED HER. BUT,
INSTEAD, SHE SOLD OUT AND
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.14
THE VERY THING SHE FEARED
CAME UPON HER. ISN'T THAT SAD?
00:25:10.17\00:25:15.44
NOW SAMSON'S
FEELING PRETTY LONELY.
00:25:15.48\00:25:17.85
HIS PARENTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE
HE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO THEM.
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.88
HE DOESN'T WANT TO ENDANGER HIS
PARENTS NOW THAT HE'S BECOME A
00:25:20.92\00:25:23.28
MARKED MAN WITH THE PHILISTINES,
SO HE SAID, 'IF I GO HOME
00:25:23.32\00:25:25.35
THEY'RE IN DANGER.' HE'S LOST
HIS WIFE AND HE HAS NO FRIENDS,
00:25:25.39\00:25:31.33
AND HE'S UP DWELLING
IN A ROCK BY HIMSELF.
00:25:31.36\00:25:35.03
WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO DO WHAT
HE KNEW GOD WANTED HIM TO DO AND
00:25:35.06\00:25:38.57
HE FORSOOK THE GUIDANCE OF HIS
PARENTS - HIS BELIEVING PARENTS,
00:25:38.60\00:25:43.34
AND HE THOUGHT THAT HE
COULD COMPROMISE WITH THE ENEMY,
00:25:43.37\00:25:47.08
EVERYTHING
STARTED GOING SIDEWAYS.
00:25:47.11\00:25:49.61
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THE BIBLE SAYS THIS, BUT I DON'T
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CLOSELY.' AND NOW HE'S LIVING IN
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BUT THAT, EVEN IN ITSELF, IS A
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