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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER THAT MEANS YOU'VE MADE A DECISION - 01:14 YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN - THAT MEANS THAT YOUR WORLD VIEW - 01:17 JESUS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO YOU. 01:19 WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT MAKING THE MOST IMPORTANT 01:23 DECISION IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT MARRYING SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT 01:27 MAKE JESUS THE CENTER OF THEIR LIFE? 01:31 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:34 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:37 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:41 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:43 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:52 >>IF I WERE TO ASK YOU WHO IN THE BIBLE DO YOU THINK OF IF I 02:00 WERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SMARTEST PERSON WHO'S EVER LIVED, WHO 02:03 WOULD THAT BE? >>SOLOMON. 02:05 >>SOLOMON. IF I WAS TO ASK YOU TO TELL ME, 02:09 IN THE BIBLE, WHO WAS THE PERSON THAT HAD THE GREATEST PATIENCE 02:13 AND SUFFERING, WHO WOULD THAT BE? 02:16 >>JOB. >>JOB. 02:18 >>AND IF I WERE TO SAY, WHO IN THE BIBLE WAS THE PHYSICALLY 02:22 STRONGEST? WHO WOULD THAT BE? >>SAMSON. 02:24 >>SAMSON IS THE ONE PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF WHO IS THE 02:27 PHYSICALLY STRONGEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED. 02:30 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 02:33 PRESENTATIONS, ABOUT SAMSON AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WALKING 02:39 THE CHRISTIAN WALK, ABOUT OUR SAVIOR AND WHAT OTHER LESSONS 02:43 THE LORD MIGHT HAVE FOR US IN HIS WORD FROM THAT. 02:46 YOU'LL FIND THE STORY OF SAMSON IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES - IF YOU 02:49 GO TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES CHAPTER 13 - SAMSON IS THE LAST OF THE 02:54 JUDGES MENTIONED. NOW SOME BELIEVE THAT SAMUEL IS 02:59 AMONG THE JUDGES, BUT YOU DON'T GET TO SAMUEL UNTIL YOU 03:01 GET TO THE BOOK OF SAMUEL. BUT, IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES, 03:04 SAMSON IS THE LAST JUDGE THAT IS MENTIONED. 03:07 MOST SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY TWELVE JUDGES 03:11 - AND FOUR CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES ARE DEDICATED JUST TO 03:18 SAMSON - A VERY INTERESTING CHARACTER. 03:23 AND IT EVEN WAS FORETOLD IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WHEN JACOB WAS 03:28 BLESSING HIS SONS, IT TOLD US THAT FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN, 03:32 WHICH IS WHERE SAMSON CAME FROM, IT SAID, "DAN SHALL JUDGE HIS 03:37 PEOPLE AS ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL." 03:39 MATTER OF FACT, THE NAME 'DAN' MEANS 'JUDGE' AND THE NAME 03:45 'DANIEL' MEANS 'JEHOVAH IS MY JUDGE' OR 'ELOHIM IS MY JUDGE'. 03:51 AND SO, SAMSON WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN. 03:53 NOW, IF YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES, WE'RE 03:55 JUST GOING TO READ IT. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S THINGS 04:00 THAT GOD WANTS TO SAY TO YOU, TODAY THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. 04:04 I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S INHERENT POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD THAT, 04:07 AS I READ THROUGH THIS STORY THE LORD IS GOING TO SPEAK TO 04:10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAYBE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BECAUSE THERE'S 04:12 POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD TO DO THAT, AMEN? 04:15 CHAPTER 13 - JUDGES - VERSE 1, "AGAIN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 04:21 DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD," - THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN 04:24 APOSTASIES MENTIONED IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES, THIS IS THE SEVENTH 04:27 OF THEM - "AND THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO THE HAND OF 04:31 THE PHILISTINES FOR FORTY YEARS. NOW THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN FROM 04:36 ZORAH, OF THE FAMILY OF THE DANITES, WHOSE NAME WAS MANOAH; 04:42 AND HIS WIFE WAS BARREN AND HAD NO CHILDREN. 04:46 AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID 04:50 TO HER, 'INDEED NOW, YOU ARE BARREN AND HAVE BORNE NO 04:53 CHILDREN, BUT YOU SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON. 04:57 NOW THEREFORE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL NOT TO DRINK WINE OR SIMILAR" - 05:02 THAT MEANS STRONG - "DRINK, AND NOT TO EAT ANYTHING UNCLEAN. 05:06 FOR BEHOLD, YOU SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON. 05:10 AND NO RAZOR SHALL COME UPON HIS HEAD, FOR THE CHILD SHALL BE A 05:14 NAZARITE TO GOD FROM THE WOMB; AND HE SHALL BEGIN TO DELIVER 05:19 ISRAEL OUT OF THE HAND OF THE PHILISTINES." 05:23 YOU NOTICE HOW OFTEN GOD RAISES SOMEONE UP DURING TIMES OF GREAT 05:26 ADVERSITY? WHEN WAS MOSES CHOSEN? 05:31 A TIME OF GREAT OPPRESSION AND ADVERSITY. 05:33 AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE LIKE DANIEL - COMES AT TIMES OF GREAT 05:38 ADVERSITY AND OPPRESSION. ELIJAH - A TIME OF GREAT 05:42 ADVERSITY AND OPPRESSION - PROPHETS OF GOD ARE BEING 05:45 PERSECUTED - JESUS - THE ROMANS WERE RULING THE WORLD - A 05:48 TIME OF GREAT OPPRESSION. SO SAMSON, DURING THIS TIME OF 05:51 NATIONAL OPPRESSION, THE PEOPLE ARE PRAYING TO GOD; GOD ANSWERS 05:55 THE PRAYER BY RAISING SOMEONE UP. 05:58 AND, USUALLY, THESE PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS RAISED UP DURING TIMES 06:01 OF OPPRESSION TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE ARE TYPES OF CHRIST - 06:05 FLAWED THOUGH THEY MAY BE ON THE HUMAN SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THINGS IN 06:09 THERE. FOR ONE THING, A PROMISED SON - 06:14 SUPERNATURAL VISITATION OF THE ANGEL THAT'S GIVEN - SOMETHING 06:18 LIKE ISHMAEL AND ISAAC AND JOHN THE BAPTIST. 06:23 SOMEONE SAID, 'GREAT MEN ARE BORN FOR TIMES OF GREAT 06:26 OPPRESSION.' AND NOW, THE INSTRUCTION THAT 06:29 THE ANGEL GIVES - HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED BEFORE? 06:32 WAS SAMSON STRONG BECAUSE HE WAS JUST BIGGER THAN EVERYONE ELSE 06:37 AND HE WAS REAL BEEFY MUSCLES - JUST HARD AS A ROCK? 06:41 OR WAS IT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT? 06:44 AND I'VE HEARD THEORIES ALL OVER THE PLACE. 06:46 IF YOU SAW SAMSON, DID HE LOOK STRONGER THAN OTHER PEOPLE? 06:49 WAS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM PHYSICALLY? 06:52 WELL, WHEN DELILAH STARTS TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME, SHE SAYS, 06:56 'WHAT IS THE SECRET OF YOUR STRENGTH? 06:59 AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF HE HAD GREAT BIG OL' 07:02 SCHWARZENEGGER MUSCLES, THAT THE SECRET OF HIS STRENGTH WOULD 07:04 HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS - HE WAS - BIG MUSCLES. 07:07 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 07:11 BUT THEN, AGAIN, IF THERE WAS NOTHING PHYSICAL ABOUT THE 07:14 STRENGTH OF SAMSON, THEN WHY DID THE ANGEL COME AND GO TO SUCH 07:18 GREAT LENGTHS TO TELL THE MOTHER, 'BE VERY CAREFUL IN YOUR 07:21 PRENATAL CARE, BECAUSE GOD IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING 07:25 EXTRAORDINARY WITH THIS BABY AND YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF 07:28 YOURSELF.' SO WHAT THE ANGEL SAID TO THE WIFE OF MANOAH IS 07:31 JUST NOT FOR THE WIFE OF MANOAH, BUT EVERY EXPECTING MOTHER AND 07:35 FATHER NEED TO REALIZE THEIR HABITS AND HEALTH ARE REPRODUCED 07:40 IN THE CHILDREN AND THEY'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 07:43 THEY'VE LEARNED NOW - YOU KNOW, DNA IS A VERY INTERESTING 07:46 SCIENCE, AND THEY'VE DISCOVERED THAT YOUR DNA IS NOT THE SAME 07:51 FROM THE TIME YOU'RE BORN UNTIL YOU DIE, YOUR DNA CHANGES 07:54 THROUGH YOUR LIFE, BY YOUR LIFESTYLE, BEHAVIOR, EXPOSURE, 07:59 YOUR DIET - IT WILL ALTER YOUR DNA. 08:04 YOUR DNA CAN ACTUALLY BE ALTERED. 08:05 AND SO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AFFECTS YOUR DNA THAT WILL THEN 08:08 BE REPRODUCED IN YOUR CHILDREN. BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT 08:12 SOMETIMES A PARENT'S HABITS CAN BE INHERITED. 08:18 SOME THINGS CAN ACTUALLY BE INHERITED TENDENCIES. 08:21 SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE 08:24 YOU MAY PASS IT ON TO THE THIRD OR FOURTH GENERATION. 08:27 SO IT SAYS HERE HE WOULD BE A NAZARITE. WHAT IS A NAZARITE? 08:31 TURN IN YOUR BIBLE TO THE BOOK OF NUMBERS CHAPTER 6. 08:36 AND THERE'S SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION HERE - AND I'M NOT 08:40 GOING TO READ IT ALL, BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS TO 08:43 UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT SAMSON, AND TO UNDERSTAND 08:46 SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE HE KIND OF MEANDERED A LITTLE BIT. 08:50 "THEN THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES," - I'M IN NUMBERS 6, VERSE 1 - 08:53 "SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY TO THEM: 'WHEN 08:56 EITHER A MAN OR A WOMAN CONSECRATES AN OFFERING TO TAKE 08:59 THE VOW OF A NAZARITE, TO SEPARATE HIMSELF TO THE LORD, 09:03 HE SHALL SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM WINE AND SIMILAR DRINK; HE SHALL 09:07 DRINK NEITHER VINEGAR MADE FROM WINE NOR VINEGAR MADE FROM 09:11 SIMILAR DRINK; NEITHER SHALL HE DRINK ANY GRAPE JUICE," - 09:14 MEANING FRESH - NEW WINE - "NOR EAT FRESH GRAPES OR RAISINS. 09:20 ALL THE DAYS OF HIS SEPARATION HE SHALL EAT NOTHING THAT IS 09:23 PRODUCED BY THE GRAPEVINE," - HE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY OUT OF THE 09:26 VINEYARD. NOW THAT COMES UP LATER - "ALL 09:29 THE DAYS OF HIS VOW OF HIS SEPARATION NO RAZOR SHALL COME 09:33 UPON HIS HEAD; UNTIL THE DAYS ARE FULFILLED FOR WHICH HE 09:36 SEPARATED HIMSELF TO THE LORD, HE SHALL BE HOLY. 09:38 THEN HE SHALL LET THE LOCKS OF THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD GROW. 09:41 ALL THE DAYS THAT HE SEPARATES HIMSELF TO THE LORD HE SHALL NOT 09:44 GO NEAR A DEAD BODY. HE SHALL NOT MAKE HIMSELF 09:47 UNCLEAN EVEN FOR HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, FOR HIS BROTHER OR 09:50 HIS SISTER, WHEN THEY DIE, BECAUSE HIS SEPARATION TO 09:52 GOD..." - MEANING, EVEN IF YOUR FAMILY MEMBER DIED - FATHER AND 09:56 MOTHER - YOU WERE NOT TO TOUCH THEIR BODY. 09:59 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DIES YOU HAVE TO CARE FOR THE BODY. 10:01 THEY DID FOR JESUS BUT, YOU KNOW, BIBLICALLY, WHEN YOU TOUCH 10:04 A DEAD BODY, YOU'RE UNCLEAN UNTIL SUNDOWN - YOU'RE SUPPOSED 10:07 TO WASH - AND THAT'S JUST GOOD SANITATION RULES. 10:10 BUT IF YOU WERE A NAZARITE, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF IT WAS YOUR 10:12 FATHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SISTER - 10:14 YOU ARE TO BE FULLY CONSECRATED TO GOD. 10:17 AND DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'HE THAT LOVES FATHER OR MOTHER MORE THAN 10:21 ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME.' AND SO IT WAS SAYING THAT THE NAZARITE 10:25 WAS TO BE FULLY CONSECRATED TO GOD. 10:27 THERE WAS TO BE NO RISK THAT HIS MIND WAS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY 10:31 THE WRONG SPIRIT. HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED DRINK WINE 10:34 OR STRONG DRINK OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT. 10:37 AND SO, THIS WAS THE NAZARITE VOW. 10:39 NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'RE GOING TO DELVE INTO THE SECOND 10:42 PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. 10:45 "NOW SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNAH" - NOW SAMSON'S GROWING UP, YOU 10:49 KNOW, AS HE GOT TO BE A TEENAGER AND HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD, AS FAR 10:52 AS WE KNOW, AND HE MAYBE MADE SOME LOCAL FRIENDS AND HE SAID, 10:57 'YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD JUST GO FOUR MILES DOWN THE HILL' - EVEN 11:01 THOUGH THE PHILISTINES OPPRESSED THEM, THEY SAW THEM EVERY DAY, 11:03 THEY TRADED WITH THEM, HE PROBABLY SPOKE THE LANGUAGE, AS 11:06 YOU'LL SEE, AND THROUGH CONSTANT EXCHANGE AND MAKING FRIENDS WITH 11:12 SOME OF THE TEENAGERS OF THE PHILISTINES, HE - ONE DAY HIS 11:16 EYE SAW A YOUNG PHILISTINE GIRL AND HE THOUGHT, 'WOW, SHE IS 11:20 REALLY PRETTY. AND LOOK AT THE SPARKLE AND 11:22 THE PERSONALITY, AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL. 11:26 I FIND MYSELF SO ATTRACTED.' SO HE WENT DOWN AND HE SAW A WOMAN 11:31 IN TIMNAH, OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES. 11:33 NOW SAMSON'S NOT THAT OLD YET, BECAUSE YOU'LL READ LATER IT 11:36 SAYS HE JUDGES FOR TWENTY YEARS - THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, THAT 11:40 COMES LATER. AND HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS LATE 11:43 TEENS, EARLY TWENTIES WHEN THIS HAPPENS. 11:47 HE COMES TO HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND HE SAYS, "I HAVE SEEN 11:51 A WOMAN IN TIMNAH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES; 11:54 NOW THEREFORE, GET HER FOR ME AS A WIFE." 11:58 THEN HIS FATHER AND MOTHER SAID TO HIM, 'IS THERE NO WOMAN AMONG 12:02 THE DAUGHTERS OF YOUR BRETHREN, OR AMONG ALL MY PEOPLE," - LOOK, 12:06 IF YOU CAN'T FIND ONE AMONG THE ISRAELITES OR EVEN AMONG THE 12:09 TRIBE OF DAN - "THAT YOU MUST GO AND GET A WIFE FROM THE 12:12 UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINES?" NOW, I WON'T TAKE THIS TOO FAR, 12:18 THERE WERE OTHER TRIBES AROUND ISRAEL: YOU HAD THE EDOMITES, 12:22 YOU HAD THE MOABITES, YOU HAD THE AMMONITES - THEY WERE ALL 12:26 RELATED TO LOT - THEY PRACTICED CIRCUMCISION. 12:29 HE'S BASICALLY SAYING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY OUTSIDE THE 12:33 FAITH, AT LEAST MARRY SOMEONE THAT WAS RELATED TO ABRAHAM THAT 12:38 BELIEVES IN JEHOVAH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO THE UNCIRCUMCISED 12:43 PHILISTINES. THAT WAS, THEY THOUGHT, THE 12:46 WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN. SAMSON WAS STRONG MINDED AND HE 12:50 WAS PERSUASIVE AND HIS ANSWER WAS, TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, 12:56 "GET HER FOR ME, FOR SHE PLEASES ME WELL." 13:00 HERE HE STARTS TO SOUND LIKE A REAL MUSCLE HEAD, DOESN'T HE? 13:03 (LAUGHTER) HIS LOGIC WAS, 'I JUST REALLY WANT HER.' HE 13:08 COULDN'T ARGUE WITH THEM EXCEPT TO SAY, 'I WANT WHAT I WANT. 13:13 GET HER FOR ME.' >>ONE OF THE MOST COMMON 13:17 QUESTIONS WE GET HERE AT AMAZING FACTS IS REGARDING TROUBLED 13:21 MARRIAGES. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN THEIR FAMILIES. 13:24 WE KNOW ABOUT HALF OF THE AMERICAN MARRIAGES END IN 13:26 DIVORCE. DOES THE BIBLE 13:27 OFFER SOME ANSWERS? ABSOLUTELY. 13:30 IN THE SCRIPTURES, THERE ARE KEYS TO MAKE A GOOD MARRIAGE 13:33 BETTER AND TO HELP REDEEM AND SALVAGE A TROUBLED MARRIAGE. 13:37 WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU THIS SPECIAL STUDY GUIDE, 13:39 KEYS FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE . YOU'LL LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES 13:42 HERE THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO SOME PRACTICAL 13:45 THINGS TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, HEAL, AND STRENGTHEN 13:48 YOUR MARRIAGES. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY CALL THE 13:51 NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #164 OR 13:55 VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. AND FRIENDS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE 13:58 THIS FREE RESOURCE, PLEASE READ IT AND THEN SHARE 14:00 IT WITH A FRIEND. WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT 14:03 BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 14:07 >>WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THESE FORBIDDEN UNIONS? 14:11 "WHEN THE LORD YOUR GOD BRINGS YOU INTO THE LAND WHICH YOU GO 14:14 TO POSSESS, AND HAS CAST OUT MANY NATIONS BEFORE YOU, YOU 14:17 SHALL MAKE NO COVENANT WITH THEM NOR SHOW MERCY TO THEM. 14:21 NOR SHALL YOU MAKE MARRIAGES WITH THEM. 14:24 YOU SHALL NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTER TO THEIR SON, NOR TAKE THEIR 14:27 DAUGHTER FOR YOUR SON. FOR THEY WILL TURN YOUR SONS 14:30 AWAY FROM FOLLOWING ME, TO SERVE OTHER GODS, SO THE ANGER OF THE 14:35 LORD WILL BE AROUSED AGAINST YOU AND DESTROY YOU SUDDENLY." 14:41 THAT'S VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS, AND YET, IT STILL HAPPENS. 14:45 PEOPLE RAISED IN THE CHURCH, THEY SAY, 'YEAH, I LOVE THE 14:47 LORD. I GAVE MY HEART TO THE LORD.' 14:48 AND THEN THEY START DATING A PAGAN. 14:52 THEY START DATING A PHILISTINE. AND IN THEIR MIND THEY THINK, 14:56 'OH MAN, HE PLEASETH ME WELL.' 'SHE PLEASETH ME WELL.' 'WHAT A 15:02 MAN.' 'WHAT A GIRL.' 'I'M SURE - THEY JUST - THE FEW THINGS THEY 15:06 DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT JESUS, BUT I'LL TALK TO THEM. 15:09 I'LL MARRY THEM AND THEN I'LL CONVERT THEM.' OR THEY SAY, 'I'M 15:14 GOING TO DATE THEM AND I'LL GIVE THEM BIBLE STUDIES WHILE WE'RE 15:16 DATING.' THAT'S A BAD IDEA BECAUSE YOU'LL BOTH END UP 15:21 INFLUENCING EACH OTHER AND YOU END UP - IT'S A SIPHON EFFECT - 15:27 COMPROMISES ARE MADE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M 15:29 SAYING, FRIENDS, YOU TAKE IT UP WITH THE LORD. 15:31 LET ME GIVE YOU MORE SCRIPTURE. 1 KINGS 11, "BUT KING SOLOMON 15:36 LOVED MANY FOREIGN WOMEN," - NOW, UP UNTIL THIS POINT 15:39 IN KINGS, SOLOMON WAS ON A TRAJECTORY TO HEAVEN. 15:45 IT SAYS THERE IN 1 KINGS CHAPTER 3, SOLOMON LOVED THE LORD, 15:49 WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD. 15:51 HE PRAYED AND GOD GAVE HIM WISDOM. 15:53 GOD SAID, 'I'M GOING TO BLESS YOU WITH WISDOM AND I'M GOING TO 15:54 MAKE YOU RICH AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE LONG AND YOU'RE GOING TO 15:56 BE FAMOUS.' AND SOLOMON IS GOING FROM GOOD TO BETTER TO BEST TO 16:01 EXCELLENT - HE'S GOING LIKE THAT - AND HE BUILDS HIS PALACE, HE 16:03 BUILDS THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD AND PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM 16:06 AROUND THE WORLD AND THE LAND IS FULL OF GOLD AND SILVER LIKE 16:10 STONES, AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA IS LEFT BREATHLESS - YOU'VE 16:14 HEARD THE WORD 'BREATHTAKING'? COMES FROM THE STORY - THE QUEEN 16:17 OF SHEBA - IT SAYS THERE WAS NO MORE BREATH IN HER WHEN SHE SAW 16:19 - AND IT'S GOING LIKE, LIKE, LIKE THAT. 16:23 AND LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS NEXT: "BUT KING SOLOMON LOVED MANY 16:27 FOREIGN WOMEN" - WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO THE KINGDOM 16:29 THEN? WENT DOWN. 16:34 THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT - HE "LOVED MANY FOREIGN WOMEN, AS 16:39 WELL AS THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH: WOMEN OF THE MOABITES, 16:42 AMMONITES, EDOMITES, SIDONIANS, AND HITTITES FROM ALL THE 16:45 NATIONS OF WHOM THE LORD HAD SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 16:48 'YOU SHALL NOT INTERMARRY WITH THEM, NOR THEY WITH YOU. 16:52 SURELY THEY WILL TURN AWAY YOUR HEARTS AFTER THEIR GODS.'" IT 16:55 DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND HIS WIVES TURNED 16:57 AWAY HIS HEART. "FOR IT WAS SO, WHEN SOLOMON WAS 17:00 OLD, THAT HIS WIVES TURNED HIS HEART AFTER OTHER GODS; AND HIS 17:04 HEART WAS NOT LOYAL TO THE LORD HIS GOD." 17:06 IT DOESN'T SAY HE GAVE UP ON GOD, HE JUST COMPROMISED. 17:08 HIS FAITH WAS DILUTED. I COULD GO ON AND ON. 17:12 THERE'S SEVERAL VERY CLEAR STATEMENTS IN THERE AND, OF 17:15 COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW TESTAMENT, "DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY 17:18 YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS. 17:20 FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HAS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH LAWLESSNESS? 17:23 AND WHAT COMMUNION HAS LIGHT WITH DARKNESS? 17:25 AND WHAT ACCORD HAS CHRIST WITH BELIAL? 17:27 OR WHAT PART HAS A BELIEVER WITH AN UNBELIEVER? 17:30 AND WHAT AGREEMENT HAS THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? 17:33 FOR YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. 17:35 AS GOD HAS SAID: 'I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM. 17:38 I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.' THEREFORE 17:41 COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM AND BE SEPARATE,' SAYS THE LORD. 17:44 'DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN, AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU. 17:47 I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE MY SONS AND 17:49 DAUGHTERS.'" SO GOD IS TELLING US, 'IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER, THAT 17:57 MEANS YOU'VE MADE A DECISION YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN. 17:59 THAT MEANS THAT YOUR WORLD VIEW - JESUS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 18:02 THING TO YOU.' AM I RIGHT? 18:05 WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT MAKING THE MOST IMPORTANT 18:08 DECISION IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT MARRYING SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT 18:12 MAKE JESUS THE CENTER OF THEIR LIFE, WHO HAS NOT MADE THAT 18:16 PERSON A PRIORITY, AND YOUR CHILDREN - YOUR PRIORITIES - 18:20 YOU'LL SAY, 'YOU KNOW, LET'S - WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CHURCH. 18:23 SABBATH'S THE HOLY DAY.' AND THEY SAY, 'NO IT'S NOT, IT'S A 18:24 HOLIDAY FOR US. SATURDAY'S PARTY DAY.' 18:28 YOUR HOME IS DIVIDED. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. 18:30 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PRAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'NO, WE'RE 18:31 GOING TO GO PAY FOR SOME COUNSELING.' OR 'WE'RE GOING TO 18:34 BUY A BOOK.' AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO CHURCH.' 18:38 THEY SAY, 'NO, WE'RE GOING TO THE THEATER.' 'WE'RE GOING TO 18:40 CHURCH.' 'WE'RE GOING TO THE MALL.' AND 'WE'RE GOING TO EAT 18:45 CLEAN FOOD.' AND THEY SAY, 'NO WE'RE NOT.' AND YOU'RE GOING TO 18:49 FIND YOURSELF TRYING TO COOK TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME. 18:52 I'M TELLING YOU, FRIENDS, IT CAN BE ROUGH. 18:56 NOW, SOMETIMES YOU FIND THE LORD AND YOUR SPOUSE DOESN'T AND 19:01 YOU'VE GOT A BELIEVER MARRIED TO AN UNBELIEVER. 19:03 SOMETIMES PEOPLE BACKSLIDE AND, WHILE THEY'RE OUT OF THE CHURCH, 19:06 YOU GET A BELIEVER MARRIES AN UNBELIEVER AND THEN THEY COME 19:10 BACK TO THE LORD AND THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE WITH THE RESULTS. 19:13 AND, IF YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION, YOU'RE MARRIED. 19:16 BUT WHY WOULD YOU DELIBERATELY WANT TO DO THAT AND GO DOWN TO 19:22 TIMNAH AND MARRY SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR FAITH? 19:25 THE DEVIL HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE TO DILUTE THE EFFECT OF THE 19:30 GOSPEL IN THE WORLD BY GETTING HALF-HEARTED BELIEVERS WHO DON'T 19:34 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING A LIFE PARTNER WHERE 19:38 JESUS IS FIRST IN THEIR LIFE. SO WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING 19:41 SOMEBODY, THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO KNOW IS THAT 19:44 JESUS IS FIRST FOR THEM. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. 19:49 HE SAID, 'BOY, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOOD LOOKING AND THEY 19:51 SEEM SO SMART AND THEY'RE SO...' 'THEY'RE ALMOST A CHRISTIAN.' 19:54 'THEY ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS. 19:57 THEY'RE CHRISTIAN-LIKE.' I HEAR ALL THESE THINGS. 20:01 THEY'RE SO POLITE AND THEY'VE GOT CHRISTIAN MORALS. 20:05 THEY'RE ATHEISTS. 'OH, BUT THEY'VE GOT 20:08 CHRISTIAN MORALS. THEY LOVE HUMANITY.' AND I 20:10 HEAR ALL THESE BAD ARGUMENTS. DON'T DO IT. 20:17 CAN I GET AN AMEN? >>AMEN. 20:19 >>IT'S JUST WHAT GOD SAYS. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? 20:21 SAMSON GOT WHAT HE WANTED. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR, YOU 20:25 MIGHT GET IT. AND THEN IT WAS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. 20:29 THIS CREATED A FORK IN THE ROAD FOR HIS LIFE. 20:32 INSTEAD OF MARRYING A GIRL FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE, HE MARRIED A 20:36 PHILISTINE AND HIS WHOLE LIFE GOT OFF COURSE AND IT STARTED 20:39 WITH THIS. YOU WATCH AND SEE. GOD HAD A BIG PLAN - HE HAD MORE 20:43 OPPORTUNITY THAN ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE. 20:48 "SO SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNAH WITH HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND 20:50 CAME TO THE VINEYARDS OF TIMNAH." 20:52 - NOW WHAT WAS A NAZARITE SUPPOSED TO DO AND NOT DO? 20:57 DON'T HAVE NOTHIN' TO DO WITH GRAPES. 20:59 IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT A RAISIN, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED 21:02 TO EAT A GRAPE SEED, IF YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRINK ANY GRAPE 21:05 JUICE, DON'T WALK THROUGH A VINEYARD. 21:09 IS THAT A GOOD IDEA? IF YOU'RE AN ALCOHOLIC, DON'T 21:12 GET YOUR APPLE JUICE AT THE LIQUOR STORE. (LAUGHTER) 21:16 RIGHT? "NOW, TO HIS SURPRISE, A YOUNG 21:21 LION CAME ROARING AGAINST HIM. AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME 21:25 MIGHTILY UPON HIM, AND HE TORE THE LION APART AS ONE WOULD 21:31 HAVE TORN APART A YOUNG GOAT. THEN HE WENT DOWN AND TALKED 21:34 WITH THE WOMAN; AND SHE PLEASED SAMSON WELL. 21:37 AFTER SOME TIME, WHEN HE RETURNED TO GET HER," - SO THEY 21:40 CONTRACTED FOR THE MARRIAGE AND HE FINALLY RETURNS FOR THE 21:42 WEDDING FEAST - "HE TURNED ASIDE" - HE WANTS TO GO BACK AND 21:45 SAYS, 'WAS I DREAMING? DID I REALLY KILL THAT LION?' 21:46 HE TURNS BACK AND, IN THE WEEKS THAT HAVE GONE BY, THE ANIMALS 21:50 HAD KIND OF HOLLOWED OUT THE CARCASS OF THE LION AND, WITHIN 21:53 THE RIBCAGE, IT SAYS, "BEHOLD, A SWARM OF BEES AND HONEY WERE IN 21:57 THE CARCASS OF THE LION." NOW YOU'VE MAYBE SEEN BEES SWARM 22:00 BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL FIND A HOLLOW LOG AND THEY COULD 22:03 EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE CAVITY THERE OF THIS LION, FOR WHATEVER 22:05 REASON THEY TOOK UP RESIDENCE AND THEY'D ALREADY 22:08 BEGUN MAKING HONEY. AND "HE TOOK SOME OF THE HONEY 22:11 IN HIS HANDS AND WENT ALONG, EATING. 22:15 WHEN HE CAME TO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER," - HE HAD A BIG PILE OF 22:16 COMB - "HE GAVE SOME TO THEM, AND THEY ALSO ATE. 22:21 BUT HE DID NOT TELL THEM THAT HE HAD TAKEN THE HONEY OUT OF THE 22:23 CARCASS OF THE LION." WHY? 22:27 BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, A DEAD BODY'S UNCLEAN. 22:29 WHAT WAS A NAZARITE SUPPOSED TO DO? 22:31 STAY OUT OF THE VINEYARD. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING DEAD. 22:34 AND, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH SOMETHING DEAD, MAKE IT A CLEAN 22:38 ANIMAL THAT'S DEAD. BUT A LION IS AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL. 22:41 SO HE'S GOT AN UNCLEAN CARCASS ON AN UNCLEAN ANIMAL AND HE GETS 22:44 HONEY FROM IT. "SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN TO THE WOMAN. 22:50 AND SAMSON GAVE A FEAST THERE, FOR YOUNG MEN USED TO DO SO." 22:55 SO HERE THEY'RE HAVING THE WEDDING FEAST AND THE WORD 22:59 'FEAST' THERE IS 'WINE BANQUET'. YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? 23:05 SAMSON'S COMPROMISING IN THAT AREA AS WELL. 23:08 SO HE'S DOWN THERE AND HE'S ACTING LIKE THE PHILISTINES WHEN 23:10 HE'S WITH THE PHILISTINES WHEN HE HAS A FEAST. 23:12 AND FINALLY HE SAYS, 'LET ME POSE A RIDDLE TO YOU.' - 23:14 'THEY'LL NEVER GET THIS.' - HE THOUGHT, 'THEY'LL NEVER GET 23:16 THIS.' SO HE SAID TO THEM, 'OUT OF THE EATER CAME SOMETHING TO 23:20 EAT, AND OUT OF THE STRONG CAME SOMETHING SWEET.' NOW FOR THREE 23:25 DAYS" - THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE RIDDLE. 23:27 HIS PARENTS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 23:28 NOBODY KNEW - NO WAY ANYONE WOULD EVER GUESS THAT. 23:31 - "BUT IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY THAT THEY SAID TO 23:36 SAMSON'S WIFE," - NOW, NOTICE IT DOESN'T SAY 'FIANCE'. 23:39 THEY HAD - THEY WERE MARRIED NOW. 23:41 SEVERAL TIMES SHE'S CALLED 'HIS WIFE,' SO HE DID MARRY HER. 23:45 AND HE LOVED HER. - "ENTICE YOUR HUSBAND," - I 23:49 DIDN'T SAY SHE LOVED HIM - "ENTICE YOUR HUSBAND THAT HE 23:53 MIGHT EXPLAIN THE RIDDLE TO US, OR ELSE WE WILL BURN YOU AND 23:56 YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE WITH FIRE." WHAT ARE THEY THREATENING TO DO? 24:00 BURN HER. THEN SHE EXPLAINED THE RIDDLE 24:02 TO THE SONS OF HER PEOPLE. HE TOLD HER - HE CONFIDED IN 24:04 HER; SHE IMMEDIATELY BETRAYS HIM. 24:06 AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S SCARED. SO THEY SAY, "WHAT IS 24:09 SWEETER THAN HONEY? AND WHAT IS STRONGER 24:11 THAN A LION?" SAMSON NOW IS SO MAD. 24:14 HE LOOKS AT HIS WIFE WHO'S PROBABLY LOOKING DOWN - "SO HIS 24:17 ANGER WAS AROUSED, AND HE WENT BACK UP TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE." 24:20 HE SAID, 'LOOK, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HONEYMOON.' HE SAID, 24:23 'WE'RE MARRIED NOW,' HE SAYS, 'BUT I AM SO MAD AT HER.' THAT 24:26 HE STORMS BACK UP TO DAN AND HE GOES BACK UP TO HIS FATHER'S 24:29 HOUSE. - "AFTER A WHILE, IN THE TIME" - 24:32 I'M IN CHAPTER 15, VERSE 1 - "OF WHEAT HARVEST, IT HAPPENED THAT 24:36 SAMSON VISITED HIS WIFE WITH A YOUNG GOAT." 24:39 HE STARTS GETTING LONELY AND HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT AND HE 24:40 SAID, 'OH WELL, MAYBE I WAS TOO ANGRY AND THIS IS ALL OVER 24:43 WITH.' AND HE GETS DOWN TO HIS FATHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE AND HE 24:46 SAID, 'YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO SEE BETSY' - WHATEVER HER NAME WAS 24:49 AND THE FATHER WOULD NOT PERMIT HIM TO GO IN. 24:53 HE SAYS, 'NO' - HE SAID, 'I THOUGHT YOU PURELY HATED HER; 24:57 THEREFORE I GAVE HER TO THE BEST MAN.' AND SAMSON SAID TO HIM, 25:04 '"THIS TIME I SHALL BE BLAMELESS REGARDING THE PHILISTINES IF I 25:07 HARM THEM!' THEN SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT 25:10 THREE HUNDRED FOXES;" NOW HE DIDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY. 25:13 AND IF YOU READ SOME OF THE ANCIENT ACCOUNTS OF ISRAEL 25:16 DURING THE TIME - ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HILLS OF JUDAH, IT 25:18 WAS A LOT MORE FORESTED. THERE WERE RABBITS AND SMALL 25:23 VARMINTS AND FOXES WERE NUMEROUS, 25:25 RUNNING - THERE WERE FOXHOLES EVERYWHERE. 25:27 SO THE IDEA THAT HE CAUGHT 300 FOXES IN THAT COUNTRY AT THAT 25:30 TIME IS NOT REALLY THAT AMAZING. HE DIDN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY 25:33 BUT HE WOULD CATCH THESE FOXES. AND HE SAYS, 'I AM GOING TO 25:35 DESTROY THE PHILISTINES - IT'S CALLED SLASH AND BURN - YOU 25:39 DESTROY THEIR FOOD SOURCE - 'I'M GOING TO SUBJUGATE 25:42 THEM ECONOMICALLY. HE'D LIGHT THIS BRAND FILLED 25:45 WITH PITCH ON FIRE, HAVE IT TIED TO TWO FOXES' TAILS - YOU 25:50 EVER SEE HOW A FOX RUNS? THEY DON'T MAKE A STRAIGHT LINE. 25:53 YOU GET TWO FOXES TOGETHER AND IT IS JUST A CRAZY ZIG ZAG. 25:56 AND THEY GO RIP SNORTING ALL AROUND, THROUGH THESE FIELDS AND 26:00 THEY'RE JUST - THE FIELDS ARE JUST GOING UP IN FLAMES. 26:03 AND, AT FIRST, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE, BUT THEN DAY AFTER 26:05 DAY THEIR FIELDS ARE BURNING. YOU NOTICE IT SAID IT 26:08 WAS DURING WHEAT HARVEST? AND IT DECIMATED THEM 26:11 ECONOMICALLY AND THEY'RE SAYING, 'WHO DID THIS?' 26:15 THEY SAID, 'WHO HAS DONE THIS?' VERSE 6 OF CHAPTER 15 - AND 26:19 SOMEONE ANSWERED, "SAMSON, THE SON-IN-LAW OF THE TIMNITE, 26:22 BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN HIS WIFE AND GIVEN HER TO HIS COMPANION." 26:26 THE PHILISTINES THOUGHT, 'WELL, THAT IS PRETTY BAD. 26:29 TAKE A GUY'S WIFE AND GIVE IT TO HIS FRIEND.' "SO THE PHILISTINES 26:33 CAME UP AND BURNED HER AND HER FATHER WITH FIRE." 26:37 YOU KNOW, IF SHE HAD BEEN LOYAL TO HER HUSBAND, HE WOULD HAVE 26:40 PROTECTED HER. BUT, INSTEAD, SHE SOLD OUT AND 26:43 THE VERY THING SHE FEARED CAME UPON HER. ISN'T THAT SAD? 26:49 NOW SAMSON'S FEELING PRETTY LONELY. 26:51 HIS PARENTS ARE UPSET BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO THEM. 26:54 HE DOESN'T WANT TO ENDANGER HIS PARENTS NOW THAT HE'S BECOME A 26:57 MARKED MAN WITH THE PHILISTINES, SO HE SAID, 'IF I GO HOME 26:59 THEY'RE IN DANGER.' HE'S LOST HIS WIFE AND HE HAS NO FRIENDS, 27:05 AND HE'S UP DWELLING IN A ROCK BY HIMSELF. 27:08 WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO DO WHAT HE KNEW GOD WANTED HIM TO DO AND 27:12 HE FORESOOK THE GUIDANCE OF HIS PARENTS - HIS BELIEVING PARENTS, 27:17 AND HE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD COMPROMISE WITH THE ENEMY, 27:20 EVERYTHING STARTED GOING SIDEWAYS. 27:23 YOU WONDER HOW MUCH TROUBLE WE BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES BECAUSE 27:25 WE THOUGHT, 'WELL, I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THIS, BUT I DON'T 27:28 HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT THAT CLOSELY.' AND NOW HE'S LIVING IN 27:32 A CAVE ALL BY HIMSELF. BUT THAT, EVEN IN ITSELF, IS A 27:36 SIGN THAT GOD'S GOING TO SPEAK TO HIM THERE. 27:40 (SOUND OF RAIN) (PIANO MUSIC) (SIRENS) 28:20 >>(PASTOR DOUG) THE HEAVENS WERE PARTED FOR HIM. 28:23 THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS 28:25 YOU TO EXPERIENCE. YOU COME TO CHRIST, YOUR 28:28 SINS ARE WASHED AWAY. YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 28:31 IT'S A LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN AND HOW MANY OF YOU WISH YOU 28:33 COULD GET A NEW START? >>(NARRATOR) FOR I WAS HUNGRY 28:38 AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. 28:41 INASMUCH AS YOU DO IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN, 28:46 YOU DID IT TO ME. >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN 28:58 RESOURCES, VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM 29:01 OR CALL 1-800-538-7275. (MUSIC) 29:25 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:28 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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