Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE
PRESENTS RELENTLESS PURSUIT WITH
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PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR.
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JOIN US NOW AS PASTOR PEARSON
CONTINUES HIS MESSAGE ON SAMSON
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ENTITLED HANGING BY A THREAD.
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(theme music) WP:
FOLK, LET ME TELL YOU
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WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE.
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ONCE YOU SET OUT ON A
COURSE THAT IS AGAINST GOD, YOU
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ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
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IN FACT, ONE DAY WHEN YOU
LOOK BACK ON IT YOU WILL SAY TO
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YOURSELF, "I WAS OUT OF MY MIND.
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I SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT !"
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BUT THE COURSE THAT YOU
TAKE AWAY FROM GOD TAKES
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YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND.
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AND SO NOW A
STRANGE THING HAS STARTED.
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THEY FIND OUT WHAT HE DID
TO GET THESE CLOTHES, THEY FIND
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OUT THAT THERE IS SOME STRANGE
ENMITY THAT HAS DEVELOPED, AND
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THEY SAY, "WE WILL BURN YOUR
WIFE AND HER FATHER'S HOUSE."
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WHEN SAMSON GETS
DISTURBED, HE CAN DO THINGS.
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SO THE FIRST THING THAT
HE DOES IS THAT HE BACKS AWAY
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FROM THAT WEDDING, AND ANOTHER
PERSON IS PUT IN HIS PLACE.
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THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE, ONCE
SAMSON LEAVES, GIVES ANOTHER
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MAN TO HIS DAUGHTER.
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SAMSON COMES BACK EVENTUALLY,
THE FATHER SAYS, "I THOUGHT
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YOU WERE GONE; I DIDN'T THINK
YOU WOULD COME BACK, SO WHAT
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I DID, I GAVE YOUR
WIFE AWAY TO YOUR BEST MAN.
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WHY DON'T YOU TAKE MY
NEXT DAUGHTER, A YOUNGER ONE."
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HE SAYS, "I
DON'T LIKE THIS PLAN."
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SO WHEN HE GETS DISTURBED
ABOUT THAT, HE GOES AND DOES
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SOMETHING THAT ONLY A POWERFUL
MAN CAN DO--HE GOES AND CATCHES
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300 JACKALS--FOXES, THE
BIBLE CALLS IT, BUT THE SCHOLARS
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HAVE DISCOVERED THAT FOXES
DON'T STAY TOGETHER IN THOSE
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BIG PACKS; JACKALS DO.
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HOW DO YOU CATCH 300 JACKALS ?
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HOW DO YOU HOLD THEM
WHEN YOU CATCH THEM ?
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WHAT DO YOU, JUST GRAB TAILS
AND JUST HOLD THEM TOGETHER ?
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WELL, IF YOU'RE
SAMSON, IT'S NO PROBLEM.
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HE CATCHES THEM AND THEN HE
PUTS FIREBRANDS BETWEEN TAILS
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OF TWO AT A TIME AND THEN TURNS
THEM LOOSE IN THE FIELDS OF
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CORN THAT THE PHILISTINES
DEPEND ON TO EAT, AND BURNS
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DOWN THEIR FOOD SUPPLY.
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FOLKS, THIS IS A PROBLEM.
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YOU'VE GOT NO MORE OLIVES,
YOU'VE GOT NO MORE CORN, AND SO
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THE PEOPLE ARE QUITE ANGRY,
AND WHEN HE FINISHES, HE GOES TO
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JUDAH, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNDER THE DIRECTION OR UNDER THE
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CONTROL OF THE PHILISTINES, AND
GOES TO THE ROCK ETAM AND GOES
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INTO A CAVE TO STAY THERE.
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AND AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE, THE
PHILISTINES SAY, "WHERE IS HE ?"
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AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T DEPEND
ON THE BRETHREN ALL THE TIME.
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SO THEY SAY, "WE
KNOW WHERE HE IS.
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ASK THE LEVITES WHERE HE
IS, HE WENT TO THEIR COUNTRY."
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OKAY, SO THEY
GO AND MAKE A DEAL.
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THEY SAID, "LOOK, WE
CAN'T GO GET HIM, YOU KNOW,
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HE'S GOT SPECIAL SKILLS.
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WOULD YOU BRING HIM OUT TO US ?"
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AND HIS BRETHREN, 3,000
OF HIS BRETHREN GO TO HIM.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS
SAYS THAT IF THOSE 3,000 PEOPLE
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WHO WENT TO DELIVER SAMSON
TO THE PHILISTINES, HAD COME
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WITH THE DETERMINATION
TO STAND ON GOD'S SIDE, THEY
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COULD HAVE FREED THE PEOPLE.
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BUT THEY WERE SO AFRAID.
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THEIR BACKBONES
WERE SO MALLEABLE THEY
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COULD BARELY STAND.
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SO THEY GOT TOGETHER AND
SAID, "SAMSON, YOU'VE GOT
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TO GO OUT THERE.
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WE'VE GOT TO TAKE
YOU AND DELIVER YOU."
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"SAY WHAT ?"
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FORGIVE ME, BUT I
SEE IT IN MODERN TERMS.
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CAN YOU SEE SAMSON--"SO
YOU GUYS CAME TO TURN ME IN ?
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IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO ?
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Y'ALL FEEL
PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT ?
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CAN YOU SLEEP TONIGHT
WHEN YOU TURN ME IN ?"
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THEY SAY, "YEAH,
WE CAN SLEEP TONIGHT.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LET THEM ATTACK US.
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WE'VE GOT
FRIENDSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE.
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THESE FOLK HAVE GIVEN US PEACE.
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WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO
BREAK UP OUR SITUATION FOR YOU.
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COME ON, WE'RE
GOING TO TIE YOU UP.
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WHAT SHALL WE TIE YOU WITH ?"
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HE SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU
TIE ME WITH SOME GREEN CORD.
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I CAN'T BREAK OUT OF THAT."
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AND THEY TAKE HIM
TO THE PHILISTINES.
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AND THEY SAY, "SAMSON,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL
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US WHILE WE'RE TAKING YOU ?"
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HE SAID, "NO, I WON'T
BOTHER YOU; YOU'RE ALREADY
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MISERABLE ENOUGH.
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COME UP HERE TO DELIVER
ME INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT
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GOD CALLED YOU TO DO.
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YOU STAY IN YOUR OWN MISERY AND
STEW IN IT--MARINADE IN IT !"
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BUT WHEN THEY GET CLOSE TO THE
PHILISTINES THEY ARE OVERJOYED.
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THEY SAY, "HEY, HIS OWN
PEOPLE ARE BRINGING HIM HERE."
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AND THEY SHOUT
THEY ARE SO HAPPY.
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AND SAMSON COMES ALL
THE WAY DOWN UNTIL HE
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GETS CLOSE TO THEM.
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THEN HE DOES WHAT YOU
SUSPECT HE'S GOING TO DO.
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HE BREAKS THE CORDS AND GRABS
THE NEXT THING HE CAN FIND,
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WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE
THE JAWBONE OF A DONKEY.
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I CAN'T IMAGINE HIM DOING HARM
TO ANYBODY UNLESS I'M SAMSON.
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THEN I CAN TAKE ANYTHING.
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IN FACT, I CAN ALMOST TAKE
NOTHING, BUT HE TAKES THIS BONE
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THAT IS NOT DRIED AND BEGINS
TO KILL PEOPLE WITH IT UNTIL
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A THOUSAND OF THEM ARE DEAD.
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AND THIS MAN IS IN TROUBLE.
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NOW HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST KNOW.
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SAMSON'S VOW AS A
NAZARITE HAS THREE PROVISIONS:
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CAN'T APPROACH A DEAD BODY;
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CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING
INTO HIS BODY THAT COMES FROM
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THE FRUIT OF THE
GRAPE, AND CANNOT CUT HIS HAI
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THE SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT BY THE
TIME WE GET TO THIS PLACE IN THE
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STORY HE HAS ALREADY HAD WINE.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT HE HAS
COME CLOSE TO MANY DEAD BODIES,
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SO THE ONLY PROVISION
HE'S GOT LEFT IS THAT HE HASN'T
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HAD HIS HAIR CUT.
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HE'S HANGING BY
ONE THIRD OF HIS VOW.
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AND HERE IS MY QUESTION TO YOU:
WHEN DOES GOD CUT YOU LOOSE ?
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IF I WERE GOD AT TWO
THIRDS, I'D HAVE CUT HIM LOOSE.
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I DON'T THINK HE
DESERVES MY LOYALTY.
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HE'S NO LONGER
THE MAN THAT I SENT.
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BUT IN THAT MOMENT WHEN HE HAD
BROUGHT THAT PARTIAL VICTORY,
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HIS PEOPLE MADE HIM A JUDGE AND
LISTEN TO THIS, FOR 20 YEARS,
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GOD ALLOWED SAMSON TO JUDGE
ISRAEL, THAT PART OF ISRAEL THAT
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WAS WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES.
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AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 20
YEARS LATER, AND I WANT TO SAY
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THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THERE ARE
SOME OF US WHO HAVE GROWN OLD
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AND WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
TERRIBLE THINGS YOUNG PEOPLE DO.
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"LORD, HELP THESE YOUNGSTERS."
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WHERE DO YOU THINK
THEY LEARNED WHAT THEY DO ?
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"AH, THESE YOUNG FOLK !"
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IF ONLY GOD HAD TO WORRY
ONLY ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOE.
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IF ONLY THOSE WERE THE ONLY
FOLK WHO VIOLATED HIS COMMAND.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GROWN OLD WHO HAVE NO
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LONGER THE ENERGY TO
ACT ON THEIR EVIL THOUGHTS.
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FORGIVE ME, I DIDN'T MEAN
TO BE MEAN-SPIRITED, BUT YOU'VE
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STILL GOT EVIL INTENT.
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MAN LOOKS ON THE
OUTWARD APPEARANCE; GOD LOOKS
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ON THE HEART.
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SO HE KNOWS.
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SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN
LIKE SAMSON--A GOOD PERSON
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FOR A LONG TIME, DON'T
LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD.
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SAMSON FOR TWENTY YEARS
WAS A JUDGE, AND THEN ONE DAY
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SOMETHING
STARTED NAGGING AT HIM.
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WENT DOWN TO GAZA
FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON.
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GOES INTO GAZA AND SEES
A PROSTITUTE, THIS JUDGE
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OF GOD'S HOUSE.
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AND I KNOW FOLK THINK THAT
ALL OF THIS NEW STUFF ABOUT
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HOLY PEOPLE, YOU THINK
THAT IT'S SOME PHENOMENON THAT
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HAS JUST CROPPED UP.
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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO THAT
SATAN PICKS ON THOSE WHO GOD
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HAS CHOSEN TO DO HIS WILL.
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HE PUTS HIS MOST EXCRUCIATING
PAIN UPON THEM, AND HE USES HIS
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GREATEST POWERS AGAINST THEM.
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HE LIFTS UP THEIR TEMPTATIONS.
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HE OFFERS THEM THINGS
THAT REGULAR FOLKS NEVER EVEN
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KNOW, BECAUSE IT BRINGS
HIM JOY TO BRING SOMEBODY
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DOWN WHO GOD HAS CHOSEN.
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RIGHT NOW, SOMEBODY LISTENING
TO ME, DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
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THE REASON WHY YOU'RE HAVING
IT SO HARD IS BECAUSE GOD HAD
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A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE,
AND THE DEVIL KNOWS IT, SO HE
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WORKS ON YOU MUCH HARDER.
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SAMSON IS IN GAZA, SEES THE
PROSTITUTE--WHY IN THE WORLD
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WOULD A MAN OF GOD DO THIS,
BUT HE GOES AND HE'S IN HER
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PLACE, AND WHAT HE DOESN'T
KNOW AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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IS THAT WHILE YOU ARE GOING
AGAINST GOD, THERE ARE PEOPLE
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WHO ARE WATCHING YOU.
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THEY DON'T ACT LIKE THEY
KNOW YOU, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING
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YOU--"HEY, HOW YA DOING ?"
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THEY DON'T WANT
TO GIVE YOU A HINT.
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BUT WHEN GOD HAS PUT HIS
HANDS ON YOU THERE IS SOMETHING
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ABOUT YOU THAT YOU CAN'T HIDE.
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YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME, THE
MICROPHONE WENT OUT JUST THEN
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AND YOU DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I
SAID--WHEN GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR
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YOUR LIFE, THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT YOU THAT STANDS OUT.
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AND WHEN IT STANDS OUT, PEOPLE
WILL TREAT YOU DIFFERENTLY.
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SOMETIMES IT WILL HELP YOU.
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OTHER TIMES WHEN THE DEVIL
COMES AFTER YOU, IT WILL BE THE
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GREATEST BURDEN OF YOUR LIFE,
BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS WATCHING.
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NOT ONLY ARE PEOPLE WATCHING.
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WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS
THAT IT IS NOT GOD TRYING
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TO CATCH US DOING WRONG.
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GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT
ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL
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SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.
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THE ONE WHO'S
WATCHING YOU IS THE DEVIL.
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HE IS THE
ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN.
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HE'S NOT THE ONE ON YOUR
SIDE, SO HE TELLS YOU STUFF
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TO DO, AND HE SENDS EVERY
CHRISTIAN IN TOWN TO THE PLACE
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WHERE YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
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DON'T YOU THINK THAT IT
WAS SOME ACCIDENT, THAT IN THIS
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PLACE WHERE SAMSON HAD GONE
TO BE WITH THIS WOMAN WHOM HE
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NEVER SHOULD HAVE TOUCHED,
THAT THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW.
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IN FACT, THE PHILISTINES GOT
TOGETHER AND THEY SAID, "HEY,
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I KNEW HE COULDN'T LAST.
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TWENTY YEARS HE THOUGHT
HE'D NEVER BREAK DOWN AGAIN,
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DIDN'T I TELL YOU ?
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HE'D BE BACK.
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RIGHT DOWN THERE IN GAZA.
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SEE THAT HOUSE RIGHT DOWN THERE
WITH THAT FUNNY LOOKING ROOF ?
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HE'S IN THERE, AND GUESS WHAT ?
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IN THE MORNING WHEN
THE SUN RISES, WE WILL HAVE
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ENOUGH FORCES AROUND
THAT HOUSE TO TAKE HIM.
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HE'S A DEAD MAN, SO
LET HIM HAVE THE NIGHT."
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I'M GOING TO TELL
YOU HOW GOOD GOD IS.
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IN A HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE
SAMSON IS ASLEEP, UNCONSCIOUS.
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ALL OF A SUDDEN
SOMETHING ROUSES HIM.
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DO YOU THINK IT WAS THE DEVIL ?
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HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN GREAT
JOY IN HAVING A SUNRISE CAPTURE.
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WHO WAS IT THEN ?
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AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE
TO STRETCH YOUR BRAIN TO FIGURE
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THIS OUT, BECAUSE YOU
THINK GOD IS SO VENGEFUL THAT AS
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SOON AS YOU DO SOMETHING
WRONG, GOD IS AFTER YOU.
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AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO TELL YOU FOR THIS SERIES IS
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THAT GOD IS NOT AGAINST YOU,
IT IS DIVINE POWER THAT CHASES
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YOU TRYING TO BRING YOU
BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG.
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GOD IS NOT TRYING TO
FORCE YOU OUT; GOD IS
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TRYING TO BRING YOU IN !
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HE WILL DO THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T
IMAGINE TO TRY TO GET YOU BACK
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BEFORE IT'S ETERNALLY TOO LATE.
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SO AT MIDNIGHT
SOMETHING SHAKES SAMSON.
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YOU CAN THINK WHAT YOU THINK.
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I KNOW WHAT SHOOK HIM.
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IT MAY HAVE BEEN A DREAM
THAT WOKE HIM UP, BUT I KNOW WHO
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SENT THE DREAM BECAUSE GOD IS
ALWAYS LOOKING TO TRY TO BRING
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YOU BACK TO LET YOU LIVE
WITHIN THE POWER OF HIS LOVE.
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AND SO THE MAN WAKES UP FOR NO
REASON AT ALL AND WHEN HE WAKES
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UP, HE SENSES WHAT IS GOING ON.
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YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL THOSE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND
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WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF IT.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES IT.
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MAYBE SOMEBODY
STEPPED ON A TWIG.
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MAYBE SOME HORSE IN
THE CORNER WENT NEIGH.
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SAMSON SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE.
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SOMETHING'S GOING ON."
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SO HE LEAVES THE HOUSE KNOWING
THAT THOUSANDS OF EYES ARE ON
00:13:44.66\00:13:48.90
HIM, AND WHEN HE GETS TO
THE GATE OF GAZA, IT'S LOCKED.
00:13:48.90\00:13:55.86
BUT IF YOU'RE SAMSON AND IF GOD
LOVES YOU ENOUGH TO SHAKE YOU
00:13:55.86\00:14:00.80
AWAKE AT MIDNIGHT, THEN THAT
SAME POWER WILL GIVE YOU THE
00:14:00.80\00:14:05.20
STRENGTH TO GET OUT OF THE TOWN.
00:14:05.20\00:14:08.26
SO WHILE THE DOORS ARE LOCKED,
HE DOES NOT OPEN THEM, HE PICKS
00:14:08.26\00:14:13.86
THEM UP--NOT JUST THE DOORS BUT
THE HINGES, THOSE THINGS THAT
00:14:13.86\00:14:20.20
HOLD THE DOORS TO THE PINNING
OF THE DOOR--OUT OF THE PLACES
00:14:20.20\00:14:29.13
WHERE THEY'D BEEN DIGGED,
AND HE PUTS THEM OVER HIS
00:14:29.13\00:14:33.63
SHOULDERS AND WALKS UP
THE HILL WITH THE GATES.
00:14:33.63\00:14:39.86
SOMEBODY WAKES
UP--"HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY !
00:14:39.86\00:14:43.10
WHO IS THAT ?"
00:14:43.10\00:14:44.83
"WELL, IT'S NOT A PERSON.
00:14:44.83\00:14:51.36
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
00:14:51.36\00:14:54.53
ARE THOSE THE GATES ?
00:14:54.53\00:14:58.00
IS SOMEBODY UNDER THEM ?
00:14:58.00\00:15:01.46
THEY'RE MOVING UP THE HILL !"
00:15:01.46\00:15:04.23
"YEAH, I TOLD YOU--WE SHOULDN'T
HAVE WAITED TILL MORNING.
00:15:04.23\00:15:08.13
WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT HIM NOW."
00:15:08.13\00:15:09.80
NOW, FOLKS STICK WITH ME BECAUSE
I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
00:15:09.80\00:15:12.33
THAT WILL TEND TO BUILD UP
MY FORMER DECLARATION: WHEN YOU
00:15:12.33\00:15:19.36
TURN AGAINST GOD,
YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
00:15:19.36\00:15:21.70
IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOU--IF YOU
PICK UP THE GATES AND GO FREE,
00:15:21.70\00:15:25.00
WHEN YOU GET HOME, DON'T YOU
WANT TO SAY, "LORD, I'M SORRY.
00:15:25.00\00:15:29.26
FORGIVE ME I MESSED UP.
00:15:29.26\00:15:31.23
BUT AFTER THAT DELIVERANCE I
KNOW YOU GOT ME OUT OF THERE,
00:15:31.23\00:15:34.73
I'M GOING TO STAY WITH
YOU FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS."
00:15:34.73\00:15:38.60
BUT IT IS NOT LONG AFTER
THAT THAT SAMSON SPIES A WOMAN
00:15:38.60\00:15:44.23
IN THE VEIL OF SOREK.
00:15:44.23\00:15:47.66
HER NAME MEANS DEVOURER.
00:15:47.66\00:15:52.83
MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
CHECK INTO THE MEANING OF
00:15:52.83\00:15:55.23
THE NAMES OF PEOPLE.
00:15:55.23\00:16:00.26
A WOMAN NAMED DEVOURER, BUT
HE GOES TO HER AND THEY BEGIN
00:16:00.26\00:16:07.03
TO HAVE GENTEEL CONVERSATION,
AND THE PHILISTINES LEARN
00:16:07.03\00:16:13.30
THAT HE HAS AN EYE FOR
HER, SO THEY COME TO HER.
00:16:13.30\00:16:17.16
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT SHE'S
A PHILISTINE WOMAN BUT SOMEONE
00:16:17.16\00:16:19.76
FROM ANOTHER CULTURE, AND THEY
SAY, "WE WILL PAY YOU TO FIND
00:16:19.76\00:16:24.03
OUT WHAT MAKES HIM STRONG."
00:16:24.03\00:16:27.23
AW, FORGIVE ME BUT I,
SEE I DON'T READ THIS STUFF
00:16:27.23\00:16:30.76
LIKE INK STAINS ON PAPER.
00:16:30.76\00:16:32.53
I ASK GOD TO
TAKE ME TO THE PLACE.
00:16:32.53\00:16:36.36
I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN
SHE WAS TELLING HIM, "YOU KNOW,
00:16:36.36\00:16:40.40
YOU'RE A GOOD LOOKING MAN.
00:16:40.40\00:16:43.53
I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU,
BUT THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD.
00:16:43.53\00:16:48.50
NOT ONLY ARE YOU STRONG--DO YOU
MIND IF I TOUCH YOUR BICEPS ?
00:16:48.50\00:16:55.86
NOBODY SAID YOU
WERE GOOD LOOKING.
00:16:55.86\00:16:58.53
WHY DON'T WE GET
TO KNOW EACH OTHER ?
00:16:58.53\00:17:03.76
WHAT MAKES YOU SO STRONG ?
00:17:04.73\00:17:06.86
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED THAT.
00:17:06.86\00:17:08.30
IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD GET YOU
TO TELL ME WHAT IT REALLY IS ?
00:17:08.30\00:17:11.10
HE SAID, "OH SURE.
00:17:11.10\00:17:12.70
A WOMAN LIKE YOU ?
00:17:12.70\00:17:14.80
I'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING."
00:17:15.50\00:17:18.46
"WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU TELL ME RIGHT--?
00:17:18.46\00:17:20.13
WHY DON'T WE START OFF
THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMETHING
00:17:20.13\00:17:23.73
THAT BUILDS TRUST BETWEEN US ?
00:17:23.73\00:17:26.83
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER
00:17:26.83\00:17:28.93
TOLD ANYBODY BEFORE ?
00:17:28.93\00:17:30.43
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT IT IS THAT WOULD MAKE YOU
00:17:30.43\00:17:33.66
AS WEAK AS A REGULAR MAN ?"
00:17:33.66\00:17:37.20
HE SAID, "IT'S SIMPLE, ALL
YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS GET SOME
00:17:37.20\00:17:40.36
GREEN LENGTHS AND TIE ME
UP WITH THEM--THEY'VE NEVER
00:17:40.36\00:17:44.66
BEEN USED BEFORE, AND
I'LL TURN INTO A NATURAL MAN."
00:17:44.66\00:17:49.43
NOW, FOLKS, WHEN SHE TIES
YOU UP WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP...
00:17:49.43\00:17:57.23
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE !
00:17:57.23\00:18:01.63
WHEN SHE TIES YOU UP--WHEN
YOU WAKE UP...WHEN SHE SAYS,
00:18:01.63\00:18:08.06
"THE PHILISTINES ARE UPON YOU !"
00:18:08.06\00:18:12.40
AND IT'S NO PROBLEM; YOU
BREAK OUT OF THE STUFF AND SAY,
00:18:12.40\00:18:14.23
"WHAT'S GOING ON, GIRL ?
00:18:14.23\00:18:18.03
I KNOW YOU AIN'T CALLED
THESE FOLK IN HERE, DID YOU ?"
00:18:18.03\00:18:21.66
WELL, BY NOW THEY'RE GONE.
00:18:21.66\00:18:23.36
SHE SAID, "BUT YOU LIED TO ME.
00:18:23.36\00:18:25.10
HOW CAN WE HAVE TRUST, SAMSON ?
00:18:25.10\00:18:29.13
HOW CAN WE EVER BUILD A
RELATIONSHIP IF YOU'RE NOT
00:18:29.13\00:18:32.53
GOING TO TELL ME THE TRUTH ?
00:18:32.53\00:18:33.80
COME ON, RIGHT NOW WHY
DON'T YOU--WELL, I'LL TELL YOU
00:18:33.80\00:18:36.90
WHAT, DON'T DO IT NOW.
00:18:36.90\00:18:37.96
LET ME JUST TAKE CARE
OF YOU FOR A FEW DAYS."
00:18:37.96\00:18:40.23
I COULD BE MORE EXPLICIT,
BUT YOU COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
00:18:40.23\00:18:43.26
I COULD TELL YOU
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
00:18:43.26\00:18:45.13
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THE DEVIL BLENDS HIS WISDOM WITH
00:18:45.13\00:18:49.76
THE INTENT OF
SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT LOVE GOD.
00:18:49.76\00:18:52.96
YOU CAN BE IN THE PRESENCE
OF SOMEONE WHO HAS MORE POWER
00:18:52.96\00:18:55.90
THAN YOU BELIEVE, NOT BECAUSE
THEY'RE SMART, BUT BECAUSE
00:18:55.90\00:18:59.03
THE DEVIL IS USING THEM.
00:18:59.03\00:19:00.60
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
CAREFUL WITH WHOM YOU ASSOCIATE.
00:19:00.60\00:19:04.90
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING
REGULAR, BUT THEY ARE NOT.
00:19:04.90\00:19:10.16
HE SAYS, "HOW
ABOUT TWO NEW ROPES."
00:19:10.16\00:19:12.86
SHE TIES HIM UP WITH THAT.
00:19:12.86\00:19:14.06
"THE PHILISTINES ARE UPON YOU !"
00:19:14.06\00:19:15.83
HE CRACKS THEM; BREAKS
THEM AND GETS UP, AND THEN
00:19:15.83\00:19:18.23
EVENTUALLY HE GETS TIRED.
00:19:18.23\00:19:20.80
IF YOU CONTINUE TO PLAY
GAMES WITH UNGODLY PEOPLE,
00:19:20.80\00:19:26.63
YOUR RESOLVE WILL EVAPORATE.
00:19:26.63\00:19:30.46
"TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.
00:19:30.46\00:19:32.20
IN FACT, I'VE NEVER
TOLD ANYBODY THIS BEFORE.
00:19:32.20\00:19:35.30
IF YOU TAKE THE SEVEN LOCKS
OF MY HAIR, YOU SEE THAT WEAVE
00:19:35.30\00:19:40.10
YOU'VE GOT OVER THERE ?
00:19:40.10\00:19:43.30
WEAVE MY HAIR LIKE YOU DO CLOTH,
AND THEN PUT THE PIN THERE AND
00:19:43.30\00:19:51.10
KIND OF LOCK ME INTO THAT WHOLE
MECHANISM OVER THERE, AND IF
00:19:51.10\00:19:56.70
YOU'LL CALL ANYBODY THEN,
I'LL BE AS WEAK AS I CAN BE."
00:19:56.70\00:20:01.56
AND SURE ENOUGH, HE
CAN'T BE ASLEEP; IT'S TOO
00:20:01.56\00:20:04.20
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM, BUT
AFTER SHE HAS STUCK IN ALL OF
00:20:04.20\00:20:08.03
THE MECHANISM AND HIS HAIR
IS COMPLETELY LOCKED, SHE SAYS,
00:20:08.03\00:20:12.23
"THE PHILISTINES BE UPON YOU !"
00:20:12.23\00:20:13.86
AND BY HIS HAIR, THE MAN'S
GOT STRONG HAIR--BY HIS HAIR
00:20:13.86\00:20:21.43
HE PULLS UP THE MECHANISM.
00:20:21.43\00:20:23.46
AND SHE SAYS, "BUT
SWEETHEART, YOU LIED TO ME.
00:20:23.46\00:20:28.46
HOW ARE WE EVER
GOING TO LOVE EACH OTHER ?"
00:20:28.46\00:20:30.86
AND YOU THINK THIS IS
RIDICULOUS, BUT I BELIEVE
00:20:30.86\00:20:33.56
SOMEBODY IS LISTENING TO
ME RIGHT NOW WHO IS JUST AS
00:20:33.56\00:20:38.43
FOOLISH, WHO HAS LET SOMEBODY
GET WAY INTO THEIR LIVES.
00:20:38.43\00:20:47.70
THEN ONE DAY IT HAPPENS.
00:20:47.70\00:20:50.43
HE'S TOO TIRED.
00:20:50.43\00:20:51.83
SHE WAKES HIM UP.
00:20:51.83\00:20:53.46
"SWEETHEART LET
ME JUST MASSAGE YOU.
00:20:53.46\00:20:58.63
OH, THESE MUSCLES ARE AMAZING.
00:20:58.63\00:21:05.16
TELL ME, TELL ME, BABY.
00:21:05.16\00:21:13.83
I'M STARTING TO THINK IT
MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH
00:21:13.83\00:21:15.76
YOUR HAIR, YOU KNOW, THAT LAST
THING YOU TOLD ME, I THOUGHT
00:21:15.76\00:21:18.73
WE WERE GETTING WARM.
00:21:18.73\00:21:22.56
WERE WE CLOSE ?"
00:21:22.56\00:21:25.70
HE SAID, "WELL, I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT IT IS--IF YOU CUT MY HAIR."
00:21:25.70\00:21:32.36
THAT'S THE LAST THING
THAT CONNECTED HIM TO HIS VOW.
00:21:32.36\00:21:39.93
HE WAS HANGING BY A THREAD
UNTIL THEN, AND NOW THAT'S GONE.
00:21:39.93\00:21:48.36
SHE PUTS HIM TO SLEEP ON
HER LAP, AND WHILE HE IS ASLEEP,
00:21:48.36\00:21:52.76
SHE CALLS IN SOMEONE
WITH A RAZOR--THEY TAKE THOSE
00:21:52.76\00:22:01.66
LOCKS OF HIS HAIR, AND
BEGIN TO SHAVE THEM OFF.
00:22:01.66\00:22:06.40
SHE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT,
LET'S CHECK HIM NOW," AND SHE
00:22:06.40\00:22:09.50
SAID, "SAMSON, SAMSON !
00:22:09.50\00:22:13.26
THE PHILISTINES ARE UPON YOU."
00:22:13.26\00:22:14.60
AND HE SAYS, "I WILL RISE AND
SHAKE MYSELF LIKE I DID BEFORE.
00:22:14.60\00:22:20.26
I WILL GET UP AND BE AS
STRONG AS I WAS BEFORE."
00:22:20.26\00:22:24.36
BUT WHEN HE GETS UP, HE
KNOWS SOMETHING HAS LEFT HIM.
00:22:24.36\00:22:33.23
IT IS MORE THAN HE IMAGINED.
00:22:33.23\00:22:34.93
HE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HAD
HUNG BY THE LAST THREAD AND CUT
00:22:34.93\00:22:39.13
IT, AND NOW HE HAD NOTHING.
00:22:39.13\00:22:41.36
LISTEN, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
WRITERS SAID THAT IF SOMEBODY
00:22:41.36\00:22:43.80
HAD MADE HIS HAIR BE CUT
WITHOUT HIS WILL, HE WOULD
00:22:43.80\00:22:47.33
HAVE BEEN JUST AS STRONG.
00:22:47.33\00:22:50.66
THE POWER WAS NOT IN
THE HAIR; THE POWER WAS IN
00:22:50.66\00:22:52.86
THE COMMITMENT TO GOD.
00:22:52.86\00:22:54.20
WHEN YOU BREAK EVERY THREAD
THAT CONNECTS YOU TO GOD, IT
00:22:54.20\00:22:57.66
IS THEN THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN AWAY
THE BEST THING THAT YOU HAVE.
00:22:57.66\00:23:01.36
AND DON'T FOOL YOURSELF,
SOMETIMES YOU THINK WHEN SOMEONE
00:23:01.36\00:23:05.13
LOVES YOU BECAUSE OF WHAT
YOU LOOK LIKE OR BECAUSE OF YOUR
00:23:05.13\00:23:08.23
TALENTS OR YOUR SKILLS,
IT IS NONE OF THE ABOVE.
00:23:08.23\00:23:12.00
IT IS YOUR CONNECTION WITH GOD
THAT MAKES YOU ATTRACTIVE, AND
00:23:12.00\00:23:15.33
WHAT THAT PERSON WANTS MOST
IS TO PLAY WITH THAT CONNECTION.
00:23:15.33\00:23:19.80
IT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T
HAVE, BUT SOMETHING YOU HAVE AND
00:23:19.80\00:23:22.90
THERE YOU ARE, CUTTING EVERY
CONNECTION YOU HAVE WITH GOD.
00:23:22.90\00:23:28.46
AND THEY TOOK THAT MAN
AWAY AND GOUGED OUT HIS EYES AND
00:23:28.46\00:23:33.40
PUT HIM AT A
GRINDER AND HE GROUND GRAIN.
00:23:33.40\00:23:38.60
AND THEY LAUGHED AT
HIM UNTIL THAT DAY--YOU
00:23:38.60\00:23:41.90
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
00:23:41.90\00:23:44.16
HE HAD BEEN GRINDING CORN
AS HIS HAIR GREW BACK, BUT I
00:23:44.16\00:23:46.73
WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
00:23:46.73\00:23:48.13
IT WAS NOT THE
REGROWTH OF THE HAIR; IT WAS HIS
00:23:48.13\00:23:52.33
RECOMMITMENT TO GOD.
00:23:52.33\00:23:58.83
SEE, DON'T REDUCE
RELIGION TO ICONS.
00:23:58.83\00:24:03.63
THIS IS NOT A CARTOON.
00:24:03.63\00:24:05.06
THIS IS NOT SOME
STRANGE STORY YOU SAW ON HBO.
00:24:05.06\00:24:08.83
THIS IS THE POWER
OF GOD IN ACTION !
00:24:08.83\00:24:12.23
SO THAT MAN GRINDS CORN,
HE FINALLY COMES TO HIS SENSES
00:24:12.23\00:24:16.73
AND SAYS, "GOD, I CAN'T SEE
WITH THESE EYES ANYMORE, BUT
00:24:16.73\00:24:19.90
MY HEART HAS NEW EYESIGHT.
00:24:19.90\00:24:22.40
I CAN SEE NOW THAT THE
ONLY THING I EVER HAD WAS YOU,
00:24:22.40\00:24:28.70
AND I CUT YOU OFF !
00:24:28.70\00:24:30.56
AND I WANT TO BEG OF YOU
FATHER, IF I NEVER DO ANYTHING
00:24:30.56\00:24:33.66
FOR YOU AGAIN, JUST
FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I'VE DONE."
00:24:33.66\00:24:37.73
AND HE RECOMMITTED HIS LIFE TO
GOD, AND AS HIS HAIR GREW BACK,
00:24:37.73\00:24:41.70
IT HAD LITTLE, I BELIEVE, TO DO
WITH THE RECOMMITMENT, BUT ONE
00:24:41.70\00:24:45.63
DAY THEY TOOK HIM DOWN TO PLAY
THE FINAL SPORT IN THAT TEMPLE
00:24:45.63\00:24:53.13
WHERE DAGON WAS, THE FISH GOD,
A GOD THAT LOOKED LIKE HALF FISH
00:24:53.13\00:24:59.20
AND HALF MAN, AND ON THAT DAY,
SAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS,
00:24:59.20\00:25:04.80
IT WAS NO LONGER A
CONTEST BETWEEN SAMSON AND THE
00:25:04.80\00:25:07.46
PHILISTINES; IT WAS A
CONTEST BETWEEN THE FISH
00:25:07.46\00:25:11.06
GOD AND THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
00:25:11.06\00:25:15.80
LISTEN, THE ONLY REAL THING
YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS
00:25:15.80\00:25:21.60
TO PUT IT ON THE SIDE OF GOD.
00:25:21.60\00:25:24.53
THE ONLY LASTING THING, THE
ONLY POSITIVE THING THAT YOU
00:25:24.53\00:25:28.13
CAN DO, THE ONLY MEANINGFUL
THING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE
00:25:28.13\00:25:31.50
IS TO PUT IT ON GOD'S SIDE.
00:25:31.50\00:25:35.16
THIS MAN FINALLY DOES IT
AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
00:25:35.16\00:25:38.16
HE GOES OUT AND THEY'RE LAUGHING
AND THEY'RE SAYING, "LOOK,
00:25:38.16\00:25:41.13
THE POWERFUL MAN WHO WOUNDED
AND KILLED SO MANY OF OUR
00:25:41.13\00:25:44.16
PEOPLE--LOOK AT HIM NOW !"
00:25:44.16\00:25:46.40
AND THEY BROUGHT HIM OUT.
00:25:46.40\00:25:47.70
THERE WERE THREE THOUSAND
PEOPLE ON THE ROOF, AND HE
00:25:47.70\00:25:53.00
SAID, "I'M FEELING WOOZY.
00:25:53.00\00:25:59.73
I'M A LITTLE DIZZY.
00:25:59.73\00:26:01.53
COULD YOU TAKE ME TO
THAT PLACE I'VE HEARD YOU'VE
00:26:01.53\00:26:05.26
GOT WHERE I COULD
JUST LEAN ON THE PILLARS ?"
00:26:05.26\00:26:11.46
HE KNEW THAT THEY WERE CLOSE
ENOUGH TOGETHER SO THAT HE COULD
00:26:11.46\00:26:15.76
GET HIS HANDS ON BOTH OF THEM.
00:26:15.76\00:26:18.20
THEY WERE THE PRIMARY
SUPPORT OF THAT TEMPLE.
00:26:18.20\00:26:23.16
HE HAD JUST ENOUGH SPACE TO PUSH
THE PILLARS, AND HE DECIDED,
00:26:23.16\00:26:30.00
"NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO
ME, I WILL DIE OBEYING MY GOD.
00:26:30.00\00:26:36.66
I WILL DIE TRYING TO GET
BACK SOME OF THE LUSTRE THAT I
00:26:36.66\00:26:42.03
TOOK AWAY FROM HIS NAME.
00:26:42.03\00:26:44.33
AND HE PUSHED THE PILLARS
AND IT CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
00:26:44.33\00:26:48.93
AND I KNOW SOME OF
YOU SAY IT WAS SUICIDE.
00:26:48.93\00:26:52.33
AND SOME OF YOU SAY, "WELL, IF
THAT'S THE WAY HE WENT OUT, HOW
00:26:52.33\00:26:55.03
CAN YOU GIVE US HIS STORY AND
TRY TO MAKE US COME TO GOD ?"
00:26:55.03\00:26:59.36
AND I DIRECT YOU TO
HEBREWS, THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER.
00:27:00.36\00:27:05.36
IT IS THE PLACE WHERE
THE GREATEST HEROES FOR GOD
00:27:05.36\00:27:09.10
HAVE THEIR NAMES RECORDED.
00:27:09.10\00:27:11.20
WHEN YOU GET TO VERSE 32,
YOU WILL FIND IN THE LIST OF
00:27:11.20\00:27:16.10
NAMES THE NAME OF SAMSON.
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