Judges 16:1 BSB
“Samson wanted to be used by God, but he also yielded to the deceitfulness of sin. He kept the external features of his Nazirite vow zealously, while at the same time sinning blatantly with a prostitute.” (Guzik)
“Samson did what we nearly all do when deceived by sin. He put his life into categories, and figured that some categories God cared about, and some categories God did not care about. Understanding that Jesus has claim over our entire life is a radical change of perspective.” (Guzik)
”When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
Judges 16:2 BSB
“But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.”
Judges 16:3 BSB
“Despite his sin, God still gave Samson supernatural strength to escape from the Philistines. God did this because God’s purpose was bigger than Samson himself, and because God used Samson despite Samson’s sin, not because of it.” (Guzik)
All of us whether we like it or not have a little bit of Samson in us. Externally we profess we are a good person, or a Christian, but there are times we act like Samson and sin.
”If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.“
1 John 1:8 BSB
The world is watching you because they want to declare that you are a hypocrite! When we understand that we are NOT sinless but we are supposed to sin less and go humbly before the cross and ask for forgiveness, then you have learned the life lesson Jesus is trying to teach all of mankind.
Be kind, love, forgive and ask for forgiveness and slowly but surely your heart ❤️ will become more like the heart of Jesus.
Blessings
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