Samson was an incredibly strong man, with a desperately weak will.
His Great potential: Samson was Selected by God, Set apart by God, and Strengthened by God
His Fatal Flaw: Samson was a man of faith, but he wasn’t a faithful man
Attitudes That Can Cause THE Good To Go Bad.
1. Lust: I want it
Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”
Judges 14:1-2 NIV
2. Entitlement: I deserve it.
Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.
Judges 14:8-9 NIV
Pride: I can handle it.
Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men.
Judges 14:10 NIV
Attitudes That can Keep The Good from Going Bad
- I want God
- I deserve death
- I can’t do anything without God
Lessons Learned from Samson:
- Spiritual failure is seldom an explosion. It’s usually an erosion
- There will always be the temptation to rely on our gifts and not the giver
- The beginning of Strength is an awareness of our weakness
Memory Verse
But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Luke 12:48 NIV
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