Sermon “Samson & Delilah Part 1”
Pastor Kim Wenzel
We must remember that God uses all types of people to accomplish his objectives!
The story of Samson and Delilah reminds us just how important it is to guard our hearts and follow God's way!
Judges 16: 1-5 (NIV)
Samson and Delilah
1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”
3 But
Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and
took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts,
and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and
carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.
4 Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
Some Bible History
The Bible says that Samson
fell in love with a woman named Delilah in the Valley of "Sorek" a
Hebrew word which means "Vine." it was a valley which separated
the Land of Judah from the Philistines. The valley of Sorek in which lay the residence of Delilah. It was possibly nearer Gaza than any other of the chief Philistine cities, The valley passes between the lofty hill of Sara`h (Zorah)
to the North and `Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh) and Tibneh (Timnah) on
the South.
In the 19th century, Nahal Sorek railway served as an important connection between the two major cities in the area, Jaffa and Jerusalem. Zorah
(zō´rə) or Zoreah
(zōrē´ə),
in the Bible, ancient Palestine, the modern Zora, Israel, W of
Jerusalem.
Zorah was the home of Samson. The town was also called
ZarZorah
(zō´rə) or Zoreah
(zōrē´ə), The town was also called
Zareah, and its inhabitants were known as Zorathites or Zareathites. And its inhabitants were known as Zorathites or Zareathites.
Today's Verse
Matthew 24:42-44
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
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