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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2002

SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2002. SAMSON PART 1. HERCULES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, JUDGE OF ISRAEL, HERO OF THE FAITH. BIRTH NARRATIVE.

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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2002

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  1. SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2002

  2. SAMSONPART 1 HERCULES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, JUDGE OF ISRAEL, HERO OF THE FAITH

  3. BIRTH NARRATIVE • nearly a whole chapter is devoted to the story of Samson's birth (Judges 13:1–24a)

  4. • only two sentences are devoted to his childhood (Judges 13:24b–25)

  5. • this is the only birth narrative in the Book of Judges

  6. • the story of Jesus' birth follows the same pattern:a long birth narrative (Matthew 1–2; Luke 1–2) and a short childhood (Luke 2:41–52)

  7. • sometimes God plans the deliverance of his people far in advance, as in the case of Samson (Judges 13) and Jesus (1 Peter 1:20)

  8. SAMSON'S LIFE WAS A MIRROR FOR ISRAEL • he typifies the nation of Israel: (1) special calling at birth, (2) set apart from birth for the LORD,

  9. (3) endued with unique power,(4) chases after foreign women (foreign gods for Israel),

  10. (5) enticed and subdued, (6) loss of strength and God's presence,

  11. (7) overcome, taken captive, bound, and blinded,(8) return of his strength and God's presence when he asks God for help

  12. • Israel was to see herself in Samson

  13. A TRAGIC HERO • a comedy is a story that begins in prosperity, descends into tragedy, and rises again to end happily (Esther, Ruth, Genesis 38)

  14. • a tragedy is a story of exceptional calamity—a movement from prosperity to catastrophe (Esau, Genesis 25–27; Saul, 1 Samuel 8–31)

  15. • flaws of character make the tragic hero responsible for his own downfall—and to some extent deserving of it

  16. • all biblical tragedies are variations of the theme of disobedience to God

  17. FIRST OF FOUR DELIVERERS FROM PHILISTINE OPPRESSION

  18. • deliverance from the Philistines began with Samson (Judges 13:5),successfully continued with Samuel (1 Samuel 7:2–14),failed under Saul(compare 1 Samuel 9:16 with 28:19),and was completed by David(2 Samuel 5:17–25; 8:1; 19:9)

  19. SEVENTH APOSTASY AND OPPRESSION • the LORD delivered Israel to Philistine oppression for 40 years (Judges 13:1)

  20. • this was the last and apparently the deepest apostasy

  21. • there is no record of national repentance or cry for a deliverer during Samson’s twenty-year ministry

  22. • the expected cry of the people for help is absent:the only person to cry out to the LORD anywhere in the story is Samson

  23. • the people have acquiesced to bondage:the only army mustered by Israel was to capture Samson—not to fight the Philistines (Judges 15:11)

  24. • Samson weakened the Philistines and kept them in check, but provided no permanent deliverance for Israel

  25. Persistent Carnality • he married a Philistine woman of Timnah (Judges 14)—apparently God's permissive will (compare Judges 14:4 with Deuteronomy 7:3–4)

  26. • he visited a harlot in Gaza (Judges 16:1)and had an affair with Delilah (16:4–20)

  27. • he embodies everything that was wrong with Israel:weak will, self-indulgence, the dangers of success, sensuality, overconfidence, bad company, recklessness, misplaced trust, and spiritual complacency

  28. • in spite of his persistent carnality God’s blessing of special strength remained with him—after visiting a prostitute he was able to carry away the city gate of Gaza some 30 to 40 miles (Judges 16:1–3)

  29. • only when his hair was shaved did the Spirit quit empowering him—a careless violation of his Nazirite vow (Judges 16:19–20)

  30. RESULTS OF HIS CARNALITY • he gave the Philistines an opportunity to glorify their false god—Dagon (Judges 16:23–24)

  31. • he was blinded, imprisoned, and mocked by his enemies (Judges 16:21, 25–27)

  32. • his last prayer was “Let me die with the Philistines”—a tragic end to a careless spiritual life (Judges 16:30)

  33. • in part two we will look at…

  34. • NAZIRITE FOR LIFE• MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT• HIS SUCCESSES• JUDGE OVER DAN AND JUDAH• HIS SUICIDE• HIS TWO PRAYERS• INCLUSION IN THE HALL OF FAME

  35. SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2002

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