{"id":416,"date":"2010-06-08T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/samson.html"},"modified":"2021-09-05T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:47:19","slug":"samson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/samson\/","title":{"rendered":"Samson!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"What do you think Samson\u2019s life would\u2019ve been like if he\u2019d been born during modern times?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Judges \u2013 Chapters 13-16 to get the full Old Testament account of Samson’s life.<\/p>\n

Samson was a strong man who battled with his lust for women. He even married a Philistine woman \u2013 someone who was not of his faith. He was strong and mighty, killing a lion with his bare hands and killing a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey.<\/p>\n

He hooked up with a Philistine harlot, Delilah, and because of his lust, his common sense escaped him. Delilah grilled him about his source of strength until his defenses broke down and he told his secret \u2013 no razor had ever come upon his head and his strength came from his seven locks of hair.<\/p>\n

The secret was out and Samson paid the price for the mistake he made because of his lustful weakness. He was mocked, blinded and imprisoned by the Philistines. When his hair began to grow back, he asked God for strength, and then he pushed the two pillars with all his might, bringing the temple down, killing the crowd, as well as himself\u2026<\/p>\n

Judges 16:28-30
\n28 Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, \u201cO Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!\u201d 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. 30 Then Samson said, \u201cLet me die with the Philistines!\u201d And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.
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\nWhat do you think Samson\u2019s life would\u2019ve been like if he\u2019d been born during modern times? Read tomorrow\u2019s blog entry to find out more about a very interesting book that\u2019ll answer that question! <\/strong><\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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