15. “Please tell me where your great
strength lies, and how you might be
bound, that one could subdue
you.”
Judges 16:6
16. “…bind me with 7 fresh bow strings
that have not been dried”
Judges16:8
17. “If they bind me with new ropes that
have not been used, then I shall
become weak and be like any
other man”
Judges 16:11
18. “If you weave the seven locks of my
head with the web and fasten it
tight with a pin, then I shall become
weak and be like any other man”
Judges 16:13
19. “And she said to him, “How can you
say, „I love you,‟ when your heart is
not with me? You have mocked me
these three times, and you have not
told me where your great strength
lies.”
Judges 16:15
20. “And when she pressed him hard
with her words day after day, and
urged him, his soul was vexed to
death.”
Judges 16:16
21. “And he told her all his heart, and said to
her, “A razor has never come upon my
head, for I have been a Nazirite to God
from my mother's womb. If my head is
shaved, then my strength will leave me,
and I shall become weak and be like
any other man.”
Judges 16:17
22. She made him fall
asleep on her knees.
She called in a man and
had him shave off the
seven locks of his head.
"Samson and Delilah" - Rembrandt - c1625
23. She woke him up as
the Philistines were
about to get him. He
thought he could
break free like
before…
"Samson Captured by the Philistines" - Guercino - 1619
24. The Philistines seized
him – gouged out his
eyes and brought
him to Gaza to work
as a slave.
"Samson Captured by the Philistines" - Guercino - 1619
25. LETS THINK ABOUT THIS…
He was set apart – a Nazirite to God
He gets himself into a bad relationship
He tricks Delilah 3 times while she is trying to
trick him
She finally wears him down
He gives into her and looses everything
39. “Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the law my servant
Moses gave you; do not turn from it to
the right or to the left, that you may be
successful wherever you go…”
Joshua 1:7 (NIV)
41. …Not that I have already obtained all this, or
have already arrived at my goal, but I press
on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus
took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not
consider myself yet to have taken hold of it…
42. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind
and straining toward what is ahead, I press on
toward the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenward in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians 13:12-14 (NIV)