PPT-Pursuing God Judges 16 - Samson

God works with in and through people to accomplish His purpose amp display His Character Judges 161517 Then she said to him How can you say I love you when you wont confide in me This is the third time you have made a fool of me and havent told me the secret of your great strength 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death . Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the . Lord. , so the . Lord. delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. . 2 . A certain man of . Zorah. , named . Manoah. , from the clan of the . Judges . 16:1-22. 1 . Samson . went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her. . 2.  . The . Gazites. were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.” . 03. -. 04. A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following the service.. It will also be available for podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com. Warren Wiersbe ~ . "When God goes to war, He usually chooses the most unlikely soldiers, hands them the most unusual weapons, and accomplishes through them the most unpredictable results.". Read Judges 1 – Judges 2:7. Judges. Judges 21:25 – In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.. Judges 18:1 – In those days Israel had . no. king.. Deborah. Deborah, God’s spokesperson, tells Barak to go defeat Israel’s enemies.. Israel’s downward spiral. INTRODUCTION. The Historical Setting. The historical scope of this period: . . from . . the death of Joshua (1390 BC) . . . to . . the days of Samuel . Who is Samson?. A man whom God would work through.. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. .. Judges 13:1. Matthew 26:26-30 (NKJV) . 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." . 27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. . One . day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. . 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.”. LOCATION / REGION. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. Year of Full Restoration. . 06 august. , . 2017. . LESSON. 654: Samson’s Lust and Fall. MEMORY VERSE:. “And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of . LOCATION / REGION. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. Year of Full Restoration. . 13 august. , . 2017. . LESSON 655: SAMSON’S FINAL EXPLOIT AND DEATH. MEMORY VERSE. : . ‘’ . And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O LORD GOD, remember me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. but. . all can serve. . the. . purpose. . of God. Sermon by Pastor . Andy. Judges 13: . 1-5. 1. .. . Again . the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.. Part 3. …. And Samson made a feast there, as was customary for bridegrooms... . (Judges 14:10b). . Samson – the Weak Superhero. Part 3. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of their belongings and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he went up to his father’s house… . Part 4. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them… . (Judges 2:17). No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the . Judges Chapter 7 Gideon and the Power of Weakness Part 2 Strange Weapons of War! Judges 7: 16-22 He divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers. 17 He said to them, "Look at me and do likewise. And behold, when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. 18 "When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp and say, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'" 19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" 21 Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled. 22 When they blew 300 trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-