lesson 17 - DELILAH - Judges 16 : 4-20

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My, my, my.  Sampson never should have told Delilah where his strength was at.  Is it worth it to have the Lord depart from you, in order to make someone else happy?

Delilah made Sampson think that she cared for him.  Told him if he really loved her then he would tell her when his strength was.  She was paid to get him to reveal his heart. 
We have to be so careful. There are some things in our "house" and I'm not talking about our physical house, that don't need to be told.  There are things in our heart that only we and God need to know about and there are some things in our hearts that only God knows.  God knows better than we do.  When the wise men came and seen baby Jesus, and spoke words, the bible says Mary kept these things in her heart.  We are not suppose to tell everything we know.  There are things that should be kept in our hearts and when and if there is a time for them to be revealed, God will let us know.  Delilah, was not God fearing.  She tricked Sampson into telling her his heart. 
Ladies, I don't believe I want to be like Delilah.  I dont' want to be selfish and trick someone into saying what I want to hear, or doing what I want done.  I don't want to sell out for money or any other reason.  Sampson gave up his heart, and the Lord depareted from him, and after he done it, he wished he wouldnt' have.  To me, you would think that after the three times that Delilah had tried what he had told her, that he would have known that she would shave his head. 
That's just like satan.  He will come at you and torture you, keep at you until he has made you weak and tired, and you give in.  We can't do that.  That's why we have to stay prayed up, read up, that's why we have to keep our armor on.  Satan can come as shiny, pretty, even beautiful things, that's why we have to be aware. A soldier doesn't go out into an open battlefield not prepared.  Neither should a soldier of God.  "All that glitter's ain't Gold".
Kind of goes back to a previous lesson.  Be prepared.  We do not fight battles of flesh, but spiritual battles.
What do you think of the story of Sampson and Delilah.  I'm not going to give the answers to the questions, some of you haven't answered yet, so I will wait on you and give the answers tomorrow.  Look forward to hearing from you.

trivia questions:
1.  What did Delilah do to Sampson's hair?
 2.  Why did she do it?
3.  What happened to Sampson after she done it?
4.  Was Delilah a God fearing woman?


Tomorrow's Lesson: Sarah

trivia questions for tomorrow:

1.  What was Sarah's name before God changed it?

2.  What did Sarah do when she heard she would have child?

3. How old was Sarah when she had the child?

4.  What was Sarah's handmaiden's name?

5.  What did Sarah name her son?


~Wednesday will be the last lesson until Friday.  There will be no lesson Thursday because we have a memorial service to do.  Please be in prayer for us.  Thank you so much.~


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Evang. Patti Smith
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.