Delilah — Bad to the Bone
“Bad Girls of the Bible”
Judges 13:2-5, 24-25, ”A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. 3 The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, ‘You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. 4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean. 5 You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.’ 24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the Lord blessed him, 25 and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”
- “Nazirite” means someone _____________, separated or dedicated.
- Samson didn‘t make this _________ personally! _______________.
See Judges 14:6; 14:19; and 15:14-15
- Samson _________________________vow after vow after vow.
Judges 16:4-5, ”Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, ‘See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.’”
See Judges 16:6-9; 10-12; 13-14; 15-16; 17
- So why was Samson so foolish? Because Samson didn’t think _____________________. He had lived his whole life in complete disregard of his __________________, and his strength had never left him. So why care now?
See Judges 16:18-30
- What’s the take away?