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K.E.Y. Bible Study K.E.Y. Bible Study K.E.Y. Bible Study is a systematic study of Scripture that equips participants to become acquainted with major Bible truths over a 5-year period. Each lesson is self-contained which means you can join in the study at any time during the 5 years. Purpose: To teach the most significant events, passages, and doctrines of the Bible in a manner and using methods which encourage and empowers the students: To KEEP THE FAITH that we have received Be EQUIPPED to serve the body of Christ Become YOKED in ministry with other believers K.E.Y. Events in the Old Testament January 28, 2015 “Samson – Living Irresponsibly” Background Any names pop in your mind of public officials, famous athletes, religious leaders, etc., who have lived in an incredibly irresponsible manner? Is this a new phenomenon? In the judges’ period of Biblical history, Israel followed a pattern. First, the people sinned and began to worship other gods. Second, the Lord brought discipline to His people through a foreign oppressor. Third, the people cried out to God in repentance and promised if God would take the oppressor away they would serve Him faithfully. Fourth, God would rise up a judge who brought military victory and governed the people for some time afterward. But when that judge died, the cycle would begin again. The Lord chose Samson before Samson was born to serve as one of Israel’s judges. This lesson emphasizes Samson’s irresponsible behavior and disastrous consequences that followed his foolish actions. WHO • God: God is the central character. When individuals and cultures move away from God’s design for their lives and settle for less, they encounter God’s judgment. • Samson: A man of contradictions: Physical strength yet moral weakness. Interestingly, the New Testament does not mention Samson's failures or his heroic feats of strength. In Hebrews, he is simply listed with others "who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised." In the end, Samson recognized his dependence on God. When he died, God turned his failures and defeats into victory. • The Philistines: A people group also known as “the sea people”, who had migrated from the Mediterranean Sea and invaded Canaan. They had a highly trained military and a system of city-state government in towns along the coastal plain of southwest Palestine. They were a constant source of temptation and irritation to the Israelites. During the time of Samson, they K.E.Y. Bible Study (2014-2015) Dawson Family of Faith Bill Johnston K.E.Y. Bible Study had control of the land for 40 years, the longest period of time of the judges. They were eventually defeated by David. • “Phyllis”: Un-named Philistine woman, who was the object of Samson’s affections and first recorded high jinX. • Delilah: Another Philistine woman that Samson could not resist, resulting in his downfall. WHERE Zorah and Eshtaol were small towns about 15 miles west of Jerusalem. Timnah was about 4 miles southwest of Zorah. Gaza was a major Philistine city along the coast. WHAT HAPPENED I. SAMSON’S BIRTH FORETOLD (13:1-25) Judges 13:2-5 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazarite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines." NaZarite – a member of a group of individuals especially committed to the Lord. The people took a special vow of abstention to demonstrate their devotion to God. The word indicates “consecration” and “separation.” In most instances, the vow taken was for a short period of time. In the case of Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist, it was a matter of life-long devotion. II. SAMSON’S MARRIAGE AND RIDDLE (14:1-20) Judges 14:1-4 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his father and mother, "I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife." His father and mother replied, "Isn't there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me. She's the right one for me." (His parents did not know that this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines. At that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.) III. SAMSON’S REVENGE ON THE PHILISTINES (15:1-20) Judges 15:9-20 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi. The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to fight us?" "We have come to take Samson prisoner," they answered, "to do to him as he did to us." Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, K.E.Y. Bible Study (2014-2015) Dawson Family of Faith Bill Johnston K.E.Y. Bible Study "Don't you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?" He answered, "I merely did to them what they did to me." They said to him, "We've come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said, "Swear to me that you won't kill me yourselves." "Agreed," they answered. "We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock. As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him in power. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men." When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi. Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, "You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?" Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi. Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines. IV. SAMSON’S WEAKNESS (16:1-22) Judges 16:16-18 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death. So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazarite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man." When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, "Come back once more; he has told me everything." So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. Samson’s strength did not come from his hair but from God. His faithfulness was demonstrated by keeping the Nazarite vow. Judges 16:19-20 Having put him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, "I'll go out as before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had left him. V. SAMSON’S DEATH (16:23-31) Judges 16:23-31 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, "Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands." When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the one who laid waste our land and multiplied our slain." K.E.Y. Bible Study (2014-2015) Dawson Family of Faith Bill Johnston K.E.Y. Bible Study While they were in high spirits, they shouted, "Bring out Samson to entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. When they stood him among the pillars, Samson said to the servant who held his hand, "Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them." Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. Then Samson prayed to the LORD, "O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes." Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood.
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