“Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.”
Judges 16:1 KJV
One day, Samson went to Gaza, a Philistine town, and slept with a prostitute there. Samson’s moral failures outweighed his physical strength. Samson was a mighty deliverer, but he was riddled with compromise. He was mighty in strength but weak in self-control. He was a man who had some of the greatest potential in the whole Bible, but he proved to be one of the greatest disappointments as well. Yahweh blessed his life from birth, he was a leader, a ‘man’s man,’ with God’s Spirit to strengthen him. Yet he left a legacy of compromise and moral weakness. He could tear a lion apart, yet he could not control his lust. How we thank Yahweh for the new covenant where through the finished work of Jesus on the Cross, we can repent and come into a life of purity and holiness. The Word of God teaches us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Amen!
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