week of 4/27

Unit 08  Session 4

GOD INTERVENES FOR HIS PEOPLE

JUDGES 16:4-5; 16-30

 

Key Concept:

God can vindicate His people even through the seeming hopelessness of death.

Samson was the final deliverer of Israel described in the book of Judges. His story occurs in three parts. First, in Judges 13, an angel appeared to a barren woman and said she would have a son set apart for the Lord's service as a Nazirite (see Numbers 6:1-21). Then in Judges 14-15, when Samson was grown, he married a Philistine woman and clashed with the Philistines. Finally in Judges 16, Samson became involved with Delilah, who ultimately betrayed him. Through it all, Samson's unconventional judgeship showed that God's purpose cannot be thwarted.

As you examine Judges 16:4-5; 16-30:

✞   Understand that when we take God lightly, we drift further from God and 

    deeper into sin.

     

✞   Remember that God can use anything, even our failures, to accomplish His 

    good purposes for His people.