{"id":295,"date":"2020-12-02T05:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T05:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/118-john-thomas-perks-exhortation-samson\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:44:02","slug":"118-john-thomas-perks-exhortation-samson","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/118-john-thomas-perks-exhortation-samson\/","title":{"rendered":"118: John Thomas Perks – Exhortation: Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we are listening to an exhortation given by Bro. John Thomas Perks from the Ontario Ecclesia in Canada that was given at the Guyana Eccleisa in South America..<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For Show Notes, visit our website: Anchor.fm\/GCT<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
\ntalks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you so much for joining us
\nthis week. <\/p>\n

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\ntaco week to help each one of <\/p>\n

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\nGet the Bible in our daily news <\/p>\n

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\nWe post at the start of each <\/p>\n

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\nweek for you to listen.
\nWith a short intro beforehand to<\/p>\n

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\nkind of set the stage for the
\ntalk here about to here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s hear more about
\nthis week’s talk for this week. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re listening to a talk that
\nwas given by Brother. <\/p>\n

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\nJohn Thomas perks from the
\nOntario Canada achalasia. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is an excitation he gave at
\nthe Guyana Ecclesia in South <\/p>\n

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\nAmerica, and he is taking a look
\nat the struggle that we all <\/p>\n

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\nface.
\nGoing between, what we know that<\/p>\n

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\nGod wants us to do and the pull
\nand the, the distraction of the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nAnd specifically, he’s looking <\/p>\n

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\nat the example of Samson and has
\nsome interesting insights on the<\/p>\n

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\ncharacter of Samson and the
\nstruggle that he felt throughout<\/p>\n

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\nhis life living as a Nazarite
\nand as a judge. <\/p>\n

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\nBut also, the way he interacted
\nwith the Philistines are really <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting expectation.
\nThere are a few spots where R. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m assuming this was done over
\nby Zoom or another video <\/p>\n

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\nconferencing tool is it but
\nthere’s a few spots where you <\/p>\n

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\ncan tell brother Jones
\nconnection breaks up a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit.
\nSo there’s a few spots where he <\/p>\n

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\nsort of cuts off mid statement
\nand then comes back not a bad <\/p>\n

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\nenough to lose track of the echo
\nof the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nIt happens at opportune moments,
\nbut overall was a really good <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation, a good reminder of
\nthe struggle that we all face. <\/p>\n

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\nThe temptation of the world and
\nthe pull of those in the world <\/p>\n

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\nto conform to what the world
\nthinks is Right versus what God <\/p>\n

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\nthinks is, right?
\nSo really enjoyed the <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation.
\nIt was a recommendation that a <\/p>\n

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\nsister down in Guyana sent our
\nway and I’m glad she did. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a an excellent one and a
\ngood reminder especially with <\/p>\n

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\neverything that’s going on in
\nthe world right now. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd everyone thinks they have
\nthe best solution and they want <\/p>\n

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\nyou to be on board with it.
\nAnd to convince you of that, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a good reminder that.
\nAt the plan and what we’re <\/p>\n

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\nstanding for is different than
\nwhat the world has to offer and <\/p>\n

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\nis better than anything the
\nworld could offer to us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo again, thank you to the
\nsister who sent this excitation <\/p>\n

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\nin and thank you all for
\nlistening. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you have recommendations,
\nplease send them in. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can always use them and
\nthey’re always appreciated with <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nWe will turn it over to our <\/p>\n

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\nbrother.
\nJohn Thomas perks for his <\/p>\n

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\nextrication on Samson and
\nchoosing God over the world this<\/p>\n

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\nmorning.
\nI want to talk about a battle <\/p>\n

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\nand it’s a battle that I believe
\nat one time or another and all <\/p>\n

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\nchristadelphians lives, we’ve
\nhad to fight. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I was a teenager, I would
\nsay, I almost lost this battle <\/p>\n

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\nthat we’re going to talk about
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I would say that the enemy
\nstill pokes his head, over the <\/p>\n

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\ndistant Hills, once in a while
\nto see if my defenses. <\/p>\n

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\nDown.
\nI’m at times in our lives and <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe a raging battle one, that
\nwe might even be losing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd at times we might enjoy
\ntimes of peace and this battle I<\/p>\n

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\nthink is really clear.
\nIt comes out very clearly in our<\/p>\n

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\nreading from Thursday in
\nEzekiel. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you can just turn real
\nquickly to Ezekiel chapter 20 <\/p>\n

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\nand just a marvelous After a sad
\nchapter but it just paints <\/p>\n

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\neverything.
\nSo clearly Ezekiel chapter 20 <\/p>\n

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\nand just read with me, verse 5
\nand 6, it says, say to them, <\/p>\n

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\nthus says the Lord God on the
\nday. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I chose Israel, and raised
\nmy hand in an oath to the <\/p>\n

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\ndescendants of the House of
\nJacob and made myself known to <\/p>\n

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\nthem in the land of Egypt.
\nI raised my hand and an oath to <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nSay, I am the Lord your God on <\/p>\n

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\nthat day.
\nI raised my hand in an oath to <\/p>\n

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\nthem to bring them out of the
\nland of Egypt into a land that I<\/p>\n

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\nhad searched out for them,
\nflowing with milk and honey, the<\/p>\n

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\nglory of all lands.
\nSo here God is, he’s raising his<\/p>\n

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\nhand in an oath they saying I
\nchose you and not only did I <\/p>\n

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\nchoose you as my special people,
\nhe went out and searched for a <\/p>\n

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\nland and the glory, the glory of
\nland, that was flowing with milk<\/p>\n

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\nand honey.
\nAnd he said, I raise my hand <\/p>\n

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\nthat I would bring you into that
\nland, they were his people and <\/p>\n

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\nhe was their God, you know what,
\na tremendous thing. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the creator of all
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nSaying, I picked you.
\nIt was a great calling and it <\/p>\n

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\nhad tremendous benefit.
\nAnd it had very serious <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibilities.
\nThey were to devote themselves <\/p>\n

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\nfully to God no more Idols, no
\nmore Idols of Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\nNo more Idols of the lands
\naround them. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were to live lives of
\npurpose. <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s purpose and what was their
\nresponse. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you jump over 20:32, look at
\ntheir response to this. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God says, what you have in
\nyour mind shall never be when <\/p>\n

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\nyou We will be like the Gentiles
\nlike the families and other <\/p>\n

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\ncountries serving wood and
\nStone. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was their response to this
\nwonderful calling of God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was, we don’t want to be
\nspecial, we don’t want to be <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent.
\nThey were saying, we don’t want <\/p>\n

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\nyour ways.
\nIn fact, when you get right down<\/p>\n

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\nto it, they were saying to their
\nHeavenly. <\/p>\n

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\nFather, we don’t want you.
\nThat’s astounding, but it’s not <\/p>\n

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\nsuch a foreign concept.
\nThis isn’t something that Just <\/p>\n

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\nwritten a long time ago and you
\nknow, these things were written <\/p>\n

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\nfor our learning for our
\ninstruction and so we might look<\/p>\n

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\nat our lives and say, you know
\nwhat I was, I was born into a <\/p>\n

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\nChristian delphian family.
\nI was raised with those beliefs.<\/p>\n

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\nI was taught the gospel.
\nAnd you make me in the same <\/p>\n

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\nsituation.
\nYou’ve always been raised with <\/p>\n

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\nthis or you may have been taught
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now you are you know God has
\nstill picked you, you’ve been <\/p>\n

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\nchosen by God and yet there’s
\nthis Relentless pressure from <\/p>\n

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\nthe world, the world is
\nconstantly staying with conform,<\/p>\n

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\nbe like us, choose our ways
\nknock-offs. and ultimately at <\/p>\n

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\nsome point in their lives, well
\nthat battle might be going on as<\/p>\n

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\nI mentioned sometimes it might
\nbe raging sometimes it might be <\/p>\n

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\nat peace, we have to decide do I
\nwant to be gods or do I want to <\/p>\n

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\nbe the world’s and sometimes
\npeople come right out and say it<\/p>\n

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\nlike they did in Ezekiel they
\nsay I don’t want God and I don’t<\/p>\n

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\nwant his ways and sometimes
\npeople don’t say that with <\/p>\n

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\nwords, but Our actions speak
\nloud and clear. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I was thinking of Malachi,
\nwe don’t have to turn there but <\/p>\n

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\nin Malachi, you know, God,
\nconfronts the people, and <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re shocked.
\nThey say, in what ways have we <\/p>\n

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\ndefiled your name?
\nAnd he says, you know, by <\/p>\n

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\noffering blind and lame in the
\nofferings. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, by their actions they were
\nsaying we don’t want you God, <\/p>\n

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\nNow I want to examine this
\nbattle. <\/p>\n

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\nThis Battle of God has chosen us
\nand he’s given us tremendous <\/p>\n

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\nblessings.
\nThat’s a long time. <\/p>\n

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\nHe said.
\nSo what after 13 just to set the<\/p>\n

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\ncontext, Judges chapter 13?
\nAnd in the first five verses we <\/p>\n

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\nread about Samson’s parents and
\nhere it says again, the children<\/p>\n

129
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\nof Israel did evil in the sight
\nof the Lord and the Lord <\/p>\n

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\ndelivered them into the hand of
\nthe Philistines for 40 years and<\/p>\n

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\nthere was a certain man from
\nZora of the family of the <\/p>\n

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\ndanites whose name was manoah
\nand his wife was Barren and had <\/p>\n

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\nno children.
\nThe means of the Lord appeared <\/p>\n

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\nto the woman and said to her,
\nindeed, now you are Barren and <\/p>\n

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\nhave for no children but you
\nshall conceive and bear a son <\/p>\n

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\nnow.
\nTherefore, please be careful not<\/p>\n

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\nto drink wine or similar drink
\nand not to eat anything unclean <\/p>\n

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\nfor behold.
\nYou shall conceive and bear a <\/p>\n

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\nson, and no Reiser shall come
\nupon his head with a child, <\/p>\n

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\nshall be a Nazarite to God from
\nthe womb and he shall begin to <\/p>\n

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\ndeliver.
\nSo the wife of Manoa has to <\/p>\n

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\ncommit to a certain lifestyle
\nnot only for herself but for her<\/p>\n

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\nson as we read in those verses
\nSamson was chosen and he was <\/p>\n

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\nchosen to be separate.
\nHe was to be an we first three <\/p>\n

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\nand four it says from the seed
\nto the skin of the grape they <\/p>\n

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\nwere to have none of it that was
\nrule. <\/p>\n

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\nNumber one rule number two is is
\nno cutting of your hair and rule<\/p>\n

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\nnumber three that they were
\nnever to touch anything any dead<\/p>\n

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\nbodies.
\nNow, keep this in mind, this is <\/p>\n

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\nthe life that was chosen for
\nSamson. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a, it was an
\nunderstanding that was struck <\/p>\n

152
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\nbetween this Angel and Samson’s,
\nmom seems in had no say in the <\/p>\n

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\ndeal.
\nThis is the life that was chosen<\/p>\n

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\nfor him and there was tremendous
\nJust blessings. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I think every young
\nchristadelphians boy, when they <\/p>\n

156
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\nread the stories of Samson
\npictured themselves with <\/p>\n

157
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\nenormous strength and being able
\nto do tremendous things. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, this is a super hero in
\nreal life. <\/p>\n

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\nSo tremendous blessings that
\npower that he had, but there was<\/p>\n

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\ntremendous responsibilities, he
\nwas to be separated to God, he <\/p>\n

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\nwas to serve his heavenly
\nfather. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so what we see is, Mixed
\nwith these exploits where he <\/p>\n

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\nwent against the Philistines.
\nIs this dangerous game where <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s flirting with the ways of
\nthe Philistines? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we have to ask what’s going
\non here? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, this is a man who’s
\nbeen chosen by God and he has <\/p>\n

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\nall his power and he has all
\nthese blessings. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet, he’s flirting with the
\nPhilistines and accepting sent, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, sort of enticed by
\ntheir ways and getting closer <\/p>\n

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\nand Closer to them in his life.
\nAnd so as I was thinking about <\/p>\n

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\nthis I thought well what was
\nwhat was Samson’s greatest <\/p>\n

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\nchallenge in his life?
\nWas it motivation? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it seems like the only
\ntime he really struck the <\/p>\n

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\nPhilistines was when he had been
\ninsulted or when he had been <\/p>\n

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\noffended, or when he had been
\nprovoked and then he would go <\/p>\n

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\nout and he would, he would go
\nout and the Philistines. <\/p>\n

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\nSo was it motivation are was, is
\nBig Challenge. <\/p>\n

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\nThe eye.
\nWill battles with the <\/p>\n

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\nPhilistines.
\nWas that as big as challenge. <\/p>\n

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\nOr was it the third option?
\nWhich I think? <\/p>\n

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\nIs that the one that I’ve
\nsettled on, I think Samson’s <\/p>\n

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\nbiggest challenge was his
\ninternal struggle. <\/p>\n

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\nI think he was saying, is this
\nreally what I want? <\/p>\n

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\nYou, I want what my family has
\nchosen for me. <\/p>\n

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\nDo I want their beliefs, do I
\nwant this calling to be a <\/p>\n

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\nNazarite?
\nDo I want to be different? <\/p>\n

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\nDo I want all these rules in my
\nlife? <\/p>\n

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\nOr do I want this lifestyle?
\nI see around me this Freedom, <\/p>\n

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\nthat the people around me seem
\nto have And so there was this an<\/p>\n

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\nenticement to those ways and I
\nthink that’s a familiar struggle<\/p>\n

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\nand that’s the battle I was
\ntalking about at the beginning <\/p>\n

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\nthat we all have to fight at
\nsome time in our lives. <\/p>\n

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\nIs this really what I want?
\nOr is the world what I want. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I’m convinced that Samson
\nwent back and forth on this his <\/p>\n

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\nparents like our parents would
\nhave taught him about God, they <\/p>\n

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\nwould have taught him about his
\nways, they would have talked <\/p>\n

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\nabout this, angel coming and
\nspeaking to them, they would <\/p>\n

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\nhave talked about their hope.
\nAnd he would have seen in his <\/p>\n

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\nown life, the power of God, he
\nwould have been shown the <\/p>\n

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\nbenefits and the honor All the
\nPrivileges of being chosen by <\/p>\n

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\nGod and then there would be this
\ntemptation of leaving, it all <\/p>\n

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\nbehind and just breaking it
\nloose and being like everybody <\/p>\n

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\nelse.
\nAnd that’s what the people in <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel said, we will be like
\nthe Gentiles will serve Stone <\/p>\n

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\nand wood.
\nAnd God was saying, no, you’re <\/p>\n

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\nnot going to, but that was their
\nheart. <\/p>\n

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\nWe just want to be like everyone
\nelse. <\/p>\n

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\nSo C is this true of Samson’s?
\nLike, if we can know that you <\/p>\n

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\ndefinitely didn’t seem to be
\nexcited about being an azeri. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you, if you ever get a
\nchance and you do a comparison <\/p>\n

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\nbetween Samuel and Samson, you
\ndon’t vastly different lives. <\/p>\n

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\nBoth from mothers who couldn’t
\nhave children, both promised to <\/p>\n

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\nhave a son Samuels, whole life
\nis dedicated to God. <\/p>\n

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\nYou never see him wavering.
\nYou never see him thinking, <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you know, maybe I’d like
\nto marry a Philistine woman like<\/p>\n

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\nhis horse is straight and it’s
\nalways towards God and Samson’s <\/p>\n

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\njust all over the place.
\nSo let’s looking and Judges <\/p>\n

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\nchapter. 14, Judges chapter 14
\nverse 1. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says he’s attracted to a
\nPhilistine girl. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says now, Samson went down to
\ntimna and saw a woman and timna <\/p>\n

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\nof the daughters of the
\nPhilistines. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd despite his parents protest,
\nhe’s determined, no, no, this is<\/p>\n

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\nshe makes me happy.
\nThis is the girl. <\/p>\n

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\nI want in Chapter 14, verse 5,
\nit says so Samson. <\/p>\n

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\nWent down to Timba with his
\nfather and mother and came to <\/p>\n

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\nThe Vineyards of timna.
\nNow, some point here, it seems <\/p>\n

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\nlike his parents, he got away
\nfrom his parents a little bit <\/p>\n

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\nand he goes into a Vineyard and
\nthis is where he kills this <\/p>\n

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\nyoung lion.
\nAnd then he doesn’t tell his <\/p>\n

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\nparents.
\nI’m the reason he doesn’t tell <\/p>\n

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\nhis parents because the first
\nthing is parents are going to <\/p>\n

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\nsay, is what were you doing in a
\nVineyard? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, why would he go to a
\nplace of great Temptation, if <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s not supposed to touch from
\nseed to skin? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not supposed to eat or
\ndrink from seed to skin. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is he doing in a Vineyard?
\nAnd I think this is the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of that game.
\nWhere he’s that temptation? <\/p>\n

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\nIs there in Chapter 14?
\nVerse 10. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says so, as far Their wings
\ndown to the woman and Sampson <\/p>\n

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\ngave us.
\nHe’s there for the young for <\/p>\n

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\nyoung man, used to do so, so
\nhere he is. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s partying with the
\nPhilistines and judges 16, which<\/p>\n

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\nwe read this morning, you know,
\nhe’s with a harlot from Gaza, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, this is not the life
\nthat Samuel lived. <\/p>\n

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\nWe see this.
\nThis enticement to the world’s <\/p>\n

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\nways in Samson and in Judges
\nchapter 16, which Which we had <\/p>\n

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\nread for us.
\nThis is this is a troubling <\/p>\n

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\nchapter.
\nRockets Sampson and I’ve always <\/p>\n

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\nwondered this and I’m sure many
\nof us have could Samson. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve been so foolish to let this
\nhappen. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, like in verse 7, you know,
\nDelilah’s pestering them, he <\/p>\n

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\nsays, well, you know, if you tie
\nme up with seven fresh <\/p>\n

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\nbowstrings, you know, then then
\nI’ll become like other men and <\/p>\n

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\nhe wakes up in the morning and
\nhe’s tied up with seven fresh <\/p>\n

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\nbowstrings, okay coincidence.
\nAnd then in verse 11, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nshe passed through them again,
\nverse 11, he says, if they bind <\/p>\n

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\nme securely with new ropes that
\nhad never been used, He wakes up<\/p>\n

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\nin the morning and he’s tied up
\nwith new ropes that had never <\/p>\n

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\nbeen used.
\nAnd I’m sure he’s beginning to <\/p>\n

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\nsee a pattern and then she
\npesters them again. <\/p>\n

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\nI will if you leave he tells me
\nwe’ve my hair Seven Locks of my <\/p>\n

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\nhair in Tulum, then I lose my
\npower in, he wakes up and it’s <\/p>\n

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\nhappening, it’s happening again.
\nDidn’t he know what was going to<\/p>\n

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\nhappen when he told her the
\ntruth? <\/p>\n

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\nSome And I don’t think I think
\nshe knew what was going on. <\/p>\n

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\nHe I think he knew and every
\ntime he’s getting a little bit <\/p>\n

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\ncloser, to the fact it’s his
\nhair. <\/p>\n

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\nI think he’s in this, he’s a
\nwilling participant in this game<\/p>\n

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\nwhere he is toying with being
\njust like everyone else and <\/p>\n

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\ngiving up like they did in
\nEzekiel, we just want to be like<\/p>\n

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\nthe Gentiles He’s flirting with
\nthe idea of not being Sanctified<\/p>\n

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\nand being just like everyone
\nelse. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe he was enticed by the idea
\nof no more responsibilities and <\/p>\n

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\nno more pressure and can you
\nhear? <\/p>\n

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\nI’m saying, To his parents, I
\ndidn’t choose this, I didn’t <\/p>\n

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\nchoose to be a Nazarite, you did
\nwrite something. <\/p>\n

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\nWe may have heard from our young
\npeople or ourselves at some <\/p>\n

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\npoint in time.
\nI think there’s there’s three <\/p>\n

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\nUniversal dangerous things that
\nare happening here. <\/p>\n

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\nIn his battle for Faith.
\nAnd the first one is in verse <\/p>\n

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\n16, it says, and it came to pass
\nwhen she Pastor Tim Daly with <\/p>\n

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\nher words.
\nShe pestered him daily. <\/p>\n

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\nThat is our world.
\nOur world through social media, <\/p>\n

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\nand billboards and TV.
\nAnd radio testers us 24\/7. <\/p>\n

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\nBe like us, follow our ways.
\nThink like we do, It’s little <\/p>\n

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\nendless and she was relentless.
\nIt says he was vexed to death <\/p>\n

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\nand then a second thing, the
\nsecond Universal dangerous <\/p>\n

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\nelement is in verse 19.
\nIt says, then she lulled him to <\/p>\n

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\nsleep.
\nAnd isn’t that our world? <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to be diligent and
\nvibrant and passionate for our <\/p>\n

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\nGod, and our world, our world
\njust loathe To sleep. <\/p>\n

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\nIt makes her.
\nIt makes her spiritual senses <\/p>\n

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\ndull.
\nAnd the third thing that was <\/p>\n

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\ndangerous, and I think it’s
\nUniversal, we have to be aware <\/p>\n

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\nof it.
\nIs that his heart was an <\/p>\n

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\nanchored, he was back and forth
\nused. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was passionate for God, and
\nthen he was passionate for <\/p>\n

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\nPhilistine ways.
\nAnd what does it say over and <\/p>\n

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\nover one of the great bible
\nstudy tools that I was taught <\/p>\n

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\nwas look for repeating words,
\nlook for repeating phrases and <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:45,800 –> 00:20:50,400
\nin this chapter is a phrase that
\ncomes up a number of times. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s at the end of verse 7,
\nit says, when he’s explaining <\/p>\n

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\nabout the, how he will lose his
\npower, he says, then I shall <\/p>\n

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\nbecome weak and be like any
\nother man, and it comes up in <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:02,600 –> 00:21:05,700
\nverse 7.
\nIt comes up and burst Lemon in. <\/p>\n

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\nIt comes up in verse 17, and
\nliterally in the Hebrew, it <\/p>\n

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\nmeans I’ll be as one of mesh, or
\nI’ll be like, mankind, or I <\/p>\n

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\nwon’t be different from other
\nmen. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll be like other men when you
\ndo this, I’ll be like other men,<\/p>\n

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\nand how is he saying it?
\nIs he saying it with a little <\/p>\n

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\nsparkling as I little hope, you
\nknow, women be great to just be <\/p>\n

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\nlike other men. men, as they
\nsaid in Ezekiel, we just want to<\/p>\n

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\nbe like the Gentiles, A 17.
\nIt says, he told her all his <\/p>\n

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\nheart.
\nYou know what did that involve? <\/p>\n

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\nDid it involve his frustrations,
\nhis struggles with being a <\/p>\n

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\nNazarite, the expectations, but
\nin the end, what he did was he <\/p>\n

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\nhad chosen the world and what
\nwas the result? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think this is something we
\nall have to do. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we’re in this battle we have
\nto think beyond the the battle <\/p>\n

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\nright now and say, okay, what
\nare the consequences of this <\/p>\n

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\ndecision?
\nLook at verse 20, here’s the <\/p>\n

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\nconsequences.
\nThis isn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nShe said that it fills the
\nPhilistines are upon you since. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we awoke from his sleep and
\nsaid I will go out as before at <\/p>\n

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\nother times and shake myself
\nfree. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he did not know that the
\nLord had departed from him and I<\/p>\n

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\nhave a little footnote, it’s my
\nown footnote and I put it in <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:39,000 –> 00:22:43,800
\nthere.
\nAnd I quote in, he got what he <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:43,800 –> 00:22:48,200
\nwished he became.
\nLike every other man. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:50,200 –> 00:22:56,800
\nSo what’s the lesson in Ezekiel
\nand it was Samson God <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:56,800 –> 00:23:01,800
\nhand-picked them, they were they
\nwere special in his eyes. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:01,800 –> 00:23:05,800
\nWe have been handpicked by our
\nheavenly father, then we have <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:05,800 –> 00:23:12,900
\nenormous blessings and we have
\nenormous responsibilities in <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:12,900 –> 00:23:15,800
\nFirst Peter chapter 2 verses 9
\nthrough 10. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:16,300 –> 00:23:22,700
\nIf I could we could just read
\nthat First Peter chapter 2 Think<\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:22,700 –> 00:23:27,800
\nabout how we can chosen by God,
\nit says but you are a chosen <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:28,400 –> 00:23:35,000
\ngeneration, a royal priesthood,
\na holy nation, his own special <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:35,200 –> 00:23:39,000
\npeople that you may proclaim the
\nPraises of him who called you <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:39,000 –> 00:23:41,500
\nout of Darkness Into His
\nMarvelous Light. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:42,100 –> 00:23:47,100
\nWho once were not a people but
\nare now the people of God who <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:47,100 –> 00:23:50,300
\nhad not obtained Mercy, but now
\nhave obtained Mercy. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:50,700 –> 00:23:52,300
\nAwesome.
\nHope we have. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:54,700 –> 00:23:57,400
\nHere, we’ve been called to be
\nseparate to have an act of <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:57,400 –> 00:24:00,800
\nconscience, and yes, there are
\nresponsibilities, but it gives <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:00,800 –> 00:24:03,700
\nus a purpose to this life and it
\ngives us a purpose. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:03,700 –> 00:24:07,100
\nBe honest.
\nLike and we can have all that or<\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:07,100 –> 00:24:13,700
\nwe can be like every other man.
\nSamson thought he was freeing <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:13,700 –> 00:24:18,600
\nhimself, he thought he was going
\nto be free, but look at what <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:18,600 –> 00:24:22,600
\nhappened and go back in and
\nverse 21. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:24,300 –> 00:24:30,500
\nI’m just 16.
\nAnd this is so true. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:30,500 –> 00:24:32,900
\nThis is the freedom of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:32,900 –> 00:24:37,700
\nIf we choose to be like every
\nother man, here’s what we get. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:37,700 –> 00:24:41,500
\nKey becomes verse 21.
\nIt says the Philistines took <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:41,500 –> 00:24:45,100
\nthem and put out his eyes.
\nYes. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:45,100 –> 00:24:49,500
\nThe first thing we become blind.
\nThe people in this world are <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:49,500 –> 00:24:53,000
\nblind, they have no vision,
\nthey’re groping through life, <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:53,000 –> 00:24:57,900
\nday to day with no hope.
\nWhat else happens? <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:58,500 –> 00:25:01,200
\nThey took them put out his eyes
\nand brought them down to gas <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:01,200 –> 00:25:05,300
\nthat they bound him with bronze,
\nfeathers, he becomes a slave, he<\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:05,300 –> 00:25:10,200
\nthought he was getting Freedom.
\nHe became a slave and people are<\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:10,200 –> 00:25:14,400
\nslaves to sin, and they don’t
\neven know it, he became destined<\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:14,400 –> 00:25:19,000
\nto death.
\nAnd what was, what was his job. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:19,000 –> 00:25:22,300
\nNow, they bound him with bronze
\nFetters, and he became a grinder<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:22,300 –> 00:25:24,500
\nin the prisons.
\nAnd I’ve seen pictures where, <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:24,800 –> 00:25:28,900
\nyou know, he’s pushing this this
\nMillstone, he’s pushing this bar<\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:28,900 –> 00:25:34,200
\naround and around and around,
\nand isn’t that life without a <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:34,208 –> 00:25:38,800
\nhope.
\nWe just go around and around and<\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:38,800 –> 00:25:43,200
\naround in circles until we die.
\nThat’s what he chose and that’s <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:44,200 –> 00:25:47,300
\nthe only other choice.
\nOther than the blessings of God <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:47,800 –> 00:25:52,900
\nis a life of slavery of
\nblindness going around and <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:52,900 –> 00:25:57,400
\naround in circles until we die.
\nThat’s what being like any other<\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:57,400 –> 00:26:01,900
\nman will ultimately get you.
\nWhy would we ever choose that <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:01,900 –> 00:26:06,200
\nover the gift of God?
\nlet’s just go to a couple <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:06,200 –> 00:26:10,900
\npassages just to remind us of
\nwhat we’ve been chosen to be a <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:10,900 –> 00:26:21,200
\npart of we go to Ephesians,
\nplease Ephesians chapter 1, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:24,500 –> 00:26:35,500
\nVerses 3 through 6, it says
\nblessed be the God and father of<\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:35,500 –> 00:26:37,800
\nour Lord.
\nJesus Christ who has blessed us <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:37,800 –> 00:26:42,000
\nwith every spiritual blessing.
\nIn the Heavenly places in Christ<\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:42,600 –> 00:26:45,900
\njust as he chose us in him
\nbefore the foundation of the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:45,900 –> 00:26:49,500
\nworld that we should be holy.
\nAnd Without Blame before him in <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:49,500 –> 00:26:54,700
\nlove having predestined us to
\nadoption. action as Sons by <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:54,700 –> 00:26:58,300
\nJesus Christ to himself,
\naccording to the good pleasure <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:58,300 –> 00:27:03,100
\nof his will, to the praise of
\nthe glory of his grace by which <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:03,100 –> 00:27:11,600
\nhe made us accepted in the
\nBeloved, In 2:1 of Ephesians and<\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:11,600 –> 00:27:17,900
\nyou, he made alive who were dead
\nin trespasses and sins and then <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:17,900 –> 00:27:21,900
\njust look at verses four through
\nfive, but God who is rich in <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:21,900 –> 00:27:25,800
\nMercy because of his great love
\nwith which he loved us. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:27,100 –> 00:27:30,500
\nAnd even when we were dead in
\ntrespasses made us alive <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:30,500 –> 00:27:34,800
\ntogether, with Christ by Grace,
\nyou have been saved. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:36,200 –> 00:27:39,700
\nThink about those blessings
\nadoption as Sons heirs to the <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:39,700 –> 00:27:43,800
\nkingdom of God.
\nThe choice should be so clear <\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:44,500 –> 00:27:49,000
\nand it’s ironic that when Samson
\nwas strong and he had his sight,<\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:49,200 –> 00:27:53,800
\nhe couldn’t see the truth.
\nAnd yet when he was blinded and <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:58,700
\nwhen he was weak, he was finally
\nable to see the value of what he<\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:58,700 –> 00:28:03,200
\nhad been given.
\nThere are many, many people who <\/p>\n

396
\n00:28:03,200 –> 00:28:07,600
\nhave chosen, the path that
\nSamson was choosing and I don’t <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:07,600 –> 00:28:11,100
\nwant to say that Samson won’t be
\nin the Kingdom that end of his <\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:11,100 –> 00:28:16,900
\nlife when he turned to, God may
\nspeak very loudly. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:28:18,400 –> 00:28:21,700
\nBut there are people that choose
\nto walk away from the promises <\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:21,700 –> 00:28:26,500
\nof God and become like every
\nother man, there are way too <\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:26,500 –> 00:28:30,700
\nmany people, right at the Finish
\nLine, who are so distracted by <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:30,700 –> 00:28:34,300
\nthe temporary that they’re
\nlosing sight of the Eternal. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:35,700 –> 00:28:40,100
\nSo may, we never choose to be
\nlike every other man. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:41,100 –> 00:28:44,700
\nAnd as we turn our attention to
\nthe bread and the wine to the <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:44,708 –> 00:28:50,000
\nson of man who from a very early
\nage, knew that he was to be <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:50,000 –> 00:28:55,200
\nabout his father’s business.
\nIt was a calling that would have<\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:55,200 –> 00:28:59,300
\na tremendous cost, he would go
\nthrough tremendous suffering, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:29:00,800 –> 00:29:03,300
\nand he would have tremendous
\nTemptations, but he never <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:03,300 –> 00:29:07,100
\nwavered.
\nAnd yet he for the joy that was <\/p>\n

410
\n00:29:07,100 –> 00:29:10,700
\nset before him.
\nEndured the cross despising, the<\/p>\n

411
\n00:29:10,700 –> 00:29:14,900
\nshame and has sat down at the
\nright hand of the Throne of God.<\/p>\n

412
\n00:29:15,200 –> 00:29:18,400
\nSo as you partake of the bread
\nand the wine, you know, I <\/p>\n

413
\n00:29:18,408 –> 00:29:20,800
\nappreciate that.
\nWe’ve been called that we’ve <\/p>\n

414
\n00:29:20,800 –> 00:29:25,300
\nbeen separated that we have this
\nhope in these blessings that <\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:25,300 –> 00:29:29,900
\nwe’ve been called to be by our
\nGod to be a part of his family. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:30,400 –> 00:29:41,400
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