SAMSON: A SINFUL SAVIOR
Judges 14
We Need A Better Savior – Part 12
OUR APPROACH TO RIGHT & WRONG MUST BE …
Guided By God’s Definition OF SIN
v. 3 “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.” (esv)
Judges 21.25 “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (esv)
Judges 13.1 “… the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD …” (niv)
Proverbs 14.12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” (esv)
Encouraged By God’s Supremacy OVER SIN
v. 4 “His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD …” (esv)
Genesis 50.20 “… you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good …” (esv)
Motivated By God’s Warning ABOUT SIN
Proverbs 25.28 “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” (esv)
v. 6 “… the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces …” (esv)
Grateful For God’s Provision FOR SIN
1 Peter 2.21–22 “… to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.” (esv)