And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, Remember me. Judges 16:28 In suffering and humiliation, a sport for the Philistines, Samson learned more of his own weakness than he had ever known before; and his afflictions
This is the Secret
And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. Judges 16:20. Day by day Delilah urged him, until “his soul was vexed unto death;” yet a subtle power kept him by her side. Overcome at last, Samson made
What’s the Secret?
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth. Judges 16:6. The Israelites made Samson judge, and he ruled Israel for twenty years. But one wrong step prepares the way for another…. He continued
Mighty Weakling
He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:5. God’s promise that through Samson He would “begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines” was fulfilled; but how dark and terrible
Betrayed Into Error
And Gideon made an ephod … which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. Judges 8:27. The people of Israel, in their gratitude at deliverance from the Midianites, proposed to Gideon that he should become their king,
Too Many Soldiers
And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. Judges 7:2. It
Haven’t I Sent You?
And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might … : have not I sent thee? Judges 6:14. To Gideon came the divine call to deliver his people. He was engaged at the time in threshing