YOU SAID HE'S JUST A FRIEND
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Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I’m going into my wife’s room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn’t let him in.
“I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”
Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.” Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails. Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistines. He burned all their grain to the ground, including the sheaves and the uncut grain. He also destroyed their vineyards and olive groves.
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.
“Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson’s wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.
“Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!”
I Needed A Theme Song For This Message
Lets Pray
I want to explore the behavior of Samson from a mans Point Of View… So single, married & divorced ladies just sit back and observe.
Brother’s That are single, married or divorced i need you to find yourself in this exploration…
Samson was a visual dude, and knew what he liked
One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.”
His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”
Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her.
Samson Struggle was he wasn’t a good judge of character.
The chicks he choose would always sell him out.
Samson’s anger & He-motions where his weakness...
2 .) Sampson was the type of Dude that didn’t to take responsibility for his actions..
Which introduces us to this text.. but first let me point out a few things..
As a Man Samson didn’t have healthy relationships with Other men.
Brothers how many saved men friends do you have?
From that list how many can you call on at any time of the day for them to pray for you or encourage you..
How many saved friends can correct you?
The Lack of SAVED male companions is one of the greatest struggles many of my spiritual sons have today..
And when you have gotten accustom to holding purses at the mall , entertaining your wives friends and female family at home and never having an outlet for you… Sooner or later meltdown…
As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
You need saved friends, I can discern the ignent spirit.. Im not talking bout craig, Bee-dub, ray-ray and deem.. Not the dudes you smoked weed and chased tale with..
I’m talking about a brother he knows scripture better than you do in this season of your life, a brother who can pull you out of poverty thinking, a brother that’s strong enough to cover you in prayer.. And he has the courage to tell you, what your doing is stupid, grow up before your wife leaves you etc.
(Tell them what Chris Rock Said)
See Every Relationship he had with men was confrontational.
Confrontation: a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties.
Confrontation: a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties.
So who are you in Confrontations the most?
your girlfriend?
your boys?
Your Kids?
Is it your parents?
It’s probably the one who reminds you the most that your not living up to your fullest potential..
That could be why he choose the type of women he did, he was attracted to enemies & harlots.. (but he didn’t fell threatened)
What type of women are you attracted to?
The shut up and do what ever I tell you female
The female that you rescue like a stray cat.. She didn’t have anything when she meet you.
The smart, Independant sister that was doing very well without you and if you leave today nothing will change.
The Sister thats looking to rescue you, the stray dog, You didn’t have $50.00 in your savings account when you meet her and still don’t.. And you see her as your meal ticket.. So you tolerate the public insults & abuse because she has replaced your mother as the authority figure in your life…
The sister that has similar dreams and goals as you and is willing to put in the work to make the dream a reality With hard work But refuses to be taken advantage of..
But when it came to Men on the other hand he always had to show them how smart and slick he was with riddles & stuff.
Is it hard for you to connect with saved men? Is it because your trying to hard?
3.) This is major so if you miss this you missed everything.
When the bride’s parents saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.
Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give you thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing. But if you can’t solve it, then you must give me thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.”
“All right,” they agreed, “let’s hear your riddle.”
So he said:
“Out of the one who eats came something to eat;
out of the strong came something sweet.”
Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.
Judges 14.11
Judges 14:15
On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle for us, or we will burn down your father’s house with you in it. Did you invite us to this party just to make us poor?”
So Samson’s wife came to him in tears and said, “You don’t love me; you hate me! You have given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.”
“I haven’t even given the answer to my father or mother,” he replied. “Why should I tell you?” So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.
Judges 14:18
So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”
Samson replied, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle!”
Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother. So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson’s best man at the wedding.
Samson who nick name should be the riddler, want’s to challenge all 30 of the companions of the wedding party.
They companions pull his wife in on it, and now his girl is conspiring with his companions (that’s never good for a guy)
(are you with me?)
Sampson is attracted to a certain type, She Nags him 2 death and even though he hasn’t told any one he tell’s her, who in returns tells the 30 men..
So when he recognize’s she gave him up and Samson in his fury take kills 30 men & takes their clothes and give’s it to the ones he lost the bet with… But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
So he was moving so fast & furious he left his sellout wife for dead and went back home to his parents house.
( he really sounds like a babies daddy)
( he realy sounds like a babies daddy)
If i had time i would talk about the symptoms of a babies daddy..
Dude has been gone for a season and he jumps up and decides to go see his wifey…
So who’s responsibility is it to teach young men & young boys that you can’t up and leave a relationship no call ,no show, no email, no insta, no alimony Annnnnd you just can’t show up 3 years later like its been 3 hours and expect folks to be glad your back.. Samson please..
Judges 15:1
Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I’m going into my wife’s room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn’t let him in.
“I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”
Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.”
Pops Is like I just assumed you hated her, after what she did and how you left..
Certain behavior would qualify as hatred and not love.. ( when we shut down and don’t communicate.). We physically haven’t left but mentally where gone..
Sampson said this time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to the Philistines.......
Irresponsible People don’t care how their decisions effect other people..
I mean Come on A grown Man who is the judge of Isreal but lives with his parents..
Be careful with friends, family & potential husbands or wives who’s emotions are the driving force to the decisions they make… danga
ALL Eyes On Me.. (give you the tools to destroy your self)
Samson’s was unable to recognize the tools, yet God was always there waiting..
Samson’s life was
He Lost His hair, he lost his Eyes, his self respect… And Yet the bible says he began to grow his hair back…
Anybody in hear besides me was their own enemy.. I mean self destructive, not caring.. Had the tools on your hand and was doing very well and destroying everything and anything you loved
Yet God still calling my name..
Somebodies hair is growing back,
Grace