Judges 14

Right in Our Eyes - Wrong in God’s

vv. 1-3

“He saw one of the daughters of the Philistines”

Get her for me to wife

Forsaking wise counsel

“She is right in my eyes”

Against God’s Will, part of God’s plan.

vss.Judges 14:4-5 Show us that God had a clear purpose in this.

See also Hebrews 11:32-33

Killing a Lion

A sign of God’s strength . . . not necessarily anything wrong with this.

Breaking the Vow

vv.5-9b

Tricking Parents

v. 9

Making a Game out of Disobedience

Judges 14:10-14

Unfaithful Ungodly Wife

Judges 14:15-18

A life of anger

Calls his wife a cow.

(Based on the results that he brought upon himself in “his own strength”)

But noticed that God used his physical strength to begin eliminating the Philistines, the oppressors of Israel.

Samson was out for Himself. But God was using this for the preservation of Israel.

Notice the text never says “Samson did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.” So far as Samson goes, he was doing what he wanted. And yet God was still at work despite his ungodliness.