RUNNING ON RESERVE (JUD 16:15-31)
**We can be strong and go on it for a while**
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1> SAMSON STARTED OUT FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
JDG 13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
JDG 13:25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
JDG 14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
JDG 14:6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
JDG 15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
2. BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SAMSON
1. Disobedence...(Dead lion carcase)
JDG 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
2. Samson kept going back to the Philistines.
** This world of sin will bring us down** We start to Run on Reserve.
3. Kept going farther from God..
JDG 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
JDG 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
4. Became a sleeper. (didnt see danger)
**Running on Reserve--Thought he was alright**
JDG 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
JDG 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
5. The Lord had Departed from him... (v.16)
6. He finally returned to the Lord.. (v.28)