Was Samson Foolish?
If Samson was around today and we asked him if he was foolish for repeating his mistakes, I am almost certain that his reply would be NO! He would say that he was human and none of us are perfect. He may also recommend asking God to help us when temptations come our way. I am not convinced that this is a good answer (Judges 14,15 & 16).
The sad truth is that human beings are weak and are not wise enough to learn from the mistakes of others. Most of us think we are better and smarter than those who have lived before us. In the case of young people, they think are much wiser than their antiquated parents. That is exactly what happened with Samson. His Godly parents advised him on two occasions to get married to a godly girl; but he did not adhere to their counsel and chose to stay with the heathen girls, “because they made him feel good”(Jud 14:3).
Before it sounds sexist, I know there are at least two-dozen women in the Bible that God has used in His service and for His Glory. No one can doubt that Ruth, Sarah, Rachael, Deborah, the Samaritan woman, Mary the mother of Jesus, Pricilla, and Rehab were all used in God’s service. But beginning with Adam we learn that the devil has used women to bring a man down, when everything else seemed to fail. It was no different in the case of Samson; in his case it took three women to get him destroyed. Also, David and Solomon were no exception to this devilish temptation. Remember how Job’s wife gave him the advice of cursing God and die. Thank God he did not listen to her. I am grateful to God for his design and for his plan in creating women, and for the strong desire He has so wisely placed in each gender for the other. We would have no children if there were no physical attraction between the two genders. That is not the problem.
I know the Bible says to honor our father and our mother (when they are godly) and Samson’s life would have been without limits for success if he listened to his parents. Samson was a Nazerite, chosen for God’s work. He was full of the Holy Spirit, and able to defeat a whole nation by himself; but he fell in love with the wrong person. This has to be the best example for young people to learn from and not repeat Samson’s mistakes.
It is almost ludicrous when a man marries a woman as a seventh husband and thinks that his marriage is going to last forever; but it is happening with movie stars. When I heard of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elizabeth Taylor, and others like them that were getting married for the seventh time, I knew the union would not last longer than the previous ones. It does not take a major scientist to figure out that if two marriages don’t work out, it is time to just go steady, and spare the children further agonies and complications.
I never quit counseling men to marry Godly women, women who love the Lord and live by the Bible. I tell them there is no way to have a happy life together without God being the center of their lives. The man leads, and the woman follows. This is the Scripture’s instruction. I will continue to discuss this in the future posts, Lord willing. Thank Christ for designing life as it is.
The sad truth is that human beings are weak and are not wise enough to learn from the mistakes of others. Most of us think we are better and smarter than those who have lived before us. In the case of young people, they think are much wiser than their antiquated parents. That is exactly what happened with Samson. His Godly parents advised him on two occasions to get married to a godly girl; but he did not adhere to their counsel and chose to stay with the heathen girls, “because they made him feel good”(Jud 14:3).
Before it sounds sexist, I know there are at least two-dozen women in the Bible that God has used in His service and for His Glory. No one can doubt that Ruth, Sarah, Rachael, Deborah, the Samaritan woman, Mary the mother of Jesus, Pricilla, and Rehab were all used in God’s service. But beginning with Adam we learn that the devil has used women to bring a man down, when everything else seemed to fail. It was no different in the case of Samson; in his case it took three women to get him destroyed. Also, David and Solomon were no exception to this devilish temptation. Remember how Job’s wife gave him the advice of cursing God and die. Thank God he did not listen to her. I am grateful to God for his design and for his plan in creating women, and for the strong desire He has so wisely placed in each gender for the other. We would have no children if there were no physical attraction between the two genders. That is not the problem.
I know the Bible says to honor our father and our mother (when they are godly) and Samson’s life would have been without limits for success if he listened to his parents. Samson was a Nazerite, chosen for God’s work. He was full of the Holy Spirit, and able to defeat a whole nation by himself; but he fell in love with the wrong person. This has to be the best example for young people to learn from and not repeat Samson’s mistakes.
It is almost ludicrous when a man marries a woman as a seventh husband and thinks that his marriage is going to last forever; but it is happening with movie stars. When I heard of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elizabeth Taylor, and others like them that were getting married for the seventh time, I knew the union would not last longer than the previous ones. It does not take a major scientist to figure out that if two marriages don’t work out, it is time to just go steady, and spare the children further agonies and complications.
I never quit counseling men to marry Godly women, women who love the Lord and live by the Bible. I tell them there is no way to have a happy life together without God being the center of their lives. The man leads, and the woman follows. This is the Scripture’s instruction. I will continue to discuss this in the future posts, Lord willing. Thank Christ for designing life as it is.
posted by Rev. Alfred Batarse, PhD. | 10:50 AM
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