Samson A Living Epistle 
of Jesus Christ
Apostle Paul wrote, 

 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to 

be the  epistle of Christ ministered by us, 

written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the

living God; not in tables of stone,

 but in fleshy tables of the heart. 

( 2Corinthians 3:3) 

You show that you are a letter of the living 

Lord God ,

 written not with ink but with the

 Spirit of the living God, not on tablets

of stone but on tablets of human heart.

Clearly you are a letter from  Christ .

 The letter is written not with pen and ink ,

 but with the Holy Spirit.

It is carved not in tablets of stone,

 but in human heart.

You  show that you are a letter from

 the Lord Jesus Christ,

written not with  computers but with the Holy Spirit 

of the living God , not in computer tablets

 but in tablets of human heart.

You are demonstrating that you are the

 Messiah’s epistle ,

 written not with ink but with
 
the Spirit of the living 

God , not in tablets of stone , but in tablets

 of human heart.

It is clear that you are
 Christ’s epistle.

 You are a letter

written not with ink but with
 the Holy Spirit  .
 
You are a letter written not
 in tablets of stones

 but in human heart.

You are manifestly declared
 to be the epistle of Christ,

written not with ink ,
 but with the Spirit of

 the living of God, 
not in tablets of  stones

 but in fleshly tablets of
 the heart.

You are the living letter 
of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 Your hearts are the substance which 

God’s writing is made.

The Holy Spirit produces the love
 in your heart  and the mark of 
love becomes  the evident

 to the world.

 The Lord intended to rule the nation of Israel
 through righteous men, who made known God's will
 to His people.
 Moses was a faithful servant and was Israel's leader.
 Joshua was also a faithful servant of the Lord.
 Those people who succeeded them were leaders known
 as judges.
 But there were times when apparently no man could
 be found to act as a judge. And " every man did
 that was right in his own eyes"(Judges 21;25).
 The period of unfaithfulness was one of violence and
 unrest. Tribal jealousies, and oppression by the
 Canaanites weakened Israel . And idolatry sapped
 the spiritual strength of the people.
 But there were times when apparently no man could
 be found to act as a judge And every man did that
 was right in his own eyes ;¨ (Judges 21:25)
 The period of unfaithfulness was one of violence and
 unrest. Tribal jealousies , and the oppression by the
 Canaanites weakened Israel. And idolatry sapped the
 spiritual strength of the people.
 When the people forsook the Lord , disaster would strike
 them.
 When people would repent and call upon
 the Lord for mercy, the Lord would raise
 up a deliverer or judge.
 As long as the judge lived, there would
 be a period in which the people were faithful
 to the Lord. And there would be peace among 
 the people because they rested in the Lord.
 And the Lord would defeat their enemy and 
 give them rest.
 Then when the judge died , another generaion
 would arise and go into idolatry. And the whole
 cycle would start over again.
 Israel's survival depends on Israel's faith
 in the Lord.

THE BIRTH OF SAMSON
(Judges 13:1-25)

 And the children of Israel did evil again in the
 sight of the Lord. And the Lord delivered them into 
 the hands of the Philistines forty years.
 And there was a certain man of Zorah of the family
 of Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was
 barren, and bare not.
 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman,
 and said unto her,
 Behold now, you are barren, and bear not ; but you
 shall conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore , please,
 and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any
 unclean thing.
 For you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall
 come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazarite unto
 God from the womb. And he shall begin to deliver Israel
 out of the hand of the Philstines.
 Then the woman came and told her husband,
"A man of God came unto me , and his countenance was like
 the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible; but
 I asked him not whence he was, neither told me his name.
 But he said unto me ,
 " You shall conceive, and bear a son ; no drink nor wine,
 nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing; for the
 child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day
 of his death.
 Then Manoah prayed to the Lord,
 O my Lord, let the man of God which you did sent
 come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto
 the child that shall be born.
 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Manoah. God did
 what Manoah asked. And the angel of the Lord came again 
 unto the woman as she sat in the field; But her husband
 was not with her.
 And the woman made haste, and ran .She showed her husband,
 and said,
Behold , the man has appeared unto me, that came unto me
 the other day.
 And Manoah arose , and went after his wife. And he came to
 the man and said to the man ,
Are you the man that spoke to the woman ?
 The man said,
 I am
 And Manoah said,
 Let your words come to pass. How shall we order
 the child, and how shall we do unto him ?
 God will guide those people who desire to know their
 duty. God will teach those people who seek Him .
 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,
 Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
 She may not eat of any thing that comes of the vine, 
 neither let her drink wine or strong drink , nor eat 
 any unclean thing.All that I commanded her let her 
 observe.
 It is our duty to find out exactly what God wants us
 to do.
 When the words of the Lord come true, what myust the
 boy do? What kind of life must he lead ? Your wife must
 be sure to do everything that the Lord has told her.
 She must not eat anything that comes from the vine. 
 She must not drink wine, or beer, or any forbidden food.
 She must do everything that the Lord has told her.
 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,
 Please , let us detain you, until we shall have made
 ready a kid for you.
 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah,
 Though you detain me, I will not eat your bread; and  until the Lord.
 For Manoah knew not he was an angel of the Lord. And he 
 said , What is your name ,that when your sayings come
 true we may do you honour ?
 And the angel of the Lord said unto him,
 Why ask you thus aftermy name, seeing it is secret ?
 God in His wisdom has given full directions concerning our
 duty . These are the things that we should know. God 
 knows what is good for us and what is bad for us.
 There are secret things which belong not to us. We 
 must be content with what God wants us to know.The
 Lord makes Himself known as far as is needful for us.
 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering and offered it
 upon a rock unto the Lord. He offered the offerings to the
 rock altar to the Lord who works wonders.
 When the flames went up toward heaven from off the altar,
 the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar.
 And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their
 to the ground.
 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and
 to his wife.
 And Manoah knew he was angel of the Lord. Then Manoah said
 to his wife,
We shall surely die , because we have seen God.
 But his wife said to him,
If the Lord was pleased to kill us, He would not 
 have received a burnt-offering and a meat offering at
 our hands, neither would He have shown us all these 
 things, nor would as at this time have told us such 
 things as these.
 Without faith in Christ ,your services are offensive
 smoke. But in Christ , your service is acceptable 
 flame.
 When Christ sacrificed himself for us, he ascended
 in the flame of his own offering. God is satisfied
 with Christ's sacrifice. By his own blood , Christ
 entered into the Holy place. Christ has obtained eternal
 redemption for the believers.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his
 own blood Christ entered in once into the holy place, 
 having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Heb 3:12)
 Manoah had great fear . He thought they were going to
 die because they had seen the Lord.
 But his wife had great faith in the Lord. There is no fear
 in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear
 is torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.
 Manoah's wife love the Lord her God with all her heart,
 with all her soul, with all her mind, and with all her
 strength.And she knew that the Lord loves them.
 And she trusted in the Lord. She assured her husband not 
 to fear because the Lord loved them. If God wanted them to 
 perish, He would not have blessed them with His favour. If
 God wanted them to perish, He would not have done what He had
 done for them.
 If God wanted to forsake them,
He would not have manifested
 Himself to them.
 If the Lord were pleased to kill them, He would not have
 received a burnt-offering and a meat-offering at their hands.
 The acceptance of the sacrifice and the announcement of their
 baby was proof that God was please with Manoah and his wife.
 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson.
 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times
 in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
 The Lord gave His Spirit to Samson. Those folks are 
 blessed in whom the Spirit of the Lord begins to work
 in the days of their childhood.
 Samson drank no wine or strong drink. And the Lord blessed
 him with strength and courage. The Spirit of God was moving
 him. Samson was not filled with wine, but was filled with the
 Spirit of God.
 Samson was not remarkable in his physique. Samson's power was
 the result of his faith in his Lord.

SAMSON'S MARRIAGE FEAST
 (Judges 14:1-20)

 And Samson went Timnath, and saw a woman
 in Timanath of the daughters of the
 Philistines. And he came up , and told his
 and his mother , and said,
 I have seen a woman in Timnath of the
 daughters of the Philistines; Now therefore
 get her for me to wife.
 Then his father and mother said unto him,
 Is there never a woman of your brothers or among 
 all my people that you go to take a wife of the
 uncircumcised Philistines?
 And Samson said to his father,
 Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
 But his father and mother knew not that it was of the 
 Lord that he sought an occasion against the Philistines;
 for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
 Though Samson drank not wine nor strong drink, and ate no
 unclean food, he was carried with passion.
 Neither shall you make marriages with them. Your 
 daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his 
 daughter shall you take unto your son. For they will 
 turn away your son from following me, that they may serve
 other gods ; so will the anger of the Lord kindled against,
 and destroy you suddenly.(Deuteronomy 7:3-4)
 Samson's choice of a wife was only guided by his eyes. This
 great mistake brought much 
misery to him. As a Nazarite, he 
 was separated unto the Lord. He disobeyed the Lord, when he
 allow his heart to desire a woman who was an unbeliever.
 His parents were disturbed that their son should ask to marry
 a Philistine girl. And they tried to dissuade him from yoking 
 himself unequally with unbelievers.
 God has given man a free will. God does not force any one.
 we must come to him willingly by faith.
 God left Samson to follow after his own lust . Samson's 
 ungodly behavior brought misery to himself. The Lord knew 
 that through trials, temptations, failures, sorrow, and 
 victories , Samson would become the man that God wanted 
 him to be. 
And we know that all things work together for good to
 them that love God, to them who are the called according
 to His purpose.
 Many people make the mistake in thinking that great men of 
 God have extraordinary qualities of courage and physical 
 strength. The great people of God are not different from 
 ordinary people, except their faith in the Lord.
 All have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
 These great men have sinned,
 but they have repented from 
 their sins.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
 the truth is not in us. (1John 1:8)
 For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is 
 eternal life. (Romans 6:23)
 repent therefore , and be converted ,
 that your sins may be blotted out. (Acts 3:19)
 Jesus said,
 Except you repent , you shall perish.(Luke 13:3)
 Let us not judge Samson , because e are not any better than
 him.God judges our hearts. Every secret things in our hearts
 will be judged. The passion and desires of Samson's heart
 acted out openly.
 Jesus said,
You have heard that it was said by them of old time. You 
 shall not commit adultery . But I say unto you, that 
 whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed
 adultery with her already in his heart.(Matt 5:27-28)
 The act will follow when the opportunity occurs. The 
 examples of Samson was written down for us to warn us 
 not to sin as Samson had done.
 Then Samson , his father and mother went down to Timnath.
 And they came to the vineyards of Timnath; and behold, a
 young lion roared against Samson. And the Spirit of God
 came mightly upon Samson.
 And Samson tore the lion apain with his bare hands, as if 
 it was a young goat. But Samson told not his father or his
 mother what he had done.
 The source of Samson's physical strength was the Spirit of
 God who empowered Samson.The Lord had allowed Samson to
 know what he could do in the strength of the Spirit of God.
 And Samson went down, and talk to the Philistine 
 woman.And she pleased Samson's lust. And after a time
 he returned to take her. On the way he left the road to
 look at the lion that he had killed. He was surprised to 
 find a swarm of bees and some honey inside the dead body.
 And Samson took the honey in his hands, and went on eating.
 And he came to his father and his mother. Samson gave some
 honey to them. They did eat. But Samson told not them that
 he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.This
 is a violation of the Nazirite oath, which forbade the
 contact with a carcass .
 So his father went down unto the woman. And Samson made there
 a feast; for so used the young men to do. This was the
 custom among the young men. They had a wild party.
 And it came to pass , when the Philistines saw him that they
 brought thirty companions to be with him.
 And Samson said unto them,
 I will now put forth a riddle unto you. If you can
 certainly declare it to me within seven days of the feast,
 then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of
 garments.
 And they said to him,
Put forth your riddle so we may hear it.
 And he said to them,  Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the
 strong came forth sweetness.
 And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
 They could not solve the riddle.
 And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to
 Samson's wife,
Entice your husband, that he may declare unto us the
 riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire.
 Have you called us to take what we have ? Is it not so ?
 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said,
You do but hate me, and love me not. You have put forth
 a riddle unto the children of my people, and have not told
 it to me.
 And he said unto her,
 Behold, I have not told it to my father and mother ,and
 shall I tell it to you?
 And she wept before him the seven days while the feast
 lasted.
 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her,
 because she lay sore upon him.
 And she told the riddle to the children of her people.
 And the men of the city said unto Samson on the evening of
 the seventh day,
What sweeter than honey ? And what is stronger than a
 lion ?
 And Samson said unto them,
If you had not plowed with my cow, you had not found
 out my riddle.
 And the Spirit of God came 
upon Samson. And Samson went
 down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them . He took 
 their spoil and gave the change of garments unto them that
 expounded the riddle.
 Samson was furious about what had happened. When his anger
 was kindled, Samson went up to his father's house.
 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had
 used as his best man.
 His wife was given to the man who had been his man at
 the wedding.
 Worldly alliances are the
 results of the wiles of the
 devil. And it will always
 bring failure and frustration.
 Failure came upon Samson 
when he joined himself with the
 world.
 His betrothed wife deceived him .
 The philistines outwitted
 him>And he lost his wife.
 A worldly wife , or a worldly 
friend, is to a believer
 as a concealed enemy, who will seek every opportunity
 to betray him.

SAMSON'S TERRIBLE ACT

 It is so strange to find Samson classed with DAvid, Moses,
 Jacob, and Joseph .The deeds of Samson seem to be so savage.
 But Samson was classed as a man of 
faith along with Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, 
Enoch, and Gideon.(Hebrews 11:23)
 The Lord fulfills Himself in many ways.
 The Lord is watching and waiting in mercy for His people .
 The moment they cry out to Him, God will answer them
 immediately with deliverance.
 The Lord always finds the right person to do the right work
 according to His will.
 When the Lord wants apostles , He calls fishermen. He knows
 where to find them.
 Samson was a good natured person who was full of jokes He 
 was willing to forgive and forget. And he tried to come back
 to the woman who betrayed him.
 Some time later Samson went to visit his wife during the
 wheat harvest . He brought a gift of a young goat to be
 given to her.
 He said to her father,
I want to go to my wife's room.
 But her father would not let him inside the house.
 Her father said,
I thought that you had utterly hated her. Therefore
 I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister
 more beautiful than her? 
 Samson's wife was given to his companion. And the woman's
 father suggested that Samson should marry her sister.
 And Samson said concerning them,
Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines,
 though I do them a displeasure.
 Samson felt this time he was
 not going to be responsible
 for his actions against the Philistines.
 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes. He took
 firebrands, and turned tail to tail,
and put a firebrand
 in the midst between two tails.
 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go 
 into the standing corn of the Philistines. In this
 way he burnt the corn that had been harvested and the corn
 that was still in the fields and the olive orchards.
 Then the Philistines said,
Who has done this?
 And they answered,
Samson , the son in law of the Timnite.
 Samson was angry because the Timnite had taken his wife
 and given her to his companion.
He felt that the Philistines
 were responsible for his lost. 
 And the Philistines came up and burnt her and her father 
 with fire. The Philistines had threatened Samson's wife that
 they would burn her and her father's house. To save herself,
 she
 betrayed her husband. The thing she feared and tried
 to avoid, came upon her. She and her father along with their
 house were burnt with fire by the Philistines, her 
 countrymen.

THE JAWBONE

 Then the Philistines went up, 
and camped in Judah, and spread
 themselves in Lehl. And the men of Judah said,
Why are you came up against us ?
 And they answered,
 To bind Samson are we come up,
 to do to him as he has
 done to us.
 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of
 the rock Etam, and said to Samson,
 Know you not that the Philistines are rulers over us ?
 What is this that you have done unto us? 
 And he said,
As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
 And they said unto him,
We are come down to bind you , so that we may deliver
 you unto the hands of the Philistines.
 And Samson said unto them,
Swear unto me that you will not fall unto me 
 yourselves.
 And they spake unto him, saying,
No . But we will bind you fast, and deliver you unto 
 their hands. But surely we not kill you.
 And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him
 up from the rock.
 Sin dispirits men. Sin deceives men. The men of Judah
 blamed Samson for what he had done to the Philistines.
 Samson was fighting the enemies for them. They themselves
 should be fighting the enemies ,and not putting Samson down
 for his good works. Thus our Lord Jesus Christ did many good
 works. And because of these good works the religious people 
 were ready to stone him.
 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against
 Samson.
 The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon Samson, and the 
 cords that were upon his arms became as flax that burnt with
 fire. And the bands loosed from off his hands.
 And he found a new jawbone
 of an ass , and put forth his
 hand, and hook it, and
 slew a thousand Philistines.
 And Samson said,
With the jawbone of an ass,
 heaps upon heaps, with the
 jaw bone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
 Thus Christ triumphed over
 the evil powers of darkness that
 shouted against Him.
 The Lord uses the weak 
things to confound the things that
 are mighty. God uses the
 things that are not to bring to
 naught the things that are. A little thing such as a jawbone
 of an ass is sufficient to accomplish a great result.
 And Samson was very thirsty , and called on the Lord and said,
You have given this great deliverance into the hand of your
 servant. And now I shall die for thirst, and fall into the
 hand of the uncircumcised? 
 But God opened a hallow place in the ground there at Lehi.
 And the water came out of it.
 And Samson drank it and begun to feel much better. When he
 drunk, his Spirit came again, and he revived.
 Samson gloried too much in his own strength. The Lord knows
 how to put us in our places no matter how great we have
 become so that we will be humble before Him.
 It was in the height of his triumph that this great thirst
 came upon Samson. Even his strong arms could not save him.
 Samson was driven to ask the Lord to save him. The Lord
 often reminds us that our victories and success are God's
 good gifts.
 The children of Israel submitted to Samson whom they had
 betrayed.
 The Lord was with Samson . And Samson became the judge of
 the children of Israel. And he judged Israel in the days of
 the Philistines twenty years.

SAMSON AND DELILAH 

 And it came to pass afterward,
 that Samson lusted after
 a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
 And the lords of the Philistines came up yo her, and 
 said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies,
 and by what means we may
 prevail against him that we
 may bind him to afflict him.
 And we will give you everyone
 of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
 Samson, to his undoing, sought love outside the limits set
 by God. Samson once again
 fell for a worldly Philistine 
 woman.
 The Philistines wanted Delilah to trick Samson into telling
 her why he was so strong. They wanted to know the way to
 overpower him.
If you love Delilah, please tell Delilah what makes you so
 strong. Samson , if Delilah wants to lie you up and make you
 helpless, how can she do it ?  
 When the love to the pagans is not love. The pagans confused
 lust for love. Love seeks the welfare of others. Love is not
 selfish. Love is unselfish. 
Lust is selfish. Lust seeks to
 destroy.
 Delilah did not love. She was
 selfish. She sought money by
 betraying Samson.
 And Samson said unto her,
If they bind me with seven green bowstrings that were 
 never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
 So the Philistines brought Delilah seven bowstrings that were
 not dried out. And she tied Samson up. She had some men
 waiting in another room , so she shouted,
The Philistines be upon you, Samson.
 There were men waiting in another room. But Samson broke the
 ropes from his arms like thread.
 Delilah pretended to be hurt at Samson's failure to tell
 her the secret to his mighty power.
She told him that
 he was mocking her by telling
 her lies. She begged him to
 tell her how he could be bound.
 And he said unto her,
If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him,
The Philistines be upon you, Samson.
 And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin
 of the beam, and with the web.
 And she said unto him,
How can you say , I love you,when your heart is not with
 me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told
 me wherein your strength lies.
 And it came to pass , when she pressed him daily with her
 words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death:
 that he told her all his heart.
 And he said to her,
There has not come a rasor upon my heart; for I have been
 a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb. If I be shaven,
 then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak,
 and be like any other man.
 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart.And
 he said to her,
There has not come a razor upon
 my head; for I have been
 a Nazarite unto God from my
 mother's womb. If I be shaven ,
 then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak,
 and be like any other man.
 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she
 sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, sayings,
Come up this once, for he has showed me all his 
 heart.
 Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and
 brought money in their hands. And she made Samson sleep
 upon her knees .And she called for a man , and caused him to
 shave off the seven locks of his head. And Delilah began to
 afflict him, and his strength went from him.
 And she said,
The Philistines be upon you, Samson.
 And he awoke out of his sleep, and said,
 I will go out as at other times before, and shake
 myself.
 And he did not know that the Lord had left him.
 Many folks have failed to fill themself with the Holy Spirit
 regularly. They think that they can go out as at other
 times before with the strength of the Lord.But a surprise
 will be waiting for them. The Lord has left them because
 of their carelessness.
 Samson was playing with temptation. He was trying to play
 with Delilah until his soul was vexed to death. Delilah tried
 again and again to obtain Samson's secret until she finally
 made him yield his secret to her.
 The worldly woman's desires was to strip the Nazirte of his
 separation to God.The secret power in the believer's life
 was his separation to God. The badge of Samson's Nazirite
 separation was his locks of hair.
 When his locks of hair were shaved off , Samson's strength 
 departed.
 The Philistines took him , and put out his eyes, and brought
 him down to Gaza. They bound him with fetters of brass.
 Samson was chained with brass chains. And they made him work
 hard . He did grind in the prison house.

THE DEATH OF SAMSON
 (JUDGES 16:23-31)
 
But the Philistines took Samson , and put out his eyes. They
 brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with brass chains.
 And he did grind in the prison house. And his hair began to
 grow again after he was shaven.
 The Lord is seen in this book of Judges as warlike God going
 forward to battle not for killing human beings, for the Lord
 loves man. But the Lord is going forward against sin.
 God was not merely clearing the Philistines out of the
 Promised land in order to find a place for the children of
 Israel. God is clearing the sin out of the land.
 The Lord clearly warned the children of Israel that if
 they turned to the sins of the wicked people they had cast
 out, they in their turn should be cast out.
 The Lord is a terrible enemy of sin, refusing to make truce
 with it.
 The purpose of the Lord is righteousness. His methods are
 righteous. The Lord is fighting in fury against sin, in the
 interest of man , so that man should not perish but have
 life.
 In casting out and destroying the wicked Philistines,
 the Lord was waging war against the evil spirits who were
 ruling these pagan nations.
 The Lord is not fighting with flesh and blood . The Lord is
 fighting against the evil spirits who are ruling the world.
Put on the whole amor of God, that you may be able to
 stand against the wiles of the devil.
 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
 principalities, against powers , against the rulers of the
 darkness of this wordld, against spiritual wickedness in
 high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of
 God, that you may withstand in the evil day, and having
 done all, stand. Stand therefore having your loins girt
 with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness
 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
 peace; Above all , taking the shield of faith, wherewith you
 shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
 Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:11-17)
 The strength that Samson lost by sin, he recovered by prayer.
 The Lord had prepared Samson for war against sin.
 The Lord gave the armor of God to protect him.
 The sword of the Spirit is the word of God.
 Samson meditated God's word night and night while he
 was in prison.
 Samson acknowledged his sin. And he repented from his
 sin. And he believed that the Lord is his Saviour. And he
 accepted the Lord as his Saviour.
 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves 
 together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagan their
 god ; and to rejoice; for they said,
 Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands
 They thought that their idol Dagan had delievered Samson
 into their hands. They didn't realized that God placed Samson
 into their hands to destroy them.
 When the wicked people saw Samson . they began to praise
 their idol Dagan; for they said,
 Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the
 destroyer of our country, which slew many of us
 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry,
 that they said,
 Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
 And they called for Samson out of the prison house;
 and he made the sport. They made fun of Samson.
 And they set him between pillars.
 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand,
 Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the 
 house stands, that I may lean upon them.
 Now the building was full of men and women; and all the
 lords of the Philistines were there;
 and there were upon the
 roof about three thousand 
men and women, that beheld
 while Samson made sport.
 The Philistines were trying to mock the Lord. They were
 saying that the idol Dagan had delivered God's man ,Samson,
 into their hand.
 The Philistines were making fun of Samson a man who was
 dedicated to the Lord.
 And Samson called unto the Lord,
Lord God, remember me, I pray to you, and strengthen me,
 I pray to you, only this once, O God, that I may avenged the
 Philistines for my two eyes.
 Samson had lost the eyes of his faith when he sinned against
 the Lord. Samson felt that he had to prove to the world that
 he had faith in the Lord. The most important truth was to
 show that the Lord had received him.
 It was a spiritual battle in high places. The Philistines
 had their champion, the idol Dagan.
 Samson trusted in the Lord to fight for him.
 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which
 the house of the Philistines stood, and on which it borne
 up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with
 his left hand
 And Samson said,  Let me die with the Philistines.
 And he bowed himself with all his might;
 and the house fell upon the lords of the Philistines,
 and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which
 he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in
 his life.
 Then his brethren and all the members of his father's
 family came down , and took him, and brought him up, and
 buried him between Zorah and Esthaol in the burying place
 of Manoah his father.
 Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.
 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
 of things not seen. For by faith the elders obtained a good
 report.(Hebrews11:1-2)
It was by faith that Samson won God's approval.
 But without faith it is impossible to see God ; for he that
 comes to God must believe that God is, and that He is the
 rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
 And shall I more say ? for the time would fail me to tell
 of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah;
 of David also and Samuel, and of the prophets; who through
 faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtain
 promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence's
 of fire...
 (Hebrews 11)