TEXT: Judges 14:1-3
And
Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the
Philistines. And he came up, and told his father 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 his mother said
unto him, Is there never a
woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou
goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his
father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
The path to the fall of Samson was not
just a straightforward path as it seems. It was a path of several slips which can also affect
anyone who is not careful
Such may include, slips of the feet, slips
of the eyes, slips of our thoughts, slips of the tongue and over spirituality
to mention the least
It is the bad habit that we innocently do
that turns into ready tools in the devil’s hand.
SLIP
1: EASY ATTRACTION TO THE OPPOSITE SEX.
Judges
14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and
saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines
When you find yourself in a new location,
what catches your attention first is a function of who you are.
For Samson it was the women.
This was a quiet weakness which he
overlooked in his growing years that became a platform for the devil to
orchestrate his downfall.
Judges 16:1 (Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto
her)
SLIP
2: ALWAYS IN A HASTE
Judges
14:2 And he came up, and told his father
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.
When you notice you are always in a haste
in taking crucial decisions such as a career choice, frequent changing of jobs,
employment, ministry or any other step in life, then know that you are already
leaving the lifestyle of Samson
Brother Samson was a “Now! Now!!” Person
Judges 14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or
among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised
Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth
me well.
SLIP
3: DESIRE FOR SELF-PLEASURE
Judges
14:3 Then his father and his mother said
unto him, Is there never a
woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou
goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his
father; Get her for me, for she pleaseth me well.
When a man does not set as priority things
that pleases God but goes after what is right in his own eyes, he is on his way
to destruction.
It is wrong to conclude that what pleases
you must please God and that the desires of your heart will be acceptable in
God sight.
2nd
Tim 2:3-4 Thou
therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that
warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier.
SLIP 4: SLIP OF DESPISING GODLY COUNSEL
Judges
14:6-9 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. And he went down, and
talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. And after a time he returned to take her, and
he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey
in the carcass of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on
eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat:
but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the
lion.
Ever since his parents argued against his
marrying an ‘uncircumcised Philistine’, he stopped telling them things.
When a man is about to veer off into the
bush, the devil makes him to cut away from fathers and elders in the faith who
can call him to order.
SLIP
5: EVIDENCE OF THE POWER OF THE ANOINTING IN YOUR BACKSLIDING STAGE
The Bible says ‘The gift and the calling is without repentance’
II
Tim 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of
God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And,
Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
The manifestation of a spiritual gift is
not a divine authentication of a good behaviour
This means that God’s gifts are gifts;
they are not worked for but are imparted upon a man by the mercies of God.
Not because of the holiness of any man
PASTOR LANRE AREOLA
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