Peter Barnes | Judges 14
SERMON NOTES
WHEN I AM STRONG, THEN I AM WEAK
(Judges 14)
– reverse of 2 Cor.12:10
1. God’s overruling for good does not take away our responsibility for sin.
– 14:1-4; Andrew Fausset and Leon Wood both say that Samson understood, but that seems unlikely
– Samson acts contrary to Deut.7:1-4
– Gen.50:20; Acts 15:36-41
2. God remains sovereign over our evil.
– 14:5-20; Samson exhibits little self-discipline (Prov.16:32); William Wilberforce called it ‘vivacity’ in his own early life.
– Spirit in verses 6 and 19
3. Recognising a failure is not the same as growing in grace.
– 14:18; repeated with Delilah in chapter 16
– this is not the same as repentance.