This document summarizes the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. It describes how Delilah seduced Samson and tricked him into revealing the secret of his strength by having his hair cut. Without his hair, which symbolized his Nazarite vow, Samson lost his strength. The Philistines captured him and brought him to a celebration, where Samson prayed to God for strength one last time. He pushed the pillars supporting the building, causing it to collapse and killing himself and many Philistines. The document reflects on lessons from Samson's life, including the importance of wholly dedicating oneself to God.
In biblical times God stepped into a person's life and changed a family, a person and even nations. Is it still true today? Does God still step into the lives of people to change a nation? What does it mean to "be strong in the Lord?" When was Samson “strong in the Lord” and when was he not? Explain what made the difference. (Psa. 62:11, 12; Eph. 6:10-18) How did keeping the Nazarite vow contribute to Samson’s physical strength? What vows have you made to God? How have they changed your life and made you strong? Identify some of Samson’s presumptions which contributed to his demise. How are these same presumptions evidenced in churches and church leaders today? What did you learn from Samson's life?
DO LOVE WALK?
TEXT: MIC 6:8
INTRO: MIC 6:3-4
MIC 6:3
This is not an invitation to disrespect. This is a legal proceeding.
MIC 6:4
God made himself known to Israel in ways the patriarchs had never seen.
The cloud by day and fire by night gave evidence of God’s power and determination to guide his people to the promised land.
In our passage, these miracles in the celestials are not part of God’s petition.
I. “DO” – BODY, MIRIAM- EX 15:20-21
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY…
Gen 18:19
Prov 21:3
Hos 6:6
Luke 11:42
Titus 2:11-12
II. “LOVE” – SOUL, AARON- NUM 12:11-12
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY,
Isa 57:1
Matt 5:7
Col 3:12
III. “WALK” – SPIRIT, MOSES- NUM 12:3-4
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD?
Isa 57:15
Isa 66:2
Matt 11:29
2Thess 2:5-7
1Pet 5:5-6
CONCLUSION
MIC 6:8
In biblical times God stepped into a person's life and changed a family, a person and even nations. Is it still true today? Does God still step into the lives of people to change a nation? What does it mean to "be strong in the Lord?" When was Samson “strong in the Lord” and when was he not? Explain what made the difference. (Psa. 62:11, 12; Eph. 6:10-18) How did keeping the Nazarite vow contribute to Samson’s physical strength? What vows have you made to God? How have they changed your life and made you strong? Identify some of Samson’s presumptions which contributed to his demise. How are these same presumptions evidenced in churches and church leaders today? What did you learn from Samson's life?
DO LOVE WALK?
TEXT: MIC 6:8
INTRO: MIC 6:3-4
MIC 6:3
This is not an invitation to disrespect. This is a legal proceeding.
MIC 6:4
God made himself known to Israel in ways the patriarchs had never seen.
The cloud by day and fire by night gave evidence of God’s power and determination to guide his people to the promised land.
In our passage, these miracles in the celestials are not part of God’s petition.
I. “DO” – BODY, MIRIAM- EX 15:20-21
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY…
Gen 18:19
Prov 21:3
Hos 6:6
Luke 11:42
Titus 2:11-12
II. “LOVE” – SOUL, AARON- NUM 12:11-12
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY,
Isa 57:1
Matt 5:7
Col 3:12
III. “WALK” – SPIRIT, MOSES- NUM 12:3-4
…WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE, BUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH THY GOD?
Isa 57:15
Isa 66:2
Matt 11:29
2Thess 2:5-7
1Pet 5:5-6
CONCLUSION
MIC 6:8
BEING Denied CITIZENSHIP of HIS KINGDOM
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates ,Larry Ellison, Mark ,Steve Zuckerberg ,Ballmer Larry Page ,Sergey Brin , Jack Ma ,Ma Hua Tang, Mackenzie Bezos ,Michael Dell ,William Lei Ding, Colin Zheng Huang, Laurene Powell Jobs, Zhang Yiming ,and many more…..
we honestly can't think of anything it wouldn't buy.
REALLY!
THE RACE OF OUR LIVES
TEXT: PROV 28:1
WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH:
I. THE RACE OF HASTE
HIS FLESH RUN WITH HIS ISSUE,
THEIR FEET RUN TO EVIL,
FEET RUN TO EVIL,
II. THE RACE OF VAIN GLORY
I WILL RUN AFTER HIM, AND TAKE SOMEWHAT
III. THE WELFARE RACE
RUN TO THE CAMP TO THY BRETHREN;
EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO
IV. A ONE-MAN RACE
THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT,
SO RUN, THAT YE MAY OBTAIN.
V. THE QUALIFYING RACE
BUT I KEEP UNDER MY BODY,
I WILL RUN THE WAY OF THY COMMANDMENTS,
AND LARGENESS OF HEART,
VI. AN ENDURANCE RACE
THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US,
THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY;
VII. THE RACE REGULATOR
A STRONG MAN TO RUN A RACE.
CONCLUSION:
IN KEEPING OF THEM THERE IS GREAT REWARD.
THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART,
The final characteristic of a sacrificial follower of Christ who makes sacrificial followers of Christ who go is a heart for the lost, which is more than just a willingness to evangelize.
Stories to Live By, part 6: The Shrewd Manager Pacific Church
03/20/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
6th message in a series entitled, "Stories to Live By" based upon the parables of Jesus Christ
the most vast work transmitted to humanity through Jakob Lorber; it presents a history narrated by Jesus Christ Himself, describing Lord’s and His closed ones’ lives in the last three years of His life on earth, containing a great number of wonders, dialogues and teachings that greatly develop and enrich the records from the Gospels of Matthew and John; it also contains detailed revelations explaining essential passages from the Old and the New Testament and predictions concerning events occurring during the last 2000 years, culminating with facts that characterize the technological civilization of the XX-th Century and disclosures of a scientific nature which were validated long time after Jakob Lorber wrote about them. In the Great Gospel of John, one can practically find the essential answers to all the fundamental questions of life – these are to be found in the clear, but also extraordinary deep descriptions of the divine and human nature, of the creation and the material and spiritual evolution.
The Identity of a True Prophet
I. Prophecies During Times of Apostasy
A. False Accusation
B. Accurate Forecast
C. Aggressive Cancer
II. Is Outnumbered by False Prophets
III. Is Known for Being a Man of God
IV. Is Hated for His Style of Preaching
V. Will Face the Temptation to Compromise
VI. Is Faithful with God’s Words
VII. Will Expose Pretenders
BEING Denied CITIZENSHIP of HIS KINGDOM
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates ,Larry Ellison, Mark ,Steve Zuckerberg ,Ballmer Larry Page ,Sergey Brin , Jack Ma ,Ma Hua Tang, Mackenzie Bezos ,Michael Dell ,William Lei Ding, Colin Zheng Huang, Laurene Powell Jobs, Zhang Yiming ,and many more…..
we honestly can't think of anything it wouldn't buy.
REALLY!
THE RACE OF OUR LIVES
TEXT: PROV 28:1
WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH:
I. THE RACE OF HASTE
HIS FLESH RUN WITH HIS ISSUE,
THEIR FEET RUN TO EVIL,
FEET RUN TO EVIL,
II. THE RACE OF VAIN GLORY
I WILL RUN AFTER HIM, AND TAKE SOMEWHAT
III. THE WELFARE RACE
RUN TO THE CAMP TO THY BRETHREN;
EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO
IV. A ONE-MAN RACE
THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT,
SO RUN, THAT YE MAY OBTAIN.
V. THE QUALIFYING RACE
BUT I KEEP UNDER MY BODY,
I WILL RUN THE WAY OF THY COMMANDMENTS,
AND LARGENESS OF HEART,
VI. AN ENDURANCE RACE
THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US,
THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY;
VII. THE RACE REGULATOR
A STRONG MAN TO RUN A RACE.
CONCLUSION:
IN KEEPING OF THEM THERE IS GREAT REWARD.
THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART,
The final characteristic of a sacrificial follower of Christ who makes sacrificial followers of Christ who go is a heart for the lost, which is more than just a willingness to evangelize.
Stories to Live By, part 6: The Shrewd Manager Pacific Church
03/20/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
6th message in a series entitled, "Stories to Live By" based upon the parables of Jesus Christ
the most vast work transmitted to humanity through Jakob Lorber; it presents a history narrated by Jesus Christ Himself, describing Lord’s and His closed ones’ lives in the last three years of His life on earth, containing a great number of wonders, dialogues and teachings that greatly develop and enrich the records from the Gospels of Matthew and John; it also contains detailed revelations explaining essential passages from the Old and the New Testament and predictions concerning events occurring during the last 2000 years, culminating with facts that characterize the technological civilization of the XX-th Century and disclosures of a scientific nature which were validated long time after Jakob Lorber wrote about them. In the Great Gospel of John, one can practically find the essential answers to all the fundamental questions of life – these are to be found in the clear, but also extraordinary deep descriptions of the divine and human nature, of the creation and the material and spiritual evolution.
The Identity of a True Prophet
I. Prophecies During Times of Apostasy
A. False Accusation
B. Accurate Forecast
C. Aggressive Cancer
II. Is Outnumbered by False Prophets
III. Is Known for Being a Man of God
IV. Is Hated for His Style of Preaching
V. Will Face the Temptation to Compromise
VI. Is Faithful with God’s Words
VII. Will Expose Pretenders
A study on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12. Titles are based on Christian rapper Evangel's album titled "Elation Foundation." This sermon was taught in two parts at Austin Bible Church in Austin, TX on February 27, 2011.
Presentación de Maria Isabel Vargas, dictada en el seminario "Gestión del Conocimiento: El Liderazgo del Profesional de la Información", el día 25 de junio de 2014, en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
People in the Bible struggled with significant issues much as we do today. Each of the stories in this 7-day devotional illustrates a particular recovery issue from the lives of characters in the Bible. Gain insights from the life of Esther, Moses, Eve, Samson, Peter, and others for your own recovery journey.
Explanation by Premeditation
Text: Gen 37:20
I. No Honor Among Thieves
Logic- “We will say”
II. The Blame Game
Liability- “We will say, a wild beast”
III. An Account Must Be Given
Lordship- “We will”
Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages. The Book of Baruch is apocryphal to the Hebrew and Protestant canons but was incorporated in the Septuagint and was included in the Old Testament for Roman Catholics. The work is a compilation of several authors and is the only work among the apocrypha that was consciously modeled after the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.
ALL OF GOD'S TEN COMMANDMENTS MUST BE KEPT. THE BIBLE URGES MANKIND WHO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR TO BE PERFECT IN CHRIST OR IN THE HOLY SPIRIT; NOT IN THE FLESH.
Three Problems One Answer
I. The Problem with Prestige 2Kgs 2:19-21
Value Situation over The Saviour
II. The Problem with a Phony 2Kgs 3:4-5
Trust Scheme over The Saviour
III. The Problem with Pride 2Kgs 5:11-14
Obey Self Reason over The Saviour
Conclusion:
1. This morning: The lords of the Philistines told her to seduce him, and learn the secret of his strength. 8-1-10 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
2. Judges 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth . 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; Samson deceived her three times: That's not a discussion.
3. Too often a wife nags her husband until he gives in, and then says, "We agreed on this." 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; He would agree to anything just to stop the nagging.
4. 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine 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. Without the Power of God upon us, We are no different from the pagans. We are called to be Nazarites unto God: Separated from the world, and dedicated unto the Will of God .
5. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. He bared his soul to the devil's woman, And she betrayed him for money. Proverbs 24 1-2 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
6. 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. His hair was braided into seven long braids. They cut them off and shaved his head. His strength was gone.
7. His strength was not in his long hair. But that was all he had left of his special relationship with God. He has not lived his life according to Scripture . He's been chasing pagan women all his life. His long hair was the only evidence that he even knew God.
8. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. I think these are the saddest words of all: God had left Samson to follow his own way and reap the consequences, and he didn't even know . God is longsuffering , but His Spirit will not always strive with a man.
9. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. All his life, his eyes had been the source of his sins. He will never look upon another woman.
10. Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary. Matthew 18 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
11. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. Samson repented and his hair grew long again.
12. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god : for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 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 them sport : and they set him between the pillars. Samson had mocked the Philistines for years, Now they get their revenge.
13. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house 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.
14. 28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me , I pray thee, and strengthen me , I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
15. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, 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 .
16. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. God has given us the account of Sampson's life for our instruction.
17. We have seen that a man or woman separated unto God will have great ability. We have also seen that for that gift to be a blessing , we must use it for the glory of God . Another important lesson is that separation unto God needs to be more than the externals; It must begin in the heart , Our innermost desires must be unto God.
18. A man or woman of God needs to choose our friends and companions carefully. Time after time, Samson was seduced by evil friends and walked far from God. Psalms 1 1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. God can use anybody, as He Wills; but God only blesses those whose hearts are toward Him.