Amen, indeed. Apart from Him we can do nothing.
No good thing.
Let alone breathe.
And most definitely not the miraculous.
Yes, the follicles of hair that streamed down from his scalp most assuredly did
not provide extra glucose for energy, or more ATP in the cells, or empowered
the neuro-networks in his body to send a stronger signal to his muscles thereby
increasing the maximum force that they could generate. You are correct.
It was indeed the Holy Spirit which came upon Him and the Hair not being cut
was the external connection to the spiritual; allowing for a bridge to this promise
through an outward act of obedience.
Similar to how the Priest had to wear a certain garment with certain colors.
Those colors and the fabrics were not in themselves sanctifying the sacrifice,
however in doing their act of obedience they were allowing their external
act to connect them to the spiritual reality that God wanted to make manifest.
Amen.
Ok, noted; What, about, it was "
his faith in GOD" he departed from,..
[which withdrew his strength, without Faith works are dead]......because lying in her lap, the bible said: "He told Her all his heart"
You, never pour out all of your heart to a man [human] especially if you a "CHILD of THE LIVING GOD" commission, Chosen, Sent, and been "ORDAIN" before "The FOUNDATION of THE WORLD" and You know, who you are. AND You, POURING "OUT Your SOUL, YOUR Mind, Your Heart, your Entire Being To a "MAN"! AS A "CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD, You DO NOT pour your HEART OUT to. a pastor, a minister, not a counselor, not a Church, A POPE, not the president, not the governor of The lands, Your never pour out 'ALL YOUR HEART TO NO ONE" if you do, you just have committed
"IDOLATRY" BIG TIME! HE LEFT HIS GOD, AND GAVE HIS HEART UNTO ANOTHER!.... That is why, His POWER LEFT! Finally in The Dungeon He realized, They Had taken his sight, not only The natural but also
The SPIRITUAL SIGHT, of WHO HE WAS, "BORN and CHOSEN OF GOD" {GIVE ME MY POWER BACK, I am GOING TO SHOW THESE
"HOOD-LUMS" WHO "THE GOD OF ABRAHAM ,ISAAC and JACOB" IS!
He got to the Pillars and place one hand on the RIGHT and one hand to the LEFT, DROP HIS HEAD iINTO THE LOCKS OF HIs SHOULDERS BOWED!
"AND SAMSON SAID, "LET me die with The "Philistines". { A broken and A repented man}
[How many times we must fall down, he already told the 1st wife, about the "HONEY""how did that work for him"?]
I Had to stop playing around, I went on to
THE JUGGLER "VEIN" for I am a "KILLER TOO"! A Warrior too in One of " The ARMIES of THE LORD".
New King James Version
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
New American Standard Bible
for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
Highlights:
26And 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.
27Now 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.
28And 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.
29And 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.
30And 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.
Samson fulfilled his mission he did not please men but He please GOD! He was not leader, he was not a governor, he was not a king, he was not a priest, nor a "PROPHET", He was a "SLAYER and A DELIVER" of men. He was a "JUDGE"! and he "JUDGE" ISRAEL FOR TWENTY YEARS.
HE DID EXACTLY WHAT GOD called Him to do and He fulfilled his Calling. Not pleasing to men, But Honored by GOD!
Who are we trying to please. GOD said: "MY WAYS are NOT your ways"
A old pastor said one time, a long time ago, talking to a host of "pastor' behind close doors, "YOU Better WATCH WHO LAPS you ARE LAYING your HEAD DOWN IN" She will take your POWER! and you will not know it. until The PHILISTINES come upon you! And they will take your SIGHT from YOU! PUT Your EYES OUT! You will be walking around, talking about I can see, you have become so blind you don't even know you BLIND! Killing part about it, it is The TRUTH! Many are up there, Preaching and so, "THE BLIND leading THE BLIND"
Let me preach "SAMSON" it gets quiet. The females and the males, and the kids. and the babies be walking everywhere with a bottle in their mouths I notice them, I can see them, I am on the "PODIUM". The babies just be roaming the usher don't even notice them! I have had babies come up right next to me up in the Podium and stand there and look at me, while they are sucking their Bottles, just stand there and look. I look at them and keep on Preaching. They go away!
This has been a heck of a life. Standing on The TRUTH, and denying men, by proclaim the Truth as recorded in The BOOK. And knowing THE POWER of GOD.
he did tell me, just do what i tell you. and when i listen and took action, to them "religious rulers" and my wife, the results always was; "I told you The Truth, they told you LIES" Through it All I learn to Trust HIM and Him only. I do not have any friends, I have had disciples and taught Them "discipline", and when they called me their friend, I made it plain and strong, "I ain't your FRIEND", I might be your brother but i sure am not your friend. I would say that to christian brothers and sisters in Christ, never say something like that to "the Unconverted" you step into the community of Humanity of that brotherhood, you do have duel citizenship. Paul said: "I Am ROMAN, I appeal to Caesar"
I am 5 years older than my brother, My mother, taught me, and discipline me to watch over him. before he could walk, I watch over him, "I was a "Evil Knievel" kid. he would want to do everything i did, he would get hurt, I never mind, bleeding, he would see blood,
And when Mama, got home, she tore me up! I learn to not let him see me do anything, My Brother never saw me do any thing wrong! Nothing! we got older he want to follow me! I let it not happen! never have i spoke any thing bad or wrong to me brother! Between the age of maybe 18 and 26 i smoke "weed" and cigarettes" and drink a little beer and "Alcohol drinks" he never saw me do anything. or said anything wrong.
Now i did a lot wrong, and as a kid, he lied a lot on me claiming i did something and i didn't do it. he blackmail me for things i didn't do, to get money out of me! Later on, me and my mother talked about it, They got to know him. He has been a Pastor of a Church for over twenty years> I introduce him to the pastor and founder who i was close too. He didn't want to go but he went and then after about two years, he was going to leave, I TOLD HIM TO STAY, but i don't know nothing. I just kept quiet, finally he told the pastor he was leaving, The pastor start crying and said he was dying, and he wanted my brother to take over, for the people like him, and a "motorcycle" club member i once knew and live in the same complex i live in once and knew from the past was one of the leading "DEACONS' of that church.
The moral of this Story, I never, even when i was unconverted would lead anyone into wrong, and if i didn't know i would say I don't know the way! I never gives advice to another, i may listen, my answer, do the right thing according to GOD"S word and when in DOUBT, DON"T!
{SAMSON never lead ISRAEL into war or not one died in a battle, for it is not recorded in the BOOK! He fought for them by himself.]
[Do not that have a "BIBLICAL MOTIF" in a sense, in The BOOK" it is whole lot or GOD's TRUTH in SAMSON.}
I ain't reading the BIBLE for EVERYBODY, people be asking you, where is that found in the BIBLE, yesterday they said, they knew the BOOK and they read their Bibles. How long you been a Christian? and when say that, Instant "RED HORNS" PUFFING SMOKE!
And go into a fight mode. And they have those hands on those horns trying to push them down and calling you all those names, thinking you do known {THEIR THOUGHTS}
My brother, Boy Scouts, Football, FEMA, Mother, father, school friends, pastor, minister, General manager and I have went up against the BOARD, "It ain't right," And concerning the BIBLE like the MAJORITY of CHRISTIAN LEADERS AND "want to Bees" STICK up for ONE ANOTHER EVEN IN LIES! They cover one another! "They are worst than the WORLD, many are they" I remember when a certain pastor committed "ADULTERY" and was trying to get out of it. He came to me, and told me what happen and he could not break the chain. And how other pastors encourage him to commit "ADULTERY" with this woman, He told me, I knew, I should came to you 1st. I knew, I should have came to you! then i explained what had happen and how to get out of it, point blank and with POWER! And do not back down, no matter what, no matter what come to your mind do i what I tell you! and walk away! .......He was amaze, what happen. He could not believe it, "Now go in peace, and do not let them trap you again" I don't play and pat devils and demons! for many do not understand why a JUST "GOD" has RIVER Burning WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE where Their WORMS DIE NOT! And they do not want to know!
Jesus said: "if i told you earthly things and you do not believe and surely you are not going to believe that which heavenly"
American Standard Version
If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
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