Judges | God’s Faithfulness to Unfaithful People (14:1-20 — Sovereign Over Sin)

Judges 14:1-20

Samson is, in many ways, a great example of how NOT to live in relation to God and others but also how God’s plans are not hindered by human brokenness.

Practical Lessons from Samson’s Family Life:

Parents are not to enable children in their sin, but should encourage character over giftedness.

Proverbs 22:6

Children are always to honor their parents, ordinarily by considering their wisdom and desire for our good.

Proverbs 4:1

Marriage should not be pursued in the flesh because being unequally yoked comes with many painful challenges.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

Theological Principles:

God’s grace is meant to abnormalize our sin not authorize or sanitize it.

Romans 6:1-2; Titus 2:11-12

God is absolutely committed to glorifying Himself through our lives.

Isaiah 48:11

God has not only factored our most foolish acts into His plan, He sovereignly uses them to accomplish His good purposes.

Genesis 50:20

Acts 2:23

“The most important event which ever occurred was, in one aspect, horribly evil. The crucifixion of Jesus from the standpoint of the crucifiers was grotesquely wicked. Yet, even though the killing of Christ was atrocity itself, what event was so vital and its effects so beneficial as the death of Christ? If God’s providence does not include evil, it does not include the most important event which has ever taken place.” — John Gerstner