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Devo What God says about the sexually immoral Part 16
Judges 16:21-22 (NIV) 21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. Judges 16:28-30 (NIV) 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord, “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived. God is the God of second chances. Samson fulfilled in death what he was called to do in life. It was when he died to himself he destroyed the Philistines. You see every government official, commander and leader was in that arena that day, and with one blow he wiped them from the face of the earth. He freed Israel from torment for a generation. It took the Philistines a whole generation to recover and build a new government. You must lose your life to gain it. It was through humility that Samson came to know God and not take for granted all God gave him and called him to do. Some would say but he died, where’s the victory? We were born with God’s purpose in mind, and fulfilling that purpose is our highest prize to give back to God. Well done thou good and faithful servant come in and enjoy the master’s reward. Pastor Jeff Lane Devo What God says about the sexually immoral Part 15
Judges 16:18-20 (NIV) 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[a] And his strength left him. 20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. So many people have fell into a stupor from sexual sin. They don’t even know when God left. They become fools of their folly. They believe everything will go on as before, but are so distracted never realized God left the house. How sad, but Lord we prophesied in your name. Pastor Jeff Lane Devo What God says about the sexually immoral Part 14
Judges 16:1-4 (NIV) 16 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.” 3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. 4 Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. What a story of foreshadowing. Samson falls into sexual sin. He gets up from his sim and rips the gate from the wall of this city not knowing God was trying to speak to him. You see when a city lost its gates it was defenseless. It was an embarrassment to that city. The gates were supposed to hold armies out and yet one man tore them out and walked away with them. Samson humiliated this city. What he didn’t realizes was this prostitute reduced him to a loaf of bread. This would be the beginning of the end for Samson. Sexual immorality destroys our defenses and leaves us open to the enemy and blind to the fact we are. Pastor Jeff Lane Devo What God says about the sexually immoral Part 13
Ezekiel 10:18 (NIV) 18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from over the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. You should read the chapter and book. The glory of God left the temple. He no longer was at their door. What is at the door of your heart? Is Jesus your guard to your heart? Does His blood still stain your door? Where is His glory? Do you know if He has departed? Pastor Jeff Lane Devo What God says about the sexually immoral Part 12
Ezekiel 8:9-12 (NIV) 9 And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” 10 So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. 11 In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. 12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’” Oh but the Lord does see us and all we are doing. He see what’s in your heart. Pastor Jeff Lane |
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