Bible Study: Samson

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For this character-sketch Bible study I will be studying: Samson

Step Two: Identify and list all the Bible passages on the person. You may find it helpful to use a Bible dictionary, Bible handbook, or a study Bible. Remember that some Old Testament characters are mentioned in the New Testament.

Judges 13:24-25
Judges 14-16
Hebrews 11:32

Step Three: Read through each passage, making general observations based on first impressions. List (in complete sentences) at least 10 general observations from the Bible passages on your character.

1. Samson was blessed by the Lord when he was young.
2. Samson had a weakness, and his weakness was women, particularly women not of the Lord.
3. He would also fall into temptation very easily.
4. Samson …show more content…

God or himself?

Observations related to “What?”

What did God think of Samson’s temper or anger?

Observations related to “Where?”

Where was the Holy Spirit to guide Samson out of Delilah’s deception?

Observations related to “When?”

When was Samson going to start running from temptation?

Observations related to “Why?”

Why did the Philistines burn the woman of Timnath and her father instead of just seeking after Samson? Although, they blamed her and her father for provoking Samson to wrath, why did the Phillistines burn the woman of Timnath and her father even though they were fellow Philistines?

Step Five: Construct a timeline that details the life of your Bible personality.

1. Samson’s birth
2. Samson’s marriage
3. Samson’s riddle
4. Samson tells his wife the answer to the riddle
5. Samson’s wife is given to another man by the hand of her father
6. Samson gets upset and burns the Philistine’s crops
7. Samson falls in love with Delilah
8. Delilah cuts Samson’s hair
9. Samson takes down
10. Samson Dies

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Carefully look through your general observations based on your first impressions, your deeper study, and your timeline. What biblical wisdom can you gather about your character? Write out five elements of Biblical wisdom that can be understood from your character. Provide a concise explanation of each of these elements.

A. Don’t let people get in the way of your relationship with God. We see this happening through the women in Samson’s life. For example, he told Delilah the secret of his strength, and she cut his hair and his Nazarite vow was completely broken.

B. Don’t put yourself in the position to be tempted, but if and when you see temptation coming, you have to run far away from it. When Samson went to Timnath, he fell in “love” with a Philistine woman and married her. He put himself in a place where he would surely be tempted, and he probably knew that too.

C. God is always using our lives even when we do wrong. From Samson’s life we learned that sin has consequences and . God used his life to teach us lessons about being faithful and obedient to

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