Title: Samson's Achilles heel
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In ancient Greek mythology, the Achilles man appears. When he was immersed in the river, his body became like iron armor, but only the heel he held while dipping did not turn into iron armor. There is a myth that he was killed by an arrow Even a person who has his whole body covered in armor has an Achilles heel, or weakness. This means that everyone has weaknesses. No matter how powerful a hero is, if he cannot control his fatal weakness, he will be in trouble or die because of it.
1. Check your weaknesses (1-4)
What is the weakness of Samson, the 12th judge of Israel, the main character of today's text?
In verses 1-2, the phrase “saw” is repeated. who do you see He points out the weakness of Samson, who saw a woman, that is, a woman who lost his temper. This weakness is repeated in chapters 14-16. This shows that Samson's life principle was not to believe, but to act on sight. If you look pretty on the outside, they rush to get married. Samson never asked God. Without listening to his godly parents, he saw a foreign Philistine woman, a Philistine woman whom Samson had to fight to annihilate, and wanted to marry him.
The godly husband and wife of Manoah said to Samson, 'How is it that there are no women among my people, so that you go to an uncircumcised Philistine and take a wife?' Bring me'. Samson doesn't take care of or take care of his weakness, which makes him look gloomy.
Like Samson, we each have our weaknesses. When we manage this weakness well before God, we do not fall into Satan's temptation.