Flirting with the Enemy Judges 16: 6-11

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v.6 1. The enemy declares his intention.

   (And Delilah said To Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great

strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.)

v.7 2. To play the enemy’s game is unwise.

(And Samson said unto her, If  they bind me with seven green withs that

were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.)

v.8 3. To allow sin to bind the servant of God is foolish.

(Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which

had not been dried, and she bound him with them.)

v.9 4. The enemy’s trap is set.

(Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And

she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the 

withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength

was not known.)

v.9 5. An escape from the enemy is only an escape, when the servant is flirting 

with sin.

It isn’t victory.

v.10 6. The wicked cease not to bring temptation to the servant of God.

(And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told

me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.)

v.11 7. If the debate over human strength against evil is not cut off, it will lead to

entrapment and to a fall.

(And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were 

occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.)