Open Heaven 23 November 2020: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Learn From The Fall of Samson I
LEARN FROM THE FALL OF SAMSON I – Monday November
23rd 2020
Memorise: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest
he fall. 1st Corinthians 10:12
Read: 1st Corinthians 10:1-13 (KJV)
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were
overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not
lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and
fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and
were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were
destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are
written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Bible in one year: Galatians 1-3, Hymn: Sing hymn 8
Message:-
Samson judged Israel for twenty years. He was an unusual child with wonderful parents (Judges 13:2-3).
Open Heaven 23 November 2020 – Learn From The Fall of Samson I
He was brought up as a Nazarite (Numbers 6:1-21, Judges 13:7), and this meant he had to lead a life
of consecration unto the Lord. He was also a man of prayer (Judges 15:18 and 16:28), but he failed so terribly because he had not learnt to
bring his body under subjection like Paul did (1st Corinthians 9:27). Samson’s story is a strong
warning to every Christian never to toy with sin. Imagine a Judge of Israel
lying in Delilah’s lap.
Open Heaven 23 November 2020: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Learn From The Fall of Samson I
Samson started sinking into sin little by
little. First, he fell in love with a strange woman (Judges 14:1-2), then disobeyed his parents when they told him he
couldn’t marry her (Judges 14:3).
Later on, he slept with a prostitute (Judges
16:1) before he finally landed in Delilah’s lap. Samson did not worry
because his supernatural strength remained even while he was committing sin. In
fact, one day, He lifted the gates of the city and took them up a mountain just
after sleeping with prostitution (Judges
16:3). He did not see a need for caution because despite his misdeeds, the
anointing appeared to still be on him. Little did he know that the devil was
luring him to a place of no return. Samson eventually landed in Delilah’s lap
where he was afflicted and overpowered. While with Delilah, there were several
warning signs but he had gotten so deep into sin that he could not stop. The
devil lured Samson with seemingly harmless sins until he lost his strength,
sight and purpose in life. Ezekiel 18:20
says
Open Heaven 23 November 2020 Monday: Key Point
“The
soul that sinneth, it shall die…”
Learn from Samson’s life: Those seemingly
harmless sins you are committing and getting away with are simply baits from
the devil to encourage you to go deeper. The devil is not stupid; he has
planned a big downfall along the line. You must stop those sins now before it
becomes too difficult to do so. Everything was okay for Samson years into when
he started to fall, but in one night, he hit rock bottom. Learn from Samson and
make amends while you have the chance.
Key Point:
Don’t be deceived; no sin is harmless. Every sin that goes
unpunished is just an enticement towards damnation
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