SAMSON—CHOSEN BY GOD—PART III

SERMON TITLE: STEPPING AWAY FROM GOD
SERMON THEME: THE SMALL STEPS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
SERMON TEXT: PSALM 51:10-12

INTRODUCTION: SATAN LOVES TO MAKE STRONG PEOPLE WEAK, BUT GOD LOVES TO MAKE WEAK PEOPLE STRONG.

PSALM 51:10-12, JUDGES 15:19-20

1. SAMSON DID NOT MESS UP HIS LIFE ALL AT ONCE, HE MESSED UP HIS LIFE ONE STEP AT A TIME

JUDGES 16:1-2, EPHESIANS 4:22-24  

• IT ONLY TALKES ONE DAY AND ONE STEP TO MESS UP

2. THREE STEPS SAMSOM TOOK TOWARD HIS POOR CHOICES.

A. SAMSON TAUNTED HIS ENEMY

JUDGES 16:3, ROMANS 2:4, I CORINTHIANS 10:12

        B. SAMSON RATIONALIZED HIS SAME OLD SIN

JUDGES 16:4-5, JUDGES 16:6-14, JUDGES 16:15-19  

 C. SAMSON ASSUMED HIS DISOBEDIENCE WOULD NEVER COST HIM

JUDGES 16:20-21

3. WHERE ARE YOU STEPPING AWAY FROM GOD?

JUDGES 16:22, JAMES 4:7-8

• HERE IS WHAT YOU DO—JUST TURN AROUND