"Physically he [Samson] was the strongest man upon the earth;
but in self-control, integrity, and firmness, he was the weakest of men.
In suffering and humiliation, a sport for the Philistines, Samson learned more of his own weakness than he had ever known before; and his afflictions led him to repentance."
The Signs of the Times, October 13, 1881 / Patriarchs and Prophets, 566 E.G.W.
Q: What bitter results followed Samson’s spiritual weakness?
A: And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;
Judges 16:19,21
“What a change to him who had been the judge and champion of Israel!—now weak, blind, imprisoned, degraded to the most menial service! Little by little he had violated the conditions of his sacred calling. God had borne long with him; but when he had so yielded himself to the power of sin as to betray his secret, the Lord departed from him. There was no virtue in his long hair merely, but it was a token of his loyalty to God; and when the symbol was sacrificed in the indulgence of passion, the blessings of which it was a token were also forfeited.”
Patriarchs and Prophets, 566 E.G.W.
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but in self-control, integrity, and firmness, he was the weakest of men.
In suffering and humiliation, a sport for the Philistines, Samson learned more of his own weakness than he had ever known before; and his afflictions led him to repentance."
The Signs of the Times, October 13, 1881 / Patriarchs and Prophets, 566 E.G.W.
Q: What bitter results followed Samson’s spiritual weakness?
A: And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;
Judges 16:19,21
“What a change to him who had been the judge and champion of Israel!—now weak, blind, imprisoned, degraded to the most menial service! Little by little he had violated the conditions of his sacred calling. God had borne long with him; but when he had so yielded himself to the power of sin as to betray his secret, the Lord departed from him. There was no virtue in his long hair merely, but it was a token of his loyalty to God; and when the symbol was sacrificed in the indulgence of passion, the blessings of which it was a token were also forfeited.”
Patriarchs and Prophets, 566 E.G.W.
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