How Did This Happen?

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Have you ever wondered how one life can get so messed up? This is what sin does one step at a time. Samson’s life is a warning to us all of the downward spiral of sin. Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	The strongest man in the Bible had to learn the reality of his own weakness and the true source of strength.
0:15.0	Today we learn spiritual truths from the life of Samson.
0:20.0	Let's join Scott Pauli now as we journey through the Word of God.
0:37.4	Do you ever look at someone's life that is such a wreck, such a ruin,
0:42.3	and ask yourself, how did this happen? I mean, honestly, how did it get so bad?
0:49.4	Well, if you go to the end of Samson's story and see the terrible mess that is made of his life, see him dying there
0:56.8	in that temple of a false God and the land of the Philistines, the strongest man on earth.
1:03.5	You have to ask yourself, how did this happen? Well, that question is answered all through the
1:09.5	story of Samson. There are a number of things from the life of Samson that are instructive to us.
1:14.6	They're illustrative of things that we must guard against.
1:17.6	I think in many ways the story of Samson is a preventative message to us.
1:22.6	It is, look, don't get to the place where it can't be changed.
1:29.5	What do we learn from the life of Samson?
1:30.6	How did he get here?
1:32.3	Let me tell you first of all.
1:36.5	He started living by sight instead of by faith.
1:39.2	Listen to the words of Judges 141 again,
1:41.4	and Samson went down to Timnath and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
1:47.2	Notice that it begins with his eyes. Doesn't every sin in some way begin with our eyes,
1:53.5	with our covetousness? The Bible talks about the lust of the eyes.
1:57.9	Back all the way up to the beginning of time. How did sin enter the mainstream of
2:01.9	humanity? Well, Eve saw that the fruit was good. She saw that it was pleasant to the eyes,
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