Samson And David's Loss Of Faith Essay

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Samson and David suffered tremendous defeat from yielding to the fleshly lust. Though never deemed as false, Samson lost his anointing, his eyesight and a working of miracles ministry to a woman named Delilah. What Samson did not lose however, was his faith. One cry of faith pulled Samson out of the arena of degradation and placed him into Hebrews chapter eleven. David’s weakness was his love for beautiful women. Having already wedded several, David went too far when he took another man’s wife. Because he broke up a family relationship, his family fell into perpetual turmoil and brought Israel much shame.
The fate of Samson and David are left in the Bible for our example. No one is exempt from temptation, fault or failure. What happened to
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This is the extent that man will go to refute truth. Our Lord is no more than Truth manifested into human form to deliver mankind from Satanic delusion. But instead of acceptance Isaiah 53:3 says, “He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Men then may despise truth because they rather love falsehood, deception, and lies. This is why judgment is inevitable (Jn )
Truth falls into two categories: natural and divine. Natural truth is calculable to the human intellect and is given to stimulate, enlighten, and expand the mind. Divine truth transcends reason and requires faith and humility to receive; henceforth, it is frequently rejected even among God’s own people. The prophet’s dilemma is knowing the truth but finding it difficult moving God’s people into that truth. Prayer is the prophet’s greatest tool. Man will reject the prophet’s words but God will answer the prophet’s prayers. Regardless of how much unbelief and rejection

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