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June, 1938
go inside a saloon, and I won’t, job or no job.’ They were pretty hot, but at night they said I could stay, if I’d obey orders thereafter. So I stayed, and they never sent me to that kind of place again.” The editor remembered that his friend had risen to the best position in that great store, and he said to himself, “ Character does count, even in a boy!”— S elected . A Man Who Wasted His Strength J udges 16 Memory Verse: “W e will obey the voice of the Lord our God” (Jer. 42:6). Approach: Our story this week is about another strong and brave man. Samson was the strongest man who over lived. But al though he had such great strength, yet in other ways he was one of the weakest of all
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men. Instead of using his strength to glorify God, he used it to sin against Him. Lesson Story: Sam son lived about one hundred years after Gideon. Once more Is ra e l n deded a strong leader to bring them b a ck to G od. Just at th is time,
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Samson was born. As a special gift, God gave him an extra amount, of strength. Sam son was so strong that one day when he met a lion in his path, he wrestled with the lion and killed him with his hands. The children of Israel had been cap tured by a people who were called Philis tines. Samson, with his mighty strength, would have been able to be their deliverer. One day he went forth, and with nothing but a piece of bone for a weapon, he killed a thousand Philistines. How his people must have cheered him! It began to look as if they would soon be, free from the Philis tine rule. But they were to be disappointed. Samson was not a strong leader. He played with his great strength. He did not use it as a gift sent to him from God. And be cause he was not glorifying God, God soon took this great strength from him. And when he no longer had it, his enemies captured him and put him in prison. They took a heated stick and put out his eyes. What a sad ending to this mighty man!
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like people? When a piece of steel is mag netized, it is much stronger than it was before. Notice how this strong magnet can lift these large pieces of steel and iron. This magnet reminds me of Samson. He had more than natural strength. The enemies of the Israelites on various occasions tried to capture him, but he was too strong for them. He broke their ropes with ease. The reason was that he had more than human strength. His great strength came from God. And Samson, had he been wise, would have realized that God could work in and through him only so long as he gave attention to the necessity of holiness in his daily life. There came a time, however, when sin came into his life. W e will take this piece of steel marked “ sin” and place it across the magnet to remind us of the sin of Sam son. The magnet is no longer strong. It will not lift the smallest piece of steel. When sin entered Samson’s life, he was no longer strong as before. His enemies came and took him, blinded him, and made him their slave. Just as this magnet is now powerless to lift as it once did, so Samson was power less to do the great things he had once done. What was true of Samson is true of Christian people today. As long as they ask and trust their Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep sin out of their lives, they can do great things. But when sin is allowed to enter, they become weak and powerless. Jesus Christ wants us to work for Him, and to do so we must let Him keep our lives free from sin and filled with power.
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Objects: A magnet, a piece of steel large enough to cover both poles o f the magnet and to overlap a little on the sides and ends, and several smaller pieces of iron or steel. (Paint the large piece of steel black, and on one edge put the word “ sin.” ) Lesson: Did you know that magnets are
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