Christ is the only one who can endure and fulfill everything that these so-called great men of God failed to do. I think it's interesting to look at a figure like Samson to see what he did with those gifts. You would think somebody who was sensible enough to steward those gifts well would see if their goal was to glorify God. Like something should be a miss. Ask me this question. Can he be that dumb? Yeah, I tell him something fake. They test it out and then ha ha, that's not quite it. And then he actually tells them what it is.
All Bible stories are really just one story repeated over and over again, describing the intersection between our sinful condition and God’s relentless faithfulness. So it should come as no surprise when even the heroes of the story seem to be the most flawed. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland consider the shocking narrative of Samson, explaining how all stories, like Samsons’, lead us back to the glory of God.