IV. A- The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Before Pentecost
A- The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Before Pentecost (Judges 14:5,6) “And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him” (v.6). Samson was a spiritual enigma. Before his birth he was chosen of God to be a “Nazirite to God” (Judges 13:1-5) . A Nazirite could be either man or woman, set apart from things of the world for the service of God. Some Nazirites were separated unto God for a short period of time, but Samson was set apart by God for life. In failing to live the life of the Nazirite, he trusted Delilah and revealed to her the secret of his great physical strength (Judges16:16, 17) . While he slept, with his head in Delilah’s lap, she called for a man to cut his hair. When he awoke, Delilah was saying, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He said, “I will go out as before, at other time, and snake myself free!” Then we come to one of the saddest statements in the Bible- “But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him” (Judges.16...