Sermon
Judges 16: Samson's Victory in Death
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: John Shields
July 13, 2025 · 33 min
Summary
Judges 16 traces Samson's devastating cycle of sexual compromise, pride, and spiritual compromise culminating in his betrayal by Delilah and capture by the Philistines. Through Samson's humiliation and final act of strength, the sermon illustrates how believers must beware the pull of the flesh and guard their hearts by keeping their eyes fixed on Jesus, who accomplishes the perfect rescue that Samson's imperfect judges could only foreshadow.
Highlights
You are never so close to God that you are immune from the pull of the flesh.
The way that we protect against the sin that lurks around every corner is to keep our eyes on Jesus.
When we block out everyone else, the world and everything in it, we're still left alone in a room with the most dangerous thing on the planet, ourselves.