I merely did to them what they did to me

 Judges 15:1-20

Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?” He answered, “I merely did to them what they did to me.” They said to him, “We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”

As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi.

Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Samson's was a one-man war, unlike the campaigns of other judges. Even his own people sided against him. But the Philistines were pushing inland they would be a major threat to Israel until David finally dealt with them.

Why?

Even the people of Juda don't fight for them to Philistine. Samson is a one-man judge.

For the Spirit of the Lord came on Samson, so he has powerfully strength to struck down a thousand men.

One man the power is not compared with the whole army of Israelites. Israelite is customed to be ruled by Philistines. This is a more severe problem for Israelite.

Samson did this is not for the Lord or for Israelite but for his feeling and judgment. But God uses his way to defeat the Philistine and protect the Israelites.

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參孫行事完全憑著自己的喜好為原則。完全不像拿細耳人員服事。因為私人恩怨與非利士人對立。完全不是以服事的心來做事。不像其他士師心中帶著使用使命。

以色列人知道他們被轄他們，卻不要去惹非利士，完全沒有想到要起來對抗。我們如何看自己私慾的轄制，情緒的控制，罪惡的誘惑。我們不可能和罪惡、私慾和平相處。被影響愈來愈深。敵人是這個世界，世界的價值觀。

猶大人居然幫助非利士人抓參孫。我們一直在抗拒神，但是聖靈常常在感動我們。許多人還在黑暗那邊做事。求主感動那些未信主人的心。

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How?

God may turn the worse man and event to God's way and works.