Judges 16:15-21 - the story of Samson and Delilah.

Materials You will Need:

A horse-shoe shaped magnet and with it's keeper labelled "SIN".
(A keeper is a bar of iron that fits across the poles of the magnet ).
A few large nails.

Theme:

Samson played with sin and lost his strength and then his life as a result!

Do you know that magnets are like people?  My magnet is strong and attracts anything made from iron.  See, it can easily lift these large nails.  It reminds us of how our lives change when Jesus comes into our hearts.  He makes us clean inside so that we want to love and serve Him.  And this attracts other people to Jesus.

Samson had great strength and when the Philistine enemies of Israel captured him on several occasions, he broke their ropes as if they were made from thin cotton.  Now Samson's strength came from God.  If he had been wise, he would have realised that God could only work through him when he lived a holy life that would honour God every day.

However, there came a time when sin came into his life.  It's like taking this piece of iron labelled "SIN" and putting it over the ends of the magnet.  Look, now the magnet has lost its strength and cannot pick up the nails anymore!

Samson Loses His Strength:

One day Samson sinned and told Delilah that his strength lay in keeping his hair long and uncut.  She was delighted and had his hair cut off while he was asleep.  On waking Samson didn't know that God had left him and that his strength was gone.  The Philistines grabbed Samson and easily overpowered him.  They blinded him and then bound him with him with bronze chains, and made him their slave!

Just like my magnet which is now powerless to do the things it once did, Samson could no longer do the great deeds he once had done!  It's the same with us today.  As long as we pray to Jesus each day and trust Him to be our Saviour, we can keep sin out of our lives.  And then we will be able to do great things for God.  But, if we allow sin to come into our lives, we become weak and powerless to serve God!

Have You Lost Your Strength?

Now, what about you?  Have you asked Jesus to come into your heart and make you God's child?  And do you serve and please Jesus every day?  If you have sinned, why not tell Jesus what you have done and ask Him to forgive you and make you clean inside.  Then you will be like my magnet if we remove the "SIN" bar.  Now it is free to attract and pick up nails again.  In the same way we should serve Jesus and let His love attract other people to God.

What about your friends?  Have they sinned and done wrong things?  Have they asked Jesus to be their Saviour and Friend?  Why don't you share this Lesson with them and then ask if they would like to ask Jesus to live in their hearts today?

Don't be like Powerless Samson.  Remember you are God's child and Jesus wants you to be free from sin and full of the love, power and joy of the Holy Spirit!

 
God bless!

 
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