The Life of Samson
Judges 13-16
By Joel Fast
What is a Nazirite?
Three Things they could not do:
1. Abstain from partaking anything of the grape
vine
2. Not allowed to cut their hair
3. They must not go near a dead body
Source: Numbers 6
Questions
1. What are some of the strengths of Samson
and what we can learn from them?
2. What are some of Samson’s weaknesses and
what can we learn from them?
Questions (cont)
3. Samson’s greatest flaw was the lack of deep
relationship with God. How can we guard
against this?
Questions (cont)
4. What part of Samson’s character do you
relate best to and why?
Questions (cont)
5. Samson’s great strength was his great
strength. What is your great strength, and are
you using it for God, as Samson did?
Questions (cont)
6. We’ve established that Samson was very
strong and physical, and because of that he
tended to trust his pride and rely on his own
strengths, not on God. How do we depend on
God’s strength, instead of our own?
Questions (cont)
7. What are our own weaknesses?