In our series through the book of Judges, we have met a wide variety of hero's, men and women who were chosen by God to be the deliverers, or more literally, the messiah's of his people. Some of these Judges are small and unknown but others, like our Judge today, are some of the most famous Old Testament figures.

In our last sermon, we simply looked at Samson's miraculous birth, being born to a mother who was unable to have children after a powerful visit by a heavenly messenger. Samson's birth set him up for a life of significance and significant he was, yet what we will see in this chapter of his story, is that his rise to power is anything but moral and his choices are anything but wise. This is a man who does whatever is right in his own eyes.