Jeff Cavins

You know, you take a vow, and yet you're struggling with everything everyone else is struggling, but you took a vow, and that vow is called a Nazarite vow. which means that you are holy unto the Lord, you are sanctified unto the Lord, you're not a priest, but you are sanctified. And this could be a man or a woman, by the way, Scripture tells us, and you don't cut your hair.

You know, you take a vow, and yet you're struggling with everything everyone else is struggling, but you took a vow, and that vow is called a Nazarite vow. which means that you are holy unto the Lord, you are sanctified unto the Lord, you're not a priest, but you are sanctified. And this could be a man or a woman, by the way, Scripture tells us, and you don't cut your hair.

And that length of your hair is a sign of your faithfulness, your covenant faithfulness to God. And then he meets Delilah, who is not one of the Jewish women, She is from the neighboring nations, the Philistines, and everything goes sideways at this point.

And that length of your hair is a sign of your faithfulness, your covenant faithfulness to God. And then he meets Delilah, who is not one of the Jewish women, She is from the neighboring nations, the Philistines, and everything goes sideways at this point.

And that length of your hair is a sign of your faithfulness, your covenant faithfulness to God. And then he meets Delilah, who is not one of the Jewish women, She is from the neighboring nations, the Philistines, and everything goes sideways at this point.

One of the keys to reading the Bible, as we're doing in chronological order, as a narrative, I just want to remind everybody, these are all stories, but they're all part of a story. And that bigger story is the story of salvation history and God's firstborn son among all the nations, Israel. And it is a story of a covenant relationship with God and

One of the keys to reading the Bible, as we're doing in chronological order, as a narrative, I just want to remind everybody, these are all stories, but they're all part of a story. And that bigger story is the story of salvation history and God's firstborn son among all the nations, Israel. And it is a story of a covenant relationship with God and

One of the keys to reading the Bible, as we're doing in chronological order, as a narrative, I just want to remind everybody, these are all stories, but they're all part of a story. And that bigger story is the story of salvation history and God's firstborn son among all the nations, Israel. And it is a story of a covenant relationship with God and

And what we see in Samson is certainly great stories. It's almost entertaining. But what we see is a microcosm of the macro reality of Israel. In other words, what is happening to Samson individually is really happening to the nation. And that is, they're supposed to be separate, holy unto the Lord, as it said back in Leviticus.

And what we see in Samson is certainly great stories. It's almost entertaining. But what we see is a microcosm of the macro reality of Israel. In other words, what is happening to Samson individually is really happening to the nation. And that is, they're supposed to be separate, holy unto the Lord, as it said back in Leviticus.

And what we see in Samson is certainly great stories. It's almost entertaining. But what we see is a microcosm of the macro reality of Israel. In other words, what is happening to Samson individually is really happening to the nation. And that is, they're supposed to be separate, holy unto the Lord, as it said back in Leviticus.

And what they're doing is they're getting entangled with the Philistines, the neighboring nations. And what makes Israel strong is their uniqueness in their covenant relationship. And when he meets Delilah, what does she go after? She makes you so unique? What makes you so different? And then he starts toying with sin here. And in a sin, but then he's going to do something that really is serious.

And what they're doing is they're getting entangled with the Philistines, the neighboring nations. And what makes Israel strong is their uniqueness in their covenant relationship. And when he meets Delilah, what does she go after? She makes you so unique? What makes you so different? And then he starts toying with sin here. And in a sin, but then he's going to do something that really is serious.

And what they're doing is they're getting entangled with the Philistines, the neighboring nations. And what makes Israel strong is their uniqueness in their covenant relationship. And when he meets Delilah, what does she go after? She makes you so unique? What makes you so different? And then he starts toying with sin here. And in a sin, but then he's going to do something that really is serious.

He's going to actually give the secret and not only give the secret to Delilah, but he's going to give up the secret, which is his covenant faithfulness. And his hair is a demonstration of that. It is a metaphor in a sense. And she cuts his hair. He loses his strength. And a lot of people, they want to look at this as a simple children's story. What was Samson's strength? Oh, it was his hair.

He's going to actually give the secret and not only give the secret to Delilah, but he's going to give up the secret, which is his covenant faithfulness. And his hair is a demonstration of that. It is a metaphor in a sense. And she cuts his hair. He loses his strength. And a lot of people, they want to look at this as a simple children's story. What was Samson's strength? Oh, it was his hair.

He's going to actually give the secret and not only give the secret to Delilah, but he's going to give up the secret, which is his covenant faithfulness. And his hair is a demonstration of that. It is a metaphor in a sense. And she cuts his hair. He loses his strength. And a lot of people, they want to look at this as a simple children's story. What was Samson's strength? Oh, it was his hair.

No, it wasn't. Because if it was in high school, I could have whipped all of you. But But it was what it stood for, and it stood for the covenant faithfulness. And when you lose covenant faithfulness, you become weak, you become blind, and you become like all the other nations. And we see this even in the book of Revelation, which we're going to get at the end of the year.

No, it wasn't. Because if it was in high school, I could have whipped all of you. But But it was what it stood for, and it stood for the covenant faithfulness. And when you lose covenant faithfulness, you become weak, you become blind, and you become like all the other nations. And we see this even in the book of Revelation, which we're going to get at the end of the year.

No, it wasn't. Because if it was in high school, I could have whipped all of you. But But it was what it stood for, and it stood for the covenant faithfulness. And when you lose covenant faithfulness, you become weak, you become blind, and you become like all the other nations. And we see this even in the book of Revelation, which we're going to get at the end of the year.