W. Robert Godfrey

We've seen snapshots all through the book of Judges.

Four snapshots, four acts out of his life.

Judges Israel were told for 20 years, which is a relatively long time.

And yet, these snapshots we have, these acts of his life, are really very short.

The few days around his marriage to the Philistine woman and the tragic consequences of that, maybe another week or two.

The one day of Act 3, those three verses.

the beginning of chapter 16, and then the Samson and Delilah story, which is maybe another few weeks.

So out of 20 years, we really only have the story of a few weeks in his life.

But obviously, these are the things that the Lord wants us to know.

These are the highlights.

These are the spiritually key factors in the life of Samson.

And it's intriguing that each of these four acts in the life of Samson revolves around a woman.

Now, this is part of the key to Samson.

Women are important in the life of Samson, more important maybe than they ought to be.

But each of these four acts revolves around a woman.

Act one is about his mother, a pious woman, we'll see.

Act two is about his Philistine wife.

Act three is about a Philistine prostitute.

And act four

revolves around Delilah.