士師記第六課：參孫士師：士師記第十二章至第十六章
一。士師記13章：有名的士師：參孫（注意：“有名”和“偉大”不是同義詞。）
1節：我們再次看到以色列民族歷史規___和循___。（請參看本系列第一課。）
2-25節：參孫的出生非常不尋常。請列出有關參孫的出生，那些不尋常的事。
4-5節：“歸神作拿細耳人”的定義和規矩是什麼？（參看民數記6:1-21。）使者規定瑪挪亞的妻子：1）清___濃___都不可喝；2）一切不___之物也不可吃；3）不可用剃___刀剃參孫的___。為什麼？
6-7節：“因為這孩子從出___一直到___，必歸神作拿___ ___人”。
8-16：神的使者是否讓瑪挪亞和他的妻子招待他吃飯並預備燔祭獻給他？
17-18節：使者的名字是什麼？
18-21節：耶和華的使者怎麼樣與他們告別？
24-25節：“後來婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫___ ___。孩子長大，耶和華___ ___與他。在瑪哈尼但，就是瑣拉和以實陶中間，耶和華的靈才___ ___他”。
二。士師記14章：參孫談戀愛：
1-2節：非利士人是眾迦南民族之一，但他們不算迦南原始居民。（在歷史上的某時候非利士人從別的地方進入了迦南征服了海岸之地。）你認為，神是否不要猶太人與非利士人結婚？（參看出埃及記34:11, 15, 16；申命記7:1-4；士師記3:5-6。）
1-3節：參孫請父母準備辦喜事；參孫愛上什麼民族的人？父母的看法如何？
4節：父母不知道此事是誰的意志？（但，神是否要參孫違背拿細耳人的歸條？）
請述說士師記14章里一個獅子的角色。
在士師記14章我們已經見到過：1）參孫身體的力量（___掉獅子）；2）參孫的弱點（女___）；3）參孫的智力（造詩和謎___）；4）參孫性子急躁（因為生氣而殺死___個人）。
參孫為什麼把謎語解釋給女子聽？請背誦參孫有名的謎語：“吃的從吃者出來，甜的從強者出來”（14節）。請背誦參孫告訴非利士人有名的回應：“你們若非用我的母牛犢耕地，就猜不出我謎語的意思來”（18節）。
20節：最後，女子做了什麼？
注意：在士師記14章里，我們是否已經能夠見到參孫的“生命故事”象徵著以色列人“靈命生活”？參孫不要與以色列女子結婚；他去追求非利士人的女子，就如以色列人拒絕天上耶和華神的愛和恩典，去追求異教徒的假神一樣。
三。士師記15章：參孫報仇：
1-8節：參孫為什麼要報仇？他如何報仇？
非利士人如何回報？參孫如何對待那些非利士人？從此我們學習報仇是多麼有用，啊！對嗎？
9-17節：誰才把參孫交在非利士人的手中?為什麼？參孫如何反應？參孫打死多少非利士人？
18-20節：參孫做以色列人的士師幾年？
四。士師記16章：參孫與大利拉：
1節：參孫身體強壯但他的道德標準是否達了到神的標準？
2-3節：請述說參孫和城門的事。
4-22節：請詳細地描述參孫和大利拉的“愛情故事”。
第一次大利拉請參孫把他“力氣秘密”告訴她時，參孫應該怎麼樣？1）他應該告訴大利拉他不談此事；“請你不要管我瓦上霜”。2）他應該把雙腳往門外跑，離開她。參孫還有眼睛，但他已經失了明；他看不清這個女人不要做別的，只要出賣他。但，參孫以為好玩，以為他不會跌倒。他錯了！（今天，張三問我們我們不想要回答的問題時或不應該回答的問題時，我們該怎麼辦？）
大利拉如何說服參孫把他的“秘密”告訴她？參孫告訴大利拉何事？參孫的力氣什麼時候就離開了他？當大利拉叫人來為參孫___ ___。這位“出胎就歸神作拿細耳人”的參孫，已經違背了什麼規條？（參看士師記13:5及16:17。）
從此可知，參孫“健身”，但沒有“健”道德觀和靈命。參孫把整個城門拉下來，扛上肩，但在大利拉的糾纏下，他毫無力量。神賜給他超自然的力量，但他不重視它，他濫用神的禮物。
21節：非利士人如何報仇？把參孫的眼睛弄___了。
22節：非利士人不重視一件事，是什麼？
23-31節：當非利士人給他們的神（大袞）獻大祭時，參孫怎麼會在場？參孫禱告求耶和華神何事？結果呢？
請背誦30節：“我情願與非利士人同死！…這樣，參孫死時所殺的人，比活着所殺的還多”。參孫做了以色列的士師幾年？參孫的生命也是一個悲劇。請問：如果參孫一生當中都守道德，不追趕非利士女子、不報仇等，他就不可能殺掉那麼多非利士人，對嗎？您同意此看法嗎？為什麼？（給您一個暗示吧：無所不能的神能夠打敗非利士人的唯一方法是讓參孫犯罪，花天酒地，干傻事，對嗎？難道神毫無別的辦法嗎？）
參孫的一生使得您獲得什麼心得？
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Judges/06: Sampson
Judges Chapters Twelve through Sixteen
1. Joshua 13: A FAMOUS JUDGE: SAMSON:
(Note: “Famous” and “great” are not synonyms.) V. 1: Once again we see in Israelite history a pattern or cycle.
Vs. 2-25: The birth of Samson was very unusual; list several examples.
Vs. 4-5: What is the definition and regulations of “a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth”? (See Numbers 6:1-21.) What did the messenger demand of Manoah’s wife? 1) Don’t drink any w___ or other f___ drink; 2) Don’t eat anything that is unc___; 3) Don’t use a r___ on Samson’s h___. Why?
Vs. 6-7: “…because the boy will be a N___ of God from b___ until the day of his d___.”
Vs. 8-16: Did God’s messenger allow Manoah and his wife to prepare food for him and to offer sacrifice to him?
Vs. 17-18: What was the name of the angel?
Vs. 18-21: How did the angel of Jehovah take leave of these people?
Vs. 24-25: “The woman gave birth to a boy and named him S___. He grew and the LORD b___ him,25 and the Spirit of the LORD began to s____ him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”
2. Judges 14: Samson Falls in Love:
Vs. 1-2: The Philistines were an ethnic group that lived in Canaan, but they were not really Canaanites. (At some point in history they had moved to Canaan from another area and conquered the coastal area.) In your opinion, did God want the Israelites to inner-marry with the Philistines? (See Exodus 34:11, 15, 16; Deuteronomy 7:1-4; Judges 3:5-6.)
Vs. 1-3: Samson asked his parents to prepare a wedding. He wanted to marry a woman from what people? What did his parents say about this?
V. 4: Samson’s parents did not realize that this was from whom? (However, did God want Samson to break his Nazarite regulations?) Explain the role of a lion in Judges 14.
In Judges 14 we already see: 1) Samson’s physical strength (he k___ a lion); 2) Samson’s weakness (w___n); 3) Samson’s intelligence (he wrote a ri___e); 4) Samson’s quick temper (in anger he killed ___ people). Why did Samson explain the riddle to the woman? Memorize Samson’s famous riddle: “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” Memorize Samson’s response to the Philistines, also famous: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”
V. 20: Finally, the woman (what). Note: In Judges 14, are we already able to see that Samson’s “life story” will symbolize the “spiritual life” of the Israelites? Samson did not want to marry an Israelite woman; he chased the Philistine women in the same way that the Israelites rejected the love and grace of Jehovah God and chased the false gods of paganism.
3. Judges 15: Samson’s Revenge:
Vs. 1-8: Why did Samson want revenge? How did he get revenge? How did the Philistines retaliate? What then did Samson do toward the Philistines? In all this we see how useful retaliation is, don’t we?
Vs. 9-17: Who finally committed Samson into the hands of the Philistines? Why? What was Samson’s response? How many Philistines did Samson kill?
Vs. 18-20: How many years did Samson judge Israel?
4. Judges 16: Samson and Delilah: Samson was very strong physically but his moral standard was very l___.
Vs. 2-3: Tell all about Samson and the city gates.
Vs. 4-22: Describe in detail the “love story” between Samson and Delilah. The first time that Delilah asked to know the secret of his strength, what should Samson have done? 1) Should have told Delilah that he would not discuss this question and tell her to mind her own business. 2) He should have run away and not returned. Samson still had his eyes but he was already blind; he could not see that this woman wanted nothing else but to sell him out. Samson, however, thought it a game; he though he could not fall. (He was wrong!) (Today, if someone asks us something we do not want to answer or we should not answer, what should we do?) How did Delilah convince Samson to tell her his “secret.” When did Samson’s strength leave him? It was when Delilah had someone do what to him? So, Samson, the man “set apart to God from birth,” has now broken what regulation? (See Judges 13:5 and 16:17.) From this we know that Samson “trained” his body but did not “train” his moral self or his soul. Samson pulled down the entire city gate and carried it on his shoulders, but against the nagging of Delilah he had no power. God gave him strength beyond that of a normal human but Samson did not appreciate it and he misused it.
V. 21: How did the Philistines get their revenge? They made Samson b_____. V. 22: The Philistines did not pay attention to one thing; what was it?
Vs. 23-31: How did Samson happen to be present when the Philistines offered a great sacrifice to their god, Dagon? For what did Samson pray and ask God? What was the result?
Memorize verse 30: “Let me die with the Philistines!… Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.” How many years did Samson judge Israel? Samson’s life was a tragedy. Here is a question: Is it true that had Samson not ever been immoral, had he not chased after the Philistine women, had he not sought retaliation, then he would not have been able to kill so many Philistines. Do you agree with this viewpoint? Why? (Hint: Was it necessary for Samson to sin and live a life of immorality and foolishness in order for an omnipotent God to defeat the Philistines? Was that the only way?)
What lessons do you learn from Samson?
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參孫
士師記第五課：參孫士師：士師記第十二章至第十六章
Bible Study Questions: Judges/06: Samson
Judges 12-16
作者：謝德華 ©By Edward Short
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