士师记第六课:参孙士师:士师记第十二章至第十六章
一。士师记13章:有名的士师:参孙(注意:“有名”和“伟大”不是同义词。)
1节:我们再次看到以色列民族历史规___和循___。(请参看本系列第一课。)
2-25节:参孙的出生非常不寻常。请列出有关参孙的出生,那些不寻常的事。
4-5节:“归神作拿细耳人”的定义和规矩是什么?(参看民数记6:1-21。)使者规定玛挪亚的妻子:1)清___浓___都不可喝;2)一切不___之物也不可吃;3)不可用剃___刀剃参孙的___。为什么?
6-7节:“因为这孩子从出___一直到___,必归神作拿___ ___人”。
8-16:神的使者是否让玛挪亚和他的妻子招待他吃饭并预备燔祭献给他?
17-18节:使者的名字是什么?
18-21节:耶和华的使者怎么样与他们告别?
24-25节:“后来妇人生了一个儿子,给他起名叫___ ___。孩子长大,耶和华___ ___与他。在玛哈尼但,就是琐拉和以实陶中间,耶和华的灵才___ ___他”。
二。士师记14章:参孙谈恋爱:
1-2节:非利士人是众迦南民族之一,但他们不算迦南原始居民。(在历史上的某时候非利士人从别的地方进入了迦南征服了海岸之地。)你认为,神是否不要犹太人与非利士人结婚?(参看出埃及记34:11, 15, 16;申命记7:1-4;士师记3:5-6。)
1-3节:参孙请父母准备办喜事;参孙爱上什么民族的人?父母的看法如何?
4节:父母不知道此事是谁的意志?(但,神是否要参孙违背拿细耳人的归条?)
请述说士师记14章里一个狮子的角色。
在士师记14章我们已经见到过:1)参孙身体的力量(___掉狮子);2)参孙的弱点(女___);3)参孙的智力(造诗和谜___);4)参孙性子急躁(因为生气而杀死___个人)。
参孙为什么把谜语解释给女子听?请背诵参孙有名的谜语:“吃的从吃者出来,甜的从强者出来”(14节)。请背诵参孙告诉非利士人有名的回应:“你们若非用我的母牛犊耕地,就猜不出我谜语的意思来”(18节)。
20节:最後,女子做了什么?
注意:在士师记14章里,我们是否已经能够见到参孙的“生命故事”象征着以色列人“灵命生活”?参孙不要与以色列女子结婚;他去追求非利士人的女子,就如以色列人拒绝天上耶和华神的爱和恩典,去追求异教徒的假神一样。
三。士师记15章:参孙报仇:
1-8节:参孙为什么要报仇?他如何报仇?
非利士人如何回报?参孙如何对待那些非利士人?从此我们学习报仇是多么有用,啊!对吗?
9-17节:谁才把参孙交在非利士人的手中?为什么?参孙如何反应?参孙打死多少非利士人?
18-20节:参孙做以色列人的士师几年?
四。士师记16章:参孙与大利拉:
1节:参孙身体强壮但他的道德标准是否达了到神的标准?
2-3节:请述说参孙和城门的事。
4-22节:请详细地描述参孙和大利拉的“爱情故事”。
第一次大利拉请参孙把他“力气秘密”告诉她时,参孙应该怎么样?1)他应该告诉大利拉他不谈此事;“请你不要管我瓦上霜”。2)他应该把双脚往门外跑,离开她。参孙还有眼睛,但他已经失了明;他看不清这个女人不要做别的,只要出卖他。但,参孙以为好玩,以为他不会跌倒。他错了!(今天,张三问我们我们不想要回答的问题时或不应该回答的问题时,我们该怎么办?)
大利拉如何说服参孙把他的“秘密”告诉她?参孙告诉大利拉何事?参孙的力气什么时候就离开了他?当大利拉叫人来为参孙___ ___。这位“出胎就归神作拿细耳人”的参孙,已经违背了什么规条?(参看士师记13:5及16:17。)
从此可知,参孙“健身”,但没有“健”道德观和灵命。参孙把整个城门拉下来,扛上肩,但在大利拉的纠缠下,他毫无力量。神赐给他超自然的力量,但他不重视它,他滥用神的礼物。
21节:非利士人如何报仇?把参孙的眼睛弄___了。
22节:非利士人不重视一件事,是什么?
23-31节:当非利士人给他们的神(大衮)献大祭时,参孙怎么会在场?参孙祷告求耶和华神何事?结果呢?
请背诵30节:“我情愿与非利士人同死!…这样,参孙死时所杀的人,比活着所杀的还多”。参孙做了以色列的士师几年?参孙的生命也是一个悲剧。请问:如果参孙一生当中都守道德,不追赶非利士女子、不报仇等,他就不可能杀掉那么多非利士人,对吗?您同意此看法吗?为什么?(给您一个暗示吧:无所不能的神能够打败非利士人的唯一方法是让参孙犯罪,花天酒地,干傻事,对吗?难道神毫无别的办法吗?)
参孙的一生使得您获得什么心得?
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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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士师记第五课:参孙士师:士师记第十二章至第十六章
Bible Study Questions: Judges/06: Samson
Judges 12-16
作者:谢德华 ©By Edward Short
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