Let me die with the enemy

Jdg 16:23 Now, the Philistine rulers gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate. They said, "Our god handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."
Jdg 16:24 When the people saw him, they praised their god. They said, "Our god gave our enemy, destroyer of our land and killer of so many, into our very hand!"
Jdg 16:25 When all the Philistines were enjoying themselves, they said, "Call Samson in to entertain[to be mocked, ridiculed, despised] us." Samson was called from the prison, and he made them laugh. They made him stand between two columns.

I can say, "I am like Samson." God has given me an anointing, and I live without understanding it's purpose. Here and there in my life there were burst of spirituality, Christian behaviour and victory, but it is the pleasure of my heart is what I seek.

Jdg 16:4 ... he fell in love with a woman in the Sorek Valley. Her name was Delilah.

He fell in love with a woman whose name means feeble. (To enfeeble, overpower, torture, delude, entice. How can I bind you?) Being betrayed thrice, he still went after his lust.

I was listening to Carter Conlon's "Is Darkness Celebrating Above Your Head", which talks of Samson's knowledge which he took very lightly. Samson knew that these will the below 3 ways will not overpower you. I remember a friend of mine, Cyril, saying, "It is not sufficient to know God, or understand the word of God in the mind but we need to know and live the word of God from our hearts". I would like to mention them here, as I was uplifted by the interpretation.

The first one, "If someone ties me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I will be like any other man". Seven new chords was interpreted as repeated failure. Samson knew that even if he falls in sin again, he is not defeated or destroyed, he would rise up and walk again.
Pro 24:16 A righteous person may fall seven times, but he gets up again.

The second, "Now, tell me how you can be tied up." Samson told her, "If someone ties me up tightly with new ropes that have never been used, I will be like any other man." New ropes was interpreted as new sin. Once we get over with a sin, another sin would come. But Samson knew, not by power not by might but by His spirit he will still rise up.

Thirdly, "Just weave the seven braids of my hair with the other threads in the loom." Weave into a web was interpreted as Confusion/Storm in the mind. Samson knew in righteousness you shall be established[firm]

Isa 54:14 In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Isa 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, not by Me; whoever shall gather against you, he shall fall by you.
Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the coals in the fire, and who brings out a tool for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall be blessed; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness is from Me, says Jehovah.

Samson knew all this, so did I. But as the story goes "when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;" I allowed Satan to to play with my thoughts, my actions and my word. And "vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart........then my strength[my God, my Saviour] will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man[natural man, man living in the flesh]." After this I end up being mocked, by my enemies.

Jdg 16:23 Now, the Philistine rulers gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate. They said, "Our god handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."
Jdg 16:24 When the people saw him, they praised their god. They said, "Our god gave our enemy, destroyer of our land and killer of so many, into our very hand!"
Jdg 16:25 When all the Philistines were enjoying themselves, they said, "Call Samson in to entertain[to be mocked, ridiculed, despised] us." Samson was called from the prison, and he made them laugh. They made him stand between two columns.

Where is his salvation? Where is his God? Where is his God how sing victory over us? Mocked me and even more allowed God to be mocked.

I like this part, where he searched for the main pillars of this Satanic building. It was like Samson was pray for the Godly sorrow, to reveal unto him the sinfulness of his sin. And then he prayed, "Let me[a living being, a breathing being] die with the Philistines". Let me[a living being, a breathing being] die to my sin, lust, pleasures of the world, laziness, uncleanliness ... God give me the Godly Sorrow, and reveal unto me my sin. Let me die to my sin, Oh Lord, that sin shall no longer have dominion over me.

Sin shall not have dominion over you

Rom 6:3 Know ye not[Shouldn't we be knowing this], that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 Therefore[Certainly, Verily] we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as[exactly like, just as] Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so[in this way, on this fashion] we also should walk[to tread all around, walk at large (especially as proof of ability); be occupied with] in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 For if[Assuming to be true that] we have been planted together[grown along with (connate - to be born with, twins ,Congenial - Having the same tastes, habits, or temperament; sympathetic.), closely united to] in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom 6:6 Knowing this[Shouldn't we be knowing this], that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might[possibility] be destroyed[to be (render) entirely idle (useless), become (make) of no (none, without) effect, bring (come) to nought (nothing), vanish away, make void], that henceforth[no longer, more, soon, not any more - Usage of negative in KJV is later] we should not serve[to be a slave, be in bondage] sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed[justified, made righteous] from[usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal] sin.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Rom 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over[to rule, be lord of, exercise lordship over] him.
Rom 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Rom 6:11 Likewise[in this way, on this fashion] reckon[to take an inventory, conclude, account of - It's like take note, to take an acknowlegdement for God] ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Rom 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

A picture of what connate means is shown below. This is a connate leaf. Can we differentiate the main leaf and teh sub leaf?? :)

In verse 6 the body of sin being destroyed is spoken of as a possibility. I would like equate and expand this to an old testement example which I heard from a preacher.

It is like the promise land which God showed to the 12 men (God showed us the perfection & holiness of Jesus even in the flesh). God asks us to go and posses this land. (God has given us proof and asks us through the scripture to live the verse "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.) But there are many who do not believe it is not possible to live a life without sin. Many say we should sin, for these are are gaints - Can we evr control them? The question is what happened to these people - They wandered and wandered and wandered in their unbeleif being defeated by sin again and again. Even more the died in their sin not being able to ever reach this "sin shall not have dominion".

But for the few who believed ..... For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. And again I say to you - Likewise[in this way, on this fashion] reckon[to take an inventory, conclude, account of - It's like take note, to take an acknowlegdement for God] ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This possibility is a certainity only through Jesus Christ our Lord. Yes, through Jesus Christ our Lord.