Question to Children:
Who is our righteous judge?
Answer: The Lord Jesus. “Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” 2 Tm 4:8.
Question to Intermediates:
Where was the strength of Othniel, Israel's first judge, to defeat Israel's enemies?
Answer: His strength was in the Holy Spirit of God, who came upon him. “The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.” Jud 3:10-11.
Questions to Adolescents:
The promise of victory of the people of Israel over their enemies was conditioned on what attitude?
Answer: To obedience to the Lord's commandments, to the teachings of the Word of God. “For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.” De 11:22-23.
Question to Children:
Who was the servant chosen by God to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines?
Answer: Samson. “For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” Judges 13:5.
Question to intermediates:
Who told Manoah's wife that she would have a son?
Answer: The angel of the Lord. ‘And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.”’ Judges 13:3
Question to adolescents:
What was the Lord's purpose in electing Samson to be God's Nazirite?
Answer: To deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines. "For, behold, you will conceive and have a son on whose head no razor will pass: because the child will be a Nazirite from God from the womb: and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines." Judges 13: 5.
Question to Children:
What happened when Samson prayed asking water?
Answer: Simeon water came out of a rock. “o God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out, and he drank; and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.” Judges 15:19.
Question to intermediates:
What happened when samson was tied with ropes before the Philistines?
Answer: They The Holy Spirit made him strong and he broke off the ropes easily. “When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds [b]broke loose from his hands..” Judges 15:14.
Question to adolescents:
What led Samson to achieve the victory over the Philistines?
Answer: The power of God’s Spirit in his life. “And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.” Judges 13:25.
Question to Children:
What does the lion represent in the riddle of Samson?
Answer: The Lord Jesus who died but is risen. “So he said to them: Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet. Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.” Judges 14:14
Question to intermediates:
What did honey represent in Samson's riddle?
Answer: Salvation through Jesus' death and resurrection. “So he said to them: Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet. Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.” Judg. 14:14
Question to Adolescents:
What does the riddle of Samson mean to us?
Answer: The death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. “So he said to them: Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet. What is sweeter than the honey? And is stronger than the lion?” Judg. 14:18b