When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
Chapter 15 contrasts Samson’s radical commitment with Judah’s wretched compromise. Samson’s actions and motives were not always the best, but he carried out God’s will. He treated the compromisers among whom he lived graciously since they were God’s people. However, he alone did what God had called him to do when he defeated the Philistines. Today many Christians compromise with the world as the Judahites did. Samson’s example encourages us to radical obedience even if we have to stand for God alone.