1. Samson’s special birth: Judges 13.14,24 God’s command to Samson’s parents:  No grapes, no wine, no alcohol,  nothing unclean. She gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew up and the Lord blessed him. [Judges 13.24]

2. Special births in the Bible  Jeremiah [Jeremiah 1.5]  Paul [Galatians 1.15]  The Servant [Isaiah 49.1]

3. Special births in the Bible  Jeremiah [Jeremiah 1.5]  Paul [Galatians 1.15]  The Servant [Isaiah 49.1]  Us! “He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world” [Ephesians 1.4]

4. Choice or Chosen? The Doorway As you go in:  “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away” [John 6.37b] As you look back:  “Chosen in Christ before the world began” [Ephesians 1.4]