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Blinded by Desire: Clear Vision, Clear Heart | Clear | Pastor James Alexander

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The Philistines shaved Samson's seven braids, and he did not know the Lord had left him.

Real Life Church opens the Clear series with a focus on clear heart, clear eyes, clear mind, and clear motives. Dean DeGora thanks listeners for joining, invites them to like and subscribe, and points them to the YouVersion notes for the message. He defines clear as free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness, and uses that as the frame for the sermon. The message then turns to Samson's story in Judges 16, especially the scene of Delilah, the Philistines, the shaving of Samson's hair, and the collapse that follows. The point is not just to retell a Bible story. It is a warning for anyone whose desires have started clouding judgment. DeGora says Samson's life shows four signs of clouded vision and a distorted heart. The first is choosing what looks good over what is right. Samson is held up as a man who kept following what seemed pleasing, whether in the women he chose or in the lion's carcass on the road and the honey he took from it. That pattern becomes a mirror for ordinary life. The question is not only whether something feels good, but why it is being chosen. He reaches back to Genesis and Eve's temptation, where what looked pleasing to the eyes also looked desirable. The sermon treats that scene as a present warning. It asks listeners to notice when attraction, pleasure, and rationalization start doing the work that obedience should do. By the close, the prayer is for clearer sight of God, a heart that sees him rightly, and worship that responds to mercy rather than condemnation. The final note is a blessing, a call to honor God, and a reminder that Jesus came to save, not to condemn.

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A sermon on clarity, Samson, and the cost of choosing what looks good over what is right.

The sermon opens the Clear series with a plain definition of clarity as freedom from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness, then moves to Samson to show how vision can blur and the heart can slip out of line.

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When what looks good starts pulling your judgment off course, this message gives you a sharper mirror.

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