VIRUS!!

Have you ever opened an email, or clicked on a link that looked legitimate? As soon as you open that email or click on that link, you realize you made a big mistake! Now your computer is contaminated with a virus that is wreaking havoc! Your computer is not working or functioning the way that it should. The screen is frozen and will not unlock. The green screen of death. You wonder what you need to do to get it fixed. If it's your work computer, you can call your IT department to come and look at it. They can decide what is needed to get it fixed. If it's a major reprogramming or something else.

This got me to thinking about Adam & Eve. How they were deceived and took the bait and bit into something that wasn't legitimate (forbidden fruit)! As soon as Eve bit into fruit from the forbidden tree, virus (sin) entered into the world. Human kind hasn't been the same ever since! Our human hearts have been infected with the virus of sin! The relationship with God had been destroyed. We became immoral and corrupt. Not only us, but all creation was affected.

We don't have an IT department to call. Or a Geek Squad to get a hold of. No, we have one person. His name is Jesus! When we accept Him as our Lord & Savior, He starts to work on us, from the inside out. With Jesus in our lives, the virus of sin no longer has complete control. I would love to say the virus of sin has zero control over us, but let's be honest! 

1 John 1:8 Amplified Bible

8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

Just like the IT department will work on the computer to get it working properly again, that is how God will work on us. He will someday come and remove the virus of sin forever. Not only mankind but all of creation will be renewed. All will be made right!

1 John 2:1 Amplified Bible

2 My little children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God’s law. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate [who will intercede for us] with the Father: Jesus Christ the righteous [the upright, the just One, who conforms to the Father’s will in every way—purpose, thought, and action].

I encourage you tonight. I know that the struggle of the flesh is for real. Deep down we know that we are not right, but someday that day will come. When all will be restored. Keep fighting the good fight against the virus of sin. Keep putting your trust in Jesus.

God bless.

Rev. Kev.