We are in the midst of the coronavirus aka COVID-19 aka the Chinese virus pandemic. Nearly 2 million people have been infected and 113,300 people have died across the world (as of 12 April 2020). There have been many other pandemics in the history of our world like the plague of Justinian, Black Death, the third plague pandemic and the Spanish flu. The worst of them was the Black Death which is said to have killed nearly one third of the population of the world! Due to a better understanding of bacteria, viruses, diseases and huge improvements in medicine, the world has been spared major pandemics for the last 100 years. But the corona virus has stealthily travelled across the world and fear has gripped people, especially since there is no known cure.
There is another pandemic greater than corona virus and even Black Death. It got introduced soon after man appeared on the scene and it is still infecting people with deadly accuracy, with a 100% infection and mortality rate! The name of this virus is sin. Sin was introduced when Adam and Eve decided to listen to the devil and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead of obeying God. The Bible says “sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men” Romans 5:12 (ESV). People kill and steal; there is poverty, sickness and disease. The ground is unable to yield enough food and many go hungry. There is distrust between man and animals. Many have tried different ways to overcome sin and death but never succeeded. The Old Testament prescribes an elaborate set of rituals and sacrifices to deal with sin but even that could not solve the sin problem as Hebrews 10:3,4 (ISV) says “through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year, for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins”. But around 2000 years hope arrived, Joseph was told about his virgin fiancée that “she will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins” Matt 1:21 (ESV).
Smallpox was a deadly disease and it is said that most of the Native American population died due to viral diseases like small pox. But Dr. Edward Jenner induced immunity against smallpox by infecting people with the milder cowpox. Similarly in 1 Peter 2:24 (AMP) the Bible tells that Jesus “personally carried our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you have been healed”. Just as small pox has been eliminated in the world thanks to vaccination, the perfect vaccine for sin was produced on the cross by Jesus Christ around 2000 years ago on Good Friday and revealed to the world that Easter. The Bible says in 1 John 1:7 that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Although sin is the deadliest virus, the vaccine needs no painful injection; it is free and comes with a gift! Romans 6:23 (ESV) says “for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”.
Romans 10:9 (ISV) says that “if you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”. So if you have been not been vaccinated against the deadliest virus of all time, turn away from your sin, declare that Jesus is Lord and believe on Him. You will get vaccinated from sin and get the free gift of eternal life. You will also get protection against the coronavirus aka COVID-19 aka Chinese virus since He is also our healer about which I will give more detail in my next post.
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