Sin is a curious and deadly poison. It tantalizes and ensnares our senses with intoxicating flavors and aromas. It has a specific flavor for every person ever born, a flavor they have no hope of resisting. As soon as they enter the world the serpent sinks his fangs into their vulnerable flesh. This is his right ever since Eve took of the fruit and Adam fell. The more we have the more we want. Like a dog returning to its vomit we keep coming back for more. People talk about drugs and how addicting they become but all forms of sin are so addicting that no one has ever “kicked the habit,” so to speak Predicating when its deadly effects will take their final toll is impossible to determine and when they do it is to late. Or is it? There is one cure for the drug of sin, Jesus. He cures our addiction and wipes our past clean. He is the magical antidote for the most powerfully venom on earth. His blood is free of this deadly disease as part of his loving Father’s perfect plan he used it to make us clean.
We have been charged to help people find this cure. Just like the medic who give a snake-bite victim the antidote we are to give people the gospel. But just like that medic we did not make the cure and we deserve no credit for the wondrous effect. We are simply bearers of a mighty gift. Are you showing people how to escape from the ultimate drug?
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