A Virus

Let’s face it, everything in life is about education. A baby’s progress; crawling, talking and then walking. There are certain things that come naturally without any influence from us. The pumping of blood to one’s heart and all the other biological effects God has instituted. They happen and we exist. It’s only when we get sick that we look for a remedy to beat the intruder and this is where the medical profession and pharmaceutical companies gain their momentum. Without infections they wouldn’t exist and I am convinced not many would argue against my summation. But what of sin and the effect it has had on our world and all its inhabitants, Gods creation? Because of it, Christ’s salvation exists for the sinner and without sin that would not have been needed. It’s our own sin that teaches us this lesson well, if only we would pay attention to it. The sick require a doctor not the healthy, likewise the sinner requires forgiveness and not the righteous. However, examine the scriptures and you will see more often than not that apathy for healing was never drafted into the script, there was always an urgency behind the one who needed to be healed. The paralyzed man was so desperate that he somehow convinced those bearing his stretcher to hoist him onto a roof and then remove the tiles from the roof so that he could gain access to Jesus; “And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”” (Luke 5:18-20) – I trust you see the connection between healing, the forgiveness of a man’s sins and the urgency to have it dealt with.  

HIV an incredibly intelligent disease, the master of disguise until its deception was worked out. Once that happened AIDS was no longer a death sentence. But without administering the anti-retroviral medication it certainly would be. As a counsellor on the topic I saw the destruction it was able to reap within the minds of those not willing to come out into the open. Denial their enemy and there was an actual reason for this, the thought of their families disowning them was real. Which on occasion would happen. It’s almost as if the kettle was calling out the pot. The uneducated swayed by the myth of it all. The pretender also influenced by their blindness, not acknowledging their own sin. Almost a carbon copy playing out in the same community, disease and sin having the same effect on so many. How many have actual been disowned by their families because they now stand upon the truth of Christianity and acclaim the greatest news of all, that Jesus has it in his power to save the sinner. This is a glorious message, the love of God manifest with great wisdom. The brilliance of God pointing us to understand our need for forgiveness, whilst the devil twists disease as God’s influence as proof of the author of disaster. Which is obviously slanted in his favour to gain traction and take as many with him to hell as possible. He defied God and so he now looks for likeminded support. The sadness of it all is that he is a liar and a deceiver, God on the other hand has laid it out plainly. Repent find forgiveness for you sins or end up in the Lake of Fire. A message hated by our sensual desires, but nevertheless true.       

Can you see the correlation? Both sin and disease having the same effect on an individual, except the one costs an arm and a leg, whilst the other available to all, those willing to cry out to Jesus, the cost, humility! With great expense needed to heal the sick, the weak being exploited for self-gain. Only ever offering a temporary solution, whilst salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ an eternal solution.   

The question that is often asked is why would God allow such a disease to run riot at such a hectic pace? Look a little deeper and you will be amazed at what you see. I am in awe of His brilliance, the little I have been shown. A simple virus like HIV can teach us that we need to be saved not only from it but from our sin. Until we accept the fact that we are indeed infected by sin and confess that we will never need to be saved from it. Denial will keep salvation at bay and yet, just like the HIV Virus without medication will result in a person’s premature death, so too will unrepentant sinners end up in the Lake of Fire. These are the facts, and if ignored the only one who truly suffers is the inflicted. The one who never found an urgency to be healed. The one who was not willing to ignore the obstacles in life, push throw the crowd, climb a roof and remove the tiles to find forgiveness. Accept your position, see yourself for who you are and only then will forgiveness heal the broken hearted. 

God open our eyes to see the bigger picture with clarity. Please use this message to convict the one toying with the idea of repentance, the one that has been fence sitting for so long, only you are able to make that happen. Praise your name now and forever more, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone