Computer virus and the Holy Spirit

Well it finally happened, our computer at home got a serious virus.

I took it to the "computer doctor" this morning. The patient is supposed to have "outpatient" surgery and will be home by tonight, hopefully, all well.

It's the first serious illness our home computer has ever had.

Nasty stuff. Apparently there is a virus that slams America everyday - it is from Ethiopia, Russia and other countries like that.

In our spiritual walk with God, there is a virus that can be just as deadly in the spirit realm. It is called sin.

Sin can come into our lives and spread, to the extent that it renders our spiritual computer (our walk with God - to continue the metaphor) useless. We no longer function or act or react in the realm of the spirit. We are dead spiritually.

What is the cure?

Jesus said in John 16:7, "For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."

What is the cure for the spiritual virus of sin in our lives? The presence of the Holy Spirit.

Before you and I connect with Christ, we are full of sin without any hope of living the life that Jesus calls us to.

We have been given a death sentence.

While we are here on this Earth, we learn and fill our mental computer full of things--even good things--that will get us nowhere with God. It’s like a computer with no protection and full of viruses and things that are not useful and headed for self destruction.

Satan is the extreme virus that invades our mind, like a hard drive on a computer. When we come into a relationship with Christ, here is what happens:

God sends the Holy Spirit to live inside us.

The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin. (He scans us and calls for removal)

When we realize that we have sinned and ask for forgiveness, sin is deleted and the antivirus takes over. It’s as if you would download a file in your computer for an antivirus program, except this is a living holy being called the Holy Spirit and the subscription will last forever.

It’s the third person of the trinity, Father (God), Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (indwells the believer).

We need the Holy Spirit as our computers need an antivirus.

There are many brand names of the program, but there is only one that works.

There is only one that never needs updating, for He's always the same yesterday, today and forever.

Best of all its free for the asking.