Louis always had a real interest in different kinds of animals, but his favorite animals were snakes. This interest in snakes almost cost Louis his life.
Louis knew what he wanted when he smashed the glass to a display case at the zoo. In this display case there were two five-foot-long Gaboon vipers. Reaching through the broken glass, Louis quickly grabbed the vipers and stuffed them into a black plastic bag.
I’m not sure if Louis knew how poisonous the Gaboon viper is, but he was soon to find out. It is one of the most poisonous snakes in the world.
It was late at night when Louis climbed onto a city bus, carrying a black plastic bag with his new “pets.” He sat down for the ride back to his home, with the bag beside him. He peeked into the bag. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. One of the snakes had bitten him! Blood started running down his arm and soaked through his shirt. Louis did not know what to do.
The Bible tells us, “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23)). After the snake bit Louis, his sin was quickly “found out.” Not only had he sinned when he broke the window and stole the snakes, but now he also was facing death. Louis was in very serious trouble and needed help, fast!
The others on the bus soon realized that Louis needed help. The driver quickly stopped the bus and called the police.
Louis was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital. When the doctors at the hospital discovered what had bitten Louis, they immediately sent out an emergency call for antivenin to the Gaboon viper poison, the only remedy that could save his life. Thankfully for Louis, an antivenin was found and rushed to the hospital where Louis lay, close to death. It had to be given quickly to save his life. There was no time to waste!
Did you know that all of us have a problem even worse than Louis’s poisonous snake bite? Our problem is sin. God says “all have sinned” and “the wages of sin is death.” That means that we will die because of our sins someday. But thankfully, just as there was a remedy for Louis, there is a remedy for sin. That remedy is the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says that the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)). Just as Louis had to receive the remedy for the snake bite, so we each have to be willing to receive God’s remedy for our sins. Have you believed on the Lord Jesus as your very own Savior and accepted the only remedy for your sins?
Messages of God’s Love 12/26/2021