Patient Zero and the Divine Antidote
When a deadly outbreak occurs, experts frantically search for "Patient Zero" to understand the disease and develop a cure. Long before modern medicine, humanity was infected with a terminal, spiritual condition boasting a 100% mortality rate. As we observe the First Sunday in Lent today, the Apostle Paul points us back to our spiritual Patient Zero in Romans chapter 5. The diagnosis is devastating. The infection of sin runs deep within our very veins, earning us death. Yet, we do not gather in our pews today in despair. We gather because the Great Physician has willingly stepped into our quarantine. Today, we confront the grim reality of our inherited condition so we might marvel all the more at the Divine Antidote.
Sermon Text: Romans 5:12-19