Time and time again people have asked me, “Who is the ’silent infiltrator’?” and “Should I be wary of the ’silent infiltrator’?” Well the answer to these questions is very simple but some intellectuals have severe difficulty embracing the facts. The silent infiltrator is satan, his demons, and sin. And “yes!”, you should be wary of the silent infiltrator! Now, here’s where intellectuals (by the way, I’m no slouch when it comes to academic prowess just so you don’t think I’m some schmuck redneck with no basis of academic reality) want to convince you that sin is not sin but rather a disease or an illness. They term it “anti-social behavior.” Basically, saying it’s not your fault that you lie, cheat, steal, kill, maim, blaspheme, etc. You’re just sick. You can’t be blamed for the choices you make. Bologna!
Sin is sin! Plan and simple. We know it well. In fact, it permeates ever cell, molecule, and atom of our anatomy. An analogy that comes to mind is that of a smoke filled bar. You go into a bar for a little while with some friends. The smell of smoke smacks you in the face when you enter the room. But after a while you stop smelling it. You get used to it. But when you get home, you reak of it! It’s in your hair, your clothes, your jacket, up your nostrils, on your purse, on your shoes, every piece of clothing you were wearing! And if you go to bed without taking a full on scalding hot shower, you wake up with your bed linens covered in it from your hair and your actual being. The stench is EVERYWHERE! And now, not only do you have to wash the clothes you were wearing the night before, but you also have to wash your pjs and all your bed linens just to rid yourself of the smell.
Sin is like that smoke. It permeates every aspect of our lives. But, similar to getting used to the smell in the bar, we don’t notice the sin. It’s just what is acceptable. Since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, we have inherited a sinful nature. So, technically, we are born with it. We are bound to it. But unlike the smell of smoke, there is nothing we can or could ever do to cleanse ourselves from sin. No amount of scrubbing or good works or being a good person can rid ourselves of sin. We reak of it.
But, there is good news! God because He is the opposite of sin sent His Son, Jesus to us as Himself on Earth to sacrifice Him for our transgressions. In order that we might be able to be with Him eternally. The only way that we as humans could ever be set free from satan’s bonds of sin was for God, as Jesus who was/is sinless, to take our place with all of our sins — past, present and future — on His shoulders in sacrifice. But being God, He was not bound by death, which is a human consequence, and triumphed over satan and death to restore us to our intended purposes under God.
But here’s the kicker! The Grace of God is a gift. And a gift is only useful if you open it and use it. That’s what it means to be a Christian. It means to simply recognize that Jesus did this amazing thing for us, all of us, and because of that recognition, you ask for the Holy Spirit (God, here with us) to come upon you and release you from your sinful nature. It’s kind of like the Matrix. Take the blue pill or the red pill. If you take the red pill, if you accept the Saving Grace of Jesus, you will be freed from your bondages of sin and be able to see the true reality of just how sinful and bleek life here on earth is. Living in the matrix as a pawn was easy and fun. Living in reality is a war — a struggle. That’s what it’s like to be a Christian. Christians are warriors who are in the world but not of the world. Because we as Christians are free from satan’s ties, we are his number 1 target. He’s sending his demons and everything he can after us because we are dangerous to him. So, just like the early Christians had to do, we must be aware that they are everywhere.
