Why is this virus so dreaded to make the world look for cover? There are many other virus infections known to humans and show their heads again and again. But none of them frightens people so much as this one!
There are two main reasons why Coronavirus frightens modern man than any other disease. First, this infection is sure to cause death. Secondly, scientists haven't come up with a cure or vaccine for this virus yet. The fear of this deadly virus is genuine. It comes out of the realization that modern man with all technological advances is still helpless before this puny little virus--puny in size only.
However, sin is even more serious. It also causes death. Death not in the sense of the end of life, but even more seriously being cut off from God, the source of life. God gives life to all that is living. Separation from him is real death. A sinner who is alienated from God is dead though he may be breathing. Jesus said, 'I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins' (John 8:24).
Many people don't dread sin because they don't realize that it leads to death. They are already dead. People don't take sin seriously since they don't even know that all that they need to do is to believe in Jesus as their saviour.
Sin is more serious than Coronavirus. However, it has a cure--faith in Jesus Christ as the saviour, the one who has defeated sin and death.