Avocados aren’t the answer to sin. I never thought I’d have to say that. One of the “hit” commercials from a recent Super Bowl showed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, right after Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit. The sky was dark. The world was falling apart. Until, thankfully, a squirrel showed up with an avocado. “Try this,” he said. “They make everything better!” Thanks to avocados, the world became perfect again.

So I’m going to say it again: avocados aren’t the answer to sin. Making jokes about sin isn’t the answer to sin either. Nor is mocking the Bible. What a society we live in! We care more about creating funny commercials than about the wrath of God. If we think avocados can save the world, if we think the story of Adam and Eve is a stupid myth to laugh at, we’ll be surprised one day when we face God. Sin is serious, and avocados aren’t the answer to sin.

But God has provided the answer to sin: “The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). It took the life and death—the blood—of Jesus to pay for Adam’s sin and Eve’s sin and your sin and my sin. Through the cross of Jesus, you are forgiven! As our society jokes about sin, take your sin seriously. Repent of your sin each day. And remember this beautiful truth: “The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”