How comfortable are you with snakes? Most people are a little uneasy. Some will even scream and run away at the sight. A long time ago, Adam and Eve were overconfident. They went along with the serpent, and we’ve been plagued by his lies and malice ever since, succumbed to his temptations and squeezed by his accusations. We needed the ultimate animal control. Today, for the first Sunday of Lent, we consider how “Jesus Defeated the Devil”. Our sermon is based on Romans 5.