When it comes to our physical health we would never tolerate

a doctor not being honest about a serious illness. But when it comes to our

spiritual health, many would rather ignore or deny that our soul is suffering

with serious illness. Like the paralytic found in John 5.1-15 who says, “I have

no man to put me into the pool,” many of us try to go it alone by dragging

ourselves along while the healing is right in front of our face. Christ healed

the paralytic and He can heal our soul when we take full advantage of the life

of the Church He has given to us. Just as a medical doctor prescribes

treatment, the Church has a treatment available to heal our soul. One problem

seems to stand in the way. The world continues to lie to us about how sick our

soul really is. We wouldn’t allow our friends to convince us to ignore our

doctor; why do we allow society to convince us to ignore the Church?