Satan’s most effective lies are those that sound true. There’s a philosophical argument going around in this postmodern period that the Church is a "hospital." Being a hospital then you should expect to find every type of "sinful disease" including immortality, adultery, addictions, criminal activity, etc. And that’s the true Church and if that offends you then you are self-righteous and should stay away.

There are plenty of Bible examples of this being a false concept-the first that came to my mind was in 1 Corinthians 5 where the Apostle tells the Church it’s not good that they are tolerating a man practicing immorality and they should put him out because "a little leaven will spread and leaven the whole Church."

The Spirit also reminded me of Paul saying that these sinful acts should not even be named among the Church.

In Chapter 6 the Apostle wrote that those who practice sin will not inherit the Kingdom of God. "Adultery", "fornication", "homosexuals" and "drunkards’ are among the sins mentioned. Paul goes on to say "Such were some of you, but you were washed. . .sanctified. . .and justified."

But let’s examine this false philosophical teaching by using simple philosophical logic. If you had a life threatening sickness that would require treatment in a hospital-which hospital would you choose to trust with your life? Would you consider a hospital that was filled with sick people who weren’t being nursed to health? One that had a poor record of success. Of course you would not. You would conclude that something is very wrong. That the doctors, nurses and technicians in that hospital are not doing their job in helping people to good health.

If you were there to get healthy then it wouldn’t satisfy you if they merely treated you with kind words as they comforted you in your sickness. You would want more than having your emotional state being tenderly stroked while the disease that is killing you is silently neglected.