The
faith of the church passed down to us by the fathers and mothers of the faith
is spiritual medicine, meant to cure the 'sin-sick soul' that characterizes the
human condition. We have a diagnosis of our illness (sin), a remedy for this
illness (the atoning work of Jesus Christ), and a means of application (the
power and work of the Holy Spirit). The beliefs that the church has handed on
to us, such as the Trinity, the incarnation, the power of sin, the atoning work
of Christ, and the resurrection of the body, are simply sensitive instruments
and effective prescriptions in God’s medical kit, just as the Eucharist,
baptism and the Bible are. When we engage one another with these canonical
means of grace, we are acting as the nurses in God’s hospital, going about the
work of our divine physician.
-- Drs. David Watson and
William J. Abraham
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