Jesus, it appears, was ahead...
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Jesus, it appears, was ahead of his time. It is from within that the evil lurks was his
message. Jesus was talking about moral disease, sin. Today, the message is the same and
it is prevalent, but it deals more with our physical rather than our spiritual well-being.
Women are urged to have regular mammograms and PAP tests to check for breast and
cervical cancers. Men are urged to have regular rectal exams and PSA tests to check for
prostate cancer. We are all urged to have digital rectal exams or colonoscopies to screen
for colon cancer. Why? Because, these diseases grow within, often without any or at least
very slight outward symptoms. Doctors and medical experts advise us to screen early and
regularly so that we can detect these diseases early in their growth; the chances of
recovery are greater the earlier we detect and begin our fight against them.
