The Body of Christ: The Spirit of truth in the Body of Christ
John 15:26 says "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father-the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father-he will testify about me". Truth is therefore in the Spirit, as the Father and Son are realised in the truth in the Spirit. This allows a realisation of what the Father and Son are. God in the word which is engaged with in Spirit is light, and the Son is life. This light and life become real to us through the Spirit- we need the Spirit to have the light of the Father and the life of the Son. The Spirit of truth is therefore present in every divine thing, crucial amongst these the truth of eternal life. Because the Spirit is truth it is God, the Son and eternal life. Apart from the Spirit of truth eternal life is empty, the Spirit of truth being the truth of God, the Son, eternal life, grace and every divine matter. Because the Spirit is the truth of the divine and spiritual realities the Spirit is the Spirit of truth. To be in the truth of th