HELEN SANDERS
3-19-2026
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

God created man in his image: spirit, soul, and body. Our spirits are dead to the things of God until we become born again. Once we receive salvation, the Holy Spirit lives in our spirit. We now have two natures. One born of corruptible seed, and one born of incorruptible seed.

The new nature is fed by reading the scriptures, praying, and hearing the word of God preached. It lives by faith, not be the senses.

The old nature tries to tune out the things of God. It desires the way of the world. It concentrates mostly on things of the flesh and mind. It must come under the subjection of our new spirit man, or we will live a life of defeat.

In John chapter 15 Jesus speaks of being the vine that we are abiding in. We receive life through that abiding. We draw from Jesus, just as a leaf draws from the branches of a tree. We learn that we are to walk in love and become servants that bear fruit.

In chapter 16 Jesus tells his disciples that he will be leaving them. This must have been hard for them to hear since they had followed him and lived with him day and night for over three years. Then in 16:7 he says, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”

They understood that the Holy Spirit fell on certain prophets, priests, and kings, but this was something new. Verse 13 gives us insight as to why the Holy Spirit was needed for each disciple and what He would do. It says, “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”

To know that you can be guided into all truth by God, the Holy Spirit, means that we never have to worry about today or tomorrow. He knows all truth, and will show it to us. It may not come as an audible voice, but it will come through that inner witness; through reading the scriptures that speak to you personally, and by hearing the Word of God preached under the anointing.

We can be confident that God will guide us and lead us because Jesus promised it. It is up to us to listen and obey.