And when he is come he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 8.
Jesus tells his sorrowing disciples, "It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you." Again he says to them, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,... even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive." Then again, just after the words that stand at the head of this article he says, "When he the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth."
Jesus uses the terms Holy Ghost, Comforter and Spirit of Truth synonymously. Science and Health tells us that Holy Ghost is Divine Science. Evidently the work of Divine Science, or the Comforter, is to lead us into all Truth. The way in which we are to be led into the Truth, is by being first convinced of sin; a most uncomforting process truly, to mortal mind, for it loves to think itself righteous. Does not this thing we call self, stand up and bar the way to the realization of the blessed Truth? Is not this self the objective state of sin? Is it not the expression of the belief of life, substance, and intelligence apart from God, —the Principle of all that exists?
