1 Corinthians 2
“1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.”
In his first letter to the Church at Corinth, Paul addressed several problems in that church. One was the preaching and teaching of false doctrine. This false doctrine had come about by studying and following after the ideas and thoughts of men rather than following the Word of God.
We see God's people doing the exact same thing today. There are many self-taught theologians out there today, proclaiming the words of man over the Word of God. Searching the books and sermons of men for the answers rather than leaning upon the guidance of God's own Holy Spirit to teach us from God's Word, as we are taught over and over in God's Word.
Again, don't misunderstand or misquote me in this. I am not against good commentaries or sermons. But when we rely on those things for understanding of God's Word more than God's Word itself then we will surely open ourselves up to all kinds of false doctrine.
There is no better teacher on the Word of God than the Holy Spirit. No words of any man can come close to reaching the wisdom and knowledge we can obtain from the teaching of the Holy Spirit of God.
There is nothing sweeter and more precious to a child of God then when we have the Word God opened unto us by His Holy Spirit and He reveals unto us some glorious truth about our Lord and Saviour.
Go back and study on verses 9-13 in our text. It will do us all some good.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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