圣灵和神的道
哥林多前书二章7至16节
7我们讲的，乃是从前所隐藏、神奥秘的智慧，就是神在万世以前预定使我们得荣耀的。
8这智慧世上有权有位的人没有一个知道的、他们若知道，就不把荣耀的主钉在十字架上了。
9如经上所记：神为爱他的人所预备的是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。
10只有神借着圣灵向我们显明了，因为圣灵参透万事，就是神深奥的事也参透了。
11除了在人里头的灵，谁知道人的事；像这样，除了神的灵，也没有人知道神的事。
12我们所领受的，并不是世上的灵，乃是从神来的灵，叫我们能知道神开恩赐给我们的事。
13并且我们讲说这些事，不是用人智慧所指教的言语，乃是用圣灵所指教的言语，将属灵的话解释属灵的事。（或作：将属灵的事讲与属灵的人）
14然而，属血气的人不领会神圣灵的事，反倒以为愚拙，并且不能知道，因为这些事惟有属灵的人才能看透。
15属灵的人能看透万事，却没有一人能看透了他。
16谁曾知道主的心去教导他呢？但我们是有基督的心了。
信息分享
基督徒的工作分为两个阶段：首先，是向罪人传福音，领他归主；接着，是教导已接受基督的人更深明白圣经的真理。当保罗向未信者传福音时，他只传一个信息；可是，他却会借着讲道或书信，教导信徒不断在真理上成长。
我们若然只停留在福音道理的初阶，就永远不能在信仰上进深成长。无论是在宣教工场，或是在本地的教会及主日学中，这都是不争的事实。
神已经为祂的每个儿女，定下了美好的计划。祂没有将那些计划，一早向世人预先显明；反之，祂要借着圣灵将这些事情教导给祂的儿女认识。
圣灵会帮助我们明白神的话语，即圣经。第10节告诉我们，因为圣灵参透万事，所以，我们若遇到不明白的地方，圣灵便会指教我们，并教导我们明白神的奥秘。
第14节对我们有很大的提醒。我们经常听到人说：「圣经很难明白」或「我只读过一次圣经，却读不明白。」这节经文正好告诉我们，他们为何读不明白。对未得救的人而言，圣经是一部难明的典籍。可是，当他们认识耶稣基督，圣灵进入他们的生命之中，圣灵就会帮助他们去明白神的话语，以及神在他们身上的计划。
哥林多的信徒明白这个道理吗？我们并不知道。但我们却知道，在保罗写了这封书信之后的不久，哥林多教会便逐渐衰落。
因此，无论是个别信徒或整体教会，若想在基督里成长和为基督作见证的话，就必须重视神的话语。而且，他们必须相信圣灵会将神的真理教导神的儿女。
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD OF GOD
1 Corinthians 2:7-16
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written:“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor have entered into the heart of man. The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Message
There are two stages in Christian work: preaching the Gospel to sinners and teaching the deeper truths of the Bible to those who accept Christ. When Paul talked to the unsaved, he had one message. When he talked or wrote to Christians, he always sought to lead them on into the deeper things of God.
We never grow as we should if all we ever "hear or read are the first steps of the Gospel, however wonderful they may be. This is too often true in missionary situations. It is often true in Sunday schools and sometimes in church services.
God has wonderful plans for his children. He hasn't revealed all those plans to the world, but his Spirit is waiting to teach God's children what these things are.
The Spirit of God helps us to understand the Word of God, the Bible. The word 'search' in V.10 means to throw light onto something and that is what the Spirit of God does. He throws light onto the words we read and gives light to our minds to help us clearly understand what he wants us to know.
Verse 14 is also very helpful. So many times people say 'I can't understand the Bible' or 'I read it one time and I couldn't understand what I read'. This verse tells us the exact reason why they couldn't understand. To an unsaved person, the Bible is a closed, difficult book. But when they meet Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God comes into their lives then they have him always with them to help them understand what God has said and what God has planned for them.
Did the Corinthian church understand all this? We cannot say. But not many years after this letter was written the church at Corinth had completely disappeared.
If any church or any believer is going to stand for and grow in Christ, that church or that believer must give the Word of God its rightful place. They must recognise the work of the Spirit of God in teaching his truths to the children of God.