1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
At the end of the day preaching Christ crucified is better than all the wisdom or "excellent speech" that we could use for the testimony of God.
3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Again it is reinforced that speech and preaching with "enticing words of man's wisdom" is nothing compared to preaching in the demonstration of the Spirit and of Power . The reason why? Verse 5 sums it up , Our faith should not come from wisdom of men , but in the power of God.
6Howbeit
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:
7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
The wisdom of God is different than the wisdom of this world and different than the wisdom of the princes of this world . The interesting thing about Princes of the World is that Satan is referred to as the "Prince of this World" in John 12 : 31 , 14:30 , and 16 : 11 , Jesus says in 14:30 that there was much more to tell his disciples but it had to wait because "The Prince of this World" has come , so these verses in 1 Corinthians 2 : 6-8 could very well be talking about Spiritual forces and how they would not had crucified Christ if they knew the hidden wisdom of God which is Christ crucified . See Ephesians 2: 2 for another reference to "The Prince of the Air".
9But
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.
This is a wonderful promise for us that love him , that believe the gospel of Jesus. Our eyes , ears , and even heart can not comprehend the things that God has prepared for us.
10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11For
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.
12Now 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.
13Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
14But
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.
15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
Verses 10 -16 set out the difference between wisdom by the Holy Spirit and wisdom by man :
Verse 10 : The Spirit searches the deep things of God and reveals things to us.
Verse 11-12: The spirit of man can not know the things of God , only the Spirit of God
can. In verse 12 it also makes it clear that the things we might know from
God are freely given by God
Verse 13 : Speaking in things that the Holy Ghost teaches is different than man's
wisdom . Comparing spiritual things with spiritual is a good idea.
Verse 14 : Nautural man can not receive the things of the Spirit of God they are foolish-
ness to him, this verse is quite packed first of all it was written because as we
will see the Corinthian Church was having a hard time walking by the Spirit
and were certainly walking by the natural man. But also this verse explains
why unsaved people can not understand the things of God outside of their
hearts convicted them. I would suggest that next time someone tells you that
what you believe is foolish or doesn't make any sense you quote this verse to
them .
Verse 15-16: Who can judge the Spirit and who can instruct the Lord? Very good points
here. This whole Chapter has been comparing the difference between
man's wisdom and God's wisdom. Wisdom given by the Spirit is beneficial
and wisdom given by the flesh isn't. How can we know it is Spirit led?
Verse 13 says comparing spiritual things with spiritual. Well the Word of
God is spiritual we know this from a couple places : John 1 says the Word
was there in the begining was with God and was God. Also 2 Timothy3:16
says All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: , and
Hebrews 4:12 says the word of God is sharper than a two edged sword.
So the Word of God is spiritual and the way to compare spirtual would
be to compare the message with the word of God just like the Bereans did
in Acts 17.
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