. Yes, the Holy Spirit works through men. The question is which men. When Jews and Christians sat down to argue the Scriptures, Christians found in them testimony to Christ Jesus. The Jews did not. We say the Holy Spirit guided the Christians, but that is because we are Christians. When Christians sit down with Christians, we may be guided by the Spirit in that we each want to know the truth. But who decides between us when we disagree? One can say that all we can do is to discuss the matter in charity until ther end of time, and it may come to that. But there are different approaches. I try to be consistent with what I have been taught and not to depart from that if I can. I think that the difference between us is not what we believe because of an special inspiration but because we have been taught differently.
We say the Holy Spirit guided Christians, not because we are Christians. We say it because Jesus promised it.
John 14
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you...
26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15
26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16
13"But when He,the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
1 John 2
1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
2and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world... 27As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
When Christians sit down with Christians, we may be guided by the Spirit in that we each want to know the truth. But who decides between us when we disagree?
Continue to listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit ... and He shall teach us ... until we all come together in the knowledge of the faith.Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come together into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
We are all deficient in our knowledge of the gospel ... because, as long as we remain, the Holy Spirit has not yet finished teaching us (if we will listen).