The Word of God
Luke 24:44-47 Then he (Jesus) opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
John 8:31-32 Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Understanding the Word of God
The first thing that we should address before studying the Word of God is our motive for wanting to know it. There are many wrong reasons we can have for learning the Word that will cause us to have a distorted understanding of it. The Word of God is given to shed light on darkness and to expose sin and unrighteousness. It is given to build up and strengthen those that are seeking after a more accurate and meaningful relationship with God. For us to really understand the word of God we must allow our knowledge of it to pass from our heads and get deep down into our hearts and live it out in our lives.
About the Bible Translation we use
We are using the World English Bible (WEB) for our studies here.
Transliterations
A transliteration is a word that has been rendered in another language by substituting the corresponding letters of the alphabet rather than translating the meaning of the word. It is from the Latin meaning “across letters”. The word baptism is a transliteration of the Greek word baptisma which means to immerse, plunge into or surround with. John the Baptist is a transliteration whereas John the Immerser would be a translation.
It is important to understand the meanings of words that have been transliterated so we can better grasp what is being conveyed.
Greek Parts of Speech
For those that are not familiar with the Greek language but are interested in understanding it better I have put together a quick reference list for the Greek parts of speech with a basic meaning for each. It is only meant to be a starting point that will hopefully guide you into understanding the language better. Seeing that the New Testament is mostly in the Greek language it is good if we can have at least a small grasp of the language to help us in our studies of the Word of God.