Our Response to Question 1We believe that the Bible (the Tanach & the Renewed Covenant known as the Old Testament & the New Testament, respectively) is the
inspired (influenced),
revealed, inerrant, unchanging, written Word of the Creator.
Some of it is the actual spoken & written word of
Yahweh (God), and
Yahushua (you may know Him as Jesus). Much of it is written by men who were guided, motivated, influenced and stimulated by Elohim (God) to write what they wrote.
Surely, it is only "inspired" in the
original languages, & in the
original context.
There is no such thing as an "inspired" translation.
I believe that we must
ALWAYS study Yahweh’s Word in the
original CONTEXT (cultural, social, historical, linguistic and literary), since it was written
TO the original audience, but was written
FOR us.
Isn't it true that,
Yahweh’s Word says what it says;
not what I think it says,
not what I believe it says,
not what I’d like it to say,
not what others say it says, and
not necessarily what I’ve been taught that it says !
Conclusion – If we want to read and “understand” what the Bible is really telling us, it is essential to :
1: compare the verse studied with several versions of the Bible (this is easily done using the excellent, free Bible software,
e-Sword from
http://www.e-sword.net/ 2: use several concordances/dictionaries to study the meanings of specific Hebrew words