Prioritized Daily Task
Debbie and Jalna work in yard at Jalna's
I studied Hebrew with my flash cards of the first 14 chapters while I walked up to Shelly along the Snake River. I made a copy of a quote by the instructor,
Learning the
Bible in translation is learning the Bible second hand" and a quote by Martin Luther.
"Martin Luther credits the
(human) launch of the entire Reformation to knowing Greek and Hebrew:
If the languages had not made me positive as to the true meaning of the word, I might have still remained a chained monk, engaged in quietly preaching Romish errors in the obscurity of a cloister; the pope, the sophists, and their anti-Christian empire would have remained unshaken.
Do you inquire what use there is in learning the languages...? Do you say, 'We can read the Bible very well in German?'
Without languages we could not have received the Gospel. Languages are the scabbard that contains the sword of the Spirit; they are the casket which contains the priceless jewels of antique thought; they are the vessel that holds the wine; and as the gospel says, they are the baskets in which the loaves and fishes are kept to feed the multitude."
If the languages had not made me positive as to the true meaning of the word, I might have still remained a chained monk, engaged in quietly preaching Romish errors in the obscurity of a cloister; the pope, the sophists, and their anti-Christian empire would have remained unshaken.
Do you inquire what use there is in learning the languages...? Do you say, 'We can read the Bible very well in German?'
Without languages we could not have received the Gospel. Languages are the scabbard that contains the sword of the Spirit; they are the casket which contains the priceless jewels of antique thought; they are the vessel that holds the wine; and as the gospel says, they are the baskets in which the loaves and fishes are kept to feed the multitude."
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