The Bible is the key to the heart of God.  There’s power in it, because it’s the testimony of the true God, and He Himself speaks in and through it (literally).  It’s a powerful thing to capture the words of the Lord–and this is just what the Bible has done.  It’s the transcript of dialogs with God throughout history.

A friend asked me once whether we can trust the Bible since the translations vary slightly from language to language and version to version.  She, being linguistic minded, felt it wrong to credit God for potential human errors–and how can we say that each are the inspired Word of God when they aren’t exactly the same?

All good questions.  But here’s the thing: it is the HOLY SPIRIT who reveals the Word to us (John 14 & 16).

Well, wait!  What about the Bible?  Yes, it starts with the Bible.  Our lives should revolve around the Bible because it IS the inspired Word of God–it’s His transcript to us.  But Jesus is the Word that became flesh (John 1).  The Holy Spirit is the spirit of God Himself, and it’s the Holy Spirit speaking through the Bible that makes the Word come alive for us (1 Cor 2)!  In essense, it’s the Bible plus the Holy Spirit–the Bible is the living Word only when read with the Holy Spirit’s divine guidance.  So, it’s all about the Bible (which is Jesus, the Word, as a lingual transcription for us); and it’s all about Jesus, who is the Word Himself and still speaks through His Spirit!