{"content":[{"text":"Words are especially important because that is how Jesus chooses to reveal \n Himself to us. We can’t go to Him like Nicodemus and sit with Him face to \n face as He teaches us about Himself. We must rely on the Scriptures to \n learn about Jesus. And by learning about Jesus, we learn about God the \n Father and God the Holy Spirit. Paul tells us in Colossians, “Jesus is the \n image of the invisible God.” (v. 1:15) You cannot know God apart from \n Jesus. And you know Jesus by knowing His Word. And His Word has \n rules.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.096444,"width":0.7583880000000001,"height":0.18498299999999998}},{"text":"This means that besides your father and your pastor in your youth, the \n most important teacher in your life was your 7th grade grammar teacher! \n And they were probably the most underappreciated teachers you have \n except by a few of you who love grammar. Now it is true that God’s Word \n was written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The full richness of God’s \n Word is found in these languages, but your English Bible is fully the Word \n of God. Reading your Bible in English is like looking at pictures of Sainte- \n Chapelle. Online technology is really amazing. You can see pictures and \n panoramas of this incredible chapel which is located in Paris, France. You \n can even move your phone or tablet around and see the image of what you \n would be seeing in person if you stood in the middle of the real place. Even \n at different times of the day. But it just isn’t the same as being in the real \n Sainte-Chapelle. I’ve been there and can attest to this personally. This is \n why we want our pastors to study and learn the original languages.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.311179,"width":0.7623820000000001,"height":0.32803799999999994}},{"text":"There’s a real richness in reading the Word of God in Hebrew and Greek \n that you just can’t get in English. But you still get all you need in English. \n And whether you read in Hebrew or Greek or English, grammar matters. \n And whether you read today’s Gospel in Greek or English, you still don’t \n see Jesus’ facial expressions or hear His tone of voice. Wouldn’t you love to \n see that and hear that when Jesus asks Nicodemus, “Are you the teacher of \n Israel and yet you do not understand these things?” (v. 10) And since we \n can’t see His face and hear His tone, the grammar matters all the more.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.668931,"width":0.759947,"height":0.18486899999999984}},{"text":"2 | P a g e","bbox":{"left":0.80134,"top":0.917955,"width":0.07609799999999989,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}