Do I need to learn Hebrew and Greek?

Have you ever listened to a sermon and the preacher begins to teach what the original Hebrew word is or what this really means in the Greek context? If you have then you may be able to relate with this question. Am I reading the wrong bible? The reason I ask is because, if I have to do research and homework on every word in my bible then why doesn’t my bible need a makeover? Was it not translated correctly the first time? 

We say that the bible is the inspired Word of God, yet when we disect words so far down to the ‘original’ it seems as though they mean something entirely different. Now I am not saying that one needs to throw their bible out. God sustains His word and it is the same as 2000 years ago. Go look at the Dead Sea Scrolls for evidence of that. 

God in His infinite wisdom even has english words that have been translated 3 and 4 times and yet somehow they hit home in the day in which we live. God’s word is Trustworthy. If you are desiring to understand what the original says, then God will show you more truth. If you are content with taking the Bible at what it says in your language…then God will show you more truth. 

God is faithful and as we read His Word, He will teach us new truth each and every day.