Learning Biblical Greek isn’t much different than learning to be a diesel mechanic.
One doesn’t take any more effort or intellect than the other. However, some folks would have you believe otherwise. The reasons are often obvious.
But the point is, the Lord not only takes what’s weak and makes it strong, or what’s down and raises it up, but also what’s incomprehensible and clarifies it. Not because of what anybody deserves, but because of what HE deserves to demonstrate.
So, if I have only a basic understanding of diesel mechanics, I shouldn’t be surprised that you’re hesitant to let me tear your new truck engine apart in order to find some type of solution for why it might not be operating properly.
But there’s the other half of the equation.
You’d also need to be confident that whoever works on your truck is indeed qualified to do so. In the same manner too, one could make the case that a man’s capacity for determining truth is [obviously] directly proportional to the level of knowledge he’s acquired seeking it.
So, whether it’s the ability to replace piston rings or accurately convey the written word of God to others—if some productive skill has been given to me to develop and share, I might wanna’ make sure I don’t squander any opportunity to do that. [see: Matt. 25:14-30]
I’m not suggesting that everyone needs to learn how to read the Bible in the original languages. However, I was a carpenter by profession for forty years, so I’m absolutely convinced that, if I can learn to be a Biblical Greek scholar, anybody can [1].
Experience and knowledge are relative constructs. Truth isn’t.
Yet the truth is, if I choose to rely too much on the imperfect nature of human intuition, the odds are pretty good that I’m gonna’ be misled now and then.
I’ve come to understand that, quite often, less is more.
But not always.
“What no eye has seen or what no ear has heard is what God has prepared for those who love Him.” [1Cor. 2:9]