As Theodore Parker said a long time ago, the besetting sin of Protestantism is bibliolotry. It is too easy to read into the Text what you want from it. You speak of the Word of God, meaning a book, hoping to free yourself of the mediation of a priesthood. But you only subject yourself to another, that of Luther and the little Luthers who stand between you and the original Greek. And if you learn the Greek, there stands the impassable barrier of almost two thousand years and the need to divine the words of men long dead. By all means follow the advise of St. Paul to Timothy to "search the Scriptures." But be careful that you do not come to believe that you know what you do not know or to see only the refelction of your own will.
God bless you Robby. "Every word of God is pure and the sum of Thy word is truth." Contrast that with "All men are liars" (not that all men are always liars, but all men possess ignorance and stubborness to one degree or another and therefore cannot ever be entirely trustworthy). "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on thine own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He
WILL direct your path."
I realize the problems with manuscripts, translations, etc, etc, etc. But this book contains the TRUTH OF GOD, and we will all be judged by our accordance with His Truth and not by our accordance with a certain church which has embellished its truth to such an extent that the simplicity of faith and the gospel is nearly, if not entirely, lost. You may call it bibliolatry if you like. I'm a truth-seeker, and Christ affirmed that His Father's word is truth, and this written word is the closest thing I have to His Father's word.