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The Bible is a book. It's an inspired book. It's a holy book. But it's still a book.
The Bible is not God, obviously, but it does describe God. It describes his person. It describes his will for mankind. It describes his desired relationship with us and each other.
The Bible describes how we must reorient ourselves to conform to God's will. It also describes how we can connect to God via prayer to form an intimate relationship with our creator. It describes how prophets of the past communicated with God, their struggles, failures and triumphs; and it gives us instruction to achieve the same.
The Bible is a road-map, blueprint, and guide leading us to God.
Once we reach God we put the road-map down. That's the purpose of road-maps -- to get you to your destination. But God is not a physical place. He occupies a spiritual plane, an emotional realm. We may connect to him today then lose him tomorrow. Thus we need to constantly reconnect. We need to continuously pray. We need to return to God day after day as he strengthens our faith. For this we continue to need the Bible. We continuously return to scripture to replenish our strength, to resolve our will, so we may continue to seek and find God.
The Bible is a holy book. A tool given to us by God for our instruction. But it's still just a book. The Bible is not God.
