Here's another great quotation on the word of God from A.W. Tozer:
For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God
Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience they
are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in
itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of
God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may
taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and
center of their hearts. (TOZER,
Pursuit of God, 9-10)