"If
--- the Bible is not a literal book, then we need another book, proceeding from the author of the Bible, explaining the revelation we now have, that we may have the will of God.
--- the Bible is the revealed will of God, there are no nonessentials in it, but it is profitable, and is written for our learning.
The injunction of our Savior is, "Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life."
John v, 39-40." J.N.Loughborough