We read and hear the Bible so that we can know God – the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Romans 10:17
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near.