We must all remember that God has not changed and will not be mocked. Just as the Lord delivered His word to the His servants in the scriptures, it is the same today. The scriptures are INSPIRED by the word of God. They are to be used for reproof and correction. However, remember that it is impossible to please God without faith. Faith comes by hearing the word of God. We were given the gift of the Holy Spirit to comfort us, teach us everything, and be reminded of everything that God has said to us. If one is His sheep, then that one knows His voice.
The Pharisees and scribes claimed to know God simply by study, but we know that it is not by might, nor by power, but by God's spirit... the Holy Spirit that is given to those of us that believe in the Lord Jesus and have asked for the gift that He sent to us. This is how we know our Father. He is in us and we are in Him. Just as Jesus said, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father."
What do the scriptures show? They show us that through Christ all things are possible; that through faith in Jesus Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are able to hear God speak to us.
This is why it is possible for those that are in time pressing situations, that do not allow them to grab a bible and search through the scriptures, to hear the voice of the Lord. This is also why those that are in places that they cannot get a bible are able to quote scriptures without having them memorized or without even realizing they are doing it.
Where is your trust? In the bible or in the Spirit of God? Are we to bear witness of the bible or the Spirit of God? All things are done orderly by Him who first loved us, so the scriptures have their purpose and importance. But if we are to put our full trust in what we are able to learn and exalt the scriptures above God, then have we not turned once again to idolatry?
We must continuously humble ourselves to know that it is by what God is able to do, not what we are able to do. Then are we able to be made to be instruments of His will.
Doesn't the scriptures even teach us these things? So then, if we say that we believe in that which is written, then should we not show the evidence of it? Otherwise, we become no better than hypocrites.
If anyone lacks understanding, let them ask of God and not waver. If we waver, then we will not think that we have received anything from God.
Grace and peace be to all of you through our Lord Jesus Christ. So be it.