May you have peace!
I cannot tell you what to do. I can only tell you what my Lord has told and shown me. With regard to what he TOLD me, he said:
"All things that I tell you are written, but not all that is written is what I will tell you."
What did he mean by that? That everything that has been handed down to us from God, through him, has been written down, somewhere, by someone... who was "inspired" when doing so (meaning, they were "in spirit" when writing)... and that not everything that was written down was inspired or even approved by God.
Paul is recorded to have said that "all SCRIPTURE" is inspired of God. But not everything is the Bible is "scripture" - indeed, the Bible is a compilation of many writings, including scripture, but also including histories, chronologies, and letter (epistles). Paul was NOT always inspired; indeed, he was often NOT inspired. Luke certainly was not inspired, as he tells us from who he recieved his information ("those who were eyewitnesses" versus God, through Christ), and who commissioned him (the Roman leader Theophilus, versus God, through Christ). In the instance that what was written is "scripture", the writer was in spiritand told to write it down.
How do we know what books of the Bible are "scripture"? Christ is recorded to tell us: "Moses", "the Prophets," and "the Psalms." At the time he was on earth in the flesh, those were the ONLY inspired writings, as they were the only ones he referred to as "scripture.". Yet, not all of these are included in the modern Bible canon. The Books of Enoch, Barak and Jashar (all Prophets) are not included, nor is the Book of Moses (which is NOT the Pentateuch, which books were written NOT by Moses, but by Joseph (Genesis), Joshua and Ezra). And, of course, the greatest Book of all, the Lamb's Book of Life, which was certainly inspired and written by the Greatest Prophet, is not included either. And after my Lord's days on the earth, the only subsequent inspired writing contained in the Bible canon (as there were/are others since!) was John's Revelation, which we know to be inspired because (1) John was told to write, and (2) he was "in spirit" when he did so, and which included his gospel.
The fact that the Septuagint, which was written in controversy, was in existence at the time my Lord walked on the earth, and yet, he never once referred to it, should make us somewhat wary of "Bible" compilations.
But more than that, and as a better answer to your question, the words of my Lord, which he TOLD to me before he SHOWED them to me... is really the most RELIABLE and ACCURATE:
"You are searching the Scriptures because you THINK that by means of THEM you will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about ME. And yet... you do not want to come... to ME... that you may have life." John 5:39, 40
We have ALL read the words, haven't we, where my Lord is recorded to have said:
"Come to ME, all you who are toiling and loaded down" - Matthew 11:28
"Take MY yoke and learn from ME" - Matthew 11:29
"For MY yoke is kindly and MY load is light" - Matthew 11:30
"If anyone is thirsting, let him come to ME and drink" - John 7:37
"Who drinks from the 'water' that I will give him will never get thirsty AT ALL, but the water that I will give him become in him a fountain of water, bubbling up to impart everlasting life" - John 4:14
Yep, we read them. We see them in print... with our eyes. But do we HEAR them? Do we see them with our SPIRIT so that we can get the SENSE of them, of what they are truly saying? For most, the answer is no, and for two reasons: first, lack of FAITH; second, an unquestioning belief in the teachings of "false christs" and "false prophets" so that we follow them wherever they "go," rather than the Lamb, wherever he goes.
But there is still time: - the "Door" to the "Ark" of the NEW Covenant, the "Narrow Gate" by which we have access to God's kingdom... the only Way to God... has NOT yet been closed. Indeed, he is still WIDE OPEN... and beckoning... to all those who are "hearing" and "thirsting" and "wishing" still. And as part of His Bride, I join him in saying to all such ones:
"Come! Take 'life's water'... the holy spriit of God... the 'living water' that proceeds from inmost parts of God's cistern... His Son and Christ, my Lord, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH... which 'water' quenches thirst for ALL time and imparts everlasting life... come take such 'water' FREE! For my Lord received it freely, and gives it freely. There is no price, no wage. All that is needed is faith... to the preserving alive of one's soul.
For it is from eating of the "leaves" of the Tree of Life, which Tree is my Lord... and the drinking of the "water" which flows from out of him... that grants everlasting life to ALL spirits, whether they have bodies of spirit... or bodies of flesh.
For his flesh... "leaves"... is TRUE food... and his blood... "water"... is TRUE drink. So, I also say to you, "Take, eat! Take, drink!"
John 10:7; Matthew 7:14; John 14:6; Revelation 22:17; John 6:48-56
May you, dear Freyd, and any others... have ears to hear... if you so wish it.
Your servant and a slave of Christ,
SA