jo kus: Please explain to me how you KNOW that as fact.
To people who are not indwelled by the Spirit, the Scriptures are merely text on paper. Thus, Truth is hidden in plain view.
True.. the "letter" of the word kills(spiritually) but the Spirit gives life(spiritual life)... Without the Spirit scripture generates questions not answers.. Pure genius by the progenitor of scripture...
Which brings for a pregnant "fact", if the bible(scripture) generates questions within you and not answers you are in contact with the WRONG spirit.. Because the right Spirit will show you can't know everything all at once.. if ever..
Scripture breeds humility and gratitude; spiritually discerned.. If not spiritually discerned, it breeds arrogance and a haughty disregard for it and its proponents..
At least in my experience..
You responded: The indwelling Spirit of God. Everyone who becomes Christian is born anew (John 3) - and the Spirit Himself authenticates the Scriptures by bringing the words alive within us.
That's a nice theory on paper. However, it will not convince anyone who doesn't already a priori hold the view that the Bible is from God. The fact of the matter is that Joseph Smith ALSO claimed that the Spirit indwelled within him to tell us that the Book of Mormons was written by God. If you have ever dealt with Mormons in apologetics, be prepared to hear this argument, which is entirely subjective - not objective.
I'm sorry, but what you describe as the "Spirit" is not enough to determine the Canon of Scriptures. You are arguing in a circle, quite frankly. Such a subjective authority (the "voice" within you) is not how God tells us what is His Word.
Regards