No. What I find ridiculous is that you would question the veracity of a quote in Isaiah. Have you read everything that both the Old and New Testament says about works? If not, why not? You don’t wish to know what God says on the subject?
You must honestly believe that God gives you the authority to pick and chose which quotes from the Holy Bible that you like and only apply those.
You have forgotten that the WORDS of Christ started with the WORD in Genesis? Jesus is the Word. Jesus is the Savior. You cannot separate Jesus from the Word.
If you didn’t have the Word, you wouldn’t have Jesus, would you?
If you didn’t have the Old Testament, you wouldn’t have the New Testament.
Picking and chosing is not going to benefit you on your walk with Christ.
Not to discredit the Bible in anyway, but I worship Jesus above Moses or Paul or Isaiah. So to me the words in the GOSPELS have deeper meaning to me. I guess it is O.K. for you to put down Jesus but I put him in the highest regards.
Jesus gives me this advice in understanding the word. It looks like one has to do a “work” to understand the will of God.
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Forgot to ping you to my post #80, there is a link to the Jewish baptisms.
If you were sincere in those question you might list to BYUTV online on the discussions on the OT, NT, how the BOM, D&C,an the POGP which gives an in depth premortal existence understanding, also at present they have been playing the wk ends an In depth to Isaiah.
It is streaming so you can watch at your leisure!
Those discussion are usually on weeks days!
http://www.byutv.org/streaming/