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”There is no basis to omit the 7 books and call them uninspired because the Apostles themselves used those books as inspired at the time.”

There actually is a reason the Self and Self Alone folks aren't aware of or choose to ignore.

All heresies have some obvious denial of their own assertions within them and everything that’s grown out of the "Reformation" heresies has such a denial right up front. It’s there so that those who are earnestly seeking Christ and actually study "Reformation" derived doctrines and leaders rather than blindly accepting them can clearly see how wrong all such doctrines are.

All doctrines derived from the "Reformation" heresies begin by stating as a fact that the Holy Spirit cannot and did not protect The Word of God from the inclusion of error.

The same doctrines that all begin with that blatant denial of the power of the Holy Spirit then go on to claim that the very same Holy Spirit they loudly proclaim is powerless and incapable of protecting Scripture from the inclusion of error guides each of them individually. A meaningless claim if ever there was one given the fact that they are claiming to be empowered and giuded by what they vehemently insist is powerless.

That's how such folks swallow astonishing complete reversals of doctrine like dropping over four hundred years of teaching that contraception is a sin to teach instead that murdering infants in the womb is just a matter of "Christian Liberty" as long as it's done chemically rather than by invasive means. That's no different than saying Nazis shooting hordes of Jews was wrong but murdering them with Zyclon B was a question of "Christian Liberty" left to individual judgment and not by definition intrinsically a sin.

Those who have accepted the lie that the Holy Spirit cannot and did not protect His Word from the inclusion of error have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit would ignore error being preached for centuries then lead them to a consensus doctrine of "Christian Liberty” that sacrifices the lives of millions of infants to relieve individuals of the "burden" of self control a few days a month.

Someone earnestly, prayerfully, seeking Christ who honestly believes Scripture is the inspired Word of God will sooner or later realize the absolute denial of the power of the Holy Spirit intrinsic in throwing Scripture in the garbage. Once they recognize that denial of the power of the Holy Spirit they'll start seeing the mass of anti-Biblical teaching that has grown out of the "Reformation".

People who can't or won't recognize that obvious, fundamental, contradiction in all "Reformation" derived teaching are under a powerful delusion, not under the guidance of the Holy Spirit they deny the power of. A powerful delusion that grants them freedom from the cross Christ tells us to take up, cheap Grace, no need for repentance, and a denial of the words of Christ Himself which tell us that we can indeed be cut off after we have been grafted into the vine.

It's a mass of comforting white noise to mask the still small voice that calls us to taking up our cross and following Christ rather floating along the broad highway of Self and Self Alone doctrines built on, literally, the oldest lie in the book; the lie of being our own highest authority in all things. That's why those who absorb "Reformation" derived doctrines have no problem ignoring the Scriptural warning about the heresy of Core, refusing to believe Christ Himself saying, "This is my body", and denying the same Scripture they claim to rely on when it flatly states, "not by faith alone".

Whether it's Mo-Ham-Ed meeting a spirit in a cave, Joseph Smith meeting an “angel”, or Martin Luther throwing feces and ink wells at the devil dancing in his room, powerful delusions all start with one individual seeing a spirit and being "led by the spirit" to deny that Scripture as accepted and preached by Christ and the Apostles is the true and complete Word of God.