YAHWEH SAID

Jesus Christ said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. "For I have not spoken on My own [authority]; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak." John 12:44,49-50.

YAHWEH said, by way of Jesus Christ, "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.“  John 14:15,21-24. Readers, I have never read or heard any of the disciples who talked like that, NEVER! Are they talking on their own authority? If they are, why should we trust them? How do we know? How can we tell if they are talking on their own authority, or did God the Father talk to them? We know that the commandments referred to in John 14:15,21-24, are the commandments that Yahweh gave to the prophet Moses on Mount Sinai. And Jesus only gave one commandment while He was on earth, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34. Why then did the newborn Christians abolished all of God's commandments, including the Ten commandments and the prohibitions on eating various unclean meats, such as snakes and pork after Jesus died, when God the Father has never died? What has Jesus' death to do with the validity of all the law that God the Father gave on mount Sinai, and in John 14:15,21-24?
Brothers and Sisters. How do we know that Satan has chosen to deceive us, the “elect”? We could know when our faith and our commitments to God the Father is slowly deteriorating, day by day, and week by week until we are spiritually dead, or spiritually comatose. But, it doesn't always have to be that way. Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” Matthew 7:21-23. Satan also deceived these men/women of great faith.

Why is it critical for us to know or be able to distinguish the difference between the two? Do you know why? Because God the Father tells us, by way of Jesus Christ, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” Matthew 7:15. And not only that, they are looking to deceive the very elect.  Again, God the Father said, by way of Jesus Christ, "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” Matthew 24:24. Are you the elect? You could be. Judas Iscariot was one of the elect. Jesus had chosen him to be one of His disciples. And Satan has chosen to deceive Him, one of Jesus' disciples, the very elect.

Again, God the Father said, by way of Jesus Christ, "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” Matthew 24:24.