The Evangelical Files: A Life Sentence for a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing in Kosse, Texas

Eight Years of Terror, A Lifetime of Justice: Pastor James Lawson’s Fall from Pulpit to Prison

Good Riddance: Texas Pastor Gets Life Without Parole for Incest and Rape of Young Relative, Who Was a Church Member

When the Pulpit Becomes a Predator’s Perch: The James Lawson Tragedy

The Epstein Files of the Church: Why We Must Expose Our Own Wolves

From “Pastor” to Prisoner: A Prophetic WARNING on Child Abuse in the Church

A Child’s Video Brings Down a Wicked Pastor: Justice in Kosse, Texas

Life for Him, Life for Her: The Double Sentence of Sexual Abuse in the House of God

No More Sugar or Cream: The Church Must Cleanse Its Own Camp by Focusing on the EVANGELICAL FILES, Not the Epstein Files

Fauxcest, Pornography, and the Pulpit: A Call to Purity in the Family

Texas Pastor James Lawson, of the Apostolic Life Church in Kosse, Texas, is Sentenced to Life in Prison for Repeatedly Sexually Abusing, Committing Incest with, and Raping His Young Female Relative, Who Was a Member of the Church.

Welcome to Black Coffee with yours truly, Daniel Whyte III. With those powerful verses from the Old Testament and the New Testament against the sin and the abomination of incest, I give comments straight, with no sugar or cream, about news in the church and the world. This is episode number 25.

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, Texas Pastor James Lawson, of the Apostolic Life Church in Kosse, Texas—some pronounce it “Kosy,” Texas, K-O-S-S-E, not too far from Waco, Texas—this pastor, James Lawson, is sentenced to life in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing and raping his young female relative, who was a member of the church.

Ladies and gentlemen, men and women, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, I am reporting from a heavier heart today on a matter of grave justice and profound sorrow. Once again, in the small town of Kosse, Texas (some pronounce it “Kosy,” Texas), just east of Waco, Texas, a man who once stood behind a pulpit to preach the Word of God has been ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars. And I say, good riddance.

Former pastor James Lawson, the 62-year-old former pastor of Apostolic Life Church, was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury found him guilty of repeatedly hurting, molesting, and raping a young girl who was both a member of his own family and a member of his church. The evidence showed that for eight years—eight years—starting when the girl was only four years old, former Pastor Lawson used his position of trust to mistreat her. Because he was her pastor and her relative, the child was confused and afraid that no one would believe her. However, the truth finally came to light through a simple video the girl posted online. When others saw it, they took action. Glory be to God.

A judge has now handed down the maximum punishment allowed by law, ensuring this man will never again be in a position to harm his relative, his young relative, or anybody else. It is a reminder that while man may hide his sins for a season, the law of the land and the justice of the Almighty eventually prevail. For God has made it clear: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.”

Now for my commentary.

Wolves in sheep’s clothing in the pulpit and in churches across this country and around the globe. I will be tagging this story as “The Evangelical File,” as I tagged two other stories recently, and I am going to say here what I said about those two other stories: There is no need for the church to be trying to dig into the Epstein files, for the evangelical files are worse than the Epstein files.

It is a wicked thing when a man wraps himself in a suit, or a robe, and a Bible to hide the heart of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. We are told in the scriptures to suffer the little children to come unto Me. Yet here we see a man who drove a child toward fear and silence instead of safety and life. And I would venture to say that child porn and pornography did not help this man. I would venture to say that child pornography and pornography had a lot to do with this man doing something so wicked. For it is a plague—sad to say—in the evangelical church that created the lie. Yes, the intelligentsia, the Pharisees and the Sadducees of the evangelical movement, are the ones who created the lie that there is something called “porn addiction,” primarily to justify their watching of porn.

It is a plague, and it has been a plague for over thirty years. More and more, nearly every day now, in this country called America, there is a pastor arrested or brought in for some kind of court hearing regarding child porn, pornography, or raping a child. Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want it to stay, and make you pay more than you wanted to pay.

Ladies and gentlemen, more and more, not only are the men caught up with it, but women are too. Men are raping little girls and raping little boys, and women in positions of authority in the church and in the school are raping little boys. I know you do not want to hear about this, but it does not matter what you want. The church needs to be exposed for this evil and informed about this evil, and people need to rise up and stop overlooking it as some kind of small thing. When a man rapes a child—a preacher rapes a child—this is a huge thing. It is a big thing. And it is sad that the church is involved with this just as much as the politicians are. Yet we have people in the church who want to point the finger at the pedophile presidents, the pedophile senators, and the pedophile congresspeople, but they do not want to point the finger at themselves. But as someone said, while you are pointing at somebody else, you have at least three more fingers pointing back at you.

Ladies and gentlemen, when a pastor falls this deep into sin, he does not just break the law. He breaks the trust of a community and stains the reputation of the church. We must never be so blinded by a man’s title, his robe, his suit, or his Bible that we ignore the safety of the least of these. Justice has been served in a Texas courtroom in a small town, but the healing for this young soul is a journey that is only just beginning and will take a lifetime. So, while he is serving a life sentence, in a sense, so is she. We must be a people who protect the weak, the children, the vulnerable—yes, the least of these—more than we protect the prestige and the pride of a pulpit that is used by a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Holy Father, God in heaven, we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We come to You with heavy hearts for this young woman and the community of Kosse, Texas. We thank You that the truth has been revealed and that justice has been dealt by the hand of the law, over which You are the ruler in this country and around the globe. Holy Father God, we ask for Your supernatural healing for this victim and her family. Restore the years that the locusts have eaten, miraculously and mercifully, in this young child’s life. Wash away her shame and replace it with Your peace, knowing she is not responsible for the wickedness of this grown man who happened to not only be her pastor but is her relative. And Holy Father God, we pray for the congregation of that church, and we pray for that city to somehow, by Your grace, recover afresh and anew. May they not lose heart but turn their eyes toward the only Shepherd who will never fail them, Jesus Christ. Keep us vigilant, Lord, and help us to be a shield for the innocent children in our communities. Lord, have more and more church folk who see things that are inappropriate between adults and children shut it down, close it down, and report it. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray and for His sake. Amen.

In closing, dear friends, I want to bring to your attention the erosion of the family—a warning on the sin of incest. We turn now to a subject that is as ancient as it is grievous. While many in our nation believe we are far removed from the darkness of antiquity, the truth is that we are drifting dangerously close to a moral abyss that leads to hell. The modern mantra of “love is love” has become a slippery slope, leading a generation to believe that desire, no matter how disordered, no matter how evil, no matter how wicked, is its own justification. While Western culture still maintains a level of taboo regarding these acts, we see a global landscape where such unions are increasingly common. But more alarming is the soft normalization—the soft normalization—of pornography, homosexuality, and incest happening right here at home through our screens. From popular television dramas to the dark corners of the internet, the theme of family-related perversion and homosexuality has seen a staggering 178% increase in viewership. Even the language of our youth has been hijacked, with parental titles like “mommy” and “daddy” being sexualized in a way that mocks the sacred bond of the home. Make no mistake: when a culture loses its reverence for the boundaries of the family, it loses its soul. Whether it is through sugar daddies or the word “fauxcest” (F-A-U-X-C-E-S-T)—which is new to many of you because it was new to me as well—trends in entertainment show the direct result of a society that has turned its back on the divine law of God completely.

This is why I said in the news report last night, ladies and gentlemen, that the World War III judgment that is in process right now, by the grace of God, I predicted over twelve years ago in a Saturday night meeting (the Second Coming Service that we have every Saturday night) and have talked about it and wrote about it repeatedly over the years, saying that God—pardon me—is slowly but surely dismantling America because of the evil that we have chosen to do in this country, starting with the church colluding with the government on the abomination of homosexuality, which has turned out to be tragic and horrifying, leading to transgenderism, fuzzies, and everything in the alphabet.

As believers in Christ, we must stand firm. Consent is not the ultimate authority. No, sir. No, ma’am. God is the ultimate authority, and His Word is not silent on this wickedness, this evil that is going on in this country behind the scenes. I have already read in your hearing these verses: Leviticus 18:6: “None of you shall approach to any of his near of kin”—by the way, that includes step-family members, ladies and gentlemen; in God’s sight and the sight of the law, they are your family—”to uncover their nakedness.” That means to have sex with them or to even attempt to have sex with them. The Bible says, “I am the Lord.” Leviticus 18:29: “For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.” First Corinthians 5:1: “It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles”—the pagans—”that one should have his father’s wife.” Mark 6:18, the testimony of the great John the Baptist: “For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”

And so, in closing, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus: a call to purity in the family. Friends, the stories of Lot, Judah, and Amnon in the Old Testament are not there for our entertainment; they are there as somber warnings of the chaos and judgment that follow when the boundaries of the home are breached. Even Abraham, who was called out of a pagan land while already married to his half-sister, had to be led away from his father’s house to enter a holy covenant with God. Ladies and gentlemen, pardon me. We cannot claim to be a people of the covenant while entering the filth of the world. We cannot claim to be Christians while doing this evil in the world. We must guard our hearts, our eyes, and most importantly, our children. The wolf is at the door, and he often wears the mask of modernity.

A prayer for moral clarity. Holy and heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the hedge of protection Thou hast placed around the family. We ask for Thy forgiveness for a nation that has called evil good and good evil. Lord, open the eyes of the young who are being deceived by the perversions of this age. Strengthen the fathers and mothers to be protectors of the little children and of the home. We pray for those trapped in cycles of abuse and confusion and unholiness, that the light of Thy gospel would break their chains and bring them into Thy marvelous light. Grant us the courage of John the Baptist to speak the truth to power, even when it is unpopular. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Dear friend, if you do not know Jesus Christ in the free pardon of your sins, if you have never believed in Him and prayed to Him and asked Him to save your soul from the burning hell and from your sins, do so today. For Jesus Christ said the most important words in the history of the world when He said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Do it today. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

I am Daniel Whyte III with Black Coffee of BCN1.com. If you want to read more about this story and many others, please go to BCN1.com. If you want to support our ministry and work, please feel free to do so. Become a member of the Founders Club of this Substack, or subscribe. Pray for us. Like us. Follow us. Support us at Cash App: $DanielWhyteIII (capital I, capital I, capital I—Roman numerals for the third). Or support us via Zelle at DanielWhyte3@BlackChristianNews.com. God bless you, dear friends. Until next time.

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Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years and is the founder and President of the over 42-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, Pastor of the over 38-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International, and Founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the over 22-year-old Black Christian News One (BCNN1.com)—reaching millions with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, discipleship preaching, and the whole counsel of God around the world by any means necessary, “Crying in the wilderness,” and “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos.”.

Daniel Whyte III was honored by being named one of the 17 most notable alumni in the history of the 134-year-old Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the 69 most notable alumni in the history of the 53-year-old Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:

• Doctor of Ministry (D.Min., in progress) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
• Master of Theology (Th.M.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
• Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
• Bachelor of Arts in Religion (B.A.) – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
• Bachelor of Theological Studies – Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Dothan, Alabama (Honors: Summa Cum Laude)

Daniel Whyte III was also honored to sit with presidents and world leaders by being invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to attend the homegoing of Dr. Billy Graham.

He is the Essence national best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Men and the Amazon best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Women (African-American category). He has authored over 100 books.

He is also the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old BlackChristianNews.com (BCNN1.com), which has impacted every denomination in the evangelical and Christian world and has influenced presidents, the U.S. government, governments around the world, and the public square. BlackChristianNews.com has been named the #1 Black Christian website and blog in the world for four years running by the independent Feedspot and is on the list of the top 60 Christian news sites in the world—red, yellow, black, or white.

He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God in person across America and in over 24 countries to thousands of people. He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God to millions of people around the world with the help of the internet, preaching live and on-demand multiple times a day for over eight years, to this very day. His mottoes are “Crying in the Wilderness,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and “Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary,” all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.

Daniel Whyte III is the president of the over-40-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International and the over-37-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International. He is known worldwide as the prophet who predicted the Coronavirus Plague over 10 years before it hit in recorded preaching and writing. God also led him to guide thousands through the Coronavirus Plague that killed over 20 million people because of the sins in the Judas-Laodicean church.

Daniel Whyte III’s greatest blessing in this life is his “quiver full” of 10 children—Daniella (Danni), Daniel IV, Danita Evangeline, Danae Mary-Louise, Daniqua Grace, Danyel Ezekiel, Danyelle Elizabeth Breedlove, Danielle Tekeela, Duran-Daniel, and the first Daniel IV (deceased and in heaven with the Lord)—along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Daniel Whyte III has been unblissfully but sexually satisfyingly married to his first and only wife, Meriqua Whyte of Christiana, Jamaica, for over 37 years since December 19, 1987. Jesus Christ said: “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Even though many evangelicals, charismatics, and Protestants try to act as if these words of Jesus Christ are not a reality in our modern Christianity—primarily because of the Satanic-driven prosperity gospel and an over-positive philosophy, which is a lie not based in reality or biblical truth—the words of Jesus Christ are true for every person who preaches the Gospel. The outcomes of the Gospel are a changed life and opposition from family, lukewarm Christians, Laodicean-Judas pastors and churches, the world, and the devil. This is a reality in our present evil world.

While Daniel Whyte III thoroughly enjoys his married life because he did not allow his wife to have her way at any point and was and is solidly and biblically the head of his household throughout the marriage—often quoting Joshua, “As for me and my house, we’re going to serve the Lord” “up in here!”—and because his wife never failed in the very important area of sex, which he got married for in the first place to avoid sinning against God, he has especially enjoyed the privilege and joy of raising his children in the Lord virtually by himself. He served the Lord with them every day of their lives, from the time they were born until they graduated from college, became adults, and moved on.

However, his wife, Meriqua Whyte—motivated by Satan, with a Pharaoh-style pride mixed with the well-known female Jamaican-style pride, stubbornness, rebelliousness, and witchcraft—has been his greatest Judas enemy in the world and has been what Paul spoke of: a “messenger of Satan” and a “thorn in the flesh.” Amazingly, and by the grace of God, that Satanic evil opposition has spurred Daniel Whyte III on to preach the Gospel probably more times than any man on record. God has honored him because he did not “hearken to the voice of his wife.” Whyte tells other Christian men to only hearken to the voice of God and Jesus Christ—not to their wives, as so many thousands of church men have been taught by pastors and other older men throughout the years. Remember, we are in this worldwide, multi-generational mess because Adam hearkened to the voice of his wife and not to the voice of God.

Before they were married, Daniel Whyte III told his wife Meriqua Whyte that they would not do family life as her parents did, because their married life was hellacious and ended in divorce, as did some of her other family members, including the aunt she was living with. He also told his wife they would not do family life as his parents did, because it was also hellacious and out of order since his mother was the head of the household, not his father. But thanks be to God, they never got a divorce. Whyte told his wife before they got married that they were going to do it God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6, or no way at all. And then he asked his wife, “Are you willing to do marriage God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6?” And she said yes. Whyte told her before they got married that if she did not live up to her end of the deal, all bets were off.

Because Daniel Whyte III’s wife, Meriqua Whyte, was so proud, unsubmissive, stubborn, and rebellious after they got married, God led him to read Ephesians chapters 5 and 6 every day in their family devotions throughout their marriage. In the first year of their marriage, Daniel Whyte III also gave his wife a list of verses for women from the Word of God for her to read, which she still reads to this day. He also bought her many books to read to help her be the wife God wanted her to be.

Whyte realized early in the marriage that his wife was not a born-again, saved person even though she lied and said she was before they got married. After over 37 years of marriage, she is still not saved, never bearing any fruit of a saved person, to the point of not even wanting to tell her children, “I love you” and not wanting to hug them when they were little children, even after her husband told her to do so. She also hated the daily family devotions that her husband led and tried to hinder them. She also demonically hated and tried to hinder every Gospel preaching service to this very day.

However, only by the grace of God, they are still married, and despite the devil constantly working through his wife to try to hinder him from preaching the Word of God, he is still preaching the Gospel and the Word of God live and on-demand. His ministry reaches over 148,800 people per month with over 21,000 unique views per month, reaching 149 countries, preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in 2 to 3 services a day, 7 days a week. Glory be to God!

Mrs. Meriqua Whyte’s Apology to her Husband and Their 7 Children for not Being a Biblical Wife or Mother

Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, the Wife of Daniel Whyte III, Gave him the Best Father’s Day Gift Ever About 10 Years Ago When She Unexpectedly and Voluntarily Apologized for the First Time to Him and Their 7 Children for Not Being the Wife, Mother, and Christian Example of the Woman She Should Have Been Over the Past 37 Years of Marriage

Here is what Mrs. Meriqua Whyte wrote ten years ago after verbally apologizing to the entire family on Father’s Day, right before church service:

Over thirty years of marriage. Over thirty years of ups and downs. Over thirty years of trying to make our problems a personal thing between my husband and me. Thankfully, he did not allow me to do that and kept telling me it was between God and me—over thirty years of acting on my feelings and not on what the Bible says. Over thirty years of refusing to obey God’s simple command to a wife—to be obedient to your husband in all things. Over thirty years of disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty, all rooted in pride. Over thirty years of simply not choosing to mature as a Christian.

God has been dealing with me for over thirty years now about changing my attitude and behavior as a wife, which has manifested itself in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, dishonesty, having an ungodly attitude and spirit, and simply not being the wife, mother, or example of a Christian woman that I should have been throughout the years. (By the way, for those of you who may be thinking that my disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty have resulted in adultery, I will say here that I have never committed any adultery or had sex with another man besides my husband, Daniel Whyte III, since I was born.)

God kept telling me I needed to stop my rebellious and stubborn behavior, apologize to my husband and children, and get my heart right with him, my husband, and my children. He sent others my way to tell me how to behave:

• My husband, but I didn’t want to hear it from him
• Other Christian women speakers
• Other preachers
• Books and other materials, but I would not take heed

I knew what to do, but I chose not to do it. The devil had me thinking and believing—as he is having a lot of wives and mothers think and believe—that your relationship with your husband and how you respond to him, whether positive or negative, will not affect your relationship with your children or your relationship with God. I say without hesitation that this is one of the devil’s lies, and sad to say, many wives and mothers are falling for this lie.

Another lie of the devil that Christian wives are falling for is that you can still have a strong relationship with God without being submissive to your husband. Lie! Lie! Lie! There is no truth to this. I know because I have experienced this and am still experiencing this as I am going through this breaking process, which is not happening overnight.

Even throughout my years of rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride, I still kept praying the prayer I used to pray daily before I got married: “Lord, make me be exactly what You want me to be. Lord, break, make, and mold me into what you want me to be.” Well, God took that prayer seriously, and once you accept Him, He will begin the breaking process. It’s up to us how long that breaking process will take. For me, sad to say, it has taken over 30 years, and the breaking is not complete. In what way is God breaking me down right now? Well, our children have grown up. The three oldest have gone through and are still going through college, have gotten their degrees, and some are working on their second, third, and fourth degrees, launching their careers and moving out. God slapped me into reality and truly intensified the breaking process. My husband told me before our first child was born and repeatedly while the children were young that my job was to love our children and make positive memories with them and that if I did that, I would have a wonderful relationship with them as adults in the time to come. Well, I disobeyed God and my husband, who did not let up on his duties. And he has a wonderful relationship with our children, even the girls, and I don’t. However, God led me to finally break the day before Father’s Day, and while I was helping my husband get dressed to preach, I asked him if I could apologize to him and the entire family. That’s the first time I ever did that on my own. Throughout the years, he has always told me that I needed to get my heart right with God, him, and my children; otherwise, I would never have the joy and peace of the Lord in my life. However, I kept on lying and denying that I was the problem.

Here is what I said to my husband and children on Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2017, the day before Father’s Day. My husband told the entire family that this was the best Father’s Day gift I have ever given to him:

“Daddy, children, I apologize for not being the wife, mother, and example of a Christian woman I should have been throughout the years. I have shown nothing but pride, disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and a bad attitude and spirit toward God and my husband in front of you. My disobedience and rebelliousness have caused much unnecessary unrest and upheaval in the family. As my husband told me, things could have gone much better if I had obeyed God’s word from the beginning. Please accept my apology, and I am asking you to forgive me.”

The diminishing of peace and joy in my life throughout the years I brought on myself. Not having a proper relationship with God, my husband, and my children, I brought on myself—all because I chose the disobedient route. My number one desire is to live a life of peace—peace with God, my husband, and my children. I have learned that peace will not come as long as I live in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride.

I will end this with two notes: (1) Happy Father’s Day to my husband: you have been a great husband and father. (2) Happy Children’s Day to my children: You all have been great children. I have no complaints whatsoever against my husband and, of course, children; you have never been at fault. My bad behavior is all on me, and I’m sorry I put you through this. May God bless your lives, and I love you.

Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)

Below is the passage in the Bible that Daniel Whyte III read in their family devotions every day for decades. It covers the biblical duties of the husband, the wife, and the children, and includes how to fight against the devil who is seeking to destroy the family.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The Gospel in a Nutshell

If you were to die today, where would you go: Heaven or Hell? If you’re not sure, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”

Jesus Christ said the most important words ever spoken in the history of the world when He said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

Read further right here:

The Most Important Question in the World: Have You Been Twice Born?

This is the “Chief of sinners,” Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, with the Gospel Light Minute X Podcast #447, titled, “The Big Question.” I’m here to remind you of what the Bible says: that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” like you and me.

“Have You Been Born Again?”

The question is not, “Have you joined a church?” or “Are you trying to do your best?” or “Do you have religion?” but, “Are you twice-born?” Jesus Christ said in John 3:3, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

We enter the physical world by birth. Spiritual life, likewise, is entered with a birth. We become members of a human family by birth; we become members of the family of God by birth, by being “born again.” There is no other way to get into the human family except by birth, and there is no other way to get into God’s family except by the new birth. Neither education, nor cultivation, nor reformation, nor “turning over a new leaf,” will accomplish this. What is needed is not a new “leaf” but a new “life”! “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7).

A New Nature Needed

By physical birth, we become partakers of human nature; by being born again, we become “partakers of the divine nature.” A Christian is the product of a divine “begetting.” The second birth is not an improvement of the old nature; it is the imparting of an entirely new nature. The old nature is hopelessly corrupt and incapable of ever being made fit for His presence. The new birth requires a creative act of the Holy Spirit. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”

Not “Trying” But “Trusting”

“Trying to follow Christ” is not Christianity. Christianity is not imitation of Christ; it is the indwelling of Christ. Christianity is not trying to do anything. It is trusting Christ, who has done it all! He has “finished the work,” and there is nothing left to do but simply to receive and trust Him. He shed His precious blood on the cross, and the work is all done once and forever! Cease trying and begin trusting! Believers will progressively become more and more like Christ, but by His power, not their own.

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

Simply “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible says in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” The Bible states in John 1:12-13, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

You are born again, you become a Christian by trusting a Person—receiving a Person. The very moment you do this, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in and life begins!

What Is Meant By “Believe”?

To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” means more than simply believing the historic facts concerning Him. Intellectual belief about Christ is not sufficient. The belief that brings salvation must be “with the heart,” that is, with the whole being. This belief also includes repentance: “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible states in Acts 17:30, “God… now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”

The faith which saves, then, includes the necessity to repent and to receive Christ as Savior and Lord, to rest upon Him alone for salvation. It means to trust Him so utterly and completely that, if He should fail, there would be no hope at all!

May I Know That I Am Born Again?

This is an important question. We know that we are born again by the testimony of God’s Word. God says in John 5:24, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as explained by God’s Word? If so, then you are saved, you are “born again,” you have “passed from death unto life.” God says so! Take God at His Word, and go on your way rejoicing!

One Final Word

You may “belong to a church,” you may be “trying to do the best you can,” you may be “striving to live right.” Your outward life may be the model of moral correctness, and you may be looked up to, honored, revered, and respected. Yet, if you have not been “born again,” you are just as lost as if you had never heard of Christ. Yes, you may teach in the Sunday school, read the Bible, sing, shout, “feel happy,” and all the rest—but if you have never been “born again,” you are still in your sins and a stranger to the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you want to be saved from the wrath to come and from an eternity in Hell, and if you believe that Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead, and you are willing to trust Jesus Christ with all of your heart so you can go to Heaven, please pray with me what is called the sinner’s prayer:

Holy Father God, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I admit that I have sinned against You and that I have broken Your Ten Commandments. I have lied before. I have stolen things before. I have lusted after people and things before. I have dishonored and disobeyed my parents. I have taken Your holy Name in vain. For Jesus Christ’s sake, please have mercy and grace upon my soul and forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in Your Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose again. Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and save my soul and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to repent of my sins past. Help me to turn from my old, evil life and follow You in the new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.

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