The Root Cut Off and the Memory Erased of the Wicked (Job 18:16–21) — Job 18 Summary

November 4, 2026 BCNN1 Staff

And welcome, everybody, to the Gospel Light Society International morning devotional prayer service. I am thankful to God for allowing me to be here. Isaiah, Elijah, all of the prophets are with us today. Bing, we thank God for your presence. Lou, Nick, George, and everybody — welcome.

Ladies and gentlemen, turn in your Bibles to the book of Job, as we wrap up chapter 18 in the Word of God. “The root cut off and the memory erased of the wicked” — powerful title. His roots dry up beneath, and his branch withers above: the total erasure of the wicked. We touched on it last week, and we’re wrapping up the entire chapter now, by the grace of God.

Ladies and gentlemen who are just coming in, we are at Job chapter 18 — the conclusion of chapter 18 in the book of Job. “His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.” This is the tragedy of the wicked — the conclusion of their lives. “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”

I’ve seen men chased out of the world. It’s a sad picture. It’s a shame. It’s tragic to grow up in this world, get to 65, 67, 69, 70, and sometimes 80, and be hounded out of this world because of the wicked, evil life that the person lived. Don’t be that way.

I cannot emphasize to you enough, ladies and gentlemen: get born again — saved by believing in Jesus Christ early in life. Get born again, saved by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. I don’t care how much you want to party and jam-jam, boogie-boogie — the world is glad to have you; Canaan is glad to have you. No matter what people told you about what life is about, put God first. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. And that “saved” is salvation from sin and hell and a whole lot of trouble in your life. And then live your life according to the Scriptures, so that you can live a blessed life and you’re not chased out of the world. Gina, so good to see you. Zebe, so glad to have you.

“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.” I don’t want to see your life end that way — where you’re literally chased out of the world. I’ve seen that happen to people; they were pushed out of the world. Danny, so glad to have you.

Verse 19: “He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.” Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked — the evil men and women — “and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”

So, ladies and gentlemen, the final paragraph moves from the wicked man’s personal suffering to the complete annihilation of his legacy: the tree imagery — roots dried up, branch cut off. So glad to have you, Deacon Leroy Atkins, Mama Jack — highly favored. May God bless you. Well, you’re already blessed and highly favored, sir. May God bless you for being here today. Arrow, and everybody who’s joining us — Deacon Leroy Atkins, thank you for being here this morning, and may God bless you and your family as well, as we’re wrapping up Job 18.

The tree imagery — roots dried up, branch cut off — represents the totality of the destruction of the wicked. The wicked don’t get a legacy. Mr. Epstein does not get a legacy. He took his pleasure in evil, in raping girls, and now he is burning in hell. No legacy — only testimonies against him, court cases, and people trying to get money from him while he’s dead and gone. Nothing above or below remains. Dr. Matthew Henry says his children shall perish, either with him or after him; those who consult the true honor of their family and its welfare will be afraid of withering all by sin.

And so, by way of summary — Sandra, Kate, Nesta, Hugh, Artemio, Taylor, Traylon — Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, spiritual, family and life, financial and material protection and provision, mental and physical blessings for Adela, Mama, Traylon, Taylor, Artemio, Deacon Moamp, Deacon Atkins, Good Guy, Tom Rogers, Sister Bliss, Sister Gypsy Heart, Brother Caramba, Deacon Caramba, everybody else, Tom Rogers, and Johannes, and everybody else who is here — over 2,500 with us, according to their stats. Thank you, everybody who’s giving gifts to God and Jesus Christ, which pushes the alGODrithm, if you will. And we pray for salvation, spiritual, family and life, financial and material protection and provision blessings upon all of these dear people. Lord, throughout this day, please be with them; help them to remember Your holy Word, as we do a summary in a different kind of way today.

Verses 1 through 4 build Bildad’s impatience. Pain had made Bildad cruel. Don’t let pain in your life make you cruel and evil and mean. He confuses Job’s anguish with arrogance — very unwisely. So glad to have you, Heavy D.

Verses 5 through 7 — Sister Bliss — the light extinguished. The candle of prosperity goes out. The wicked man’s steps are straitened by his own counsel.

Verses 8 through 10: hunting imagery. The wicked is caught in his own trap. Sin is self-destructive. And we talked about that at length in this series: sin is self-destructive. We have a whole lot going on here this morning, I’ll tell you that. May I leave that with you today? Sin is self-destructive. Practicing sin is self-destructive. Sister Diane Scott, Sister Jo, Joseph Copp, Eltree, H — may God bless you all throughout this day. And everybody remember: sin is self-destructive. And that is a fact.

And then verses 11 through 15, by way of summary: terrors and death for the wicked, that Bildad brought out against Job — falsely. A guilty conscience personified as besieging terrors: always looking over your shoulder about some evil you did in the past that you have never confessed to God, that you’ve tried to cover up and hide. Some of you are being terrified by your own sins, and you’re being hunted by your own conscience. A guilty conscience personified as besieging terrors. The king of terrors is death itself.

And then verses 16 through 21, by way of summary: total erasure for the wicked. Jimmy Watkins, so glad to have you. Dave T., so glad to have you. No root, no branch, no remembrance, no legacy, no posterity. The wicked man is utterly forgotten — and that is not the case regarding Job.

So we are reminded this morning, ladies and gentlemen, that we should not judge others, that we be not judged. Bildad was trying to make sad Job mad, and was defeated. Brother Mark, so glad to have you this morning. Don’t be like Bildad, judging people wrongly. See, this is why Jesus said, judge not, that ye be not judged — because you don’t know what you’re talking about. There are things going on that God is doing in a person’s life that you don’t know. See, Job didn’t even know what was going on in his life, but God did. And if you’re going through a real test, God is not going to tell you what that test is about. He’s not going to give you the notes. God does not teach like the professors today.

Deacon Moamp, thank you so much for your gifts to God and to Jesus Christ. Okay — that’s the summary. That’s the end of Job chapter 18. Lord willing, if the Lord tarries His coming and we live, we’ll be in Job chapter 19, which is going to be off the chain. You think chapter 18 was something — I can’t even wait to get into chapter 19. We already have it ready to go. So join us tomorrow morning, if the Lord tarries His coming and we live, and let’s get into Job chapter 19, as we travel through the Old Testament on the Bible Bus, left to us by the great Dr. J. Vernon McGee. That’s what he used to say. When I first got saved, I used to miss dinner to hear Dr. J. Vernon McGee on the Bible Bus.

God bless you, everybody. Have a wonderful day in the Lord. Let me pray for you.

Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that You will have mercy and grace upon each and every one of us who are saved and born again, and where we have sinned in word, thought, or deed, for Jesus Christ’s sake, please forgive us of our sins. Crush and crucify, Lord, our flesh and the old man within us. Fill us, Lord, afresh and anew with the fullness and the power, the unction and the anointing of Your Holy Spirit. And Lord, help each of us accomplish, for Your glory, praise, and honor, what You put in us to accomplish. Save that soul that’s nearest hell, reclaim the backslidden, and revive the saved. In Jesus Christ’s name I do pray, and for His sake. Amen.

Dear friend of mine, if you have never truly believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, for the free pardon of your wicked sins — if you have not prayed and asked Jesus Christ to have mercy upon you and save you — I urge you to do it right now, today. Tomorrow is not promised to you. That is repeated in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. Deacon, so glad to have you. And that’s real talk. Tomorrow is not promised to you — and not only that, the next minute is not promised to you. So if you want to get saved from the burning hell and the lake of fire that you deserve — and I deserve — because of our sins, then believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who suffered, bled, and died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day. He paid our sin debt. He is the Lamb of God who has taken away the sin of the world — and that’s a good thing. That’s why we call it Good Friday, when He died. It was not good for Him; it was not good for God; it was good for us. He was buried, and rose early one Sunday morning, for you and me. This is not Sunday school talk — this is real talk, right here. All of that is real. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou — you — shalt be saved.

Follow me in the sinner’s prayer, for Jesus Christ said it first and best — the most important words in the history of the world: “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.” Danny, God bless you for being here, Danny. Jenny Rose — we have so many roses in this church. We have at least over a hundred roses. I never thought “Rose” was a popular name. The only Rose I remember in history was Rose Kennedy. But for some reason we have over a hundred roses in the church, and then, lo and behold, this morning a lady came named Rosette. And I said, wow. Wow, Melvin White. Wow, Greg. Ryan — we’ve got roses in this church. Listen, God has blessed me with ten children; I have my quiver full of children. But if something happens and I am married again, I assure you, Peaches — Greg, I assure you, Mark — if God blesses me with another daughter, I’m going to name her Rose. It may not be her first name, but it will be in her name: Daniella — Daniella Rose. I have so many Daniellas and Danitas and Danaes in my quiver full of children. Rosette came today. Rosette, I believe, is still here.

And if you want to get saved, and you’re not saved, and you want to get saved, please follow me in the sinner’s prayer. Repeat it after me, if you want to — you don’t have to. Repeat it after me, phrase by phrase, and mean it from your heart: “Holy Father God, have mercy and grace upon me, a sinner. Please forgive me of my sins, my failures, and my faults. For Jesus Christ’s sake, wash my sins away, as I now believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ, by faith, the best way that I know how. I believe in You — that You suffered, bled, and died for my sins, was buried, and rose from the dead by Your own power. Lord Jesus Christ, please come into my heart and into my spirit, and truly save my soul from the burning hell and the lake of fire, and from my own sins. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Help me to change; help me to repent of my sins, and follow You in the newness of life. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, and for His sake. Amen.”

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus — BQB, Mish, Billy, Edward — Diane Scott is still with us, Joe is still with us, and everybody else is. If you prayed that prayer with me today, congratulations. If you believed in the Lord Jesus Christ in your heart, congratulations for doing the most important thing in life. Here are the next five steps for you to take, as a newborn, born-again, saved Christian, to get you started right so that you can grow right. Number one: as soon as possible, as soon as you find a Bible-believing church in your area, get baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Number two: start praying — and you can do that immediately. Pray and ask God to help you to live the Christian life the right way. Number three: read your Bible. Start in the Gospel of John, and read the entire New Testament, and then read the entire Old Testament. Just keep on reading the Bible like that until you meet God face to face — and you will meet Him, and Jesus Christ Himself. Number four: obey the Word of God, because Jesus Christ said Himself, “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Number five: be a witness for the Lord — freely you have received, freely give — and tell others how you met Jesus Christ, and lead them to Jesus Christ yourself. Just like I told you, you tell other people. And pass out Gospel pamphlets — you can get free Gospel pamphlets from fellowshiptractleague.org.

God bless you, dear friends. Until next time, pray for me, as I pray for thee. Remember the motto of the Marines: Semper Fidelis — be always faithful to the Lord. Remember the motto of the Space Force and the Air Force: Semper Supra — always above. Keep your heart and mind stayed on the Lord above, and He will keep you in perfect peace. God bless you, dear friends. Until next time — which will not be long from now. God bless you. Thank you so much, Deacon Moamp and Deacon Atkins, for anchoring the services of the day and being with us in the top seats. May God bless you. Thank you for all of your gifts and support. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. God bless you, everybody. May God keep you. Lord willing, I’ll see you soon. Thank you.

This message was preached live by Daniel Whyte III on Monday morning, November 2, 2026, in the Whyte House Devotional Prayer Service and Reading of the Old Testament (Job 18 Summary), streamed on Substack and across the Gospel Light Society International platforms.

Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years. He 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,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary.

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 ten years, to this very day. His mottos 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 more than 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-Jezebel-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 it as I go 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 down 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.”

I brought the diminishing of peace and joy in my life on myself throughout the years. 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, my 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 the devil, who seeks 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.

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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)

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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?

“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, save my soul, and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me repent of my past sins. Help me turn from my old, evil life and follow You into a new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.

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