Gospel Light House of Prayer International Veterans Day Service: “The Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time” — Daniel Whyte III
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Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, family, friends, and foes, and yes, even foes in the family. However, I do thank God for my quiver full of children. I thank God for how He blessed me with children who were willing from birth, and eager, and with a great attitude, to help me in the ministry. Not one of them, while I was raising them, ever refused to help in the ministry. They didn’t even think about it. And it was not a high-pressure situation either. They did it, led by their big sister. They did it out of love for God and for Jesus Christ.
And I mentioned their big sister, Daniella “Danni” Whyte, because she did it that way. And she sacrificed and helped tremendously. And they followed. And so I give God the glory, praise, and honor for that. Happy Veterans Day to all of the veterans in America. We do thank God for you, and I am one of you. And someone said those famous words to me the other day: “Thank you for your service.” And I’m thankful for the people who mean that, and the people who sometimes just say it because they think it’s the right thing to do.
And I thank God for all of the privileges that God has blessed me to have as a veteran of the United States Air Force. I thank God that I am an Air Force man. I thank God for the privilege to serve God and this country in the Air Force. It was one of the best things I ever did in my life. And most importantly, it was one of the greatest things I ever did in my life, because I met God. I met Jesus Christ. While in the Air Force — Linda, Omar, Luann, everybody — I met the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior on December the 19th, 1979, in my dorm room, room 316 of all rooms,
in the dorm room on Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. And Jesus gave me an Apostle Paul-type conversion. And that’s no lie, because I was going in the opposite direction. And so He saved me in the Air Force. And I give God the glory and praise and honor for that. And I’m one of the veterans — I make a distinction between the veterans who served like me and who did not have to go to war. Plus, and I say this tongue-in-cheek, I was in the Air Force, and all of the military people, Jody,
all of the military people in all branches know that the Air Force is a different ball game compared to the Marines, the Army, and even the Navy. The truth is, and I have great respect for my Air Force brethren, but we were the F Troop. The one time we had to march, there was a flood to the PX, we used to call it, to buy shoes, shine shoes, to find the right belt, to find the right tie, to find the right instrument — it was laughable how we carried on in the Air Force. We basically had a nine-to-five job, that’s all.
And that’s how it was. So it was a good life. And I thank God for it. I would have stayed in the Air Force if God had not called me to preach. Be that as it may, ladies and gentlemen, I thank God for all people who have volunteered to serve in the military, because even those of us who did not have to face the bitterness of war, we were willing to go to war if necessary. And so I want to, by the grace of God, briefly preach in your hearing — Ashley, Johnny, Mary, and everybody here today —
a message titled, The Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time. The Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time. Turn in your Bibles to Joshua chapter 19. “Have not I commanded thee?” — and this is a memory verse for those of you who are young Christians. I remember almost 47 years ago having this index card in my pocket, because that’s how we learned the verses back in those days, taught by the sweet evangelicals to do so. And this is a good thing. And I can see that index card in my mind right now. This is one of the verses I hid in my heart.
“Have not I commanded thee?” This is God speaking to Joshua. “Be strong” — that’s a commandment, by the way, soldiers in the Lord’s army — “and of a good courage.” Have courage. “Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” All good soldiers know that. Shall we pray? Holy Father God, I pray in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. And Lord, I praise You and thank You for Your love,
being the greatest Commander of all time, being the greatest Soldier of all time, being the greatest Veteran of all time. Your mercy, Your grace, Your longsuffering, Your lovingkindness, and Your patience. And Holy Father God, we thank You for Gracie Lou, who is sending up hearts of love to You, God, in Jesus Christ, and who said she likes the live. She is praising Your name right now as I preach, repeatedly giving hearts of love to You, God, and Jesus Christ. But You garner that kind of love, and You garner that kind of respect. We don’t. And we don’t deserve it. You do.
And so, Holy Father God, forgive all of us who are Christian soldiers holding up the blood-stained banner, of our sins, our faults, and our failures, Lord, against You, where we have not obeyed Your commandments. Wash our sins away from our hearts, minds, souls, spirits, and consciences in the holy and precious blood of Christ. Crucify, Lord, our flesh and the old man within us all who are saved, and fill us with the fullness and the power, the unction and the anointing, the fruit and the liberty, Lord, of Your precious Holy Spirit and precious blood. Make us whiter than snow on the inside from all sin, evil thoughts, evil words, evil deeds, on this Veterans Day that You have allowed me to see again, which is a divine miracle by Your power.
I praise You, Holy Father God, for all of my children, helping me to enjoy the free food that is given on Veterans Day to veterans, even veterans who have never even fought any battle. And so what a privilege and a blessing that America has afforded her soldiers. And so, Holy Father God, deliver all of my children and myself, and all other Christians here today, Lord, from temptation, evil, and sin. Grant us, Lord, Your grace and Your strength and the power of Your Holy Spirit, to love right, live right, think right, and do right,
and do that which is pleasing in Your sight on this Veterans Day. And deliver us indeed from temptation, evil, and sin. And Lord, I do pray that You will change us more and more on the inside as we look for Your second coming. Grant us Your grace and the power of Your Holy Spirit to love right, to live right, to think right, to do right, to act right, and to do that which is pleasing in Your sight. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. And Holy Father God, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, restore us again, renew us again, and revive us again,
as born-again, saved Christians. And Holy Father God, I do pray that You will truly lead us, guide us, and direct us throughout this day, order our steps, and direct our ways. And Holy Father God, I pray that You will grant us all Your grace and the power of Your Holy Spirit to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek Your face indeed, and to turn from our wicked ways, and to repent of our sins, and get back to You, our first love. And Holy Father God, as You know, I have prayed for my wife, Mrs. Whyte, for almost 40 years now — we’re celebrating our 40th year of marriage by Your grace, and coming close to it.
Holy Father God, I do pray, however, in private and in public, because it is a very important matter and a serious matter. Because I do preach the Gospel every day and pray every day with people, the devil hates me and fights against me, and uses even my wife of almost 40 years. This is Meriqua Whyte. So I pray for her in private and publicly. You’ve given me the leeway to do that, and I pray, Lord, for her pure salvation. I pray that she would lay down her Jamaican and Pharaoh-style pride and resistance. Stop holding on to something that never happened,
holding on to a lie about her salvation, and go ahead and humble herself to believe in You, and to trust in You, Lord Jesus Christ, in a real sense, and become born-again saved. Stop being a hypocrite, a phony, and a fake, acting one way behind the scenes and trying to act another way when other Christian people, other church people, other family people come around. Totally different person. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. And Lord, I pray that she would repent of that evil and that foolishness and be real before You, because You are real with us.
And Lord God in heaven, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for I know that the devil and the demons drive her and control her. I pray that You will cast the devil and the demons of hell, and the satanic, demonic spirit of Judas, Jezebel, Sanballat, and Tobiah, out of her heart, mind, soul, and spirit, for Your glory, praise, and honor, and give us all sweet victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. And Holy Father God, I pray for all of the people who are here. I pray for salvation and spiritual, family and life, financial and material, protection and provision, mental and physical blessings,
Lord, upon each and every one, and their children and their grandchildren. Lord, I pray that You will heal all marriages and all families, particularly of the Christian faith. And Lord God in heaven, I pray that You would do this in the life of Brother Mark and his family, and so many others, the mayor as well. And Lord, I pray continued blessings upon Deacon Denis, Deacon Doug, Pastor Peter, and everyone else who has helped in the ministry — Deacon Moab, Sister Bliss, Deacon Karamba, Deacon Atkins, and all others. And Holy Father God, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
that You will save every soul and fill every soul with the fullness and the power of Your Holy Spirit. And Lord, we thank You for Gracie Lou and all that she has done to witness for You, Lord, by pushing the algorithm to draw more people to hear this message. And we pray for Mark, Aaron, Luke, and everybody. And Lord, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the peace of Jerusalem today. Lord, I do not care for any of the politics that’s going on between the USA and Israel and Iran and everybody else. But Lord, You know what’s going on. Everything is in Your hands.
Nothing occurs to You, because You’re God. So I pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray for the salvation and the protection of Your people, the Israelites. I pray for the salvation and protection of all people, all Gentile nations — red, yellow, black, and white — because they are precious in Your sight. And Simeon, you are right: God is faithful even when we’re not, and we ought to be more faithful to Him on this Veterans Day especially. And Lord, we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
deliver all of us who are saved, particularly in Nigeria. We pray for the family that lost their little girl that was kidnapped, and she died after she was set free. And Lord, it broke my heart, and it should break all of our hearts if we were not so evil. For the love of many has waxed cold, as You said, Lord Jesus Christ. And my heart is broken over that little girl like she’s my own daughter. She is a martyr of the faith. And Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
that You will deliver us all from the messengers of Satan today — those who are trying to kill my children, those who are trying to kill me, because of my preaching that has impacted this country and other places. Lord, You know who they are. Surround my children and myself with Your protection, a band of Your holy angels, and a wall of Your holy fire. Cover us and cleanse us in the blood of Christ, and make us to be whiter than snow on the inside. Deliver me and my children also from the thorn-in-the-flesh people,
the demons of hell and the devils from hell. And Holy Father God, I do pray, in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, give us this kind of courage that You told Joshua to have, by the power of Your grace, by the power of Your Holy Spirit. And Holy Father God, I pray that You would deliver my children and me, and all other people who are saved and born again, from all of our distresses and afflictions and tribulations and troubles and trials, temptations, tests, and tensions, and deliver us also from all of our spiritual and mental, physical and emotional, family, financial, legal, student-loan-debt, student-progress problems, troubles, and difficulties that we are facing.
And Holy Father God, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, prepare us, Lord, today on this Veterans Day, for good days and bad days. Prepare us, Lord, for celebrations and tribulations and tragedies as well. Prepare us, Lord, for weddings and funerals. Prepare us, Lord, for life and death. And Holy Father God, restore us again, and revive us again, and heal us again, spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Thank You, Lord, for allowing things to be as well as they are. Thank You, Lord, for remembering mercy, love, and grace. Thank You, Lord, for Holly, Linda, Halo — what a name — giving to You, God, love and likes and hearts
while I preach, which helps us reach more people across the vast internet. And Holy Father God, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that You would save that soul that’s near as hell, even on this Veterans Day. Reclaim the backslidden, revive the saved, and have all that we do and say, Lord, to be done for Your glory, Your praise, and Your honor — for the glory, praise, and honor of the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank You, Lord, that I’m ready. I’m prepared to die.
And Lord, thank You for giving me the job to prepare other people to die as well. Your holy Word has made it very clear that the wages of sin is death. Your holy Word has made it very clear all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And thank You, Lord, for those words that I heard December 19, 1979, along with, “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.” On December 19, 1979, I was saved by the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time,
that is You, Lord Jesus Christ, and I give You the glory, praise, and honor. In Jesus Christ’s name I do pray, and for His sake. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time is none other than Jesus Christ. “Have not I commanded thee?” And by the way, the Lord was commanding Joshua what he already had. “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.” How could the Lord command that if He didn’t have it Himself? Because, see, Joshua might have been light in his faith in God,
but God is strong in His faith in Himself. God is almighty. He’s the Almighty God. And the reason why Joshua needed to have faith, as did Moses, as did Paul, and why we need faith in God — because we get our faith, amen, somebody — our courage, our strength, our not fearing, not being dismayed, from the God who is not dismayed, from the God who is not afraid, from the God who is courageous, and from the God who is strong. That’s where we get that from, to do what God wants us to do. “Neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee.”
“Whithersoever” is an old English word that means everywhere you go — “whithersoever thou goest.” So, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, imagine with me for a minute that you are one of our soldiers fighting over in Iran, fighting in some other country, or perhaps in some other military conflict around the world. One day, as you and your platoon are fighting the battle, one of your buddies sees a grenade coming that is going to kill you and some others around you, and there is no stopping it from exploding. By the way, someone said a long time ago, Elton,
someone said a long time ago, Sister Bliss — someone said a long time ago, Deacon Karamba — that war is hell. And it is. It is hell on earth. The reports we hear on the news — not even every day now, even though the horror is still going on — in war, in a modern-day war, with Russia and Ukraine. That is hell on earth. See, this is the reason why God put an end to things through the Flood. Because God was very concerned about the violence in the world. And as it was in the days of Noah, it is today.
War is hell, and I thank God I never had to fight any war. I thank God also for the courageous men who have had to do so, because they did so, I lived a long and peaceful and war-free life. These are, in my view, the real veterans, the real courageous soldiers. I salute, ladies and gentlemen, the real men of war. And some of these men, they were born to fight. Okay? Make no mistake about it, people. There are people called by God to do things other than preach the Gospel. In fact, I said this the other day, and I mean it, Ty, Edward.
I have — it’s a shame, it’s a shame, it’s a shame before God I have to say this. God knows it is. I have more respect today for military personnel, the military personnel guys who come out of the military and go into the police force, the sheriff’s department, the FBI, the CIA, than I have for the so-called army of pastors today, the so-called men of the cloth, because that’s all they are. They’re soldiers of the cloth. They’re not soldiers of the cross. And Mrs. Whyte, that’s original with me. I’ve never heard that before, so that’s a quote. I’m not trying to be quotable, but that’s a quote. Write it down right now.
Write it down right now. They are soldiers of the cloth, but they’re not soldiers of the cross anymore. Some of the weakest, most wicked, and lazy men today are in the church, and some of them, they took the job — they were not called to do it. They took the job because they thought it was a soft and easy job. All God-called preachers don’t think that way. By the way, it’s not a job. It’s not a career choice. For some preachers, Nicky, they say, “Well, I’ll choose the career choice of being a minister, being a pastor. That’s a good, easy life.”
The devil is alive. I told my son, I said, “If God does not call you to preach, don’t try to honor me by being a preacher. You’re going to flop, because the devil will come at you and be on you like white on rice and black on me.” Okay? Back to the grenade. The grenade was coming that is going to kill you and the other soldiers around you, and there’s no stopping it from exploding. Your buddy does something that surprises everyone, shocks everyone. And then again, it may not be that great of a shock, because you knew he was that kind of guy. Let me tell you something. There are men like this.
They were born, Peter. Halo, they were born. Many of them are in the police force. Why would you go into the police force if you’re not called by God to do so, when you can go just to deliver a warrant and get your head blown off? And you’re just as peaceful as you want to be. You’re called to a residence for a domestic violence situation, and then the domestic violent criminals on the inside will start shooting you through the door. And you’re trying to help save somebody. And then you got to find yourself saving yourself, because you’re shocked. This happens every day in America, the land of violence.
It’s not about the guns. It’s the land of violence. People, listen: you can get rid of all of the guns. The people, be they white or black or red or yellow, will pull out knives, like they do in England. There’s a whole lot of cutting going on in Great Britain, because they have rules against guns, laws against guns. See, the guns are not the problem. The knives do not pose a problem. It’s the devil and the evil in the hearts of man and of women. A woman pulled out a knife the other day in Great Britain and killed her husband.
There’s a whole lot of stabbing going on in Great Britain, even though they have laws against guns. Stabbings on the street in Great Britain. People have brought out swords and everything else, cutting people up. It’s the heart that is desperately wicked. And thank God for the soldiers that God calls, the police officers that God calls, the sheriff department men that God calls. These are soldiers too. I have more respect for law enforcement today, and some of my sweet evangelical preachers don’t like it when I say stuff like this. And I say it because the problem is not with the law enforcement departments.
The problem in America is pastors falling down on their faces and on their jobs, who are not really called by God to be pastors, who don’t have the courage, who don’t have the strength to preach what the Word of God says, because they’re more concerned about their soft cloths than being a soldier of God. The blood-stained — by the way, I can’t hear nobody — the blood-stained banner. And for those of you who are against the police: who are you going to call when the person filled with the demon comes to your house wanting to stab you and wanting to kill you? Okay?
For those of you who want to defund the police. Okay? They’re ministers of God too, according to the Word of God — read the book of Romans — just as much as your pastor who’s not going to come to save you. Call your pastor when someone is at your door threatening to kill you because you are a Christian, or threatening to kill you and rob you. Call him first. You know what he’s going to tell you? He’s not going to tell you, “I’m putting on my boots and I’m coming.” He’s going to tell you to call the po-po.
Okay? Call the police. He’s going to go back to sleep. He may not even pray for you. Thank God for the good pastors who will die for you. Thank God. I’ve always thanked God for the good pastors. There are a few. And I thank God for them. I have, down through the years, I’ve had good pastors. See, a good pastor is a game changer. You know him. He’s a good soldier for the Lord. And when he prays for you — blessed to be white, and blessed to be black, and blessed to be red, and blessed to be yellow, all of you.
When he prays for you, and when you tell him what the problem is, here’s the test for a true, good pastor. First of all, when you call him and you try to tell him what’s happening, he’s going to stop you and tell you, “I already know what’s happening. God has already told me. Here’s what you need to do.” Bam! That’s the sign of a good pastor. You don’t have to explain anything. Somehow he already knows. Don’t tell me. I know what I’m talking about. If you got to explain everything to the pastor, and you got to sit down for counseling with the pastor and all of that, all that’s unnecessary if you have a true, good pastor.
God saw you coming to the pastor’s office, and you might as well just stop in your tracks, because the pastor, the true pastor, already knows. And then he can just tell you what to do on the phone. Then if you need some help, he will take care of it. Okay? Or he’ll have his secretary to take care of it, if it’s something that she can do for him. It’s going to be done. Did you hear what I said? It’s going to be done. Just like that. Just from a few words with God, a few words with you, and then a few words with some people that can make things happen. Glory be to God for good pastors. But I don’t give a flip about these no-good,
lying, pornography-watching, fat, full-of-hell-and-the-devil, no-message, no-word-from-the-Lord — they don’t even know the Lord. And they need to join the police department. They need to get in shape. They need to go through training. And all of them — all of these pastors, but I’m talking about not the true pastors, but these other jokers — they need to join the police department and become a soldier with them. You know why? Because they’re causing all of the problems. Got the sheriff department out here raising children that the church is supposed to be raising with the parents.
Everything is dumped. Everything in our society, our doggone society, is dumped on police officers, dumped on sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, dumped on marshals, dumped on the CIA, dumped on the FBI. You can like them or not. It doesn’t matter to me. Dumped on even immigration officers. They are accused of everything, and they’re blamed for everything, and they’re doing things they should not have to be doing, like babysitting your children, trying to be nice to your devilish children that you raised, because the pastor never taught you how to raise your children. And some pastors’ children are the worst devils in the world.
We got a pastor right now who should sit his behind down, because he has a son who has molested and raped children for years. And he’s talking about he and his wife going to stay in the ministry. For what? And now they’re saying that one of the sisters was raped by him. He’s facing a hundred years in jail. And I say, good riddance. I don’t care if he’s a pastor’s son or not. What? What? He ought to stay in jail for the rest of his life. He ought to die in jail. And the pastor ought to sit down somewhere, and his wife up there grinning like a Cheshire cat. I think that’s what you call it. What is it, Mr. Whyte? Is that right? Cheshire cat.
Okay, grinning. For what? You have not raised your own children. The police got to deal with your child and raise your child, and the warden and all of the deputies in the prison got to raise your child going forward and watch your child. Millions of dollars are going to be spent on your child, who is a devil, who is demon-possessed, and who raped children, molested children. And you knew about it. Even your own daughter has accused him. Come on now. You want to stay in the ministry. For what? Go sit down somewhere. You have failed as a pastor. You have failed as a pastor’s wife. You have failed as parents.
And then you want to dump all of this mess on law enforcement. And thank God for the FBI and the CIA and these secret law enforcement agents. Lord have mercy. You know why I say that? These soldiers, these officers of God — thank God — you know who’s secretly finding these child molesters in the church? Lord have mercy. The law enforcement agency may not even want you pastors. I wouldn’t. See, one of the reasons — and by the way, they hold back way more than what they tell — trying to give you a chance, Pastor, to get your act together. They know what you’re watching on the internet.
Go ahead and press that little child’s picture that they put on there. They’re coming for you. But it’s so bad, they may not even have the time to come for you. You’re supposed to be a soldier of the cross. Yet you are looking at porn, child pornography. And they know you’re looking at pornography, which you should not be doing. But they’re waiting for you to press that little child’s picture, because they know it’s in you. And they’re coming for you. They really don’t want to. Because you’re supposed to be aligned with them, soldier of the cross.
You’re supposed to be a part of the leadership of the community. They really don’t want to have to do it, but they have to do it. So the front lines of the battle in child trafficking and children being raped — you would think it’s the church. No. They know. They don’t want to say it. They know that the church is the problem. They’re part of the enemy. And my sweet evangelicals, who know all about this — so-called sweet evangelical leaders — hello. Thank you. They know all about it, man. And law enforcement, they know you too. They got your number. They know what you’re doing, the freaky stuff you’re doing. They all up in your house.
They all up in your house, man. They even know your wife is a freak. She’s sneaking and watching pornography. And let me tell you something: whether you know it or not, these law enforcement agents who are watching you all day long, all day long, they have a task force dealing with you. And they’re recording everything you look at, and they see everything you see. And if you get too freaky and vile, they will cut — they have, listen to me — they have the power to not only cut off everything, they got the power to cut off the internet on that one device, whoever has that device in their hands. They’ll cut it off.
They have the power to do it. And now in the day of AI, buddy, they’re all over it. So that’s how I feel about the veterans. I feel about all military men who go into law enforcement. These people are built by God and called by God to do that, to hold back the evil. Sad to say, ladies and gentlemen, in the church — Junior, Chris — and in society. And they have to raise your children. They’re going to raise your children. On the side of the road, they got to teach them how to behave, how to operate a motor vehicle
on the highways and byways of our state, which you should have done. They know better than drinking and driving and speeding and cutting the fool. They should know it from you. And they have to. And then your child talks back and bows up against God’s authority, who God called to protect everybody on the highways and byways and in the houses. That’s your job, Mommy and Daddy. Okay? That’s your job, Pastor, to teach Mommy and Daddy how to train their children, so they’re not out here cutting the fool and killing people, trying to kill police officers.
And I have news for you. The police officers and law enforcement have learned, okay, “All right, y’all dumped all of this on us? Now, I’m going home to my family.” And what that means is, your son or daughter may not go home to you. Then you want to march, and you want to cuss, and you want to raise hell about your disobedient child that was raised down at the Mount Nebo Evangelical Church, which none of you learn anything from, because the pastor was more concerned about having your behinds in the seats and your money in the offering plate.
They have been trained not to make people mad. Okay? And that’s why they don’t do their job. And so everything is dumped on law enforcement. It’s too much. It’s not fair. And not only that, it is not sustainable. That’s why America is crumbling. Why? Because the sweet Judas, Jezebel, Laodicean pastors have led us this way. And now, my sweet evangelical pastors, you know what they’re saying? They’re huddling up and saying, “God’s judgment.” I’ve been telling you this for over 20 years. You didn’t listen. Ask Dr. Tony Evans. He knows. He knows. I’ve said it almost every week. I’ve warned you every week.
He said, “Well, preacher, aren’t you mad at Dr. Tony Evans for not telling us his sin?” I’m not mad at him. I’m disappointed. That’s not the Tony Evans I know. The Tony Evans I know heard me preaching like a prophet. And when I would rebuke him publicly for not preaching like a prophet, he responded and preached like a prophet. He warned you, and he told you better than I ever can — more eloquently than I ever would or ever could. Repeatedly, he told you, sweet evangelical, you’re messing up. So yes, he must have messed up too, but you messed up worse.
Because he warned you. He joined me in warning you. And supported me while I preached, like no other man, I think, in church history. No other man — I don’t know of any other Christian who did what he did for me. Man does not even know me. Mrs. Lois was right there with him, because she signed the checks — many thousands of dollars supporting me, a man he never met. He knew of me, but he never met me. And I never reached out to him and asked him, “Could we meet?” Because I didn’t want to mess up what God was doing.
Sometimes it’s best just — and that’s what God led me to do. God led me not to reach out to Dr. Tony. We come from the same stock. Dr. John McNeil was our advisor and mentor, a great man of God who’s now gone home to be with the Lord. And we didn’t run in the same circles, though. And I knew he was the real deal. He knew I was the real deal. But we didn’t run in the same circles. In fact, he got himself involved with some people he should have never got himself involved with. And that’s one of the reasons why I believe he’s in the mess he’s in today. And I say that with respect and love.
Okay? But back to the grenade. You know where I’m going, don’t you? Erica, God bless you. H-Town. Is that Houston? Shy, God bless you. He throws himself on the grenade, Mrs. Whyte, shielding everyone from the deadly explosive. That’s a soldier indeed. That’s a hero right there. Right there. Okay? You want to see a hero? There you go. In a split second of time, almost without thinking, he knows someone has to die, and volunteers without hesitation to be the one to die for everybody else, so the rest of the squad can live. Thank you, everybody. Okay? That’s what the greatest,
ladies and gentlemen, that’s what the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time — and I don’t mind saying it — Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords and King of kings. What love is this, my dear friends? Because of His love and concern — that is, for the soldier, the soldier, we’re still talking about the soldier — for you and other members of your platoon, your group, you would say that he sacrificed his life for the benefit of others. And there are people living today who can point back to somebody, yes, in the military. They know they’re living because of that person.
They’re living because of that person. He died for the benefit of others. And you would be right. You would say that he sacrificed his life for the benefit of others. And you would be right. There is someone else who actually displayed, of course, that kind of love, greater than even this soldier. That kind of love, that kind of concern for you, and still feels that way for you today. Do you know who this is? Of course, the answer is the Son of God. Yes, God the Father and God the Son. When did Jesus Christ do this for you?
When did God do this for you? When He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to become a man, so He could lay down His life as a sacrifice. Your sin — and by the way, sin is the grenade that blows up your life in every way. Do you hear me? Sin will blow your life up. In fact, most of us, sin has blown our lives up. Sin will take you longer than you want it to go, keep you longer than you wanted to stay. Sin will take you further than you wanted to go, keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and make you pay more than you wanted to pay. Every time. All of the time.
Sin is very dangerous. It is worse than a grenade. Most of us, our lives have been blown to pieces by the sin grenade. Lying, blown to pieces. Stealing, blown to pieces. The people around you don’t trust you anymore because you’re a liar. Your feet ain’t made, and your heart pumps peanut butter. And they know it. And some will not tell you about the fact they know you’re a liar. Some will. And the worst friends are those who will not tell you, but they will feed you out of a long-handled spoon. The worst family members are those who will not tell you, keep on using you,
but talk about you behind your back. In the Bible, beloved, we read these powerful words: “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. In the same book, Jesus Christ said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” That’s love for you, everybody. Brie, Richard, Scott, Shy is still hanging in there with us. That’s love for you. Jesus said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,” Mrs. Whyte?
The Bible says that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners like you and me. Humanity’s problem is that we are grenade carriers — our sin, our sin. It’s like a grenade. It’s going to blow up. Only God’s mercy is holding you right now. But if you are committing sins and trying to hide sins and cover up sins, that sin grenade is going to blow up on you, in your face. And oftentimes it will kill you, and kill others around you. We are sinners who deserve God’s judgment and, yes, the burning hell. That’s right. You sin, you commit a crime on this earth, you’re going to jail. Okay, well, there’s a prison for you after this life called hell, and then the lake of fire. And you’re going there. The Bible says all liars, all whoremongers, and all whores,
all liars will have their place in the lake of fire. That’s not my word. That’s God’s word. And therefore, we need a Savior. He is the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time, a veteran of serious combat. In Romans 3:23 we read, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That’s the grenade. That’s the sin grenade. No matter how pretty you are, no matter how rich you are, no matter how educated you are, that grenade, the sin grenade, is gonna blow up in your face and reveal your ugliness.
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And in Romans 6:23, everybody, it says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” And so, beloved, it is not our good works or efforts that save us. Nor is it going to church. Thousands of people have gone to hell from the church pews and from the church pulpit, thinking that that will save them. Neither is it praying a prayer. But the prayer alone can’t save you. It’s got to be your heart,
believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins. Salvation, my beloved, is only by God’s grace, through faith in Him. Ephesians chapter 2, verses 8 and 9. It is believing the Gospel. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ threw Himself on the grenade of sin — the grenade of life, if you will. He did it. He, therefore, is the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time. For real, we thank God for all the men who have died. Some who were willing to die. Some not so willing. But we all need to thank God for Jesus Christ,
who willingly died for your sins and for mine. The Gospel is the good news that Christ Jesus died for our sins, was buried, was raised the third day, and appeared to His disciples. Trust in Jesus Christ today. He died for you on the battlefield of Calvary’s cross. Do it today. Follow me in the sinner’s prayer. The Bible does say, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Follow me in the sinner’s prayer. Holy Father God, have mercy and grace upon my soul. Please forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults.
As I now believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ, by faith, that You suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose on the third day. Lord Jesus Christ, I know that You’re here. What do you think? And so I believe in You. I trust in You. I have faith in You to save my soul from the burning hell that I do not deserve. Thank You for jumping on that grenade of sin for me. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. And help me to repent of my sins that caused You to die.
And help me to change my evil ways. And help me to follow You in the newness of life. In Jesus Christ’s name I do pray, and for His sake. Amen. Now, dear friend of mine, if you believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Greatest Hero Veteran of All Time, congratulations on doing the most important thing in life. Here are the next five steps, for you to grow in the faith, to become strong in the faith, to become a strong soldier of the cross. Number one: get baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Do it because Jesus Christ commands you to do it.
Number two: pray every day, three times a day at least, starting out. Learn the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew chapter 6. Pray like King David, and pray like the prophet Daniel, three times a day — morning, noon, and night, or afternoon and night. And pray in between, as God leads you. Thirdly: read the Bible along with prayer. These things go together. You will not be healthy as a Christian. You will not be strong as a Christian. You will not be courageous as a Christian soldier if you don’t pray and read the Bible. Okay. Start in the Gospel of John.
Start in the Gospel of John. Read the Gospel of John, and read the entire New Testament. And then read the Old Testament, and you do it a little at a time. If you can go three chapters a day, great. If you can read a whole book a day, great. Do that. But get it in your heart. Hide the Bible in your heart. If you can only do one chapter a day, do that. Be consistent and be faithful. You will grow thereby. Number four: be obedient to the Word of God when you read it. For Jesus Christ said, “If you love Me” — and He is the Commander of everybody — “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” And that’s the test of real love, anyway, for everybody.
But that’s what Jesus Christ said, and you need to take heed to that. Number five: tell other people about Jesus Christ, now that you’re saved, now that you learn how to get saved. Freely you have received, freely you give. Happy Veterans Day, everybody. May God bless you, and may God keep you. When you think about me, pray for me. Just tell the Lord, “Lord, I don’t like that preacher. He preaches too hard, but I do love him in Christ. And so, Lord, help him, and give him the strength he needs to keep on preaching the Gospel.”
And so, as I will be praying for you, remember the motto of the Marines, and I say this every day: Semper Fidelis. Be always faithful to the Lord, in this case, as we should be. Always faithful. And then remember the motto of the Space Force and the Air Force: Semper Supra. Always above. Keep your heart and mind staying on the Lord above. He’ll keep you in perfect peace. He will. God loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. And they proved it. The Greatest Hero Veteran in the history of the world. God Almighty and the Son of God.
And God loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. And because of God shedding His love abroad in my heart, and the hearts of all people who believe in Jesus Christ, I love you too. Have a wonderful Veterans Day, and Lord willing, I’ll see you next time. God bless you, everybody.
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.
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?
“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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