Hayward Jenkins. Credit : Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office
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Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, states that within the Black community, a son beating his mother to death is virtually unheard of. He reiterates his belief that a “demonic spirit of wokeism” is responsible, where groups he calls the “transgender mafia” are radicalizing individuals and training them to murder their family members. Whyte acknowledges that this sounds far-fetched but asserts that this phenomenon has been occurring for over two years. Read his commentary below, which involves several other similar incidents:
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (NO RELATION TO GEORGE AND MARY WHITE), HAS ONLY THREE QUESTIONS THIS TIME:
- WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT AND THIS NATION NOT OUTRAGED AND SHOCKED BY THIS DISTURBING DEVELOPMENT?
- THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PHENOMENON, SO THE QUESTION IS: IS THIS ORCHESTRATED BY SOME WOKE GROUP BECAUSE THESE ELDERLY BLACKS ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH SATANIC WOKEISM AND SODOMY/HOMOSEXUALITY, TRANSGENDERISM?
- WHY ARE MOST OF THESE GRANDPARENTS BEING KILLED BLACK?
FROM HERE WHYTE WILL RESPOND TO THIS ARTICE WITH AN ARTICLE HE WROTE REGARDING A RECENT STRANGE KILLING OF GRANDPARENTS BY A GRANDSON:
FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND DENTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SISTER BOBBIE MITCHELL AND HER HUSBAND, FRED MITCHELL, WERE BRUTALLY STABBED IN THE CHEST AND HEART BY THEIR GRANDSON, MITCHELL REINACHER. DANIEL WHYTE III CALLS ON FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL TO CHECK INTO THESE “DARK WOKE” MURDERS OF PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS . . .
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, SAYS IT IS SHOCKING AND DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS TRAGEDY IS CONSIDERED BY THE MEDIA A ONE-WEEK STORY. (HAS ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO THE PARENTS OF THIS GRANDSON TO GET SOME CONTEXT, HISTORY, AND BACKGROUND AS TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE?)
FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, AND DENTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SISTER BOBBIE MITCHELL AND HER HUSBAND, FRED MITCHELL, WERE BRUTALLY STABBED IN THE CHEST AND HEART BY THEIR GRANDSON, MITCHELL REINACHER. FRED MITCHELL DIED. DANIEL WHYTE III CALLS ON FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL TO CHECK INTO THESE “DARK WOKE” MURDERS OF PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND SIBLINGS BY FAMILY MEMBERS. WHYTE SAYS IT IS BEYOND EPIDEMIC NOW AND HAS BECOME ORGANIZED WITH PEOPLE TRAINING WOKE PEOPLE TO DO THIS. WHYTE WARNS GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AND EVEN SIBLINGS THAT DUE TO THE DEMONIC SPIRIT OF “DARK WOKEISM” YOUR GRANDCHILD, YOUR CHILD OR A SIBLING WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEIR DEMONIC SPIRIT, IDEAS, WOKEISM, OR LIFESTYLE. WHYTE ALSO CALLS ON FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL TO INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE PARENTS OF THESE GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL.
FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, SISTER BOBBIE MITCHELL, STABBED; HERE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS OF GRANDSON’S MITCHELL REINACHER, ALLEGED ATTACK
Following the stabbing of Texas politician Bobbie Mitchell and her husband Fred Mitchell, police documents are revealing more details about the attack allegedly carried out by the couple’s grandson.
More information is emerging about the attack on Bobbie Mitchell.
After an alleged stabbing attack by her grandson Mitchell Reinacher left the Texas politician hospitalized and her husband Fred Mitchell dead, police documents are shedding more light on how they say it unfolded.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by NBC 5 Dallas Fort-Worth, someone inside the victims’ home called police just before 4 a.m. on April 21, reporting someone had a knife. The staffer who took the 911 call reportedly heard screams and evidence of a struggle.
The responding officer, according to the documents, found a white, four-door vehicle parked in front of the Mitchells’ home with the headlights on and passenger side door open, before hearing screams coming from within the house.
The officer said, once inside, said he found the suspect—later identified as the couple’s grandson—“standing in the hallway over the body of Fred Mitchell. Fred Mitchell was bleeding severely from stab wounds to the chest.” The officer then arrested the 23-year-old and removed him from the house.
According to the report, per NBC 5, police then found Bobbie inside the house with critical injuries, adding the Denton County commissioner told police at the scene that “her grandson broke into their house, stated he was going to kill them, went to the kitchen to get a knife, returned to their bedroom, and began stabbing both her and her husband.”
Police reportedly found a 6-inch serrated steak knife with blood on it on the home. The knife’s blade had allegedly been bent 90 degrees, which police say was an indication “of the amount of violent force with which it was wielded against Fred and Bobbie Mitchell.”
Per the documents, the couple’s grandson—who had been living with them since late 2024—was read his Miranda rights and refused to speak with police. He is currently being held in the Denton County Jail on $600,000 bond for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
E! News previously reached out to Lewisville police for comment but has not yet heard back.
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There are new details in the savage attack that left Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell critically injured and her husband dead.
The couple’s adult grandson is in jail, accused of the attack.
According to an arrest affidavit, someone inside the victims’ home, located in the 1000 block of Springwood Drive in Lewisville, called 911 just before 4 a.m. on Monday, April 21.
The caller reported that someone had a knife. The call taker heard screams and what sounded like a struggle, according to documents obtained by NBC 5.
The responding officer reported finding a white four-door vehicle in front of the caller’s home, with the driver’s side door left open and headlights still on.
The officer then heard screams coming from inside the house.
Once inside, the officer said he found the suspect, later identified as Mitchell Reinacher, “standing in the hallway over the body of Fred Mitchell. Fred Mitchell was bleeding severely from stab wounds to the chest.”
The officer arrested Reinacher, 23, and removed him from the house.
Police then found an injured Bobbie Mitchell inside the house.
She, too, had suffered stab wounds to the chest area, including one to the heart, according to the police report.
The beloved, longtime public servant is recognized as the first Black mayor in Lewisville.
She is currently serving as Denton County Commissioner for District 3.
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Mitchell to the Commission on State Emergency Communications.
Despite being critically injured, Mitchell managed to tell police “her grandson broke into their house, stated he was going to kill them, went to the kitchen to get a knife, returned to their bedroom, and began stabbing both her and her husband.”
Fred Mitchell succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
According to the documents, Reinacher has lived with his grandparents since late 2024.
Police noted that the way the suspect left his car door open and lights on made them think he may have intended to leave the crime scene.
Police discovered a 6-inch serrated steak knife with blood on it in the home.
The blade was bent 90 degrees, “an indication, police said, of the amount of violent force with which it was wielded against Fred and Bobbie Mitchell,” stated police.
Reinacher was read his Miranda rights and refused to speak with police, according to the affidavit.
He remains in the Denton County Jail on $600,000 bond for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Denton County is honoring Commissioner Mitchell and her family by placing a large banner outside the Precinct Government Center in Lewisville for people to leave messages of support.
Flowers and stuffed animals may be sent to 400 N. Valley Parkway, Suite 2068, in Lewisville, according to the county’s Facebook page.
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Summary of the Article
Investigators are searching for a motive in the tragic killing of George White, 83, and Mary White, 81, in West Melbourne, Florida, allegedly by their 22-year-old grandson, Jeremyah Campbell. During his first court appearance, Campbell was denied bond on charges of murder and attempted murder. The incident occurred when Campbell shot his grandmother at their home and then shot his grandfather through a neighbor’s door as he sought help. Additionally, a neighbor’s granddaughter was injured while trying to call 911. The sheriff’s office has not yet determined a motive for the attacks, leaving the community and family members questioning why this violence occurred.
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – A 22-year-old man, Jeremyah Campbell, remains in custody following allegations that he murdered his grandparents and injured another individual on Washington Street. County Judge Michelle Baker has denied him bond on charges of murder and attempted murder.
The sheriff’s office has released images of the victims, George White, 83, and Mary White, 81, who were reportedly killed by Campbell on Wednesday night.
According to the sheriff, the tragic events unfolded when Campbell shot his grandmother inside their home. He then shot his grandfather through a neighbor’s front door as George White attempted to seek help.
During this incident, Campbell also shot the neighbor’s granddaughter as she tried to call 911. Her grandfather, Terry French, shared with Brevard County community correspondent James Sparvero that she is now recovering at home.
“She’s back from the hospital and doing well physically,” French stated. “However, she is still mentally shaken by the experience.”
French recounted the harrowing moment, saying, “Bullets were flying all through my house with my family inside.” He expressed his hope that Campbell would face severe consequences for his actions, stating, “I hope that they put him in jail for the rest of his life.”
Judge Baker informed Campbell that the charges he faces could result in a life sentence.
French also expressed his confusion regarding the motive behind the attack, saying, “That is a question I’m asking. I have no clue why he did it or what he wanted from them.”
The sheriff’s office has indicated that the investigation is ongoing, and no motive has yet been established
- Hayward Jenkins, 38, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the death of his 66-year-old mother Cheryl Jenkins
- In a statement to police, Jenkins allegedly said he got into an argument with his mother “over silver coins, money, and her not listening when he was trying to express himself,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE
- The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that Cheryl died from blunt force injuries
A Wisconsin man is accused of beating his mother to death with a baseball bat.
Hayward Jenkins, 38, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the alleged killing of his 66-year-old mother Cheryl Jenkins, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
Officers were called to the 1700 block of South 44th Street in Milwaukee just after 8 a.m. on Feb. 24, after Cheryl’s fiancé told dispatch that Jenkins hit her on the head with a bat then fled the scene.
At the residence, officers found Cheryl lying face down on her stomach with a wooden baseball bat on top of her in a guest room, according to the complaint. There also appeared to be blood on the barrel of the bat, police said.
Emergency personnel administered CPR, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The room where Cheryl was found “appeared to be cluttered and had a broken metal bed frame. [Cheryl’s fiancé] indicated that this was not how the bedroom appeared the day prior,” the complaint states.
Officers also discovered, per the complaint, “what appeared to be blood splattered on the backside of the bedroom door and on the lower corner part of the east wall.”
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Cheryl died from blunt force injuries.
Cheryl’s fiancé claimed Jenkins arrived at their home between 9 and 10 p.m. on Feb. 23 — the evening before the alleged homicide. He told police that Cheryl got Jenkins something to eat and allowed him to sleep in the guest room.
The fiancé told police that he woke up round 4 a.m. to a noise, though he thought the noise was coming from the upstairs neighbors and went back to bed.
He said Cheryl was not in bed at that time and he thought she was in the guest room with her son, according to the complaint.
That morning, around 7:30 a.m., he found Cheryl lying on the floor of the guest room and called 911.
Jenkins had fled the home. He was later taken into custody at a casino just after 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 24.
In a Mirandized statement to police, Jenkins allegedly said he got into an argument with his mother “over silver coins, money, and her not listening when he was trying to express himself,” according to the complaint.
“The defendant stated that his mom blew off his concerns and kept coming in his face. The defendant stated that his mother had scissors up to him and was looking at him like she was going to do something,” the complaint states.
According to police, Jenkins allegedly said that, “he felt he and his mom were getting nowhere and he had exhausted every situation that he could” and “he got angry with the situation and flipped out.”
He told police that he “got the baseball bat, and that he never wanted to hit her with it. The defendant stated that he struck [his mother] in the head with the bat multiple times while she was sitting in a chair,” the complaint states.
“The defendant stated that he was “wrong for murdering my mother,’” per the complaint.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 10. Jenkins’ attorney could not be reached for comment.
Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years and is the founder and President of the over 42-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, Pastor of the over 38-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International, and Founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the over 22-year-old Black Christian News One (BCNN1.com)—reaching millions with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, discipleship preaching, and the whole counsel of God around the world by any means necessary, “Crying in the wilderness,” and “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos.”.
Daniel Whyte III was honored by being named one of the 17 most notable alumni in the history of the 134-year-old Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the 69 most notable alumni in the history of the 53-year-old Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min., in progress) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Theology (Th.M.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Bachelor of Arts in Religion (B.A.) – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
- Bachelor of Theological Studies – Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Dothan, Alabama (Honors: Summa Cum Laude)
Daniel Whyte III was also honored to sit with presidents and world leaders by being invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to attend the homegoing of Dr. Billy Graham.
He is the Essence national best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Men and the Amazon best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Women (African-American category). He has authored over 100 books.
He is also the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old BlackChristianNews.com (BCNN1.com), which has impacted every denomination in the evangelical and Christian world and has influenced presidents, the U.S. government, governments around the world, and the public square. BlackChristianNews.com has been named the #1 Black Christian website and blog in the world for four years running by the independent Feedspot and is on the list of the top 60 Christian news sites in the world—red, yellow, black, or white.
He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God in person across America and in over 24 countries to thousands of people. He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God to millions of people around the world with the help of the internet, preaching live and on-demand multiple times a day for over eight years, to this very day. His mottoes are “Crying in the Wilderness,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and “Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary,” all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.
Daniel Whyte III is the president of the over-40-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International and the over-37-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International. He is known worldwide as the prophet who predicted the Coronavirus Plague over 10 years before it hit in recorded preaching and writing. God also led him to guide thousands through the Coronavirus Plague that killed over 20 million people because of the sins in the Judas-Laodicean church.
Daniel Whyte III’s greatest blessing in this life is his “quiver full” of 10 children—Daniella (Danni), Daniel IV, Danita Evangeline, Danae Mary-Louise, Daniqua Grace, Danyel Ezekiel, Danyelle Elizabeth Breedlove, Danielle Tekeela, Duran-Daniel, and the first Daniel IV (deceased and in heaven with the Lord)—along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daniel Whyte III has been unblissfully but sexually satisfyingly married to his first and only wife, Meriqua Whyte of Christiana, Jamaica, for over 37 years since December 19, 1987. Jesus Christ said: “And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Even though many evangelicals, charismatics, and Protestants try to act as if these words of Jesus Christ are not a reality in our modern Christianity—primarily because of the Satanic-driven prosperity gospel and an over-positive philosophy, which is a lie not based in reality or biblical truth—the words of Jesus Christ are true for every person who preaches the Gospel. The outcomes of the Gospel are a changed life and opposition from family, lukewarm Christians, Laodicean-Judas pastors and churches, the world, and the devil. This is a reality in our present evil world.
While Daniel Whyte III thoroughly enjoys his married life because he did not allow his wife to have her way at any point and was and is solidly and biblically the head of his household throughout the marriage—often quoting Joshua, “As for me and my house, we’re going to serve the Lord” “up in here!”—and because his wife never failed in the very important area of sex, which he got married for in the first place to avoid sinning against God, he has especially enjoyed the privilege and joy of raising his children in the Lord virtually by himself. He served the Lord with them every day of their lives, from the time they were born until they graduated from college, became adults, and moved on.
However, his wife, Meriqua Whyte—motivated by Satan, with a Pharaoh-style pride mixed with the well-known female Jamaican-style pride, stubbornness, rebelliousness, and witchcraft—has been his greatest Judas enemy in the world and has been what Paul spoke of: a “messenger of Satan” and a “thorn in the flesh.” Amazingly, and by the grace of God, that Satanic evil opposition has spurred Daniel Whyte III on to preach the Gospel probably more times than any man on record. God has honored him because he did not “hearken to the voice of his wife.” Whyte tells other Christian men to only hearken to the voice of God and Jesus Christ—not to their wives, as so many thousands of church men have been taught by pastors and other older men throughout the years. Remember, we are in this worldwide, multi-generational mess because Adam hearkened to the voice of his wife and not to the voice of God.
Before they were married, Daniel Whyte III told his wife Meriqua Whyte that they would not do family life as her parents did, because their married life was hellacious and ended in divorce, as did some of her other family members, including the aunt she was living with. He also told his wife they would not do family life as his parents did, because it was also hellacious and out of order since his mother was the head of the household, not his father. But thanks be to God, they never got a divorce. Whyte told his wife before they got married that they were going to do it God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6, or no way at all. And then he asked his wife, “Are you willing to do marriage God’s way according to Ephesians chapters 5 and 6?” And she said yes. Whyte told her before they got married that if she did not live up to her end of the deal, all bets were off.
Because Daniel Whyte III’s wife, Meriqua Whyte, was so proud, unsubmissive, stubborn, and rebellious after they got married, God led him to read Ephesians chapters 5 and 6 every day in their family devotions throughout their marriage. In the first year of their marriage, Daniel Whyte III also gave his wife a list of verses for women from the Word of God for her to read, which she still reads to this day. He also bought her many books to read to help her be the wife God wanted her to be.
Whyte realized early in the marriage that his wife was not a born-again, saved person even though she lied and said she was before they got married. After over 37 years of marriage, she is still not saved, never bearing any fruit of a saved person, to the point of not even wanting to tell her children, “I love you” and not wanting to hug them when they were little children, even after her husband told her to do so. She also hated the daily family devotions that her husband led and tried to hinder them. She also demonically hated and tried to hinder every Gospel preaching service to this very day.
However, only by the grace of God, they are still married, and despite the devil constantly working through his wife to try to hinder him from preaching the Word of God, he is still preaching the Gospel and the Word of God live and on-demand. His ministry reaches over 148,800 people per month with over 21,000 unique views per month, reaching 149 countries, preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in 2 to 3 services a day, 7 days a week. Glory be to God!
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte’s Apology to her Husband and Their 7 Children for not Being a Biblical Wife or Mother
Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, the Wife of Daniel Whyte III, Gave him the Best Father’s Day Gift Ever About 10 Years Ago When She Unexpectedly and Voluntarily Apologized for the First Time to Him and Their 7 Children for Not Being the Wife, Mother, and Christian Example of the Woman She Should Have Been Over the Past 37 Years of Marriage
Here is what Mrs. Meriqua Whyte wrote ten years ago after verbally apologizing to the entire family on Father’s Day, right before church service:
Over thirty years of marriage. Over thirty years of ups and downs. Over thirty years of trying to make our problems a personal thing between my husband and me. Thankfully, he did not allow me to do that and kept telling me it was between God and me—over thirty years of acting on my feelings and not on what the Bible says. Over thirty years of refusing to obey God’s simple command to a wife—to be obedient to your husband in all things. Over thirty years of disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty, all rooted in pride. Over thirty years of simply not choosing to mature as a Christian.
God has been dealing with me for over thirty years now about changing my attitude and behavior as a wife, which has manifested itself in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, dishonesty, having an ungodly attitude and spirit, and simply not being the wife, mother, or example of a Christian woman that I should have been throughout the years. (By the way, for those of you who may be thinking that my disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, lying, and dishonesty have resulted in adultery, I will say here that I have never committed any adultery or had sex with another man besides my husband, Daniel Whyte III, since I was born.)
God kept telling me I needed to stop my rebellious and stubborn behavior, apologize to my husband and children, and get my heart right with him, my husband, and my children. He sent others my way to tell me how to behave:
- My husband, but I didn’t want to hear it from him
- Other Christian women speakers
- Other preachers
- Books and other materials, but I would not take heed
I knew what to do, but I chose not to do it. The devil had me thinking and believing—as he is having a lot of wives and mothers think and believe—that your relationship with your husband and how you respond to him, whether positive or negative, will not affect your relationship with your children or your relationship with God. I say without hesitation that this is one of the devil’s lies, and sad to say, many wives and mothers are falling for this lie.
Another lie of the devil that Christian wives are falling for is that you can still have a strong relationship with God without being submissive to your husband. Lie! Lie! Lie! There is no truth to this. I know because I have experienced this and am still experiencing this as I am going through this breaking process, which is not happening overnight.
Even throughout my years of rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride, I still kept praying the prayer I used to pray daily before I got married: “Lord, make me be exactly what You want me to be. Lord, break, make, and mold me into what you want me to be.” Well, God took that prayer seriously, and once you accept Him, He will begin the breaking process. It’s up to us how long that breaking process will take. For me, sad to say, it has taken over 30 years, and the breaking is not complete. In what way is God breaking me down right now? Well, our children have grown up. The three oldest have gone through and are still going through college, have gotten their degrees, and some are working on their second, third, and fourth degrees, launching their careers and moving out. God slapped me into reality and truly intensified the breaking process. My husband told me before our first child was born and repeatedly while the children were young that my job was to love our children and make positive memories with them and that if I did that, I would have a wonderful relationship with them as adults in the time to come. Well, I disobeyed God and my husband, who did not let up on his duties. And he has a wonderful relationship with our children, even the girls, and I don’t. However, God led me to finally break the day before Father’s Day, and while I was helping my husband get dressed to preach, I asked him if I could apologize to him and the entire family. That’s the first time I ever did that on my own. Throughout the years, he has always told me that I needed to get my heart right with God, him, and my children; otherwise, I would never have the joy and peace of the Lord in my life. However, I kept on lying and denying that I was the problem.
Here is what I said to my husband and children on Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2017, the day before Father’s Day. My husband told the entire family that this was the best Father’s Day gift I have ever given to him:
“Daddy, children, I apologize for not being the wife, mother, and example of a Christian woman I should have been throughout the years. I have shown nothing but pride, disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and a bad attitude and spirit toward God and my husband in front of you. My disobedience and rebelliousness have caused much unnecessary unrest and upheaval in the family. As my husband told me, things could have gone much better if I had obeyed God’s word from the beginning. Please accept my apology, and I am asking you to forgive me.”
The diminishing of peace and joy in my life throughout the years I brought on myself. Not having a proper relationship with God, my husband, and my children, I brought on myself—all because I chose the disobedient route. My number one desire is to live a life of peace—peace with God, my husband, and my children. I have learned that peace will not come as long as I live in disobedience, rebelliousness, stubbornness, and pride.
I will end this with two notes: (1) Happy Father’s Day to my husband: you have been a great husband and father. (2) Happy Children’s Day to my children: You all have been great children. I have no complaints whatsoever against my husband and, of course, children; you have never been at fault. My bad behavior is all on me, and I’m sorry I put you through this. May God bless your lives, and I love you.
Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)
Below is the passage in the Bible that Daniel Whyte III read in their family devotions every day for decades. It covers the biblical duties of the husband, the wife, and the children, and includes how to fight against the devil who is seeking to destroy the family.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
The Gospel in a Nutshell
If you were to die today, where would you go: Heaven or Hell? If you’re not sure, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
Jesus Christ said the most important words ever spoken in the history of the world when He said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
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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?
Simply “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible says in 1 John 5:1, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” The Bible states in John 1:12-13, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
You are born again, you become a Christian by trusting a Person—receiving a Person. The very moment you do this, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in and life begins!
What Is Meant By “Believe”?
To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” means more than simply believing the historic facts concerning Him. Intellectual belief about Christ is not sufficient. The belief that brings salvation must be “with the heart,” that is, with the whole being. This belief also includes repentance: “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Bible states in Acts 17:30, “God… now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”
The faith which saves, then, includes the necessity to repent and to receive Christ as Savior and Lord, to rest upon Him alone for salvation. It means to trust Him so utterly and completely that, if He should fail, there would be no hope at all!
May I Know That I Am Born Again?
This is an important question. We know that we are born again by the testimony of God’s Word. God says in John 5:24, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” Have you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as explained by God’s Word? If so, then you are saved, you are “born again,” you have “passed from death unto life.” God says so! Take God at His Word, and go on your way rejoicing!
One Final Word
You may “belong to a church,” you may be “trying to do the best you can,” you may be “striving to live right.” Your outward life may be the model of moral correctness, and you may be looked up to, honored, revered, and respected. Yet, if you have not been “born again,” you are just as lost as if you had never heard of Christ. Yes, you may teach in the Sunday school, read the Bible, sing, shout, “feel happy,” and all the rest—but if you have never been “born again,” you are still in your sins and a stranger to the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you want to be saved from the wrath to come and from an eternity in Hell, and if you believe that Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again from the dead, and you are willing to trust Jesus Christ with all of your heart so you can go to Heaven, please pray with me what is called the sinner’s prayer:
Holy Father God, I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I admit that I have sinned against You and that I have broken Your Ten Commandments. I have lied before. I have stolen things before. I have lusted after people and things before. I have dishonored and disobeyed my parents. I have taken Your holy Name in vain. For Jesus Christ’s sake, please have mercy and grace upon my soul and forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in Your Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that He suffered, bled, and died on the cross for my sins, was buried, and rose again. Lord Jesus, please come into my heart and save my soul and change my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me to repent of my sins past. Help me to turn from my old, evil life and follow You in the new life. For it is in Your Name I pray. Amen.
