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Glory be to God in the highest.

LT938, Papi, with over 2,000 with us, we thank God for everybody being here: Zach, Deacon Moab, Sister Bliss, Ebony, 112, Sister Aurora Lane, Sister Neva, who was here yesterday. Glory be to God in the highest.

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, family, friends, and foes—yes, even foes in the family, in the church, foes in the church, foes in the world, and foes in AI. Now, however, I do thank God for my quiver full of children who have fought with me in the gates and who have helped me in the ministry throughout their lives. Almost 40 years now—one on 40 years—my children have played a big role in my life. And I want to say to you parents, especially to you fathers, because you know you have insights into your children that your wife may not have and do not have, to be quite frank. And they can do things if you let them. If you have faith in God and you trust them, your children can help you a whole lot throughout their lives and while they’re with you. Okay? Okay.

And so, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, welcome to the Gospel Light Society International Whyte House reading of the Old Testament, the Word of God, the Holy Bible, as we’ve been doing for many years. And I give a special tribute to Danielle Elizabeth Breedlove Whyte, my baby daughter, who has been the producer and editor of this podcast for many years—really over three-quarters of her life. That’s from her talk. And I want to encourage all of you children to continue to serve God and worship God and witness for Christ, as did your sister, the Neeper Grace. Continue to write books for God, for the glory of God, and for the benefit of people.

And now, turn in your Bibles, Mrs. Whyte and everybody, my beloved, to Job chapter 15, verse 17. Elders, the fate of the wicked, the tradition of the elders. The fate of the wicked. My God, help us.

Verses 17 through 27 for today:

“I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it, unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days,” my God help us—“and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. A dreadful sound is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.”

How many of you have experienced similar things in life? Seems like when things are finally going better—Eugene Jackson, Miguel, Gustavo, Clyde—then bad things begin to happen, and then when bad things begin to happen, it seems like no good things happen, such as the story of life. In this same book, Leroy, it says that man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.

“He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. They shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.”

Let me read that in your hearing. Verse 24: “Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. They shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.” Mary, 111, J.C., D. Roy D. Merck, T. 99, with over 2,100 with us.

“For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him.”

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, shall we pray? So good to see Deacon Moab as always with us this morning.

Let’s pray:

Holy Father God, we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And Holy Father God, help us all to be grateful and thankful for allowing us to be here because we all could be in any number of places. And Holy Father God, I praise You and I thank You for Your love, Your grace, and Your mercy. I praise You, Lord, and thank You for Your Holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, Your Holy Spirit, and Your Holy Word. And, Lord, we praise You and we thank You, Lord, for the millions, the many, and the manifold blessings that You have bestowed upon us in the millions of blessings. We thank You, Lord, for the privilege, the priority, the purpose, and the peace of prayer. For You said, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” And Holy Father God, we praise You and we thank You for all of these blessings.

We thank You, Lord, for the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. Lord, help us not to sin against You and try to take advantage of that. Help us not to play games. Lord, help us to confess our sins and repent and turn away from our sins. Give us of our sins. Wash our sins away in the blood of Christ. And help us to stay in Your peace, Your love, and Your joy.

And Holy Father God, we do pray for Your deliverance for us today from temptation, evil, and sin. Grant us, Lord, Your grace and Your strength and the power of Your Holy Spirit to love right, to live right, and to think right throughout this day. And Lord God in heaven, I do pray, Lord God, for salvation and spiritual, family and life, financial and material, protection and provision, mental and physical blessings upon Deacon Boyap. I pray for the healing of his brother. I pray for Your blessings and protection upon Sister Bliss and everybody else—Sister Neva, Sister Diana. Lead, guide, and direct everybody. Disconnections in the way that You have all of us to go. Order our steps and indeed direct our ways. And Lord, I pray that You will grant us all Your grace and the power of Your Holy Spirit today to love 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, the power, and the glory forever.

And Holy Father God, help each and every one of us today under the sound of my voice and beyond my voice. Help us to humble ourselves and pray and seek Your face and turn from our wicked ways and repent of our sins, Lord, today. And Holy Father God, a project that we have been dealing with and working on, I pray that You will bless it to be successful for Your kingdom, Your glory, praise, and honor.

And Holy Father God, have us to find favor, mercy, love, and grace in Your sight. In Jesus Christ’s sake, for Jesus Christ’s sake, and open up doors for me as You have throughout my life, even in my old age. And Holy Father God, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and we pray for the salvation and the protection, Lord, upon the Israelites and upon all the Gentile nations around the world. And Holy Father God, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And Lord, we pray for the protection of all Christian people who are being persecuted in Nigeria, in the Sudan, in China, and in other places around the world. Surround us all with Your protection, a band of Your holy angels and a wall of Your holy fire. And Lord, we pray for these blessings upon all 3,100 people with us according to their stats. Brother Mark is here as well, and we pray these blessings upon him and his family, Brother Robert and his family, and everybody, Lord, here today, and those who are not here today. We look forward to getting the email from Sister Neva, and we thank You, Lord, that she is still alive and well. Help Sister Diana to get settled. And save those who are lost, revive those who are saved, heal those who are sick, comfort those who are grieving and mourning in this country and around the globe. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

I have read in your hearing 10 verses today.

“And because he covereth his face with his fatness and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.”

“I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it, unto whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed among them.”

Dr. Matthew Henry describes this as a long lecture concerning the woeful estate of wicked people who harden their hearts against God and the judgments which are prepared for them. You say, “Well, preacher, how is it that people can harden their heart?” They choose to. They know better. They know right from wrong. They have been taught oftentimes the Word of God, and they know that God will punish them and deal with them, but yet they hardened their heart. That’s what Pharaoh did. We have people in our modern times who do it as well. Mrs. Whyte knows how to get saved and live saved, but in her Jamaican Pharaoh-style pride, she chooses not to. She has admitted this, by the way. Down through the years, she has written out her apology to me and my children. And in that apology, she admits that she knew better, but she chose not to do better. She knew what to do but didn’t want to do it. See, and this is the problem that God has with people, okay? With human beings, with sinners, see? Because God equips all of us with a conscience. Even if you don’t read the Bible, you know better. Then God provided the Word of God, the Holy Bible, and you have an opportunity to read it. Most people choose not to because they don’t want to break up the fallow ground in their wicked hearts. They harden their hearts against it. They don’t want to hear it. They don’t want to hear the truth. People who harden their hearts don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want to do the truth. And we have people like that living in our world today. That’s why they love to listen to preachers who tickle their ears and lie to them because they don’t want to deal with the truth. Okay?

Some, just like in the book of Acts, will close their ears up. They don’t want to hear what you have to say. They harden their hearts. Have you hardened your heart? See, that’s something that you choose to do. God does not make you do that. Who harden their hearts against God in the judgments which are prepared for them. A good use may be made of the doctrine, for it is sour, though it is misapplied to Job.

Dr. Jameson Fawcett and Brown, theologians, note that Eliphaz speaks like a genuine Arab when he boasts that his ancestors had ever possessed the land unmixed with foreigners. The reference to “no stranger passing among them” suggests a pure, uncorrupted tradition passed down from the earliest times. Dr. Kyle and Dr. Delitz explain that Eliphaz appeals to the wisdom of the ancients—a common appeal in the ancient Near East, where age and tradition were considered authoritative. The claim that the earth was given to them alone suggests a pure uninterrupted transmission of wisdom. The PC notes that Eliphaz presents his teaching not as his own opinion, but as the received wisdom of the elders—a tradition that has been preserved pure and uncorrupted for many years. Dr. John Hartley of the NICOT observes that Eliphaz’s appeal to tradition reveals his fundamental biblical conservatism. He cannot conceive that new insight might be needed for Job’s unprecedented situation.

“The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days.” The way of the transgressor, everybody, is hard. And everybody knows that. “The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days. And the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. A dreadful sound is in his ears, even in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness. And he is waited for of the sword.” That’s a bad situation. “He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid.” Dorcas, Richard. “Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. They shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.”

Dr. Matthew Henry observes that the wicked man lives a life of care, fear, worry, and grief by reason of God’s wrath, the torments of his own mind, and his outward calamities. He is tormented by constant dread. How many of you are tormented by constant dread? You always think something bad is about to happen. Dread. How many of you are that way? You just have a sense of dread all about you in your mind, your heart, soul, and spirit.

“A dreadful sound is in his ears” even in times of prosperity. Dr. Jameson Fawcett and Brown, great theologians, explains that “the number of years is hidden to the oppressor” means the wicked do not know how long they will live. They’re always worried their lives are uncertain and precarious. “The dreadful sound” is the constant fear of impending judgment. The PC notes the graphic imagery: the wicked man is pursued by fear, does not believe he can escape darkness, and is constantly waiting for the sword of judgment. “Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid. They shall prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.” The wicked are besieged by terror like a city under attack. My, my, my.

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, this is the life of the wicked man. Don’t be a part of this lifestyle. Don’t live a life of dread and fear. Have peace that passes all understanding and joy unspeakable.

Shall we pray?

Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of the lost, for the revival of the saved, the healing of the sick, the comfort of the grieving and the mourning. And Lord, I pray that the power of Your Holy Spirit would move upon the hearts of people according to Your word. Save that soul that’s near to hell. Reclaim the backslidden and revive the saved. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.

Dear friend, here are three reasons why you ought to believe in Jesus Christ and pray and ask Him to save you:

Number one, you are a sinner. Everybody is a sinner. We all have sinned against God. The Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. That means you have evil ways about you, not just everybody else. And so your sins need to be paid for. And they have been paid for through the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ—plus nothing, minus nothing.

Number two, you need to get saved because you’re going to die. You’re going to die because of your sins. The Holy Bible makes it clear that the wages of sin is death. So get prepared for your death. You’re on death row whether you know it or not. You just don’t know when it’s going to happen. But God is very thorough and very faithful. Over 150,000 people leave here and die every day.

Thirdly, you need to get saved because you’re on your way to a devil’s hell. As soon as you die, you will lift up your eyes in the burning hell, as did Mr. Dobby in Luke chapter 16.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” That’s when Jesus Christ 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.” Pray and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart, mind, soul, and spirit, and He will do it. Follow me in the sinner’s prayer:

Holy Father God, have mercy and grace upon me, a sinner. Please forgive me of all of my sins, my failures, and my faults. As I now believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ, with all of my heart, that You have died for my sins, was buried, and rose on the third day. Help me to truly believe in You. And Lord, I pray that You would change my life. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.

God bless you, dear friends.

Until next time, remember the motto of the Marines: Semper Fidelis—always faithful to the Lord. And the motto of the Space Force and the Air Force: Semper Supra—always above. Keep your heart and mind stayed on the Lord above, and He’ll keep you in perfect peace. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

Your next steps:

Get baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Pray every day. Pray three times a day and then pray in between those times.
Read your Bible every day. Be obedient to what the Bible says.
This is the mark of your salvation and witness to other people for Christ. Order some Gospel tracts free of charge at fellowshiptrackleague.org and pass them out like Johnny Appleseed across your city. And God will bless you real good.

And dear friend, God loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. And I love you in the Lord. More willing, we’ll see you a little bit later. Pray for me as I will continue to pray for thee.

God bless you, everybody. Until next time.

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

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

Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Gospel in a Nutshell

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

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

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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.

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