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Former Tulsa Pastor Maurice Bailey Pleads No Contest to Years of Incest and Rape Against Daughter Even After she got Married

Bertheophilus Maurice Bailey formerly served as lead pastor of St. Andrew Christian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (TRR Graphic/Tulsa Police Department)

 

Former Pastor Maurice Bailey Faces Life in Prison for committing incest with his daughter repeatedly, even after she got married. In the words of the old preacher, Rev. Andrew Hamilton, “he needs to bring every bit of that to the door.” That’s an old Negro way of saying the judge ought to throw the book at him, and make him serve every bit of that time.

There is a Devil Loose! and the Devil is a Lie! Former Pastor Maurice Bailey’s Confession of the Abomination of Incest and Possible Life in Prison

Former Tulsa Pastor Maurice Bailey Pleads No Contest to Raping Daughter Over Multiple Years

Tulsa Minister Admits to Years of Sexual Abuse Against Daughter, Faces Life Sentence

Former St. Andrew Pastor Pleads No Contest to Incest, Rape of Daughter

‘Finally Got Justice’: Tulsa Pastor’s Daughter Sees Abuser Father Plead No Contest

Former Tulsa Pastor Faces Life After Daughter’s Brave Testimony Leads to No Contest Plea

Harmony Bailey Oates Achieves Justice as Father Pleads to Years of Sexual Abuse

Tulsa Pastor Who Confessed to Raping Daughter ‘Planned to Take Secret to Grave’

Former Pastor’s Text Messages Reveal Confession: ‘Child Molester, Rapist’ Pleads No Contest

The Abomination of Incest: A Pastor’s Confession and Jail Sentence

Shattered Lives: How Incest Destroyed a Church Family

A Call to Purge: Incest in the Pulpit and in the church and a Plea for Church Accountability

From Pulpit to Prison: A Pastor’s Incestuous Abuse and a Warning to the Church

The Devil is a Lie: Confronting Sexual Abuse and Incest in Ministry

 

Daniel Whyte III wrote the following in the article that was published October 1, 2024, in Bcnn1.com:

WATCH! A Warning: A Devil is Loose, and the Devil is a Lie. Pastor Maurice Bailey, Sr. of St. Andrew Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in jail for committing incest and raping his own daughter from age 12 into her adulthood after she was married. Pastor Bailey admits he is a “child molester,” “rapist,” and “adulterer” who “should go straight to hell.”

Daniel Whyte III says this is likely one of the worst cases of incest, child molestation, and rape in the history of the church. Whyte tells all pastors that if you are watching or reading pornography in any way, please leave the ministry today. Even though this man is perverted and evil at heart, pornography tends to fuel this kind of long-term abomination and abuse that has shattered the lives of generations to come. Whyte suggests that, in addition to calling the police and other authorities, if pastors and others in the church are doing this to their children, churches ought to establish a family task force with Spirit-filled, professional Christian people—whose own lives and families are in order—to visit especially troubled families on at least a monthly basis. If men and women are watching pornography and will not repent, they are not born-again-saved and need to be removed from the church. If a pastor is caught watching or reading pornography, that should be an immediate cause for dismissal. Such a man or woman is not born-again, and there is no such thing as pornography addiction or sex addiction; that is nothing but evangelical-concocted psychobabble. Whyte believes this former pastor by the name of Maurice Bailey should stay in prison for life. He prays for the salvation of his soul, and he prays for the healing of the victim, his daughter, and for the healing of the entire family and church. May God have mercy.

 

A former Tulsa minister has pleaded no contest to allegations he sexually abused his daughter.

On Jan. 22, Bertheophilus Maurice Bailey, Sr., also known as “Judge,” pleaded to charges of first-degree rape, child sexual abuse, incest and forcible sodomy.

A no-contest plea means the defendant acknowledges sufficient evidence exists for conviction, and the judge enters a guilty ruling.

Bailey’s now-adult daughter has publicly identified herself as his victim on social platforms, as previously reported by The Roys Report (TRR).

In a Jan. 22 Facebook post, Harmony Bailey Oates wrote:

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Facebook book by Harmony Oates on Jan. 22, 2026. (Screengrab)

“Finally Got justice 🥹🤍

“I am not ashamed to say I am the victim I am his daughter but I got justice … God has his hands on me and is not done with me yet!!! I’m so grateful for everyone would (sic) stood by me through this whole journey!!!”

Oates told police the abuse began when she was in sixth grade. She said it initially involving inappropriate touching during prayers. It escalated to rape when she was 16 or 17.

After marrying and having a child, Oates accused Bailey of coming to her home to sexually assault her and peep through her windows.

In text messages to his wife, Bailey confessed to the sexual abuse of his daughter but said he intended “to take the secret to his grave.”

Bailey described himself to his wife with terms like “felon,” “child molester,” “rapist,” “unfaithful husband,” and “uncommitted father,” and said he deserved to go to hell, according to court documents.

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St. Andrew Christian Church (also known as St. Andrew Baptist Church) in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Photo via social media)

Trial was set for Feb. 27. But after being notified that he would be required to serve 85% of any sentence if convicted, Bailey waived his right to a jury trial and pleaded no contest.

Bailey, who had served as pastor at Tulsa’s St. Andrew Christian Church since 2018, stepped down on Sept. 24, 2024, the day before criminal charges were filed against him. According to the church’s website, the congregation does not currently have a minister.

Bailey is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 17. He is facing a possible life sentence.

source: https://julieroys.com/former-tulsa-minister-pleads-no-contest-sexual-assault-charges/

This story was published October 1, 2024:

PASTOR MAURICE BAILEY, SR. OF THE SAINT ANDREW BAPTIST CHURCH IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, IS IN JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING INCEST AND RAPING HIS OWN 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER — BAILEY SAYS HE “OUGHT TO GO STRAIGHT TO HELL”

pictured:Baptist pastor Bertheophilus Maurice Bailey has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter, beginning in the sixth grade. (Photo: Tulsa Police Department)

 

WATCH! A Warning: A Devil is Loose, and the Devil is a Lie. Pastor Maurice Bailey, Sr. of St. Andrew Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in jail for committing incest and raping his own daughter from age 12 into her adulthood after she was married. Pastor Bailey admits he is a “child molester,” “rapist,” and “adulterer” who “should go straight to hell.”

Daniel Whyte III says this is likely one of the worst cases of incest, child molestation, and rape in the history of the church. Whyte tells all pastors that if you are watching or reading pornography in any way, please leave the ministry today. Even though this man is perverted and evil at heart, pornography tends to fuel this kind of long-term abomination and abuse that has shattered the lives of generations to come. Whyte suggests that, in addition to calling the police and other authorities, if pastors and others in the church are doing this to their children, churches ought to establish a family task force with Spirit-filled, professional Christian people—whose own lives and families are in order—to visit especially troubled families on at least a monthly basis. If men and women are watching pornography and will not repent, they are not born-again-saved and need to be removed from the church. If a pastor is caught watching or reading pornography, that should be an immediate cause for dismissal. Such a man or woman is not born-again, and there is no such thing as pornography addiction or sex addiction; that is nothing but evangelical-concocted psychobabble. Whyte believes this former pastor by the name of Maurice Bailey should stay in prison for life. He prays for the salvation of his soul, and he prays for the healing of the victim, his daughter, and for the healing of the entire family and church. May God have mercy.

 

UPDATE (10/1/24) — A Tulsa pastor pleaded not guilty to several sex crime charges on Monday, according to court documents.

FOX23 told you Bertheophilus Maurice “Judge” Bailey Sr. was arrested and charged with rape, child sex abuse and incest last week.

Bailey’s preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 1.

TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa pastor was arrested and charged with rape, child sex abuse and incest.

Tulsa Police arrested a local pastor on charges including first degree rape, child sexual abuse and incest on Wednesday.

He just resigned from his church over the weekend.

According to an affidavit, Bertheophilus Maurice “Judge” Bailey Sr. began sexually assaulting his victim when she was a child.

WATCH! THERE IS A DEVIL LOOSE, AND THE DEVIL IS A LIE! PASTOR MAURICE BAILEY, SR. OF THE SAINT ANDREW BAPTIST CHURCH IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, IS IN JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING INCEST AND RAPING HIS OWN 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHICH CONTINUED INTO ADULTHOOD AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED. PASTOR BAILEY ADMITS HE IS A “CHILD MOLESTER,” “RAPIST,” AND “ADULTERER,” “WHO SHOULD GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.” 

An Oklahoma Baptist pastor has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter, beginning in the sixth grade, and has texted his wife that he “should go straight to hell” when he dies.

Bertheophilus Maurice Bailey, Sr. also known as “Judge,” was charged in Tulsa County District Court on Wednesday with two counts of first degree rape, child sexual abuse, incest, forcible sodomy and robbery.

The probable cause affidavit spells out a 14-item laundry list Bailey used to describe himself to his wife, including “felon,” “child molester,” “rapist,” ”unfaithful husband,” and “uncommitted father.”

Bailey’s text ends with him cursing himself saying, “ I am a f—— a—— who should go straight to hell when I die,” court documents show.

He was removed from his position at the century-old St. Andrew Christian Church on Sept. 24, after leading the congregation since 2018. When contacted on Friday, a church receptionist said, “No comments at this time.”

Bailey’s accuser is his now adult daughter, who has gone public on social media and a Tulsa television station with her claims. As a result of that post, a second victim has come forward, Tulsa police reported.

In a Sept. 17 Facebook post, Harmony Bailey Oates writes:

“As a victim of sexual and mental abuse at the hands of my dad (Pastor Bailey) for over a decade, I feel compelled to warn others about his predatory behavior. Despite his status as a respected member of the community, it is essential to shed light on his actions to prevent further harm to unsuspecting individuals. For too long, I suffered in silence, afraid of the repercussions of speaking out against someone with such influence and power. However, I have come to realize that silence only perpetuates the cycle of abuse, and it is crucial to break free from the chains of fear and shame.”

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A message left for Oates was not returned.

Oates first reported the allegation in 2023 but declined to press charges until now, an affidavit states.

In a recorded telephone phone call sent to the police by Harmony Oates’ mother, Oates confronts Bailey about the abuse, and Bailey begs Oates not to tell her husband saying, “the secret getting out would be a total catastrophe to the whole kingdom of God,” the affidavit states. “

In a series of text messages between Bailey and his wife, where she confronts Bailey about the alleged sexual abuse and his alleged lying, Bailey confesses to lying and saying, “He had planned on taking the secret to his grave.”

In another text message Bailey says he “feels ashamed and humiliated from the exposure of the abuse.” After confessing his guilt, Bailey texts that “jumping from touching to sex is not a big deal for me,” court documents show.

The affidavit states Bailey admitted to watching pornography with his daughter saying, “seeds of sin grow” and acting out the scenes because that’s “what people do.”

Oates told police the alleged sexual abuse started when she was in sixth grade and her father would pray over her body and touching her inappropriately. Oats said the abuse eventually escalated to rape when she was 16 or 17 years old.

After Oats married and had a child, she accused Bailey of coming to her home and sexually assaulting her there and also peeping through her windows.

To Continue reading: https://julieroys.com/baptist-pastor-bailey-accused-sexually-abusing-daughter-text-hell/

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

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

Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


The Gospel in a Nutshell

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

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

Read further right here:

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

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

“Have You Been Born Again?”

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

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

A New Nature Needed

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

Not “Trying” But “Trusting”

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

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

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

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

What Is Meant By “Believe”?

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

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

May I Know That I Am Born Again?

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

One Final Word

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

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

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

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