Gospel Light Society Whyte House Early Morning Devotional Prayer & Reading of the Old Testament: Job 18, Part 12, Daniel Whyte III

Good morning, everybody. Glory be to God in the highest, peace and goodwill toward men. Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus — family, friends, and foes, and yes, even foes in the family, in the church, and in the world. Pardon the technical glitch this morning; the devil is busy, but that’s all right. We’re still going to win by the grace of God, because we’re going to pray all day.

Turn in your Bibles, my beloved, to the book of Job. I know some of you feel like Job right now, and so you need to hear something from Job. By the grace of God, we covered much ground the last time we were in Job, and by the grace of God we’re going to get back into it — Job chapter 18. I want you to hear the Word of God, because I am a firm believer in the power of reading the Word of God itself. The power is not in the commentary on the Word of God; the power is in the Word of God.

The Reading of Job Chapter 18

“Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.”

How many of you know people who are blowhards? They want to hear themselves talk, and they have no reason to talk, because they’re liars, they’re thieves, they owe you money, but they love to talk — what people call a bunch of hot air; all hat, as the Texans say, and no cattle. “How long will it be ere you make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.”

Bildad is assuming that Job was a wicked and evil man, and that he was getting paid for his sins by Almighty God. And that was not the case at all. So we all should be careful how we judge other people — only God knoweth. That’s why Jesus Christ said, judge not, that ye be not judged.

“The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.”

Now, under normal circumstances, Bildad was right. God does punish the wicked. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

“His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”

And Bildad is right — that does happen to the wicked. But Job is not in that number.

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

The problem is, Job knew God, and God knew Job very well.

Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I do praise You and I do thank You for Your love, Your mercy, and Your grace. I praise You and thank You for Your holy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, Your Holy Spirit, and Your Holy Word. For Jesus Christ’s sake, prepare us for Your Holy Word. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray, and for His sake, Amen.

The Message: The Attack Begins

The attack begins. Bildad holds up a mirror to the wrong man. The rebuke that betrays: Bildad opens with contempt, not comfort. “How long will you talk?” His first speech had counsel; this one has only rebuke. Pain has made him cruel. He confuses Job’s anguish with arrogance.

Verses 5–6, the light extinguished: “The light of the wicked shall be put out.” True doctrine of retribution, but weaponized. The lamp in the tent meant life; Bildad uses it to pronounce Job’s destruction.

Verses 8–10, the inescapable snare: net, snare, gin, trap — each image tightens. “By his own feet”: the wicked man walks himself into what his own choices of sin have prepared. Sin is self-destructive. See, this is the reason why God hates sin in your life and in my life. Every act of rebellion against God causes self-destruction, and causes death, and causes hell. And the more you sin, the more you’ll be taken away; the more you will drive yourself into your own trap and get locked in where you can’t even hear the Gospel when it is presented to you — where you can’t even understand it. Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and make you pay more than you want to pay.

Every true statement delivered with a sharp edge designed to hurt and to wound because of arrogant and wrong-headed theology — that is not comfort; that is cruelty dressed as orthodoxy.

Let Us Pray

Shall we pray? Holy Father God, I pray in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of the lost, for the revival of the saved, for the healing of the sick. Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the true and pure salvation of my own wife of over 39 years, Mrs. Meriqua Whyte: open her blinded eyes, stop her deaf ears, and save her soul from the burning hell and from her own sins. You know, Lord, I have told her directly for over 39 years the same thing You are saying to the people from Your Word today: that sin is self-destructive. Pride, stubbornness, rebelliousness, witchcraft, a bad, disrespectful attitude toward You — not fearing You, not respecting You — brings about its own destruction. So, Holy Father God, I pray that she will somehow believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ, and repent of her sins and change permanently, for her own good. And Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that You will cast the devil and the demons of hell out of her heart, her mind, soul, and spirit; and Lord, help her to stop being a hypocrite, a phony, and a fake. Do the same for her mother, her aunts, and her siblings; do the same for my mother and siblings as well; and for everyone in her family and in my family, and everybody else who is religious and church-going, but lost and on their way to a devil’s hell.

And Lord, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: have mercy and grace upon each and every one of us who name the name of Jesus Christ. Where we have sinned against You in word, thought, or deed, where we have failed — for Jesus Christ’s sake, please forgive us of our sins, our faults, and our failures, as we from our hearts, by Your grace, forgive those who have sinned against us. Deliver us, Lord, this morning and throughout this day, from temptation, evil, and sin. Grant us, Lord, Your grace, Your strength, and the power of Your Holy Spirit this morning and throughout this day — to love right, to live right, to think right, and to do right, and to be led by Your Holy Spirit to be holy in our thoughts, words, and deeds. And Holy Father God, help us to humble ourselves, and to pray, and to seek Your face, and to turn from our wicked ways, and to repent of our sins, and to give back to You our first love.

Lord Jesus, and Holy Father God, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that You will cast out the satanic, demonic spirits of Judas, Jezebel, Sanballat, and Tobiah — out of Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, my wife of over 39 years this year, and out of her mother, aunts, siblings, and family members; out of my own mother, siblings, and family members. Break the bond of wickedness, evil, and sin in all of our lives, and have all that we do and say to be done for Your glory, praise, and honor. And Holy Father God, give all of us sweet and powerful victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. And Lord, we pray Your blessings upon everybody who is here this morning — Lord, You know who they are — and for everybody who comes here to the Gospel Light House of Prayer International, Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, and the Second Coming Chapel.

And Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the peace of Jerusalem. I pray, Lord, for the salvation and the protection of the Israelites. I pray for the salvation and the protection of the Palestinians. I pray, Lord, for the salvation and the protection of all Gentile nations — red, yellow, black, and white, because we’re all precious in Your sight, and You proved that by sending Your holy Son to suffer, to bleed, and to die on the cross for our sins, Who was buried and rose on the third day. Help everybody believe in Jesus Christ this morning.

And Holy Father God, I do pray that You will protect my children and me, especially, for we are under threat and under attack because of what I have stood for and what they have helped me to stand for. I do pray that You would protect us from the ghouls who want to kill us and the persecutors who want to persecute us, and surround us, Lord, with Your protection — a band of Your holy angels and a wall of Your holy fire. Cover us and cleanse us in the blood of Christ, and make us, Lord, to be whiter than snow on the inside. And protect us, Lord, from all of the thorns in the flesh, people, and demons today; protect us from all of the messengers of Satan and the devil today. And Lord, help us to keep our eyes on You — for if we keep our heart and mind and eyes stayed on You, we know that You will keep us in perfect peace. Thank You for giving me peace that passeth all understanding and joy unspeakable; I pray the same for my children and for everybody who is here this morning.

And Lord, I pray that You will truly lead, guide, and direct each and every one of us in the path that You would have us to go throughout this morning, afternoon, and evening. And deliver us from all of our distresses and afflictions, tribulations and troubles, trials and temptations, tests and tensions. And at the same time, Lord, we understand that trials and tribulations are part of our lives as Christians, and they turn out to be good for us. And so, Holy Father God, deliver us today from all spiritual and mental, physical and emotional, family, financial, legal, student loan debt, and student progress problems, troubles, and difficulties that we’re facing. Lord, You said, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” And Lord, thank You for hearing and answering thousands of my prayers — in front of even my wife, Mrs. Meriqua Whyte, who is not saved and has tried to hinder the ministry down through the years. But she has seen You answer thousands of prayers down through the years that we prayed in the morning, and then You answered them throughout the day, and throughout the week, and throughout the month, for a family of nine in a household where nobody was working a job of any kind for over 30-something-odd years — and with all of my children being educated and out and about now as grown people living their lives by Your might and power. And I give You the glory, praise, and honor for that.

So, Lord, help everybody under the sound of my voice. Help everybody under the sound of my voice believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray and ask Jesus Christ to come into their hearts, minds, souls, and spirits and save their souls. And then, Lord, help them to live a life of prayer — that verse that says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” — which is the best life. And thank You, Holy Father God, for doing that for me, and calling me not only into the ministry, but calling me into full-time service, which I kept my commitment to You when You called me into that on the BUA campus so many years ago.

And Holy Father God, we pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: thank You for allowing things to be as well as they are this morning. And Lord, thank You for remembering mercy, love, and grace upon such wretched, wicked, evil people as we are. There’s no doubt about it — we are the worst Christians in the history of the church. I have classified the church today as the Judas-Jezebel-Laodicean church. We have got to be the worst church in the history of the world. God, have mercy and grace upon us, and forgive us of our wicked and evil sins, and save everybody’s soul who names the name of Christ in every church of any kind.

And Holy Father God, I praise You and thank You that for over the past 39 years I have rebuked Mrs. Whyte; I have not allowed her to have her way. There are many things that she could have enjoyed with her husband, but I did not let her enjoy them with me, because she’s full of hell and the devil, and You have taught me not to reward evil — it doesn’t matter whether it is a child or a spouse. And she is suffering because of what she did, which I told her from Your Word: be not deceived, God is not mocked — whatsoever a man or a woman soweth, that shall they also reap. And she’s reaping it today: she’s depressed, she’s sad, she’s mad, and more evil behind the scenes than she ever was. So I pray for a miracle for her, that You will show her a light, and that she will understand the Gospel light that she has heard me preach every day for years. Lord, save her soul from the burning hell, for her own good. Do the same for her family — her mother, aunts, and siblings — and do the same also for my mother, siblings, and family members who are religious but lost.

And so, Lord, I do pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: revive us again, restore us again, renew us again in these evil days, for those of us who are truly saved and born again by Your grace. Save that soul that’s near as hell, reclaim the backslidden, and revive the saved. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, for His sake. Amen.

The Most Important Words Ever Spoken

Dear friend of mine, Jesus Christ said it first and best — the most important words in the history of the world: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” You are a sinner because God said so; you have violated His law. That’s why God said, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” And you will die because of your sins; it makes no difference who you are. The Bible says, “The wages of sin is death.” So believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Follow me in the sinner’s prayer. The Bible says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

“Holy Father God, have mercy and grace upon my soul, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Please forgive me of all of my sins, as I now believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ — that You died for my sin, was buried, and rose from the dead by Your power. Lord Jesus Christ, please come into my heart and save my soul from the burning hell. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit, and help me to change permanently, and to repent of my sins, and follow You in the newness of life. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, and for His sake. Amen.”

God bless you, dear friends. Until next time, pray for me, as I will be praying for thee. Remember the motto of the Marines: Semper Fidelis — be always faithful to the Lord. Remember the motto of the Space Force and the Air Force: Semper Supra — always above. Keep your heart and mind stayed on the Lord above, and He’ll keep you in perfect peace. God loves you. Jesus Christ loves you — so much, He died for you. And because of God’s love shed abroad in my heart, I love you too, in the Lord. May God bless you, and may God keep you throughout this day. Pray without ceasing. God bless you.

OFFICIAL BIO:

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

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

Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My husband, but I didn’t want to hear it from him.

Other Christian women speakers

Other preachers

Books and other materials, but I would not take heed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ephesians 5:22 – 6:20 (KJV)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Gospel in a Nutshell

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

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

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

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

“Have You Been Born Again?”

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

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

A New Nature Needed

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

Not “Trying” But “Trusting”

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

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

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

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

What Is Meant By “Believe”?

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

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

May I Know That I Am Born Again?

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

One Final Word

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

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

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

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