THE STRANGE SHOCK AMONG BLACK PREACHERS AND BLACK CHURCHES THAT SHOULD NOT BE

Today, as I sit here writing this, the headlines are screaming what my spirit has been knowing for over twelve long years. Morehouse College—that once-great institution that rose from the basement of Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia—has now unveiled portraits of three openly homosexual bishops and placed them alongside the images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Abraham Lincoln in the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel.

And now, suddenly, everybody in the black church is shocked. Everybody is amazed. Everybody is acting like some demonic tornado came out of nowhere and touched down on the campus of this historic all-male HBCU.

But let me tell you something, and I say this with the love of God but also with the fire of His truth: you should not be shocked. You should not be surprised. Because a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country and among his own people—and for over twelve years, I have been standing flat-footed crying in the wilderness and exiled on the Isle of Patmos, like Isaiah, like Jeremiah, like Ezekiel, warning that this day was coming.

I, Daniel Whyte III, have been preaching, writing, and prophesying since 2014 that Morehouse College was being taken over by the spirit of homosexuality. I told you that the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel was being defiled. I told you that the Board of Preachers was being corrupted. I told you that if you did not rise and stop this foolishness, the legacy of Dr. King and the civil rights movement would be destroyed piece by piece.

But nobody listened. The black pastors stayed silent. The black churches kept sending their money. The Morehouse alumni kept holding their reunions. And now, here we are.

So let me take you back. Let me show you the receipts. Let me show you the prophecies that God gave me over twelve years ago—prophecies that have now come to pass exactly as the Lord showed me.

ARTICLE 1: FROM APRIL 4, 2014 — “TRAGICALLY, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S NAME, AND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHAPEL ARE BEING DEFILED”

Editor’s Note: This information has been confirmed by Morehouse College. We call on all Christians, pastors, and churches everywhere who believe the Bible is the inerrant and infallible Word of God to cease supporting Morehouse College immediately.

I wrote these words on April 4, 2014—over twelve years ago. And what was I warning about? I was warning that Morehouse College was going forward with the induction of an openly homosexual man into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers.

I said then, and I say now: where are the leading black pastors? Where are the honorary inductees? Where are the leading black churches protesting this abominable decision? I asked: many godly black ministers have been married to their wives for twenty, thirty, and forty years—men who have been faithful to the Gospel call, who have lived the principles of Jesus Christ and His servant Martin Luther King Jr.—and these men deserve this honor. But instead, Morehouse chose to honor a man living in open rebellion against the Word of God.

I called upon all black Christian pastors, ministers, churches, and all straight Morehouse men of the past and present to do everything in their power to stop this ungodly decision. I warned that if this was not stopped, it would diminish the honor of being named to the Board of Preachers to nothing. I told you that true black Christian preachers would ask to have their names taken off the list.

And what happened? Nobody rose. Nobody made that phone call. Nobody sent that email. The black church sat silent while the enemy walked right through the doors.

And now, twelve years later, that same man—Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen—has his portrait hanging in the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel. And not just his portrait, but portraits of two other openly homosexual clergy leaders as well.

I told you so. The Lord told you so. But you would not hear.

ARTICLE 2: FROM APRIL 4, 2014 — “IT IS REPORTED THAT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE WILL INDUCT THE FIRST OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL MINISTER INTO THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOARD OF PREACHERS”

On that same day—April 4, 2014—I wrote a second article. In that article, I included a photograph of the man they were honoring, called “Oliver Clyde Allen.” I pointed to the man standing next to him, whom people referred to as his “husband.”

I wrote these words: “Where are leading black pastors, honorary inductees, and leading black churches protesting the induction of an openly homosexual man into the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse University?”

I declared: “BCNN1 is calling upon all black Christian pastors, ministers, churches, and all straight Morehouse men of the past and present to do everything in their power to not let the powers that be who have made this ungodly decision to defile the name of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Bible, Martin Luther King Jr.’s good name and the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel at Morehouse College by stopping this abominable charade.”

I prophesied: “If this is not stopped it is going to diminish the honor of being named to the Board of Preachers to nothing.”

I warned: “By actions like this, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel, and the civil rights movement are being destroyed piece by piece.”

And I cried out: “Rise up, true black men of God, and stop this foolishness today!”

That was twelve years ago. And now, in 2026, what do we see? Bishop O.C. Allen—the same man—is being celebrated. His portrait is unveiled during the Bayard Rustin Crown Forum. He is quoted in Gaye Magazine saying, “This moment is both personal and political.” He says, “In a climate where Black queer people are debated, denied, and legislated, this moment stands as quiet resistance and loud affirmation.”

And the black church is shocked?

I told you this was coming. I told you that if you allowed the first openly homosexual man into the Board of Preachers, the floodgates would open. I told you that Morehouse would not stop there. I told you that the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel would become a shrine to something that Dr. King never died for.

Jesus Christ, our Saviour, did not die for people in the church to commit the abomination of homosexuality. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not give his life so that men could call themselves bishops while living in the abomination of homosexuality. Dr. King stood on the Word of God. He was a preacher of righteousness. He would be turning over in his grave if he could see what they have done to his namesake chapel at his alma mater.

But you didn’t listen to the warning. And now the portraits are on the wall.

ARTICLE 3: FROM APRIL 13, 2019 — “HERE WE GO: THE DEVIL IS A LIE! ALL-MALE HISTORICALLY BLACK MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TO START ADMITTING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN 2020”

Five years after my first warning, I wrote again. On April 13, 2019, the headline declared: “Here We Go: The Devil is a Lie! All-Male Historically Black Morehouse College to Start Admitting Transgender People in 2020” Where Are You, Morehouse Preachers and Morehouse Men? Jesus Christ did not die for this abomination and foolishness, nor did MLK Jr.

I wrote about the new policy that would allow transgender men to enroll. I quoted Morehouse President David Thomas, saying, “I think Morehouse having the courage to speak to issues of masculinity in today’s environment is important.”

And I asked again: Where are you, Morehouse preachers and Morehouse men?

And now, in 2026, we see the full fruit of that transgender policy. Because once you deny God’s created order of male and female, once you say that a man can become a woman or a woman can become a man, once you open that door, then there is no stopping the complete sexual deception.

Today, Morehouse has portraits of openly homosexual bishops hanging next to Abraham Lincoln. They are celebrating “Black queer clergy leadership” as a permanent witness on campus. The press release says these portraits “stand as a permanent witness to students, faculty, and visitors that Black queer clergy not only exist, but lead, build, and shape the future of faith and culture.”

And the black church is shocked?

I told you in 2019 that this was the trajectory. I told you that once you embrace transgenderism, you have embraced the entire “LGBTQ” agenda. I told you that the silence of the black pulpit would be interpreted as consent. I told you that if you did not speak up then, you would be run over now.

And here we are.

THE PROPHET’S LAMENT: WHY DIDN’T ANYBODY LISTEN?

I am humbly asking today—not with pride, not with arrogance, but with a sincere heart—why didn’t anybody listen?

For over twelve years, I have been writing on blackchristiannews.com. For over twelve years, I have been warning that the black church was selling its birthright for a bowl of cultural acceptance. For over twelve years, I have been telling you that Morehouse College was being captured by the enemy.

And what did the black church do?

Nothing.

The black pastors who should have been thundering against this from their pulpits were silent. The black denominations that should have withdrawn their support from Morehouse did nothing. The black alumni who should have withheld their donations kept writing checks. The black parents who should have sent their sons elsewhere kept applying.

And now, the enemy has done exactly what I said he would do. Now, the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel—that holy place named after the greatest prophet of civil rights in American history—has become a gallery for the celebration of that which God calls an abomination.

Now, young Black men at Morehouse are being told that homosexuality is not only acceptable but honorable—so honorable that your portrait can hang next to Dr. King’s.

Now, the Board of Preachers—that once-distinguished body of godly Black ministers—has been so diminished that nobody even remembers what it used to represent.

And the black church is shocked?

THE WORD OF THE LORD: WHAT THE PROPHET SAW COMING

Let me tell you what the Lord showed me back in 2014, and let me tell you what He is showing me now.

The Lord showed me that when Morehouse inducted that first openly homosexual man into the Board of Preachers, it was like breaking a dam. A little leak at first, but then the flood would come. I saw that the enemy was using Morehouse as a beachhead—a strategic entry point into the black church and the black community.

Because if you can capture the institution that trains black leaders, if you can capture the chapel that bears Dr. King’s name, if you can capture the Board of Preachers that honors black ministers—then you can use all of that as a weapon to convince black people that homosexuality is compatible with Christianity.

And that is exactly what has happened.

Today, Bishop O.C. Allen is quoted as saying: “It says that faith, identity, and truth can coexist… my life is proof that what they tried to silence, God will still put on display.”

He is claiming that God is behind this. He is claiming that his homosexual relationship and his “bishop” title are both approved by Almighty God.

And because the black church was silent for twelve years, many young black people believe him.

This is what I was warning about. This is what I saw coming. And now it is here.

A CALL TO REPENTANCE—THOUGH IT MAY BE TOO LATE

I say this with a burdened heart and fire in my bones: it may be too late.

Too late to stop Morehouse. Too late to get those portraits off the wall. Too late to restore the Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel to its original purpose. Too late to reclaim the Board of Preachers for godly men.

The enemy has dug in deep. The administration is committed. The alumni who support this are many. And the black church—the only force that could have stopped this—is asleep, distracted, and deceived.

But I am calling for repentance anyway.

I am calling for every black pastor who ever sat silently while this happened to get on their knees and ask God for forgiveness.

I am calling for every black church that continued to support Morehouse financially to stop writing checks today.

I am calling for every Morehouse man who still has a conscience to rise and speak out, even if it costs you your alumni standing.

I am calling for every black parent to think twice before sending their son to an institution that will tell him that the Bible does not mean what it says about homosexuality.

And I am calling for every believer who reads these words to pray—pray that God would raise a new generation of prophets who will not be silent, who will not be intimidated, who will not sell out the Gospel for a seat at the table.

CONCLUSION: THE WATCHMAN’S WORDS

Ezekiel chapter 33 says that if a watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people perish, their blood will be on the watchman’s head. But if the watchman blows the trumpet and the people do not take heed, then the watchman has delivered his own soul.

I have blown the trumpet. I have sounded the alarm. For over twelve years, I, Daniel Whyte III, have been that watchman on the wall.

I told you about the homosexual induction in 2014. I told you about the transgender policy in 2019. And now, in 2026, I am telling you that what you see at Morehouse College is only the beginning.

If the black church does not repent, if the black church does not return to the Bible, if the black church does not start disciplining its own and withdrawing support from institutions that mock God, then Morehouse will not be the last.

Other HBCUs will follow. Other black institutions will fall. The black church itself will be consumed from within.

I have delivered my soul. The rest is between you and God.

As for me, I will continue to preach the Word. I will continue to warn the nation. I will continue to stand against this homosexual foolishness until my last breath.

Because our Saviour, Jesus Christ, did not die for people to live in abominations, and Dr. King didn’t die for this foolishness either. The martyrs of the civil rights movement didn’t bleed for this. The black church was not built by our ancestors to become a monument to sexual perversion and the abomination of homosexuality.

We must return to the God of our fathers. We must return to the Bible. We must return to righteousness.

Or we will be destroyed.

And nobody will be shocked except those who refused to hear the warning.

Daniel Whyte III
April 8, 2026

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” — Isaiah 58:1

The sudden, strange shock and outrage by black pastors and black churches is seen across YouTube and other Platforms.

*P.S. This is Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, and Editor-in-Chief of Blackchristiannews.substack.com. By now, you know that my preaching and writing will never be popular in this world or on Substack, and that is the way it should be, so I am asking 300 godly pastors and others who still believe in the Book, the Blood, and the Blessed Hope to stand with me by becoming a founder of this newsletter for $140.00 a year. Or you can send a love offering for a cup of coffee or to help with my wife’s medical expenses at cash app: $danielwhyteIII. Or Zelle at danielwhyte3@blackchristiannews.com. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

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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