The Study of Eschatology (Last Things) Includes Your Death: Are You Ready? (Part 5), with Daniel Whyte III
Romans chapter 6, verse 23. And ladies and gentlemen, I want to preach in your hearing part five of a subject that you do not — most of you do not want to hear. Most of you will be intrigued, or many of you will be intrigued, because you never heard a preacher preach about it.
Stella Jefferson, glad to have you. Georgia. Larry Burns.
I want to preach in your hearing a message titled "The Study of Eschatology" — which means last things — which includes your death. Many preachers do not preach that part of eschatology. And so millions of people go out of this world unprepared because the pastor is more concerned about padding the pews and padding his pocket. If there ever was a job for a pastor, for a preacher, it has got to be to prepare people for their death. I've been doing this now for going on almost forty-seven years, by the grace of God.
So turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 6, verse 23. The study of eschatology — last things, which includes your death. Are you ready?
You say, "Well, preacher, I don't want to hear about that today. I want to hear about hope. I want to hear about something that makes me feel good." But that is what is wrong with America. We're all about the feel-good and not the sacrifice that was made on the cross for us, and how we are called to be living sacrifices for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.
In the study of eschatology, last things includes your death. Are you ready for your final day? Remembering martyrs Daniqua Grace Whyte and Charlie Kirk, who both suddenly died on September 10 — in Daniqua Whyte's case on September 10, 2024; Charlie Kirk died September 10, 2025, one year apart.
Carlos Gutierrez, we're glad to have you. Action Jackson. John Clay. Felton Cleveland. Lukewarm — at least they're admitting that they are lukewarm. Hector Hamsterbot, and everybody — whatever your name is, we're glad to have you.
Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
And yes, ladies and gentlemen, I want you to become familiar with death. I want you to get comfortable with death, because death is going to be comfortable with you. When death comes for you, he's going to already know you and everything about you. You say, "Preacher, you are not to try to scare people." I'm not trying to scare people. I'm trying to get you saved from hell.
And by the way, you people who like to go to horror movies and like to be scared — you're so dull in your hearing that you don't get scared about death: your death, disappearing from this earth, not looking at the sun again, not knowing what is ahead after you die. That does not scare you? Hell does not scare you? Darkness?
Praise the Lord. Sister Bliss is with us on this beautiful Sunday morning.
Death does not frighten you? I believe you're lying. I mean, listen: I'm saved and born again. I know where I'm going when I die, but I'm not excited about meeting death. I'm not running into the arms of death. I'm not in a hurry to die. I love my life that God has given me right now here, because wherever Jesus is, you ought to be happy. If you have Jesus Christ in your heart, wherever you are in the world, wherever you are in the universe — Nida, Nafia, William Kessen, Jimmy — you ought to be at peace. You ought to have joy, and you ought to have happiness in your life. I really do believe that. Thank you, Deacon Moab.
But I'm still not in a hurry to die. Because Jesus Christ has already given me a great life. I've said this before — maybe it should not be this way, but I'll say it again: I ought to go to hell, since I have been saved, because of the sins I've committed since I have been saved. Can anybody hear me? So I thank God for His love, His mercy, and His grace, Deacon Moab. I thank God that God is willing to listen to this poor sinner confess his sins even after being saved. For the Bible says, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins — watch this — and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Cyrus, thank you all so much for the love and hearts and likes you're giving to God and Jesus Christ. I know y'all are saved, because anybody who can say Amen to this preacher — and as hard as I preach — and give hearts and gifts to God and Jesus Christ while I'm preaching, I know you're saved. I know you're born-again saved. Because by the grace of God, I don't hold back about sin.
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Now, some of you are already saved, and you act like you don't want to hear the Gospel again. But see, you may not be saved, because here's the deal: if you're born-again saved, and Jesus has rescued you and saved you, it becomes a team sport for Christians. Even though we have heard the Gospel thousands of times, we still want to hear it again, because we're still amazed at what Jesus Christ already did in our hearts. And your attitude ought to be on the team: I'm interested in other people hearing the Gospel. I want to see how they react, as I reacted and believed in Christ. It is a miracle for all of us saved people to be here. And we ought to be happy about other people hearing the delivering Gospel so that they can be saved too. We ought to be interested in that.
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." This single verse contains the entire Gospel in miniature: law and grace, death and life, wages and gifts, Adam and Christ.
Praise the Lord, Mr. Durells. We thank God for you being here with us again.
And the word "wages" is a military and economic term referring to the rations or pay that a soldier receives for service rendered — and they're basically getting paid to give up their lives if necessary. It is not a random penalty, but a just recompense: what is owed and earned.
Ladies and gentlemen, shall we pray together? And this morning, you can probably tell that I've been up all night working and didn't get the project done until about a half an hour ago. And we thank God for God's grace being with us throughout the night.
Holy Father God, hallowed be Your name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Holy Father God, for everybody who is saved here this morning — Danielle is with us — have mercy and grace upon our wretched souls and hearts and minds and spirits and consciences. And please forgive us of all of our sins, our failures, and our faults. Some of us, Lord, have been raked over the coals this past week by the devil. He hit us from the left side, the right side, the front side, and he's still fighting even this morning. So, Lord, give us all sweet victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil, my children, and everybody else's children. Protect, Lord, these children from the wicked and demonic woke spirit, which is designed to tear out the hearts of parents and grandparents.
And Holy Father God, I do pray that You would grant me and all of us supernatural energy, grace, and strength, and the power of Your Holy Spirit to worship You well, to listen to Your Word, and to obey Your Holy Spirit, and to do the right thing. Wash our sins away in the holy and precious blood of Christ, and make us, Lord, to be whiter than snow. Where we have sinned in word, thought, and deed, please forgive us, for Jesus Christ's sake, of all of our sins. Create within each of us a pure heart, a right spirit, a right mindset. Deliver us, Lord, from darkness and deliver us from evil and sin, and grant us Your grace and the power of Your Holy Spirit to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Revive us again. Restore us again. Renew us again.
We pray, Lord, for salvation and spiritual, family and life, financial and material protection and provision blessings upon Deacon Moab, Sister Bliss, Tor, Randy, Ross, Kayla, Missy, Ken, Divine, and everybody else. Lord, have Your blessings to flow upon them for being in the house of the Lord on this beautiful Sunday. Where we have sinned in word or deed or attitude, for Jesus Christ's sake, please forgive us of our sins. Wash and cleanse our hearts, our minds, souls, spirits, and consciences in the blood of Christ, to make us to be whiter than snow.
Holy Father God, we thank You for what You've allowed us to accomplish over this past night. But, Lord, help us not to rest on our accomplishments. Help us to move forward, to be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. For we know that our labor will not be in vain in the Lord, because You watch us and You pay attention to what we do. And You are a great Creator. You are a great Blesser, and You are a great Rewarder.
And so, Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that You will grant us Your grace and the power of Your Holy Spirit this morning and throughout this day, to love right, to live right, to think right, to do right, to act right, and to do that which is pleasing in Your sight.
I would not put it past T.D. Jakes to visit with me today and be with us. And somebody in the Jakes family: we still love you, and we're praying for you. But we cannot condone what you did. We pray for your salvation, and we pray for healing in your marriages and in your families.
And Holy Father God, help us all this morning to hold ourselves, and to pray, and to seek Your face, and to turn from our wicked ways, and to repent of our wicked sins. For You said, the wages of sin is death. We're all headed towards death because we have broken Your Ten Commandments, such as lying and stealing. And some people lie so easily. They don't even think about it. They are professional liars. They lie so much, they believe the lies themselves — the lies that they concocted out of their wicked hearts and mind. They believe the lies themselves, until they look over their shoulder and realize it is a lie. And so we pray, Lord, for all people who claim to be Christians: help them to confess their sins and repent of their sins and to turn from their wicked ways, lest a worse thing come upon them.
And Holy Father God, demonstrate the power of Your Holy Spirit and give all of us sweet victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil, and the demons of hell, each and every one of us. Lord, some just got off work from a midnight shift — what they call the graveyard shift. We pulled one, a graveyard shift, from about 11:00 until right now. So, Lord, I do pray that You will give me supernatural energy, grace, and strength to preach Your holy Word. Save that soul that's nearest hell. Reclaim the backslidden. Revive the saved. Heal those who are sick. Comfort those who are grieving and mourning with us today and beyond here. Red, yellow, black, and white, we're all precious in Your sight.
We thank You, Lord, for Jerusalem. We obey You by praying for the peace of Jerusalem. Thank You for keeping that peace there for many years, even through wars, and we praise You and we thank You for that. And we pray for the peace of Jerusalem. We pray for the salvation and the protection of the Palestinians. We pray for the salvation and the protection of the Jews. We pray for the salvation and the protection of all Gentiles — red, yellow, black, and white, for we're all precious in Your sight. And, Lord, help everybody to seek Your face, and to humble themselves and pray and do right. Help us to humble ourselves and pray and seek Your face and turn from our wicked ways.
And Holy Father God, bless and anoint the reading and the preaching of Your holy Word this morning. Thank You for a great service on yesterday, in spite of satanic attacks — people cutting off the internet, trying to block the preaching of Your holy Word, inexplicable otherwise. And, Lord, I do pray that You will have everybody to know: "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And, Lord, we pray that You would deliver each and every one of us this morning and throughout this day and night, from all of our distresses and afflictions, tribulations and troubles, trials and temptations, tests and tensions. Deliver us, Holy Father God, from all of those things. And, Lord, prepare all of us for good days and bad days. Prepare all of us for celebrations and tribulations. Prepare all of us for weddings and funerals, life and death. But, Lord, help us to focus on You. Keep our hearts and minds stayed on You. Keep us, Lord, therefore in perfect peace. Give us sweet victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil.
And Holy Father God, thank You for allowing things to be as well as they are. Thank You, Lord, for remembering mercy, love, and grace upon such wretched people as we are today. Fill us all with Your Holy Spirit. Baptize us all in the power of Your Holy Spirit to do Your work and Your will, for we cannot do it alone. In Jesus Christ's name, I pray and for His sake. Amen.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have completed several points in this series, regarding a subject that many people do not even like to think about — which I think is foolishness. I want you to embrace death. I want you to embrace death. I want you to embrace tribulations and darkness and trouble and not having the things you used to have. Because God does not want you to be the kind of person who can receive good from Him, and then when bad times come, you can't find God. You can't see God — and God is still in the same place. By the way, if it seems like you two have moved apart from one another — that is, God and you — who do you think moved? It wasn't God, because He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. God has not moved anywhere. He's still where He's forever been: on His throne.
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Jesus Christ said, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
So it's time to get ready. You may not be ready for death, but death is ready for you. Some call him the Grim Reaper. Whatever you call him, however you feel about him, that does not matter, because when it's time for you to go, he's coming.
And so, ladies and gentlemen, to move forward in this message: some of you have been here for all of — thank you, TikTok — a sermon on embracing death and tribulation. And you might as well. You might as well, ladies and gentlemen, embrace the termination of life, because it's going to happen. And I want you to grab a hold of this and run with it. I don't want you to be afraid of death anymore. I want you to get peace from God, and I want you to enjoy your life, and be content with your life, and be content with what God has done with your life and how God has helped you through difficult and painful times. And He still does that today. I don't care how old you are or how young you are. It is good for you to remember where you came from. And so the question today is: Are you ready for death?
So, are you ready? Let me press this home with three questions.
Number one: Have you admitted the wage? Do you know that you deserve death and hell? Have you ever thought about that? Now, if I ask Mrs. Whyte right now, "Do you know that you deserve death and hell?" I'm here to tell you, Mrs. Whyte would have a very hard time answering that question. You say, "Why, preacher?" Because of pride. She would have a hard time answering that question because of her pride. You say, "Preacher, how do you know?" Because I've asked her that before. And she thinks that, above all the people in the world, she's holier than thou — and that's just not the case. And then many of you think that: "Oh, no. Not me. I would never." I would watch that person who always says, "Oh, no. I would never." They have done it. They have done it. And they're doing it now, and they will do it again. It's nothing but their pride talking. They want you to think that they are holier than you, and that's not the case. Okay? And some of you are that way. You have pride, and — "Oh, no, honey. I would never do that." Yeah. Right. That's how you're going to look at them, Ms. Gantz.
Do you know that you deserve death and hell? I deserve death and hell. Pardon me — pardon me, God and Jesus Christ. We deserve death and hell, and so does Mrs. Meriqua Whyte. We all deserve it. I don't care how proud you are, how pretty you are, how rich you are, how famous you are. We all deserve death, when you count it all up, and hell. Not in a vague, universal sense, but personally. Until you admit the diagnosis, you will never treasure the cure. See? People don't appreciate salvation in Jesus Christ until they realize that they deserve death and hell — Katie, Willie, Stephen — and some, sadly, will never appreciate it until they are burning in the lake of fire. And God is the one who said that you are going to die. We reluctantly accept that. God says that the wages of sin is death. Have you sinned? Yes. Well, you are going to experience death. Until you admit the diagnosis, you will never treasure the cure. That is Jesus Christ.
Have you trusted the satisfaction? Are you resting in Christ's finished work alone? Not Christ plus your baptism. It is always Jesus Christ, ladies and gentlemen, plus nothing. No — not even baptism. No — not even church work. No — not singing in the choir. No — not being a preacher. It is believing Jesus Christ as your Savior, or bust. Trust in Him. Not Christ plus your church membership, the little gold star you got when you had good attendance. There's only four Sundays in a month, and you have good attendance, and so they give you a little gold star, a baptismal certificate. None of that. Not Christ plus your good works. Not Christ plus the help you gave the old lady. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
And so, ladies and gentlemen, number three: Have you claimed the promise? Do you live with the confidence that where Christ is, you shall be also? Does the hope of heaven shape how you face the losses and fears of this life? If you can answer yes to these three questions — not perfectly, but genuinely — then you are ready. Not because you are ready in yourself, but because Christ is ready and you are in Him. Christ's presence makes dying easy. Charles Wesley: "Jesus can make a dying bed feel soft as downy pillows are, while on His breast I lean my head and breathe my life out sweetly there." By the grace of God.
Shall we pray? Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You, Lord, for leading me to deal with the subject of death — something that we all have in common. And it is a tragedy, because it is because of our sins, our failures, and our faults. Lord, have the power of Your Holy Spirit to fall upon each and every person here, and help us to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek Your face, and to turn from our wicked ways and to repent of our sins. Help us, Lord, to change. Help us to repent of our sins and to follow You in the newness of life. Save that soul that's near as hell. Reclaim the backslidden, for Your glory, praise, and honor. In Jesus Christ's name, I pray and for His sake. Amen.
Now, dear friend of mine, if you have never truly believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, do so right now. Pray and ask Him to come into your heart — Jesus Christ, that is — and to save your soul. And He will save you and change your life and make you whole. Believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose on the third day.
Holy Father God, Holy Father God, have mercy and grace upon me, a sinner. For Jesus Christ's sake, please forgive me of all of my sins, my faults, and my failures, as I believe in You, Lord. Please come into my heart and into my spirit and save my soul and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. 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 pray for thee. Everybody who needs to get some rest and sleep, go and do that. And Lord willing, we'll see you at a different time. God bless you. I believe that's Jen Jones who's with us. God bless you. Cinnamon — Ceylon cinnamon only. God bless you. May God bless your husband as well.
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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