The Wages of America Forgetting God at Age 250, with Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International
“God is Mercifully, Lovingly, and Slow-Rollingly Dismantling and Destroying America” Because of the sins and Abominations of the Evangelical / Progressive Church
Jul 04, 2026
America at 250: The Wages of National Apostasy
Psalm 9:17 and the Reckoning of a God-Forgetting Nation
From “In God We Trust” to “To Hell We Rush”: A 250-Year Warning
The Church’s Betrayal and America’s Wage: A July 4th Prophetic Sermon
Dismantling America: The Slow-Rolling Judgment of God
The Wages of Forgetting God: A 250-Year Verdict
Triage for a Dying Republic: America’s Last Chance to Repent
The Laodicean Church and the Death of a Nation
Semper Fidelis or Semper Fallax? America’s Choice at 250
No Celebration, Only Intercession: A Fourth of July Lament
God is Mercifully, Lovingly, and Slow-rollingly Dismantling and Destroying America
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RAW TRANSCRIPT: The Wages of America Forgetting God at Age 250, with Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International
Our second service of this Saturday morning on the Fourth of July—the first service was dedicated to prayer; it was a prayer service, very powerful and very dynamic. This is a regular service that we do every Fourth of July, by the grace of God.
Scripture Text: Psalm 9:17 – “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Opening Prayer:
Holy Father God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the same way I prayed in the first service today, Lord, have mercy and grace upon us as Christian people. Forgive us of our sins, our faults, and our failures. But we have failed You in a gross way—the people of the so-called church of today, in all quarters. We do praise You and thank You, Lord, for Your faithful few. We praise You, holy Father God, and we thank You for Your seven thousand—Your remnant church—who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Holy Father God, we thank You that Deacon Karamba made it again; Emma has made it. Deacon Karamba said he was coming back, and he did. We thank You for helping him to do that.
And holy Father God, we pray for the people who have been vomited up by You for being Judas-Jezebel evangelicals, Laodicean church folk—everything but Christian. Lord, help everybody like that who names the name of Jesus Christ. Lord, help us to humble ourselves, help us to pray, help us to seek Your face, and help us to turn from our wicked ways and repent of our wicked sins, and give back to You our first love. Let Your will be done, holy Father God, and have Your Holy Spirit work mightily in the hearts of all born-again, saved people to do Your will. In Jesus Christ’s name I do pray, and for His sake, amen.
Introduction:
Ladies and gentlemen, by way of introduction, as I preach in your hearing on the wages of forgetting God—the wages of America forgetting God at 250—those wages, I believe, will be the fact that America will never see another 250 years. I am telling you that now. I have been telling you that for a while now, in writing and in preaching. For nearly two decades, I have been telling you in writing and in preaching that God has been lovingly, mercifully, slow-rollingly dismantling and destroying America, piece by piece.
No president can save America. No politician can save America, because quite frankly, the church is the problem. The church refuses to repent. The so-called church leaders—the so-called evangelical leaders—have failed God, both white and black. They have failed God, failed Jesus, and failed this country. Not the presidents—even though the preachers colluded with the presidents to bring about the abomination of the sanctioning of homosexuality in this country, which they knew better. But money talks, and bull sheep walks—even in the church. That is why I called it bull-sheep foolishness. The so-called mega-church pastors have been bought. They took Judas’s thirty million pieces of silver and betrayed God, betrayed Jesus Christ, and now we cannot find them. You know why? Because they are on an island somewhere playing golf with the millions of dollars they took to compromise the Word of God.
The wages of forgetting God—the wages of America forgetting God, the wages of the church forgetting God in America—at 250. Psalm 9:17: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” America has forgotten God because the church has forgotten God. They have cared, over the past forty years now, more for the prosperity gospel than for God. What hypocrites! The church has been wanting money, loving money more than loving God, as God made it clear: “The love of money is the root of all evil”—and it has played out that way to a tee.
So, by way of introduction, as we gather on this 250th anniversary of America’s birth, we do not come with the world’s jubilation—I do not, Deacon Karamba, Jeffrey Massburn, and others. I am not celebrating this year. Celebrating what? There is nothing to celebrate, because the church has led the government and America to the land of abominations, and God in heaven is not celebrating it. In light of all the wonderful, good things that God has done for America—blessing America more than any other country in the history of the world, outside of Israel—we have turned our backs on God, not obeying His Word, colluding with politicians who talk out of both sides of their mouths, who lie and will say anything.
Prominent pastors have colluded with presidents and governments to do what? To sanction the abomination of homosexuality, which has wreaked havoc over the last decade, and nobody can deny that. You say, “Well, preacher, aren’t you excited about the Supreme Court kicking men out of female sports—women’s sports?” No, I am not excited about it. For what? Because the truth of the matter is, we should not be in this situation, and we should not be having these issues in the first place. I should not even be talking about something so stupid, so demonic, and so foolish. The Supreme Court put us in this situation in the first place. My son, Daniel D.P. White, and I wrote letters to the Supreme Court over a decade ago, telling them not to legalize the abomination of homosexuality. No country has survived it; no city given over to it has survived it. Sodom and Gomorrah were made an example of.
So, as we gather on this 250th anniversary of our nation’s birth, we do not come with a spirit of celebration or the world’s jubilation, but with the prophet’s burden. You say, “Preacher, why do you always rub the cat the wrong way? Why do you always agitate the cat by rubbing her the wrong way?” No, I am here to tell the cat to turn around! If you are a cat—and some of you claim to be now, which we have never had in the 250-year history of America, up until the legalization of homosexuality in all fifty states, and even worse than in Sodom and Gomorrah—the legalization of homosexual marriage: a man marrying a man, a woman marrying a woman. Since then, people have said, “Well, if a man can marry a man now, and a woman can marry a woman, I can marry a cat. In fact, I can be a cat, and I can be a dog, and walk around in dog clothes looking like a dog, dressed up as a dog, walking on all fours.” Don’t bow your head yet—it is not time to pray.
Because my son and I warned the Supreme Court not to do it, in a book titled Letters to the Supreme Court. See, the Supreme Court was not smart enough or wise enough to know that all of this other mess was going to come out of it. No, my dear friend, in God’s economy, you are not free to be a dog, because God did not make you a dog. No, you are not free as a grown person or a teenager to sit in a kitty litter and wear fake cat ears on your head and lie to the world that you are a cat. No, you do not have the right to do that in God’s world. And by the way, remember, my beloved, the hymn: “This Is My Father’s World.” He made it.
America, beloved, is not dying from external enemies—even though they are at the gates. America is hemorrhaging from internal apostasy in the church. I have been reading about the falling away of the church for nearly fifty years, and I am here to tell you: I did not know she was going to fall flat on her face all at once. But the homosexual crowd—the LGBTQ crowd—they were at the gates, and they have been fighting this battle against the church and against America for decades. They fought hard. But what they thought they wanted—I told you a long time ago they really do not want homosexual marriage—they just knew that they could defeat the church with money, and they wanted to see it happen. Epstein, the Trilateral Commission—they are the ones who concocted that and put the money into it, along with the Illuminati. They sat around the round table—or the oval table—laughing about how they knew they could buy preachers. The same preachers who are out of the ministry today because God put them out, because they are Judases and they are Jezebels in the church. And sure enough, they defeated the church by having the pastors and the leadership of the churches betray God and betray Jesus Christ, with all that God and Jesus Christ has done for us.
So there is nothing to celebrate in the former home of Christianity called America, because we do not have the sense to understand that God blessed us because we used to say, “In God we trust,” and we sent missionaries from this land all over the world to spread the gospel—and God was blessing us for doing that.
Psalm 9:17, my beloved, is not a threat from a harsh God; it is a sober warning from a holy Judge—God Almighty. As we pray for this dying America today, let us consider three immutable truths from this text—Vincent Lewis, Deacon Karamba, Deacon Atkins, Deacon Loyal, Sister Bliss, everybody, Brother Mark—let us consider three immutable truths from this passage, the Word of Almighty God, found in Psalm chapter 9, with an emphasis on verse 17.
Point Number One: The Inescapable Reality of Divine Punishment—Eternal Judgment, Eternal Damnation
“The wicked shall be turned into hell.”
You need to be reminded of that. Go on with your bad self and keep on putting your penis in another man’s behind, women gyrating on your vaginas together—homosexuals and lesbians. But let us not stop there in the church: pastors and bishops who are power-bottom homosexuals, engaging in gross homosexual orgies—don’t bow your head; it is not time to pray. But let us not stop there: bishops and pastors, and pastors’ wives on Ashley Madison—swinging! Pastors’ wives swinging with other pastors, and pastors swinging with other men’s wives in the church. Some committed suicide when they were caught on Ashley Madison. You know what some of the other men—pastors, bishops, and pastors’ wives—have done? They got right back on Ashley Madison, because they think it is going to be better this time.
All of you—yes, even in the church—will go to Hell. That is right. There are many church members, many bishops, many pastors, many priests, many pastors’ wives, and so-called Jezebel preachers who are in Hell today. “The wicked shall be turned into hell.” Just remember that. Oh, you may not go there today, but you are going as sure as I am Black and my last name is White. There is hell to pay for what we have done against God and what we have done against Jesus Christ, in light of the fact that Jesus Christ said the most important words 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.”
There are many bishops, pastors, priests, and pastors’ wives who are already dead and in Hell. Millions died during the coronavirus plague—which God led me to predict over a decade before it hit, on a regular basis, in writing and in preaching. And why did they go to Hell? Because they did not take heed to God’s Word. We are having communion tomorrow morning, by the grace of God, but they went to Hell because they were giving communion and taking communion living unworthily—being homosexuals, swinging with other preachers’ wives and pastors’ wives and husbands—and then lying, saying, “It is good for our marriages; it keeps the spice in our marriages.” Lie, lie, lie! So many divorces have come out of that, and yet they were giving communion and taking communion. So they are in Hell today, killed by the coronavirus plague. Bishop T.D. Jakes—former Bishop T.D. Jakes—said while the plague was going on, his heart was so broken; so many people were calling him, his friends were calling him and saying, “So many pastors have died.”
In an age that denies the afterlife or mocks it as a fairy tale—as many of you still do—we must reaffirm that Hell is a literal place of conscious, eternal torment, prepared for the devil and his angels, but also the final destination of every unrepentant sinner. God says they will be turned into Hell. The wicked shall be turned into Hell. You need to remember that while you are still burning candles and committing homosexuality, committing adultery—I am talking to church people.
See, the problem, ladies and gentlemen, is really not with the homosexual crowd; it is with the pastors, the bishops, and the preachers who snuck around and got with President Obama and listened to his lies, convincing them to do what the Trilateral Commission, Epstein, and the Illuminati wanted them to do. He was chosen by them to do it, because they knew Black folk would not be on board with that if the white man did it. Oh, but they got deceived and frog-boiled by being caught up with the fact that Obama was half-Black. So Black folk were convinced; Black pastors were brought in and told a lie and sold a bill of goods, listening to Satan. And look at the mess America is in today, including Black folk. More and more Black people are realizing that Barack Obama was not good for America and not good for Black folk.
You say, “Well, I thought he was still pretty popular.” Well, in America, he is going to be popular—why? Because he is Black; he is the first Black president. Nobody is going to say anything against him. I will, and I have, and I did it every day when he was president, because I knew what he was in office for. He was not in office to free Black folk and get them out of prison. There were many white folk who were okay with that; it is time to get some kind of reparations here, and there are many white folk on board with that. But he did not want to offend the white folk, so he gave them gay marriage—homosexual marriage—because that is what they wanted. Do not tell me otherwise. Most Black folk did not want it; most Africans do not want it in their country. Obama tried to persecute those countries. Yes, I know I could die talking like this. A Black president persecuted Black Christian and Muslim nations because they would not accept his abominable abominations. And the little weak Black men in this country called America were afraid to take him on and did his bidding. And look at your little boys wearing dresses and barrettes in their hair, earrings, skirts, and being pummeled by homosexual beasts.
Police Chief Severance, so good to see you. It is a shame how your boys have been raped by these monsters, and how they are raping little children now.
This is not turned aside or turned away; it is turned into—a sovereign act of divine justice. You are not going to do God this way and think you are going to get rid of it and get away with it, and eat yourself a hot dog, a hamburger, and some barbecue chicken, and laugh in God’s face. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” No amount of so-called American exceptionalism, no amount of good works in helping the poor, or religious affiliation—be it Baptist, Church of God in Christ, or whatever—can overturn this verdict. The individual sinner who rejects Christ, who does not believe in Christ, no matter their social standing, faces this certainty. You will be turned into Hell, and America as a whole will be turned into Hell, because the game most people play in America is: “If they are doing it, then I am going to do it too.” Very few Christians stand alone or are willing to stand alone with God and Jesus. They want to be accepted, so they compromise what God has said.
No matter their social standing, they face this certainty: they will go to Hell, and they will go to the lake of fire—as sure as I am Black and my last name is White.
So, ladies and gentlemen, we had a prayer service this morning for the lost in America and for the church in America. Sister Bliss, so good to see you, so good to have you here, and thank you for your support. We must begin with the terrifying reality that without the blood of Jesus Christ—without salvation through that blood—every soul is speeding toward this awful judgment in the burning Hell.
Point Number Two: The Corporate Guilt of a God-Forgetting Nation
“…and all the nations that forget God.”
Scripture holds nations morally accountable, ladies and gentlemen. Praise the Lord, Sister Bliss—may God bless you; I am glad you are here. Holy Scripture holds nations morally accountable. To forget God is not merely intellectual atheism; it is active rebellion against God, who made us and who blessed us. It is removing His law from our courts, mocking His holiness in our media, slaughtering the innocent in their mothers’ wombs, and perverting His created order of holy matrimony between a man and a woman.
America, founded upon covenant principles, has not merely forgotten God—she has openly defied God, rebelled against God, and is thumbing her nose at God Almighty. I am here to tell you that is not going to last, and that is not going to work in your favor, America—and mainly the church in America. This text declares that national sins incur national judgments, and that is what is happening to America. As I have been telling you for nearly two decades, in writing and in preaching, over and over again—I have said it at least two hundred times—God is lovingly, mercifully, and slow-rollingly dismantling and destroying America because of what the church has done in colluding with the government to bring about abominations.
Our political turmoil, societal decay, and moral confusion are not accidents; they are the footprints of a withdrawing God. If we do not diagnose this national amnesia, we cannot administer the cure.
Point Number Three: The Solemn Call to Intercession and the Remnant’s Refuge
Where does this leave us? It leaves us on our knees—or it should. Psalm 9 is not without hope, for God is not without hope; Jesus Christ is not without hope. Earlier verses declare that “the Lord is a refuge for the oppressed” (verse 9). Since judgment is sure for the impenitent—those who do not repent and believe in Christ—our prayer must shift from “God bless America” to “God save America.” We must cry out for a great awakening, a great merciful revival. Not a revival meeting—that is the last thing on earth we need—but a true revival in our hearts, minds, souls, and spirits.
We must pray for the church—the sleeping giant, if you will—to wake up, put away her idols, and preach the whole counsel of God. Pastors, you need to preach the gospel, but you need to preach everything else that comes with the gospel that is in the Word of God. We cannot reform the nation without first repenting of our own sins in the church—our lukewarmness, our being the Judas-Jezebel Laodicean church with no power.
This service, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, is not a funeral yet; it is a triage unit. We plead with the Lord to tear down the high places of wickedness and build up a holy remnant. Let us pray that God grants our leaders repentance, grants our churches true revival—not a three-day revival meeting to exchange money with the preacher so that you, the pastor, can preach in his church next time. That has been a racket for many years and needs to cease—pastor swapping pulpits and swapping love offerings. Let us pray that God grants our land one last chance to remember Him and to repent of forgetting Him before the final gavel falls.
The Nation’s Reckoning (A Poem)
Upon this two-hundred-fiftieth year,
We lift our voice, we shed a tear;
Not for the glory we have known,
But for the seeds of sin we have sown.
The wicked strut in pomp and pride,
While God’s pure truth is cast aside;
They say, “Where is this God of old?”
While buying lies and selling souls.
Yet stands the Word, unmoved, untamed,
The Judge of all is not ashamed:
“The wicked shall be turned to Hell,
And every nation that rebels.”
O America, with stars and stripes,
You loosed the bonds and broken pipes
Of living water—now you thirst,
Because you put God’s law in a hearse.
You once declared “In God we trust,”
But now your heart is dust to dust;
You count His Sabbaths as a loss,
And hang His Son upon your cross.
But judgment tarries not for aye—
The Lord will have His reckoning day.
Yet while the sword hangs by a thread,
We cry for mercy, bow our head.
Rise, remnant, stand upon the wall,
Before the final night doth fall;
Plead for the land that drifts astray,
And turn her heart—O Lord, we pray!
For though the wicked downward flee,
There still is hope for such as we—
If we repent and seek His face,
He yet may save this dying race.
Closing Prayer:
Lord God of hosts, holy Father God, we plead the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ over this gathering and over the people who are listening, participating, and watching around the world—over 5,800 with us, according to the stats. Lord, we thank You for their presence, and we pray for salvation and spiritual family, life, financial and material protection and provision, and mental and physical blessings upon them all. And for those who are Christians, who name the name of Christ, help us, Lord, to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek Your face, and to turn from our wicked ways and repent of our sins, and get back to You, our first love. God, have mercy upon America on her 250th birthday. Thank You for showing us mercy to this point. We pray that You will deliver her from the burning Hell she deserves, and grant repentance and remission of sins by Your grace. Wake up Your church, and let this prayer service be a spark that ignites a holy fire across this old wicked land. In Jesus’s mighty name I do pray, and for His sake, amen.
Altar Call / Sinner’s Prayer:
Dear friend of mine, if you do not know Jesus Christ as your Savior, I strongly urge you to do so now. He is your bunker. You do not need to go to New Zealand or Australia—just go to Jesus. He is your hiding place in this sin-cursed world. Understand:
Number one: You need to do it because you have sinned against God yourself. So has the Pope; so has the Dalai Lama; so has Joel Osteen. But the Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” So we are all guilty of our sins—of breaking God’s Ten Commandments, such as lying, stealing, dishonoring parents, lust, committing adultery and fornication, and dishonoring God by taking His name in vain.
Number two: You need to believe in Jesus Christ because “the wages of sin is death.” As has been discussed, we are all going to die because of our sins, and you need to get ready for that because it could happen at any time. Do not play with your soul. Get your eternal life insurance policy today.
Number three: As I have already mentioned, you need to get saved—you need to believe in Jesus Christ—because you are on your way to a devil’s Hell. So believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ preached more on Hell than anybody in the Bible, and Jesus Christ cannot lie. The gross things that we have done against God, we have to pay for them one way or another. Either you are going to let Jesus Christ pay your sin debt—which He has already done; He is the Lamb of God who has taken away the sin of the world; all you have to do is believe in Him—or you are going to pay for it in the burning Hell. That is the reality.
So Jesus Christ said it first and best—the most important words 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.” Believe in Him today.
Follow me in the sinner’s prayer:
Holy Father God, have mercy upon me, a sinner, and for Jesus Christ’s sake, please forgive me of my sins as I now believe in You, Lord Jesus Christ, that You died for my sins, You took my place, were buried, and rose on the third day. Lord Jesus Christ, please come into my heart and into my spirit and save my soul from the burning Hell. 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. Remember the motto of the Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis—always faithful—to the Lord, in this case. Remember the motto of the Space Force and the Air Force: Semper Supra—always above. Keep your heart and mind stayed on the Lord, and He will keep you in perfect peace.
I hope that you enjoy your July 4th food. I cannot say “happy” Fourth of July right now, but I will say: if there ever was a time to pray, that time is now. Let’s do that. God loves you; Jesus Christ loves you; and I love you in the Lord. We will see you next time. Thank you, everybody. May God bless you.
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Daniel Whyte III has been preaching the Gospel for over 46 years and is the founder and President of the over 42-year-old Gospel Light Evangelistic Society International, Pastor of the over 38-year-old Gospel Light House of Prayer International, and Founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the over 22-year-old Black Christian News One (BCNN1.com)—reaching millions with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, discipleship preaching, and the whole counsel of God around the world by any means necessary — “Crying in the Wilderness” and “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos.”
Daniel Whyte III was honored by being named one of the 17 most notable alumni in the history of the 134-year-old Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the 69 most notable alumni in the history of the 53-year-old Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Daniel Whyte III holds the following degrees from these universities:
- Doctor of Ministry (D.Min., in progress) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Theology (Th.M.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Master of Divinity (M.Div.) – Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, Lynchburg, VA
- Bachelor of Arts in Religion (B.A.) – Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas
- Bachelor of Theological Studies – Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Dothan, Alabama (Honors: Summa Cum Laude)
Daniel Whyte III was also honored to sit with presidents and world leaders by being invited by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to attend the homegoing of Dr. Billy Graham.
He is the Essence national best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Men and the Amazon best-selling author of Letters to Young Black Women (African-American category). He has authored over 100 books.
He is also the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old BlackChristianNews.com (BCNN1.com), which has impacted every denomination in the evangelical and Christian world and has influenced presidents, the U.S. government, governments around the world, and the public square. BlackChristianNews.com has been named the #1 Black Christian website and blog in the world for four years running by the independent Feedspot and is on the list of the top 60 Christian news sites in the world—red, yellow, black, or white.
He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God in person across America and in over 24 countries to thousands of people. He has preached the Gospel and the Word of God to millions of people around the world with the help of the internet, preaching live and on-demand multiple times a day for over eight years, to this very day. His mottoes are “Crying in the Wilderness,” “Exiled on the Isle of Patmos,” and “Preaching the Gospel by any means necessary,” all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ.
THE GOSPEL IN A NUTSHELL
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. 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.
If you have prayed this prayer, I encourage you to find a Bible-believing church, read your Bible daily, and pray without ceasing. May God bless you and keep you until the day of His coming.
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