Gospel Light Minute X with Daniel Whyte III

Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb? (Part 1)

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #11 | with Daniel Whyte III TEXT: Luke 16:19-31: Just this past week, Marvin Hamlisch, the famous American composer and conductor, passed away. And as I was preparing to deliver this message on memories, I was reminded of his song titled "Memories of the Way We Were" which was sung so beautifully by Barbara Streisand. I know that this song is referring to positive memories in life, but I believe that the ability to remember is a powerful tool that God has given us and I wanted to share the lyrics of this song with you as we begin our time together today. Memories, Light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories Of the way we were Scattered pictures, Of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another For the way we were Can it be that it was all so simple then? Or has time re-written every line? If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me, would we? Could we? Memories may be beautiful and yet What's too painful to remember We simply choose to forget So it's the laughter We will remember Whenever we remember... The way we were... The way we were... People have often wondered whether or not they can take anything with them after they die. The ancient Egyptians buried their dead with items such as food, bowls, and jewelry that they thought would allow the dead to live comfortably in the afterlife. The first emperor of China was buried with statues of over eight thousand soldiers that were supposed to protect him in the afterlife and to ensure that he had people to rule over. However, the Bible says in Psalm 49:16-17: "Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away..." The Bible also says in I Timothy 6:7 that "we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." My friend, when you leave this world, you can carry nothing material with you. You will not even take the clothes they dress your cold body in at the funeral. When you reach your final destination -- whether it is heaven or hell -- there is only one thing that you will have -- your memory. Today, I want to briefly share with you three things you will remember in Hell. Allow me to bring to your attention the fact that this passage was actually a story told by Jesus Christ. Yes, the loving, humble Saviour Jesus Christ talked about Hell. In fact, no one ever drew such a picture of Hell as the Son of God. No one else could do it so well, for He alone knows what the future will be. Jesus taught plainly about Hell; just as loving parents will warn their children of punishment to come.

Memories of the Way We Were From a Very Sad Place

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #10 | with Daniel Whyte III TEXT -- Luke 23:39-43: "When they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left...And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." When a prominent man dies, we are anxious to find out what his last words and actions were. We see in this passage that the last act of the Son of God was to save a sinner. Jesus Christ saved this thief just as he stood at the edge of the precipice of death. This thief was on the very border of hell, and Christ snatched him from the claws of Satan. What is it that saved this thief who was nailed to the cross, his blood dripping away, his life slowly fading? Some people say there are things you must do before you can be saved. Yet this thief did nothing at all to be saved. He just hung there and died. Some people say it takes time to be saved. Yet this thief had no time. He was on the verge of death. In just a couple of hours, a Roman soldier would come and break his legs to make sure he was dead. Yet, this thief was saved. In the short time this thief was hanging on the cross, we can see from this story three things that happened that allowed Jesus Christ to say to this thief, "Today, shalt thou be with me in Paradise."

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #9 TEXT:James 2:17-20: "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" One of the most important questions that anyone can ask is, 'how can I know that I am saved?' What is the evidence that one is truly a son or daughter of God who has accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour. Today, we will look at three aspects of faith that show up in the life of a true believer in Jesus Christ. I. First of all, I want you to notice that a true believer has a living faith. II. Secondly, I want you to notice that a true believer has a faith that brings forth fruit. III. Thirdly, today, I want you to notice that a true believer has a faith that gives peace.

The Thief, the King, and the Cross

Three Marks of a True Believer in Christ

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #8 TEXT: Luke 14:16-18: "A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse." Today, we are going to look at three more excuses that people give as to why they cannot come to Christ and the Biblical answers to each of these excuses. I. One excuse that some people give is "My heart is too hard to come to Christ. I am too much of a sinner for Christ to accept me." II. Another excuse that people use to reject Christ is saying they don't like church meetings or church people. III. Thirdly, and finally, today, there are those people who say they cannot trust themselves to be saved.

The Tragedy of Making Excuses (Part 3)

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #7 TEXT: Luke 14:16-18: "A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse." Today, we are going to look at three more excuses that people give as to why they cannot come to Christ. and the Biblical answers to each of these excuses. I. Another excuse people give is "I don't have the time." II. A second excuse that people make is 'I don't feel it.' III. Some people say, 'I can't be saved because I do not know if I am elected.'

Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #72 Scripture: Hosea 10:9-13 Based on a list of sins which the great evangelist Charles G. Finney gave in his classic sermon titled "Break Up Your Fallow Ground: It is Time to Seek the Lord", we began pinpointing some of the sins which we as the church need to confess and repent of. This week, we are continuing this series by addressing the next three sins on our list. I. The first sin we will address today is the sin of hindering another believer from doing God's will. Matthew 16:21-23 says, "From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." II. The second sin we will address today is the sin of lust. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:28, "That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Lust is defined as having a desire for or longing for something that is forbidden -- something that you cannot have. Another word for lust is "covet." One of the ten commandments is "thou shalt not covet." The Bible says in Exodus 20:17: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." III. The third sin we will address today is the sin of fornication and adultery. Fornication is having sex with someone before marriage and adultery is having sex with someone that you are not married to while you are married. The Bible strictly prohibits both of these actions. The Bible says in I Corinthians 6:9-10: "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." God is very serious about these sins. + Plus, listen to CeCe Winans singing "King of Kings (He's a Wonder)" and Al Green & Heather Headley singing "People Get Ready"

She is an American artistic gymnast. She won gold medals in both the individual and team all-around competitions as a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the first African-American and first woman of color in Olympic history to become the individual all-around champion. She is also the first American gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. She was also a member of the gold-winning U.S. team at the 2011 World Championships. After her and her sister convinced their mother to let her move from Virginia to Iowa so she could train under Liang Chow, she moved there with a host family and went straight to work. She believed in God and her coach believed in her that one day she would make it to the Olympics. Following her emotional win at the 2012 Summer Games, she publicly praised God and thanked Him for an amazing blessing. She said, "It is everything I thought it would be; being the Olympic champion, it definitely is an amazing feeling. And I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to him and the blessings fall down on me." She soon after took to Twitter and said, "Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things He does for me." Her name is Gabby Douglas.

The news came as a shock and horror to many people around America and specifically in Aurora, Colorado. A deranged young man walked into a packed movie theater and shot 70 people --- 12 were killed and many of the others were taken to the hospital in serious condition. Some of those people remain in the hospital nearly two weeks after the shooting. This tragedy has been called the worst mass shooting in American history. In the days following, America has grieved with the families of the victims and many people have asked the ever present question of Why? Why did something so tragic happen again in Colorado, or in our country for that matter? Why did so many people have to die or get injured? Why do we have to suffer through another heartbreaking tragedy? And for those close to the tragedy, Why my loved one? Why me? The news came as a shock and horror to many people around America and specifically in Aurora, Colorado. A deranged young man walked into a packed movie theater and shot 70 people --- 12 were killed and many of the others were taken to the hospital in serious condition. Some of those people remain in the hospital nearly two weeks after the shooting. This tragedy has been called the worst mass shooting in American history. In the days following, America has grieved with the families of the victims and many people have asked the ever present question of Why? Why did something so tragic happen again in Colorado? Why did so many people have to die? Why do we have to suffer through another heartbreaking tragedy? And for those close to the tragedy, Why my loved one? Why me? For the families and friends of those who died, the answer to the question of "Why?" may never come. We will never know exactly why the gunman shot all those people. We may never fully understand why God allows suffering and tragedy in our lives. Many of us want to avoid bad things as much as possible. But in a world riddled with sin, sinful people, demons, and devils, suffering and tragedy are inevitable. John 16:33 states, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Jesus is telling us here that trouble and suffering and tragedy are certain in this world. There is no way to get around it. But there is still a reason to be joyful in our hearts in spite of those things. God does not cause bad things to happen but He does allow them to happen for three reasons 1. It keeps us humble. 2. It helps us to grow. 3. It draws us closer to Jesus Christ. All of us have, are going through, or will go through pain, suffering, heartbreak, heartache, and yes, even tragedy beyond imagination, at one point or another in our lives. It is not designed to break us but to build us. The shooting tragedy in Colorado has left us sad, confused, and angry. But it reminds us that "life is but a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanisheth away". Those people in that movie theater that night had no idea they would step out into eternity. Likewise, we have no idea when we will take our last breath and pass from this life to the next. We may not be able to answer the question of "Why?" but we can answer the question of "Are you ready to die?" Dear friend, if you knew tonight would be your last night on earth, are you ready to meet your Creator? Your tomorrow is not certain on this earth, but your future with God can be secure. If you're not ready, allow me to help you get ready. + Plus, listen to Casting Crowns singing "Jesus, Friend of Sinners"

Break Up Your Fallow Ground: It is Time to Seek the Lord (Part 9)

Gabby Douglas: An Olympic Champion Gives God the Glory (Gospel Light Minute #65)