Hamilton: God has called us to be his ambassadors even in this dark moment
>> Abraham Hamilton III: Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light.
>> Joseph Parker: This is the, Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite, delivering people.
>> Joseph Parker: Out of the bondage of mainstream media and the philosophies of this world.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: God has called you and me to be his ambassadors, even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment.
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>> Abraham Hamilton III: Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Hamilton Corner. My name is Abraham Hamilton iii, joined by the corner contingent right across from me. My man, 100 grand. Mr. Bobby, you know he switched offices in the building. I said, where did he go? Where's Roboito? He's in a new office.
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As you make your transition from part time jobs to full time jobs
At this very moment, many of you, if not most of you, are making your transition from your part time jobs where you generate an income, to your full time jobs where you cultivate an outcome. And as you do so, I want to remind you to do so with intentionality, recognizing the primacy that God places on the family. I know for some of you, it's like a metronome that I say this daily, but I'm going to continue to say it daily because we must, we must, we must recognize that we cannot step over our homes in an effort to be faithful everywhere else. You want to serve God faithfully, you want to honor him, you want to glorify him. Well, that begins by how you comport yourself within your families, within your homes. All too often we have people that want to place, emphasis. And you know, we need courts to rule certain ways, we need legislatures to rule certain ways, we need to pass certain laws, we need certain candidates to be elected. And all of those things are important, but they're not more important than what's happening at home. Guys, it's not more important than what's happening at home. What good is having the freedom to choose our servant leaders if our populace is continuously wicked and contrary to popular practice and belief? The primary responsible parties for what transpires with our children are, the parents. It's m our job as parents to batten down the hatches at home. It's our job as Christ followers to live the lifestyle of worship starting at home. If God could grab ahold of us and our families, there's no telling what would transpire in the world. So as you're making your transition, my hope and prayer for you is that you resolve it in yourself. That you're going to exalt the King of kings and the Lord of Lords in your home. That all of the virtues of Christ following they'll be evident in your home. The fruit of the spirit that should abound, abound in the life of every believer. It should abound in your home. I was telling the men at our local church not too long ago at our men's meeting, said, man, listen, your godliness should first impact your wife. That should be the most immediate external outlet for the impact of your godliness. Vice versa. For wives, the most immediate impact of your godliness should be your husband for those who are married. But we get it twisted up so, so many ways and so many times to where we place significance everywhere else to the neglect of our homes. And I'm simply encouraging us to reverse that trend. So as you make your way to your full time jobs, I want you to understand that income generation is part, that's a part time thing. Outcome cultivation is the full time investment and that is what is required of those who know the Lord. If you're listening to me and you have not yet placed your faith in Jesus Christ for eternal salvation, let today be the day where you do so. Do not harden your heart. You're listening to this program. It's no secret. I, read the Bible every day on this show. The reason why you're listening to this program is because God is drawing you. I want to tell you plainly. It's because God is drawing you. And if that is you, man, don't harden your heart. Don't harden your heart. There are some. You might have been raised in a Christian friendly environment, but you strayed away. Yet you tune into this program daily and you know we're going to open the scriptures. That's because the Lord has drawn you as well. Guys, have the courage to humble yourself before the King of Kings. Confess the reality of your sin fallen condition. Confess the reality that you need a savior and salvation is available to you. It's not the product of works. We are saved by grace through faith alone. Surrender. Surrender and see what God builds in you in terms of your life, witness and testimony to the word of God.
First Peter is addressed to a church that is being persecuted
We go first Peter, chapter five is where we're going to begin the program today. First Peter, chapter five, verses six through nine is what I'm going to focus on. First Peter, chapter five, Verses six through nine by way of reminder, Peter's epistle first Peter is written in the early to mid-60s AD. He's writing to a church that is being persecuted. The Epistle is addressed to areas that are largely comprised by gentile believers. It also includes Messianic, believers, Jewish believers as well. But I want to reiterate that this is addressed to a people who are facing persecution. If you can imagine this, these are people who had loved ones who've been arrested by Rome. They have friends and family members who have been detained by the state because they refuse to worship Caesar as God. Many of them are being arrested on false charges of anti social behavior and being atheists. Yeah, you heard me right. Being atheists not because they have no faith, but because they refuse to worship the Roman pantheon of ah, pagan deities. Again, including Caesar. And, and this is the environment that this epistle is being disseminated within as, ah, Sylvanus is serving as a trusted courier circulating this epistle from the Apostle Peter. And in this first epistle, chapter five, verse six, to a persecuted first century church, the spirit of God writes throughout through our brother, Apostle Peter. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God so that, so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your cares or your anxieties on him because he cares for you. Be sober minded, be watchful or be vigilant. Your adversary, the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Resist him firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. Now this is a very familiar passage of scripture, but again, envision, you being a believer and you're a member of the church in the first century and the words of the Apostle Peter being circulated and you come across this verse six, it says, humble yourselves. It seems almost counterintuitive, ah, that in a time of overt, physical, hostile persecution, the Lord would send word to remind you that humility is required. Because you can envision, I certainly can. That my immediate disposition wouldn't be probably thinking about humility. I'm thinking about man, they coming in here. Where are my guns? You know where I got to make sure that I have magazines placed properly. I need to, you know, make sure I got these things all put in place. But because the King of kings and the Lord of Lords is the founder, author and finisher of a peculiar new genos of kings and priests, the Lord will remind us that humility is still required. Humility is still required. And that humility is not a, lost investment because it is God who exalts at the proper time. Then verse seven. And I know this is. There have been songs about this, there have been sermons preached about this, but, but when you strip this from its context, I believe it lose some of its weight. It loses some of its weight. But in the face of the overt physical hostility and persecution, being aware that the Roman Gestapo could come at any moment to try to bang on your door, require you to pour out libations to Caesar, the Lord accompanies his exhortation to humble yourselves with verse 7. Cast all your anxieties. Cast all your cares upon him, for he cares for you. If you were wondering, man, how can I be humble in this environment? The Lord again reminds you, hey, I'm a big God. Cast your anxieties upon me. Cast your cares upon me. Why? Because I care for you. Then if you look at verse eight, while you are casting your cares upon the Lord, be sober minded. Be vigilant. Be sober minded and be vigilant. Now, this again seems to be. Wait a minute. Contrasting condemnations. But they're not. They're not at all. Humble yourself. Why? And how? Because our cares are cast upon the Lord, while our cares are cast upon the Lord and we're embracing his command and instruction to humble ourselves. We are simultaneously sober minded. We are simultaneously vigilant. But notice the vigilance is not a humanistic, pugilistic disposition. The vigilance is not stay on guard so you can pop off the next Roman soldier who comes around the corner. The vigilance is to remain spiritually vigilant, to make sure that the environment doesn't lull you, doesn't induce you into an internal heart disposition that is foreign to your king, to where the context lulls you, seduces you into a sinful heart condition. No, no, remain sober and vigilant. Because there's a devil who lurks. There's a devil who would love to cause you to err on one side of the road into a ditch, or on the other side of a road into another ditch. To air on the one side to where you become racked with fear and trepidation to the point where you become a lapsy, to where you lapse in your faith that the intensity of the persecution and even the threat of it is too strong for you to remain faithful to him. Or you go on the other side to where you want to strong arm this context in the flesh, to where you become. Ah, I got something for them. We, we, we, we gonna. Yeah, they come around this corner. We, we're gonna do we want to. No, no, we don't err in any direction. The sober mindedness and the vigilance is to make sure you remember you have an adversary. Your adversary is not flesh and blood. Surely the adversary uses flesh and blood to accomplish his. But make no mistake that you don't forget who the adversary truly is. And this adversary walks about as a roaring lion. I love how the apostle Peter is moved by the spirit of God to employ this simile. He walks about as a roaring lion because he's not a roaring lion. He has a presentation that appears more fierce than the reality. He wants to deceive you and persuade you to embrace him as something that he is not. He roars about as a roaring. He prowls about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Which also indicates that devouring is not an automatic. You don't, there's no. You don't have to succumb to the wicked wiles. You don't have to yield. You don't have to dumb down the reality of your peculiarity. You don't have to succumb to. To its tactics. No. In fact, the Lord says to the apostle Peter, antihistamine, the devil. Resist him, firm in your faith. But I'm saying, brothers and sisters, the enemy would love to use all kind of context to get us off of our post, to get us moved away from where we're supposed to be. Kind of like, man, we just experienced the auto pen presidency they try to run. Shields should never be president.
Abraham Hamilton III: Christians are engaging spiritual warfare against the enemy
The remix, the people talking about they're democratic, but they just gonna ignore all votes. All just just going, just put somebody in place. And then we as professing believers, we're only assessing these things in terms of natural phenomenon and in terms of political phenomenon. And we become conveniently ignorant of the fact that. Wait a minute man. The true source of our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but we are engaging spiritual warfare. Sober mindedness, Clear hearted, clear eyed vigilance. Being aware that. No, no, no, no, no, no, we're not going to allow the context to cause us to be moved away from where we supposed to be fixed. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the entirety of the world. As we are aware of the genocide against the brethren in Nigeria is taking place and the Islamic assault against believers in Sudan and in the Congo and in Iran. And there's a story today, there's an uptick of Persecution in China. Don't think that the enemy does not want to assault the believer. Here in our country, the tactics may be different, but the objectives are still the same. No. The Lord has ordained his remnant for this time, so that even in the face of everything we're confronting, we are still effective as salt and light. And advocates executors of the Great Commission.
>> Joseph Parker: A discipleship minute with Joseph Parker. Psalm 92, beginning at verse 1. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening. Accompanied by a 10 stringed instrument, a harp and the melody of a lyre. You thrill me, Lord, with all you've done for me. I sing for joy because of what you have done, O Lord. What great works you do and how deep are your thoughts. Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this. Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever. Your enemies, Lord, will surely perish. All evildoers will be scattered. But you have made me as strong as a wild ox, shining light into the darkness. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here. I want to remind you, if you are in the Farmerville, Louisiana area, you, are welcome to join the saints of God at Darbone Church of Christ, located at 1148 Sterlington, Sterlington highway in Farmerville, Louisiana, zip code 71241. I will be joining them this weekend, Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday morning, to spend some time together, delving into our Lord's word, articulating from scripture and showing evidences and other, sources, research and other areas, about the reality that the family is central to God's plan for his kingdom. And if you're in the area or willing to come to the area, you are invited to do so. There is no charge or anything like that. we're just gonna break open a word of life, spend some time together, and I pray that we all will leave, refined and resolved to serve the Lord with every breath. He gives us man, and we exalt him, starting in our homes and working outwardly from there. That will be this Friday, Saturday, Saturday and Sunday, October 17th, 18th and 19th, at Darbone Church of Christ in Farmerville, Louisiana, 1148 Sterlington Highway. I'd love to see you there.
Virginia gubernatorial race is tightening up significantly ahead of November elections
All right. I've mentioned this Already. But we are in the final weeks in the run up to the, odd year gubernatorial election in Virginia to where it is tightened up significantly, between Abigail Spanberger, who is a Democrat nominee for the governorship in Virginia, and she is facing off against, Winsome Sears, who is the lieutenant governor, the current lieutenant governor who is a Republican candidate for the governorship in Virginia. the state law in Virginia requires one term only, for the governor is also noteworthy that Jason Mearez, the current attorney general in the state of Virginia, is facing off against the Democrat nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones. And it's J. Jones who has been revealed as the one basically wishing for death for his, Republican opponents in the state house, even wishing a death upon on them to desecrate their graves with micturation, as I mentioned the other day, and even calling for their children to be killed and justifying and saying sometimes in order for people to change their position on policy, they have to suffer personally. It's like, whoa. So are you advocating for political violence? He was like, yep, straight up. Of course he didn't expect that to come around when he's running for attorney general in the state. Well, he was one of the closest surrogates, if you will, for Abigail Spanberger. And during their recent debate between Winsome Sears and Abigail Spamberger, Winsome Sears called for Abigail Spamberger to call for Jay Jones to step out of the race. You know, because I don't know if you heard yet, but, you know, Charlie Kirk, who the world watch get gunned down for communicating his beliefs, first and foremost, his faith in Jesus Christ, secondarily, his advocacy for, I would say, biblical principles applied to public life. And Abigail Spamberger refuses to call for him. So now when some serious is describing Spamberger as silent. Abigail, listen to and watch clip number one. Clip one, go.
>> Speaker D: Would it take him pulling the trigger? Is that what would do it? And then you would say he needs to get out of the race. Abigail, you have nothing to say? Abigail, what if he said it back? Your two children, your three children. Is that when you would say he should get out of the race? Abigail.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: You'Re running to be governor, Ms. Earl Sears.
>> Speaker D: I mean, we're talking about murder. We're talking about someone's life being taken from them. Have you nothing to say about that? Are you not going to address it?
>> Jeff Chamblee: Really?
>> Speaker D: You can't go any further. You're a governor. You're supposed to stand up for all the people. Are you saying political murder is all right? Have some political courage. What you have done is you are, taking political calculations about your future as governor. Well, as governor, you have to make hard choices, and that means telling Jay Jones to leave the race.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: Now, you heard the music I was playing. Winsome Sears took that exchange from their debate and turned it into an ad. And the only thing that was added into there was the music. But that literally came straight from the debate. And it was very odd that they're debating and Abigail Spamberger refused to look at Winsome Sears. Did y' all notice that? Refused to look at her. How weird is that? How odd is that?
>> Joseph Parker: How.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: Tesla robotic optimist like is that? And literally, she said nothing. She wouldn't say anything. She refuses to call for Jay Jones to. To step out of the race. Others have, but she hasn't. Then the simple, clear reasoning is because Spamberger is afraid of the most radical elements of her party. So she refuses to say, Jay Jones needs to step out of this race. Refuses to say. So in addition to that, you know, Spamberger is an. And she embraces all things regressive. She supports, you know, men and women's sports and boys and girls restrooms and. And. And gives, you know, a word salad. Only she should never be present at the remix. Could appreciate when asked direct questions, you know, and she refused to answer simply when some serious asking. Are, you gonna ask him to step out of the race? I mean, this is your man. Y' all went all across the state campaigning together. And so it's showing a stark. A very, very stark contrast. And this is at a moment where the nation, not to mention Virginians, said, whoa, political violence is a step too far. I mean, literally, old boy was calling for the Republican speaker of the House of Delegates. Delegates to be killed. He said he would, you know, desecrate his grave, saying that his. His wife needs to see her children be killed. And yet the Democrat governor for. Democrat candidate for governor won't say anything. It's kind of odd. And. And the polls are showing, a change because prior to the last, what month of this election, Spamberger was projected to have a pretty significant lead, where now the polls are projecting his races within the margin of error. And this is just a simple, simple moment. Like, you know, forget R's and D's for a moment. You can, as a human being, condemn somebody advocating for murdering someone because they have a difference of opinion on the policy matter. Forget Rs and Ds just as human beings, man, basic people. You can't say, whoa, that's a line too far. I don't care what party you affiliated with. You're calling for people and their children to be killed to make a political point. And I've explained this story before. He started off in text messages, then got on the phone saying this stuff on the phone. The person he's on the phone with hung up on him because they were disgusted by what he was saying. J. Jones, that is.
One man is running for Attorney General and talking about political violence
And then he confirmed that he maintained that same position in follow up text messages after the phone call saying, yep, that's what I'm calling for. And this woman who wants to be governor won't even say, you know, that's a bridge too far. It really gives you an eye, you know, gives you a snapshot into the window of the type of, you know, partisan coalition that exists where you can't even say out loud in public, nah, you need to be out of the race. There's no room. And dude is running for Attorney General and talking about who needs to be killed. You can't say now, we don't need anybody serving as the top law enforcement officer in our state. Sounds pretty impartial. Who's cool with political violence?
President Trump awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously
Speaking of political violence, today, as promised, President Trump awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. following Charlie's, frankly, his martyrdom, President, Trump said he would award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's noteworthy that he does so today because today would have been Charlie Kirk's 32nd birthday. And so President Trump invited his wife to the White House to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest civilian honor that can be granted in our nation. Was granted posthumously to Charlie Kirk. Listen to and watch clip number two. Clip number two. Go.
Bobby Jindal says Jay Jones should step out of the race, but voters decide
>> Donald Trump: Today, we're here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, beloved leader who galvanized the next generation like nobody I've ever seen before. And an American patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality and the highest caliber. The late, great Charlie Kirk. He was assassinated in the prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith, and relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America. He loved this country. And that's why this afternoon, it's my privilege to posthumously award Charles James Kirk our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Thank you.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: That's. Wow. President Carl is asking, when does President Trump rest? And they say the man doesn't really sleep that much. I mean, he just got back from the Middle east and I was granting Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of freedom. you know, it's things like this. Like you look at Charlie Kirk's assassination and you have people like, you know, Abigail Spamberger who can't even say, yeah, you know, Jay Jones needs to step out of the race. She keeps saying, well, the voters can decide. The voters can decide. It's like, nah. But you, what do you say? Surely the voters will decide. You know, you saying that he should step out of the race doesn't guarantee he's going to do it. But the voters will decide ultimately if he stays in the race. But you are, you're okay with, ah, and again, if you become governor, he will be your Attorney General. If he won the race, you're okay with him being your attorney General. Knowing this is how he feels. It just shows, man, when the Bible says the God of this world has blinded their eyes, this is the kind of stuff that the Lord is talking about. You know, it is, it is really exhausting that, that things are often so politicized that we just completely deny any human decency. And it is, it's sad to see that. Then I'm, you know, thinking about Charlie Kirk, man. He would have been 32 years old today. Dude did a lot in a short amount of time, you know, in a short amount of time. And I've said before, there are lots of people who have been saying, well, who's going to be the next Charlie Kirk? And frankly, I don't, I don't think that should be the response. While I am grateful because the Lord in his divine providence, certainly he anoints and exalts certain people in certain ways and elevates them and allows them to have large platforms. And we need godly people who are elevated with large platforms, certainly, but not to the neglect of what each of us are supposed to be about. One of the downsides to having singular individuals is that others become spectators and just, yeah, go. Run, Bobby, run. You know, you won't run. You just want Bobby to run. You know, I truly believe, man, God's desire for us is that every one of us responds to what God is calling us to do, regardless of the size of our, you know, so called platforms or the expansiveness of our perceived impact. And I say perceived impact intentionally because you don't know how broad the impact of your obedience will be, but God does. And so my, I truly hope that as, Charlie Kirk is awarded this Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, and I'm already seeing evidence of it, that there are others that are picking up the mantle people are pressing forward, they are expanding. you know, that's wonderful. But to have the type of endurance that is necessary, that it cannot merely be an emotional response to a moment. As I was saying yesterday, boldness that I'm talking about is produced by the spirit of God. It's not volume based, it's not loud. It is a steady burn that is produced as a result of the spirit of God inside of us. It, it, it manifests itself. Like Jeremiah, you know, who, who was facing all kinds of hostility. People didn't listen to Jeremiah. That's why he's described as a weeping prophet. You know, he writes the book of lamentations, because although he appeals and he appeals and he appeals, people are not listening to him. And naturally, you can imagine the type of discouragement that that could be produced. But then Jeremiah says, but how can I not speak with thus says the Lord? Because it's like a fire shut up in my bones. It's not a fire. He's trying to kindle on the outside. There's a burn that is welling up from the inside of him that's produced by the Lord God Almighty. How can we not respond? It's like fire shut up in our bones. How can I not knock on my neighbor's door to see whether or not my neighbor has eternal life? How can I not take full advantage of the neighborhood while I'm placed in. You know, you know, if you're in a gated community, man, may the Lord lead you to point the way in your gated community. If you happen to be on the block in a not so gated community. Wherever God has planted you, man, let's bloom where God has planted us and live from eternity, for eternity, which drives us to be willing to be poured out like drink offerings in service to our Lord's purposes in our time. That, we live the truth, we love the truth, and we tell the truth because this is what our God requires. Oh, man. This is our time, guys. Let's not miss our moment, folks. Let's not miss our moment. We're going to continue with the program on the other side of this break. We're going to talk about there's a ceasefire deal, but Hamas is crawling out of the tunnels to make statements nonetheless. 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Hamas executed alleged collaborators accused of collaborating with Israeli forces, Reuters reports
>> Abraham Hamilton III: Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here so we saw the 20 remaining living hostages returned to Israel. We saw the ceasefire deal signed not only by President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, but all of the other world leaders, in the Middle east as well as, beyond in the Middle East. Yet as the ceasefire deal was being announced, Reuters has reported that on the same day that this is happening, Hamas took advantage of the circumstances to execute, quote, unquote, alleged collaborators, those who are fellow Arabs in Gaza who they are accusing or have accused of collaborating with the Israeli government. for example, here's what Reuters has reported quote, for now, the show of power from a group the peace plan says will disarm is aimed at rival militias, potential threats inside Gaza and a stark assertion of Hamas's return. Fighters executed men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces with Israeli forces. In one video circulated late Monday, Hamas fighters dragged seven men into a circle of people in Gaza City, forced them to their knees and shot them from behind. Mm. The Washington in quote, that's the Reuters report. Report The Washington Free Beacon has reported that the attackers were members of Hamas's Arrow unit, known for its harsh crackdowns on dissent. Researcher Joe Trusman from the Foundations for Defensive Democracies said the group was, quote, settling scores after resurfacing from hiding. Hamas is circulating propaganda, I would say information, and the whole point is to make a statement. Oh, ah, yeah, Disarm, you say? All right. Analyst Ahmad Sharawi said this, quote, after two years of war, Hamas fighters have crawled out of their tunnels to confront those who oppose them. Clans and militias have challenged Hamas rule and his decision to bring ruin to Gaza. But Hamas clearly plans to keep its weapons, an issue that must be addressed when disarmament talks begin, in quote. Now, if you are familiar, and I know the lying media certainly wouldn't have you familiar with it, this wouldn't be anything new if you recognize how Hamas came to power in Gaza in the first place, because these are the same taxes they employed to take over from the Palestinian Authority in the first place.
Pastor Carl: Hamas is using Islamic doctrine to lie
All right, today again, Pastor Carl, when does President Trump sleep? And, and, and if you, if you have paid attention to history, you won't be surprised that Hamas is doing this. You won't be surprised about their. The, the doctrine of takiya. I know, I know you're not supposed to say that out loud, Abe. You're not supposed to say Takiya out loud. Takiya is an Islamic doctrine that is used by terrorists that says you can flat out lie as long at it as it advances the cause of the uma, as long as it advances the cause of Islamic domination. I'm supposed to act like that. That doesn't exist.
President Trump was asked about Hamas's disarmament during White House roundtable
Well, President Trump was asked about this, not the specifics of this attack, but was asked about Hamas's disarmament because among the peace deals, provisions, the return of Israel's hostages, that Hamas is supposed to disarm as well. To which I say, well, why, why are they demanding these dudes who was convicted of murder already? How is that a part of it? Well, President Trump was asked today at the White House during a roundtable where, where Argentinian presidents President Malay was at the table. And he was said, well, what's, what's the timeline for Hamas to disarm? And I want you to feast your eyes and ears on President Trump's response and you listen for yourself. But it sounds like to me he means what he says listen to and watch clip number five. Clip five, go. How long will it take Hamas m. To disarm?
>> Jeff Chamblee: And can you guarantee that is going to happen?
>> Donald Trump: Well, they're going to disarm. And, Because they said they were going to disarm, and if they don't disarm, we will disarm them.
>> Abraham Hamilton III: How will you do that?
>> Donald Trump: I don't have to explain that to you. But if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. They know I'm not playing games, okay?
>> Abraham Hamilton III: They will disarm or we will disarm them. They know I'm not playing games. Now, I have no doubt President Trump means what he said, but I think President Trump's comments reveals a little something that I think deep down he knows that they said they'll disarm, but the potential exists that they will have to be disarmed. And if they have to be disarmed, what will that take? The reporter said, how will you do that? He said, well, I'm not going to tell you. Which, of course, I mean, hey, reporter, this is our plan. This is how we're going to go about doing it? Of course not, but it certainly does, you know, causes my left eyebrow to go m. And, and, and this is a part of the problem when you negotiate with terrorists. He said first, well, they said they will disarm. That's on one side. Then he says, but if they will not disarm, then we will disarm them. But, which one is it? And, and this, this, this is a part of the complications, man. When you have these conversations with these people now, now for all of those, all of those people who are talking about, you know, the Israelis are, imposing, genocide on Hamas, you think they're going to tell you anything about Hamas executing other Arabs in Gaza? You're going to say anything about that? You think they're going to say anything about that? No, you won't. Because, one, a lot of the lie media is not going to report it, and two, some of the sycophants have already made their commitments, and they're going to believe what they want to believe no matter what anybody says to you says to them. But if you just objectively follow the facts, say, wait a minute, there are people in Gaza who don't want Hamas running Gaza, but they can't speak up because this is what happens to them, and that's why they're doing it publicly. They're trying to reassert themselves by instilling fear in other Arabs first. So I think it's worthy of discussing that. President Trump seems to be aware. He says they will either disarm or they will be Disarmed. That indicates to me that he's aware that an external imposition of disarmament may be necessary. I would suggest to the President, you know, if, y' all know I'm known to give free advice, you know, he asked me what I would suggest to the President that history indicates that Hamas is not going to disarm willingly. I would say to the president, recent events indicate Hamas is not going to willingly disarm. So the whole. They disarm or they will be disarmed. I think there needs to be a little bit more leaning. Leaning on that be disarmed edge. Not, the interesting thing though is this is the wrong time for them to be playing games because President Trump is not auto pin, and he's demonstrated that. And I'm not, certainly, I'm not advocating for American boots on the grounds and things of that nature. I, don't think Prime Minister Netanyahu would have any hesitation, to utilize the IDF to help Hamas honor their agreement.
The Chinese government prohibited Pastor Jin from preaching salvation because China is already utopia
All right. This story, man, is heartbreaking because I'm, I'm hearing it through the eyes of a daughter, a young lady by the name of Grace Gin, who is an American citizen. She is the daughter of a Chinese pastor and a man by the name of Mingri Ezra Jin. He calls himself Ezra. Pastor Jin became a Christian in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. He, after getting saved, he, at first was a pastor in the government sponsored churches of China. But then shortly after being a pastor there, he realized that he cannot practice Christianity faithfully in a, Chinese controlled government church. One of the primary reasons why is that he could not proclaim the gospel in that eternal life is available to Jesus Christ because the Chinese government required him to use the pulpit of a Christian church to promote communism and to promote the Chinese Communist Party. And he was specifically prohibited from preaching the gospel and preaching salvation and eternal life in Jesus Christ because the Chinese government said China is already a utopia. So you don't need to preach to Chinese citizens that there is heaven awaiting you because China is already a, utopia. It's kind of like the Beijing version of your best life. Now, doesn't it kind of sound like that? Isn't that something? Honestly, if I was Joel Osteen reading that, it would cause me to rethink a few things. Sidebar. I'm m just saying the Chinese government prevented Pastor Jin from preaching salvation in Jesus Christ specifically because they said China is already a utopia. They don't need to have hope and Nothing else. We. Your best life is already here. Boy, oh, boy.
Hundreds of Christian pastors in China arrested in coordinated government crackdown
Well, in 2017, after coming to the US for theological training, Pastor Jen started the Zion Christian Church network in China, which is the largest network of underground churches to date in China. He started that in 2017. Well, I'm, bringing this to your attention today because he. In dozens of Christian pastors from a wide geographical region in China, some, you know, miles and miles apart from one another, they were all arrested on the same day in a coordinated government crackdown. Grace Gin, Pastor Jen's daughter, said that she's afraid that this is indicative of more government hostility against Christianity in the country. Because it was so coordinated that you had all of these pastors from all across China, sometimes 1200, 1500 miles away from where they live. And, where they live. Pastors in other areas of the country were all arrested at the exact same time. They were all brought to one central location hundreds of miles away from their hometown. Grace Jen's grandmother attempted yesterday to bring a Bible and diabetes medicine to Pastor Jin, but the government authority refused. Government authorities refused to allow, Grandma to give the medicine to Pastor Jin. The charge from the Chinese government. Y' all gonna get. This is. This is amazing. The charge for the. From the Chinese government is that all of these pastors are accused of illegally disseminating information online. That's it. That's the charge. Illegally disseminating information online. Could this be another wave of persecution of Christians in China? Grace Jin believes it is primarily because of the coordination. She says it was organized. The arrests all across the country were executed at the exact same time. And it also shows that the government has been spying on these pastors for quite some time, because, as I mentioned, these are underground churches. You know, the Chinese government had already physically closed down the Zion, the Zion Church's physical building years ago, which is what forced them underground, years ago. But now they have arrested all these pastors all at once. We've witnessed this in China before. Waves of persecution have been followed by an explosion of conversions and salvations in the country. I expect the same thing to happen now as it's been observed by, church fathers, long before that. Ah, that persecution and martyrdom tends to fuel, the expansion of the Christian faith. but in the meantime, I ask that you would pray for Grace Gin and the families about these. These pastors, because, this is China. There's no due process rights and things of that nature. They don't know when or if they're able to see their family members again. And so this is. This is a difficult time to be a Christian, in China, one of the most, hostile nations of Christianity in the world. You know, open doors, I believe, ranks them as 15th. The 15th most hostile nation in the world. Secretary, of State Marco Rubio immediately condemned China's actions. Actions and called for the Chinese Communist Party to release Pastor Jen. Marco Rubio said. Marco Rubio said, specifically, quote, this crackdown further demonstrates how the CCP exercises hostility towards Christians who reject party interference in their faith and choose to work, worship at unregistered house churches, and call for Pastor Jen's immediate release. Please pray for the church in China and around the world.
>> Jeff Chamblee: The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
