It's Criminal Now
October 30, 2019
00:00:59
The Hamilton Minute is a power packed 60 seconds where we tackle the issues of the day through the lens of God’s Word. You don’t want to miss a moment of it.
“For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” Luke 8:17 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The Justice Department has shifted its review of the Russia probe from an administrative probe to a criminal investigation.
The criminal query is examining what led the U.S. to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign and the roles that various countries played in the U.S. probe. It is also investigating whether the surveillance methods and intelligence gathering methods used against the president were legal and appropriate.
The criminal designation gives prosecutors subpoena power, power to impanel a grand jury, compel witness testimony, and bring federal criminal charges.
“Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things.” 2 Peter 1:12 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to a recent poll by the Campaign for Free Speech, 51% of respondents want to see the First Amendment rewritten to “reflect the cultural norms of today.”
Nearly 60% go Millennials—respondents between 21 and 38 years old—agreed that the Constitution “goes too far in allowing hate speech in modern America” and should be rewritten.
This is the product of regressive domination in American education. They’ve seized the levers of power and created a populace ignorant of the intrinsic necessity of free speech to a free people.
As A.G. Barr said, this isn’t societal decay. It is organized destruction.
“But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.” James 2:9 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Senator Josh Hawley has filed the HIRE Act), which would move 90 percent of the federal bureaucracy away from D.C.
It would move the Department of Agriculture to Missouri, the Department of Education to Tennessee, the Commerce to Pennsylvania, the Department of Energy to Kentucky, HHS to Indiana, HUD to Ohio, the Department of the Interior to New Mexico, Labor to West Virginia, Department of Transportation to Michigan, and the VA to South Carolina.
The Agriculture Department move alone would save taxpayers $300 million over fifteen years due to lower real estate prices, lower cost of living, and increased employee retention.
“She took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.” Genesis 3:6(b) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Genesis 3 records for us the cataclysmic rebellion against God in the Garden of Eden. The entire episode, Eve’s entertainment of the sensual lies of the talking snake, the deceptive twisting of God’s word, all of it transpired with Adam standing right there.
Adam was the one to whom God entrusted his word to originally, Adam was the one God charged with cultivating and protecting the garden and his wife.
Yet he stood there silent.
Men, let us not repeat Adam’s sin of present absence.
Stand on God’s word and defend your gardens!
“Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” Romans 5:12 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
A popular effort in social revisionism is happening where “racism,” which is better described in Biblical terms as skin-color-based partiality, is a crime of which only people with lighter skin color can be guilty.
Let’s be clear, factions, divisions, and dissensions, including those based on skin color, are the fruit of the sinful flesh.
The root cause of partiality is sin.
Every person, regardless of the quantity of melanin in their skin, is capable of partiality.
The only remedy for sin is the blood of Jesus Christ.
“"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.” Genesis 1:28 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to the most recent reports provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers looked at fertility rates for women of all age groups and ethnicities and found the nationwide rate was 16% lower than what is needed for a population to replace itself.
There has been much discussion about the demographic winter in various European countries. Well, that demographic winter has reached the United States.
The first command God gave mankind in scripture was “be fruitful.” But, man has the penchant to fancy his own ways over God’s.
Rejecting God’s ways always carries severe consequences.
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
In celebration of “National Coming Out Day,” the Van Buren Middle School in Kettering, OH, invited an actor to an all-school assembly to “relate his experience “believing he was “gay” back in 6th grade. And now he encourages students to embrace their own homosexual feelings.
He did this to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. To add insult to injury, the students’ parents had no advance notice this assemble would occur.
Efforts to indoctrinate our children aren’t limited to California.
This is psychological molestation!
We must protect our children!
“Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.” 2 Timothy 3:5 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Today some professing Christians assert that Critical Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Intersectionality are helpful tools for the Church. These people have an appearance of godliness, but their assertions deny the sufficiency of God’s Word to guide the Church in living out the reconciliation Jesus secured for us on the cross.
Make no mistake, as Paul told Timothy, the God-breathed Scripture is sufficient for teaching, for correction, for training in righteousness.
Those who have an appearance of godliness, but deny the power of God’s Word for doctrine and practice must be identified and avoided.
“What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.” Genesis 4:10 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to the World Health Organization, abortion was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2018. As of December 31, 2018, 41.9 million babies were murdered in the womb last year.
That is more than the 8.2 million people who died from cancer in 2018, more than the 5 million who died from smoking, and more than the 1.7 million who died from HIV/Aids in 2018 globally COMBINED!!!
Thomas Jefferson once said, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”
LORD, please strengthen us to abolish this wickedness!
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.” Psalm 139:13 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
According to a recent study published by the Christian Post, 76.3% of all abortions are obtained by “God-fearing” women—with 68.7% who identify themselves as Christian women; and 18% of all abortions obtained by self described “born-again” or “evangelical” women.
A corresponding Care Net study found that many women with unplanned pregnancies go silently from the church pew to the abortion clinic, convinced the church would gossip rather than help.
America’s greatest need is repentance. When the hearts of the American people turn to God, everything else will be impacted.
“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” John 12:32 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Full weaponization of the federal government to crush a political opponent, politicians and a political party that bill themselves as pro-life while refusing to actually do what’s in their power to stop the killing of little babies, the successful and unrelenting advance of Regressivism…
All of these are signs that our national condition is not merely a natural phenomenon. It is spiritual.
Civic engagement without spiritual engagement produces political roller coasters. National course correction will only come by national repentance. We must elevate Him.
“"Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” Luke 19:5 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
When their mom passed the Landau brothers of NJ had a garage sale to clear out their mom’s house, but they decided to keep a few things including mom’s old creepy painting of a woman passed out in a chair and two men trying to revive her.
Fast forward to their estate auction and the brothers found themselves fielding bids from France and Germany for the painting.
Turns out it was a long lost Rembrandt that ultimately sold for $1.1 million.
A trained eye spots value where others don’t.
“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth…” Ephesians 4:16 (KJV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
It's not by chance that Jesus refers to his Church as “The Body.” Just as it is with our physical bodies every member has a distinct role and function to fulfill.
Unfortunately, in the era of celebrity Christianity we’ve reduced the concept of ministry solely to what occurs in what is often little more than Sunday productions and performances.
The key to thriving in God’s Kingdom is understanding that every member in The Body of Christ is vital called to ministry.
They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?"
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
These words were shared between Cleopas and his companion on the seven mile walk from Jerusalem to Emmaus as Jesus, in resurrected form, used the Hebrew scriptures to reveal himself to them as the Messiah.
There are at least 109 distinct biblical prophecies the Messiah has to fulfill. The mathematical probability of such a feat occurring is astoundingly absurd. Yet that absurdity is satisfied in Jesus the Messiah.
Come let us adore Him.
“Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail.” 1 Samuel 17:38 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
40 days of twice daily taunting from Goliath sent Saul and the Israelite army reeling in fear. But David’s passion for YHWH, conviction, and full persuasion stirred King Saul.
When people are on fire for God it often provokes others to glob on to that fire.
But we must be careful to resist the well-meaning overtures of the flame-less by-standers.
Saul meant well, but his armor couldn’t help. It would only slow David down.
"Salt [is] good: but if the salt has lost its savour, how will it be seasoned?” Luke 14:34 (NKJV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.
Matt Walsh wrote a piece for the Daily Wire where he said, "The contemporary American Christian is the most open-minded person to have ever existed. He’s so open minded you can hardly tell he’s Christian, or has a mind at all…
He has for a long time been open to the idea that marriage isn’t permanent and sex isn’t meant exclusively for marriage. He’s basically open to whatever notions are popular…
He is open, and where he is not open, he is silent."
“And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.” Mark 11:13 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.
From a distance, the fig leaves gave Jesus the impression that there was fruit on the tree. Upon closer inspection, the tree was fruitless.
Perfect church attendance and ministry activity cannot replace actual Christ-like fruit produced in our lives.
From a distance, it can appear as though we’re bearing fruit but what would we find with a closer look?
Are we content with fruitful appearance or do we yearn for the real thing?
“Then Elisha prayed and said, 'O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see…'” Excerpt from 2 Kings 6:17 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Corner.
One morning, Elisha’s young servant went out first thing and saw the Syrian army surrounding Elisha’s home town. The servant was racked with fear and cried out to Elisha, “What will we do?” Elisha said, “Don’t be afraid. There are more with us than are with them.” Then Elisha prayed, "LORD, open this young man’s eyes.” The servant then saw mountain full of horses and chariots of fire!
As opposition mounts in our lives, fear not, the LORD - who is in us and with us - is greater than the hostility present in the world.
“Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” John 15:2
My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute.
No one likes to suffer difficult circumstances. In this era of easy believe-ism it's often conveyed, “If life isn’t always smooth we’re doing something wrong.”
The Scripture teaches us, however, that our LORD often meets fruitful branches with additional pruning. The pruning is not punishment. It's actually to make us even more fruitful.
If you’re in a rough spot right now, take heart. What may feel like the squeeze to end all squeezes could very well be the LORD’s pruning for additional fruitfulness.
When the LORD prunes us He does so for our good.
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Psalm 119:89 (ESV)
My name is Abraham Hamilton III, and this is the Hamilton Minute.
The American republic was founded on the principle that rights are given to us by God, not man. As a result, men nor government can take them away. That’s why our Declaration of Independence refers to our rights as inalienable rights.
Government’s role then is to protect the rights that God has given to us.
The first freedom listed in the bill of rights, which government is entrusted to protect, is religious liberty. The founders did this because they know that free exercise of religion is the fulcrum for all liberty.
Wherever the flame of religious liberty is extinguished, all liberty is imperiled.
