The Father's Love
February 16, 2023
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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.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him." Luke 15:20 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
When the the Prodigal Son parable is discussed the focus is usually placed on the young son who squandered his inheritance, yet returned home when “he came to himself.” But, if you look closely at the biblical text you will see it actually reveals the inexhaustible love of The Father.
Jesus’ story-telling reveals that this was no usual earthly father. When the young son squandered all, brought shame upon himself and his family, The Father sees him from a distance, runs to him and restores him. That’s our heavenly Father.
"Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but [only] one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41(b)-42 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
After Jesus resurrected their brother, Lazarus, Martha and Mary, hosted a dinner party in their Bethany home. You can imagine the excitement and the buzz that swirled through the town and the number of people who came because the Rabbi had returned.
Martha busied herself with preparations. Mary sat at Jesus’s feet, basking in his teaching.
Life’s demands can easily consume our focus, but one thing is necessary: that we remain at Jesus’ feet, anchored in His word!
“And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.” Acts 19:22 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
As Apostle Paul navigated torrential ministerial waters in Ephesus, he sent Timothy and Erastus ahead of him as an advance team to Macedonia. Paul also includes Erastus as one who greeted the church at Rome in Romans 16:23 in which Paul described Erastus’ job as the City Treasurer in Corinth.
In 1929, archeologists in Corinth discovered a mid-1st century latin inscription that read “Erastus in return for his aedileship laid the pavement at his own expense.” The modern equivalent of a 1st century aedile would be a City Manager.
The Bible is trustworthy!
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” Luke 10:2(a) (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
At 4:11 p.m. February 5th, prior to its live airing of the 65th Grammy Awards, CBS tweeted “We are ready to worship!” This was in response to a tweet from self-described non-binary singer Sam Smith, who later rendered a perverted performance of a song titled “Unholy” in which he depicted himself as the devil… literally.
No one should be surprised that CBS and the Grammy’s celebrate perversion and Satan worship. The scriptures told us this was coming.
It should spur Christ-followers to again recognize the Bible is true and that the harvest is plentiful. Let’s work.
“Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.” Psalm 127:1 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), informed reporters that the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina was up to 200 feet tall, weighed “in excess of a couple thousand pounds,” and seemingly carried explosives “to detonate and destroy the balloon.”
It was first spotted in Alaska and we let it drift across our national mainland, including sensitive defense sites collecting who knows what.
This gives new meaning to “Chinese Inflation."
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.” 1 Peter 2:9(a) (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
When the the Spirit of God penned those words through Apostle Peter he meant every bit of them. Christ-following is distinct from the world. Christ-followers must look different from the world.
We shouldn’t be surprised then, when the world does not understand us and demonizes our faith. Jesus said, the student is not above the teacher. The world hated Jesus. We mustn’t be surprised when the world hates us.
We are called to be peculiar. Understand it. Embrace it. Get comfortable with it. Get used to it.
We are in the world, but not of the world.
Stay peculiar my friends.
“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.” Jeremiah 1:1-2 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Jeremiah descended from a priestly lineage in Judah. He grew up in Anathoth, about 2-4 miles northeast of Jerusalem, where the temple was located. He began ministering prophetically about 627 B.C., during the 13th year of King Josiah’s reign. This is about 5 years before Josiah began Judah’s spiritual reformation.
It is very likely that Josiah’s reformation was influenced by Jeremiah’s preaching.
“He who walks with wise [men] will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.” Proverbs 13:20 (NKJV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The American Enterprise Institute conducted an empirical study to understand the decline of religious faith in America. They concluded,
The data seem to show the main driver of secularization in the United States is government spending on education and control over the curricular content taught in schools.
Why? Because,
Children learn more at school than reading, writing, and arithmetic. They imbibe a whole set of implied assumptions about what’s important in life. Faith in God becomes a sort of optional weekend hobby akin to playing tennis or video games.
And our taxes dollars pay for it.
“Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.” Isaiah 59:14 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
An important, yet underdressed, fact in the Biden classified documents scandal is that the Department of Justice entered into an agreement with Mr. Biden’s personal attorneys, dating back to November 2, 2022, concerning the search for and handling of the illegally possessed classified documents.
This executive collaboration helps to explain why the illegal possession of the documents, initially discovered prior to the 2022 midterm elections, was kept from the American People for nearly three months. They spent that time to develop and implement their coordinated PR rollout.
Lawlessness abounds where Truth is rejected.
“Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.” Ezekiel 3:9 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The legal persecution of Jack Phillips continues. The Coloradan partially vindicated by the U.S. Supreme Court for standing fast in his commitment to God’s design for marriage when refused to make a custom cake celebrating a homosexual wedding is now before the Colorado Court of Appeals.
The state court has ruled that Jack has now violated Colorado’s non-discrimination law by refusing to make a custom cake celebrating transgenderism.
“Tolerance” was never the goal of LGBTQIAP+ activism. Submission to rebellion is.
“Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.” Isaiah 59:14 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a statement announcing the Marshal of the Supreme Court and her staff have not identified who leaked the draft of the Dobbs opinion that later overturned Roe v. Wade.
The statement said the Marshal’s team had “been unable to identify a suspect by a preponderance of the evidence." All that is legally required, however, to identify and arrest a criminal suspect is probable cause. “Preponderance of the evidence” can only be determined by a judge or jury in a courtroom.
This smacks of a coverup.
“That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.” Ephesians 4:14 (KJV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Project Veritas has publicized an undercover video of Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer’s Director of mRNA Scientific Planning, saying the company is exploring intentional mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through directed evolution in order to develop future vaccines.
He said, it will be a cash cow for Pfizer for years to come.
Intentionally create increasingly dangerous viruses soooo you can produce vaccines…. for the viruses you’ve created… for profit. Pfizer wouldn’t do that… would they?
“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” Psalm 51:17 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
I will represent the American Family Association this Wednesday at the Museum of the Bible during the National Gathering of Prayer and Repentance where I will join Tony Perkins, Anne Graham Lotz, Pastor Jim Garlow, Congressman Mike Johnson and many other Pastors, Ministry Leaders and elected officials as we cry out to the LORD in repentance for our nation.
Repentance is our most desperate national need! You can watch the prayer meeting Wednesday morning, February 1st, at 7:30 a.m. CT at praydc.org, that is praydc.org.
“And you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Acts 1:8(b) (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The 128th Psalm explains it is the individual who’s been transformed by the power of God who then builds the transformed family. Transformed families build transformed churches. Transformed churches build transformed communities and transformed communities impact the broader society.
The way forward in America is repentance and living locally. Focus intensely on your families, your local church, and your local community.
What goes on in your house is far more important that what happens in the White House.
Great commission execution must begin in Jerusalem.
“Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.” Proverbs 14:34 (NASB).
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” Revelation 21:1-2 (ESV).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
The city lies foursquare. Its length, width, and height all equal: 1,380 miles for each dimension.
The city’s wall is 216 feet high. Twelve gates surround the city, with each gate made of a single pearl.
Streets of gold so pure their translucent.
No need for a sun. God’s glory light’s the city.
No tears. No pain.
I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 (NASB).
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Have you ever seen one of those track and field events where the runner starts out in blazing fashion, leading the pack for majority of the race, only to stumble just before reaching the finish line?
Starting the race well and running well are vitally important, but if we don’t finish the race well, all else can be overthrown.
The Apostle Paul penned those words, having fought the good fight, right on to the end as he faced imminent execution under Nero’s sword.
Let us all brothers and sisters set our courses to finish well.
The borrower is slave to the lender.
My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.
Prior to the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, over 80% of American families were debt free.
Today, over 80% of the American people are saddled with debt.
I was asked recently asked what advice I could offer in the midst of the national tension we currently face. One of the things I said in response was to work toward getting completely out of debt.
So much fruitfulness and faithfulness to God has been robbed from us due to the impact of crushing debt.
One of the best things you can do for your family right now is to become debt-free.
