The Hamilton Minute

“Furthermore, you shall select… able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain.” Exodus 18:21 (NASB).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Joe Biden stood before an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations and bragged about getting Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin fired.

The cover story carried by the media was that Shokin was fired in an effort to stamp out corruption.

While stumping for Biden in Iowa, former Secretary of State John Kerry was recorded on video saying he, Biden, former President Barack Obama and his entire administration were working to get Shokin fired to help Ukraine win its revolution against Russia.

Did Kerry reveal that the Obama administration fought an unauthorized proxy war against Russia?

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Matthew 19:5 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

With this statement Jesus affirmed what He’d already said in Genesis 1 and 2 and defined marriage for all time. Contrary to the protestations of the nouveau critical theorists, the nuclear family consisting of a married father and mother is not a western sociological prescription or construct.

Marriage did not originate in the west.  It’s origin isn’t suburban America.

It started in Genesis, in the Garden of Eden.  Marriage is God’s idea.  Therefore, He alone defines it.  If you don’t like it, your problem is with God… not me.

“And you will know the truth.” John 8:32(a) (NASB).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Actor Jussie Smollett has now been indicted by Cook County Special Prosecutor Dan Webb on six counts related to the hate crime hoax he staged last January.

The indictment charges Smollett with making four separate false reports to Chicago Police Department Officers.

A Cook County Judge has also signed a search warrant ordering Google to turn over a trove of documentation from Smollett and his manager’s Google accounts which may include communications between Smollet’s camp and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office after the original charges against Smollett were abruptly dismissed.

It looks like Jussie and those who obstructed justice before are in caldron of hot water now.

“Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace.” Daniel 5:5(a) (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Socialist Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Democrat Presidential frontrunner after his New Hampshire primary win.  However, if you look at the numbers more closely you’ll see something encouraging.

Sanders 1st place vote percentage combined with Liewatha Warren’s 4th place finish total only 34.9% of the votes. 65% of New Hampshire Democrat primary participants voted against outright socialism.

Now is the time to boldly and passionately advocate for capitalism as the economic system that has lifted the largest number of people in human history from poverty.

Some Democrats will be persuaded.

“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.

“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” Proverbs 16:6 (KJV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute.

We live in a day when churches are filled with people ready to hear and receive God’s mercy. Unfortunately, however, it is often accompanied by a de-emphasis or concealment of the truth of God’s Word.

Paul, the salvation-by-grace-through-faith Apostle, was asked if salvation is solely a product of grace what benefit then does the law provide. Paul responded, “Without the law, I wouldn’t have known God’s righteous standard and how far away from it I was.”

Any presentation of God’s mercy absent of God’s truth is no Gospel at all. 

Iniquity is purged by mercy and truth.

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.

“Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' This is a desert place” Acts 8:26.

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

At the height of a Holy Spirit outpouring in Samaria, where the Gospel was being preached with great power and droves of people were converting to follow Christ, the LORD instructed Philip to leave Samaria and head south to Gaza.

Philip didn’t know a divine appointment awaited him. 

Through his ministry to the Ethiopian Eunuch, the Gospel would spread to Africa.

He left the crowd. To serve one.

I call this step down faith. It's easy to step up for the attention and applause of the masses, but do we have step down faith?

“Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise.” Proverbs 17:28 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

In a harrowing display of economic illiteracy, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broached the subject of the evil billionaires.

She went on to say she didn’t want billionaires’ money “as much as we want your power.”  When people tell you who they are believe them.

Stop me if this sounds familiar… socialists want to take power from the people they seek to lead.

Throughout history we consistently see socialists wrest power from the people they want to control by any means necessary.

If we refuse to learn from history we’re doomed to repeat it.

“For people will be lovers of self.” 2 Timothy 3:2(b) (CSB).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Vicky Spratt is a feminist writer for the women’s lifestyle site, Refinery 29. She gave voice to collective feminist angst in an emotional, several-thousand-word, essay bemoaning the men who refuse to pursue romantic relationships with so- called “woke” women.

She went on to spout the entire panoply of cultural marxist tropes, blaming men for everything from murder and racism on to the continued oppression of the entire female sex (to the extent the sex still exists of course).

She literarily conveyed her utter disdain for men, yet remains stunned that men don’t want a woman who hates men?

Go figure.

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34(b) (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

During opening statements by the Impeachment managers from the House of Representatives of the floor of the Senate Chamber, Congressman Adam Schiff spoke long enough to reveal the true objective of the impeachment charade.

Schiff said,

The President’s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won.

His comments once again confirm that the entire impeachment charade is an effort to create the only election results he and his regressive acolytes can trust… the ones when they win.

This sham is their train to 2020… it’s their only hope.

“But Jesus called for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them.” Luke 18:16(a) (NASB).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Planned Parenthood’s annual report revealed the baby butchery admittedly slaughtered 345,672 innocent children in… fiscal year 2019.  Their report also showed they received $616.8 million from American tax payers in fiscal year 2019.

Both numbers are the highest single year totals since the bloody organization was founded over a century ago.

We cannot tolerate what God says is abominable. Regulating murder won’t cut it.  We must agree with God and demand that baby murder is abolished in our nation now!

“When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb.” Luke 1:41 (a) (NASB).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

President Trump is the first sitting president in U.S. history to speak live at the March for Life in Washington D.C.

In the 47 years of the march’s history, none of the Republican presidents then in office have seen fit to grace its stage. An obvious decision was made to maintain a degree of separation from the pro-lifers.

Perhaps now, feckless Republican politicians will have the courage to stand up for innocent children and recognize the pro-life position isn’t one to shrink away from… that is… if they believe what they campaign on.

There were added that day about 3000 souls. 

My name is Abraham Hamilton III and this is the Hamilton Minute. 

The day of Pentecost concluded with 3000 converts being added to the initial body of 120 believers.  Then that 3120 spent time together daily going to the temple and interacting in each other’s homes. They devoted themselves continually to the apostle’s teaching, fellowship, sharing meals together and praying together.

The 3120 that made up the early church came from Turkey, the middle east and Africa, and included Arabs and Romans.  In addition to the geographic and ethnic diversity, they also spoke different languages.  Yet they were made one family in Christ Jesus. 

Scripture has the answer to the issues we face today.

“And Moses said, ‘I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned’” Exodus 3:3. 

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

In the burning bush encounter Scripture records that it began as Moses kept Jethro’s flock Exodus 3:1.

“When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, 'Moses, Moses!' And he said, 'Here I am'" Exodus 3:4.

Notice, God didn’t speak to Moses until He gave full attention to what God was trying to show him.

Diligent attention to daily duty is necessary.  We must be careful, however, not to allow duty to become an idol.  Are our hearts still sensitive to God? Can God still get our attention?

For just as the body is one and has many members and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For the body does not consist of one member but of many 1 Corinthians 12:12, 14 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

Look briefly at one of your fingers. You’ve just witnessed one of the greatest displays of God’s creative intent there is. No other person in all the world, even an identical twin, shares your fingerprint.

God specifically designed each of us to be unique. That means we shouldn’t try to carbon copy anyone else in the Christian faith.

If God made you an arm in His body or a kneecap, praise be to our glorious God for drawing us to become a part of His body.

How freeing it is to realize that we were never meant to copy anyone – but Jesus.