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The government indoctrination system has been the primary vehicle used to dumb down our nation and blunt our discernment. Can we reverse it?

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As election season reaches its climax, Abraham Hamilton, III and his wife, Maria, turn to a question that reaches beyond the ballot box: How can families raise young people who are wise, discerning, and prepared to live out their faith?

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    Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite. Delivery people out of the bondage of mainstream media. And the philosophies of this world. God has called you and me to be his ambassador. Even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment. And now, the Hamilton Corner. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Hamilton Corner here on American Family Radio. I'm your host, Abraham Hamilton, III. Joined by the produced extraordinaire, often imitated, never duplicated the real J. Mac. And we are ready to rock and roll with today's edition of the program. We are just a few days away. Tuesday next week is election day, but of course now we're in election season. And so those of you who have not voted yet, I encourage you to develop your plan, set your day, set your course. It's actually a great opportunity for you to bring your children to let them experience what it's like to cast a ballot in the free society while we still came. It is something that is unique in human history. There are still, still many people around the world who would love to be able to do what we get the opportunity to do here in the next few days. It's been interesting. Those have been predicting a blue wave. The early voting returns don't seem to support that. I guess I should mention that I'll be participating. I'll do an interview during AFR's election night coverage. That'll be next Tuesday evening. So after this program ends at 6 p.m. Central time, the election night coverage will begin and I will return to the airwaves later that evening, Tuesday night to participate in the Air Force Election Night coverage.

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    So make your plans to cast your ballot so that your desire to shape our nation will be registered. 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, understanding the primacy that God places on family. I also want to remind you that while we are standing on the precipice of the culmination of the midterm election season, and can't say election night anymore, I want to remind you that what goes on in your house is far more important than what goes on in the White House. So I know what's happening on November 3rd, but do you have a planning strategy that you will implement on November 4th? Have you considered what it is that you will do thereafter? How are you navigating your responsibility? If you're listening to your husband and a father, how are you navigating your responsibility to be the head of your household, the head of your wife, the head of your family? How are you navigating that? Are you drifting along in it or are you intentionally discharging your duty? If you are a wife, how are you engaging? Are you a functionally a disciple or are you a disciple and name only? These are things we have to navigate and we have to consider well because, because the way that America has become what she is at this juncture is the product of discipleship. discipleship is a constant meaning that it is going to happen. The question is who will do the disciple in what is the substantive communication in that discipleship and in which direction will the discipleship take place? Because Jesus told us that a student when fully trained that student will be like his or her teacher. What is happening in our society is that we're producing generations of our fellow countrymen who are reflecting the quality or lack thereof of their source of discipleship.

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    That's what's happening, folks. But if we welcome the Lord to get ahold of us in our families, you know, we don't realize it but one of the most potent forces for righteousness that God has created is the family. But for far too long, we have outsourced, generally speaking, we've outsourced our responsibility to make disciples in our home. And yet we whack surprised when those students become fully trained that they are not like us necessarily, but they like their teachers. And as the late voting back, I'm often said that we cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for discipleship, I would add, yet we, yet whack surprise when they come home to us as Romans. You want to talk about mic drop? That, that, that is a mic drop. To the word of God, we go Proverbs chapter 13, Proverbs chapter 13, verses one through Proverbs chapter 13 verses 1 through 5. I'll read the text and then we'll dig into it a little bit. Verse 1, a wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life. He who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. The soul of the sluggered craze and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace. The first verse, a wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. I wanted to present this text this evening because I like many of you have heard over and over and over again and there's there's no manual for parenting there's no pant manual for rearing children to which I would offer an objection objection because God's word is replete with wisdom guidance and counsel particularly for the parent and child relationship. I'm not saying the Bible is exhaustive in its presentation but But the Bible is filled with guidance as pertains to the parent-child relationship.

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    Here, this very chapter of Proverbs begins with the communication to a son that says a wise son hears his father's instruction. So you have the proverb presenting several things right at the very beginning of the text that we share today of this verse. First of all, it communicates the notion that it is a reliable possibility for a son to be wise. This is a point that I drive home consistently when I get to speak at conferences around the country, homeschooling conferences as well, is that we have to get out of this notion where we accept the world's example and expectations for our children. That adolescence does not have to be synonymous with foolishness, then have to be. Right? You do about Daniel and his friends when they arrived in Babylon. The Bible says that they had the qualities of wisdom, understanding science, understanding knowledge, having the capacity to offer advice to monarchs upon arrival. But in order to enjoy that type of qualitative existence, we not only have to have a change to transformed expectation about children, but we have to have a transformed expectation of us as parents. If we want to have wise children, we have to offer our children wisdom. That offering includes first and foremost, the way we live, our manner of living. Secondarily, our intention no offerings to them. Our intention of offerings to them. We have lots of people that have to talk about, you know, will this government school system fail, this system failed? What does the Bible say? Fathers, rear children in the pidea and nutisia of the Lord, meaning that we are responsible ultimately.

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    So if there's a failed system, why do we keep sending our children to the failed system? Why? Why? Why? How we have an entire generation of people that are susceptible to the lies of the Marxist, to the lies of the Islamist, because darkness is not an affirmative force, but it reoccupies the space that is vacated by the light. Here you have the scripture continuing to verse one. wise son hears his father's instruction. The word instruction here in Hebrew includes within it the notion of discipline and rebuke. How do we know that? First of all, even if you don't know the Hebrew text, we know that because the next phrase in this verse goes on to say, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. So what is being contrasted here is the wise son and the scoffer, right? The wise son hears his father's instruction which includes rebuke, but the scoffer does not listen to rebuke. So guess what that entails. The notion of discipline is primarily your fatherly responsibility. Discipline is primarily a father's responsibility. Now do you see why it's so grotesque that we have such a high percentage of children, especially in certain demographics that are being born into families where the fathers are not married to the mothers and living in the home with the child. Every mother in this audience will more than likely tell you that when a father says something particularly in the way of instruction or in the way of rebuke, it's often received a little bit differently than when it comes from mom. Is it because of the size of the man and the base in the voice? Those things could be contributing factors, but can I tell you something? I would submit to you that it's a feature of divine design. God has designed fathers to carry the weight and responsibility of discipline.

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    This scripture also prepares a notion, or should I say presents the notion, in contrast in the wise son from the scoffer. Some children can become scoffers. This is what the scripture is presenting to us. He goes on next in the second verse to describe from the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good but the desire of the treacherous. The desire of the treacherous is for violence, is for violence. Contrary to the gentle parenting crowd and the Marxist crowd that want to deny the reality of human nature and the sinfulness of man's nature, there are people who truly want violence. I've explained to you numerous times that Moses Mordecai Marx, also known as Karl Marx, is not the originator of what would be described as identity and a communitarian thought, socialistic thought, his contribution to the socialistic panoply was a utilization of violence as a tool to accomplish the Marxist agenda. There are some people who want violence. Verse three goes on to describe the governing of one's mouth. Verse three, whoever guards his mouth preserves his life. Whoever guards his mouth, preserves his life. The exercise of self-control over one's mouth is a life preserver, the scripture says. But he who does not have self-control over his mouth, or as this text says, he opens wide his lips, comes to ruin.

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    Verse four, the soul of the slugger craze and gets nothing. Boy, if that does not exemplify modern society. We got a bunch of people that had walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked, but they're wanting from couches and they're wanting from seats and they're wanting does not reflect itself in their willingness to work. But the scripture says while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied, diligence is something that must and should be cultivated in the home first and foremost. First five, the righteous hates falsehood. Distain for lies is intrinsic to righteousness. Intrinsic to righteousness. Distain for lies is intrinsic to righteousness. But the wicked brings shame and disgrace. My simple point from all of this is that God has ordained parenthood as a station of mission. and we parents have to understand and embrace that it is our responsibility to train, to disciple, to evangelize, and to catechize our children. There is no one better for your children than you. There is no one better for my children than my wife and I. This is God's design. Hello, I'm Abraham Hamilton, III. Did you know that this content is listener supported? Without people like you, this podcast would not exist. That's why we need you. A generous monthly gift of any amount will help sustain American Family Radio, and specifically this podcast.

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    Please consider becoming a monthly financial partner today by visiting aFR.net slash GIF. That's aFR.net slash GIF. Shiting light into the darkness, this is the Hamilton Corner, an American family radio. Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton the third here joined by my lovely wife, Maria Hamilton the first. Hey, we began the conversation today during the program from the book of Proverbs chapter 13 and describing the fact that God gives us guidance in his word, whether it's either scripture, on point or a principle from the text that aids us in navigating the parent child relationships. Some people try to say there's not try to say people have said there's no manual on parenting while I understand what they mean. by that notion to assert that the scripture, say differently, to assert that God has not given us guidance in his word to govern our parent-children relationships. That's just an expression in either ignorance or it's a malicious expression because the scripture gives us all kinds of wisdom. But I wanted to have this conversation with you because midterms, election, election season We'll culminate Tuesday next week, and we have lots of younger people that are voting, and you and I have even asked somebody in counters recently that have left us greatly concerned for many different reasons, but I want to begin the conversation with you with this question. Can we rear a generation of young people who have the discernment necessary to understand and the times that we are in, as the first chronicle says, and to know what we should do. Is that possible? So I will just respond with the question, can we as adults be equipped to be able to discern the times?

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    Scripturally, biblically Christians, the answer is yes. So therefore, whatever applies to adults applies to children, I think we limit, we unfortunately throughout history, in the United States for sure, church history, meaning the Christian history in the country, We've limited and compartmentalize how we apply scripture. So we really think that the scripture, the meatiness, the weightiness, the heaviness of scripture, how to live life, how to implement the scriptures, applies only to those of us that have passed, I don't know, 25 or something. And then we leave the young ones to coloring sheets. We give them crackers and juice, and we say go play in the playground that we build in our churches, and we are not equipping them. The same thing that we need, The same understanding biblical exegesis, the understanding of studying scripture that we need as adults to implement what God has given us. All of the principles that you're explaining, all of the commands that God gives that we should embrace, receive, and obey are the same ones that children need. And I just get frustrated with that because I'm like, man, we expect them to automatically at 30 be able to vote wisely. When we have not equipped them to be able to reason properly from scripture, we have not been able to, we have not taught them the authority of scripture, like how we are to submit to it, why we're to submit to it, who God is, what his character is like, what he expects of us, we don't teach them these things, we don't equip them as they are being formed, and then we expect wise decision-making when they're adults. We expect obedience and implementation of scripture. We expect them to be able to understand what is happening. We expect them, as we expect adults already, to be able to discern right from wrong, good from evil, what is happening in our nation, how it's not a light switch that's turned on. We are to pour into them scriptural truths, help them to understand how to reason from God's perspective, just like we ourselves are training ourselves to learn to do, you know what I mean? Like as we are studying scripture, as we're being transformed by the Spirit of God, children can receive that from young.

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    Yeah, you mentioned third, I hope they have a way before 30. I know, but you know. For some reason now, 30s, what is it? the new 18 or something like, I know, but that is so, and that's another discerning point. Like, why are we saying that 30-year-olds are adults and 20-year-olds are too young? Oh, it's just a kid. No, they're not, you know? Oh, it's frustrating. No, they're not. And so you said something that is profound, that I want to revisit. And this is something, you weren't even here. You didn't know I said it, but man, if she draw oneness and the oneness of the Spirit of God, that if we're going to have an appropriate estimation for children, like in Proverbs 13, verse one, the text begins by saying a wise son. So it is presenting the notion that a father can have a son that is wise. It does not limit that reality to a particular age. So you can say, well, yes, certainly when my son is an adult, I want him to be wise, but the scripture does not preclude the notion that you can have a wise son who is an adolescent. Yes. And not only does it not preclude it, we have examples. Daniel and his friends, the scripture talked about their capacity to understand science, being knowledgeable, being wise, being handsome, being good-looking, you know, but having the ability to be cabinet advisors to monarchs, they arrived in Babylon with that ability. But in order for us to enjoy the phenomenon of having wise adolescents that require, yes, us to have an upgraded and elevated expectation of our young ones, but it also must be preceded by an upgraded expectation of us as adults. Yeah, I think scripture gives us plenty of examples of this. One that comes to my mind is the Borean believers, the Borean Jews, specifically when Paul went to go speak to them in Acts 17. And it says that they heard, they understood what he was saying, and then they went back and said, whoa, whoa, wait, let me look it up and see if it's a man. Which gives you the understanding, and it's just like that one little phrase, that one or two verses before he even goes to Athens, but we, for Paul goes to Athens, but in that you get a glimpse into the condition of the of the Korean Jews, where not only do they go back and study it, but they discerned that what Paul was saying was true, and they brought that and said, wait, let me go, and let me confirm so that I can own what Paul is saying.

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    It's not just what Paul preaches, right? It becomes who they are. Can we raise children in our homes that when they're launched, right? When they're ready to go and beat back the darkness, that they have that ability already at 12 and 13 and 15 and 16. Yes, yes, yes. And not because we prefer it or because we like it or because we even are seeing it in our home, but because the scripture does not, like you said, put in qualifiers. A son, a son is wise. God says seek wisdom and he will give it to us. Yes, his word makes wise the simple. And it is not just the adults who are simple that sequism that it's his people. And so the children that are being raised in our homes can be indeed wise. Now, one of the things, and man, Romans 12 gives us the instruction, gives believers the instruction, believer, do not be conformed to this world. That means our expectations, that our participations, that our engagements should not be dictated to us based on what is normal in the world around us. Instead, be transformed by the renewing of our mind. But we have practices and things that have kind of normalized, I would argue, small incursions against biblical fidelity to where one of the things that is normalized in our society is the outsourcing of the discipleship responsibility to other people. And when I say discipleship, I'm not limiting it to, you know, church attendance etiquette, I'm including the cultivation of the mind, so much so, to where we import certain practices, even into the church. For example, like age, segregated ministry. Where does that come from? Now hear me. I'm not saying this automatically bad. I'm saying, where does that come from? Where did it come from? I don't ever remember the Apostle Paul saying, you know, let's gather for the breaking the bread and the apostle doctrine and the fellowship.

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    And but we got to have everybody's under 12. Y'all go over there. Use Jesus when he fed the 5,000 and the 4,000 and it was more than that because women and children were there. He did not say, hey, Paul, I mean, sorry, Peter, Peter, go and you teach the kids and I'm gonna teach the parents. No, he's teaching all of them. Now the understanding also was, I would expect that the parents that receive the teachings from Jesus who are being transformed will also bring it to their children in their regular day-to-day lives. so that they can understand what Jesus just taught. But no, no, we're in the scriptures, we see that division. I think we really have contributed, unfortunately, to the dumbing down of the next generation. And that's why I'm going with this, because so then when we normalize the outsourcing of that disciples responsibility to others, then there's space screen. Yes. And no, I'm not automatically saying that the space is bad, but here what I'm saying, well, darkness is not an affirmative force, but it reoccupies the space that is vacated by the light. very often we have an assumption that we want our children to be quote unquote normal. Are they reading at grade level? Are they accomplishing this at this level? Well, what level should there be for your child? Yeah. Who says what your child's capacity is? Why is it that we find confident confidence in basing where our children are according to a externalized normal standard when the Bible says, comparing yourself as much as not why? I mean, What is the capacity? What if you have a four year old who was able to read at a ninth grade level? How would you ever know that if they're never given that opportunity? What if you have a seven year old who's ready to go on to algebra one? But you'll never know that because it's stuck in a pathway where you say, well, I'm satisfied with this because it's normal. My point in saying all of this is that we have a lot of people that would want to complain about where we are as a nation, but could it be that we are where we are as a nation because we have normalized this notion of outsourcing discipleship, in that the students are being fully trained, and when they're fully trained, they are just like where we have sent them.

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    Yeah, yeah, and it's unfortunate to see that, because I think the norm now is not only rebellious teens, but also foolish teens, right? And where we're at best. Even sub-tivly ignorant as well. Yes, exactly, and we just say, well, it's just because of the phase of life of your hands. Yeah, because they're young. No, no, we should not accept that biblically, scripturally, in Christianity, we should not accept that. That's not what the Bible says. So, but we have again, allowed the world to infiltrate. I think another component of this is that we think that behavior modification is all that we can hope for, that we can hope that they obey us and that they like, you know, submit to our kind of ideology or perspectives on things. but we don't think that we are able to or that we can actually see the results of a trained mind, right? Like where our children, our 16, 17 year olds, can actually discern and be able to say, wait, when I heard this news out, let's say this, is that true? Does that align with what is truth? Is there exaggeration there? Is this something that we should embrace? All those things, can they reason? Can they reason? And I'm sorry guys, but the reality is that God has the mind that produces all things that are true. Like God reveals himself as the one who produces logic, who produces reason. So we can align ourselves with how he thinks. He has given us the ability of that by being made in his image and likeness. But we have dumbed ourselves down and we truly do dumb our teens down. Think about this. There are lots of people who say things like this, well, you know, they don't teach economics in school anymore. Of course civics. They don't teach civics in school anymore. They don't teach accurate history anymore. So why do we continue to send our children? Man, right. Young people can understand macroeconomics. Young people can understand microeconomics. Young people can understand simple things. Like when you say free stuff, what do you mean by that?

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    Yeah. Why do you say it's free? Doesn't somebody have to pay for it at some point? And if we know that, they call them schools, But I want you to understand that they're indoctrination centers. Yes. And they are discipleship centers because cultivation of the mind is central to being a disciple. Remember Jesus' instruction when he was asked about the greatest commandment. He said, you are to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, all of your mind and your strength. The mind is supposed to be centrally engaged in worshiping the Lord and following the Christ in 2nd Peter chapter 1. these qualities are yours and they are increasing. They will keep you from being barren and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. One of those qualities was knowledge. Yeah. Was knowledge. But we wonder why, you know, why aren't so many of our young people, why don't they understand socialism is bad? Right. Guys, can I tell you plainly, and I'm saying this because I love you, I don't mean this to be condemning, but they have been discipled to think socialism is good. Let's be keep it real. We have been producing. Sorry, we have been producing like in large quantities, the majority, if you look at the numbers right now, I believe the latest numbers I saw, 94% of Americans are sending their kids to school. The public school. To public school, 6%, are being taught in a Christian environment, whether homeschool or Christian school, but then 1% of that is homeschoolers, right? So we have to look at the numbers properly, we're in the minority, but here's the thing. ninety plus percent of americans kids close to ninety percent of american kids or even more than a percent literally are being we are producing on mass we are literally producing like send them out like clockwork like an assembly of socialists and why is that like a similar why is it because they're unable to discern why and how socialism is is that why is it that communism is horrible And how do we discern when the trickle effect of socialism is impacting us?

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    Like why is it that kids can are so bamboozled into thinking that social security is not socialism? Like why is it that is socialism? That is literally government run socialism. So why is that? Because we have thought that because it's a trickle, right? And when our next up against the wall, that's when we start screaming like, wait, why are we here? But we haven't trained the next generation of people, which once upon a time it was us, right, coming out of these systems to be able to rightly see, oh, they're inching their way into socialism and communism in our country. The scripture says, Proverbs says that sin grows as a man trapped. And so this is happening, but it's happening in a way, but it doesn't have to. The Lord says, do not be conformed to this world. I'm not talking about just being anti-everything, just because it's everything. I'm saying everything needs to be examined in light of the white, hot scrutiny of God's holy word. Amen. That is what I'm saying. And so like we had a previous conversation about, well what is the purpose of education? Have we considered that? What is the purpose from God's standpoint of mind cultivation? What is God's view of what we call parenthood? Most of the times, guys, and again, I don't mean it's to be condemning, but this is just the truth. Most of the time, people just kind of drift into parenthood. You know, they just arrived there. Well, you don't even want to get married and you want to have a family. But have you considered what is God's purpose for the family? What does the scripture say the family is to be? What is the jurisdiction that the family has? What is God's view on that? Have we sought him about that? Have we searched his word about that? Are our churches teaching us about that? How are we preparing ourselves in this way in order to operate at the maximum efficacy. Not just being good enough based on what we've experienced, but being able to full fill what the scripture says is available to us. We must revisit this. And some might say, well Abe, how's this your main? As we approach in the culmination of election season, I'm saying guys, we are not gonna vote our way.

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    We're not gonna vote our way out of where we are. Voting is a vitally important component, but it is one component. But if we vote and we're not making disciples in our home, that we are not addressing what needs to be addressed in the fullest sense possible. Well Fred, it is today's three weeks away from the election, midterm election, and a lot of talk about how this is going to go for Republicans especially, probably going to maybe lose the House and the Senate. There is always talk at election time that Christians should stay out of the political process, just be spiritual and win-lossals, all of that is important. What would you say to people who are wondering whether they should go out, get registered if there's still time and a vote in three weeks? Well, political issues are Christian issues when we talk about things like abortion. When we talk about men who say there are women and want to go into women's restrooms and play in women's sports. I mean, that's not just a political issue. It is a Christian issue. And I've been reading some interesting articles in Decision Magazine, Franklin Graham talking about this, a gentleman from the Colson Center. Socialism is a Christian issue. is about making man God. The system that America has made America success is obedience to God's Word. Yes, there are problem areas, but there is a huge difference and it is a spiritual issue because when socialism comes in, it's man celebrating man. Man becomes God. Man oversees everything. tell you what. We just have to look at other countries that have tried socialism. They basically want to chase Christianity at the end of the scene. That's right because it's a competing ideology.

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    I heard Dr. Ray Prichard say that yes, we all understand as Christians that government can't save our nation, but it sure can't hurt our nation and can do a lot to damage the church and to become an obstacle to the preaching of the gospel, which of course is the most important. But Jesus says to be salt and light, and I think it's fair to say that voting and standing up for biblical values is at least part of that in a country where you're free to vote. And we will be covering here at American Family Radio Election Night. On November 3rd, you'll be able to tune in to American Family Radio, and we'll have staff from AFR, from our news team and special guests talking about the election and what those results mean for the next two years as we prepare for a presidential election in 2028. The Hamilton Quarter podcast and one-minute commentaries are available at efr.net back to the Hamilton Quarter on American Family Radio. Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner, Abraham Hamilton the third along with my lovely wife Maria Hamilton and we were having conversation about the possibility to rear children who are discerning of the times that we are living in. And in a little while back, I did a show where I read on the program the entire Extemporaneous speech that Benjamin Franklin gave on the floor of the Constitutional Convention when the delegates to the Constitutional Convention basically deadlocked. And Benjamin Franklin gave this rousing speech and saying that look look fellas look this is the Abe standard version translation of Ben Frank speech I would say look fellas during the Revolutionary War when we all were immediately concerned about the fact that we can get our John Brown Hine part shot off at any moment we didn't cease offering prayers daily in this exact same chamber but now here we are 11 some odd years removed from the Declaration of Independence where we have the privilege of deliberating concerning our national future in an environment of peace.

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    We proceed and we have not once sought to implore the assistance of that divine hand. You know, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his awareness, can an empire rise without his intervention, he then makes a formal motion to pray, yep, and invite the and he is regarded as one of, if not the least, religious of the Founding Fathers. And I shared that, read the entire thing on our program and say, guys, this is a part of our nation's history. And you wouldn't believe that the amount of comments and responses I got back from that, a lot of people who don't even know that that happened. And so, and look, all of these people who are responding to me, they all went to school. Yes. Listen, I went to school. I learned that in school. Thank you. I learned that in school. Right. Where did I learn that? I learned that as an auto-didact long after. I finished my formal education. So my point is though, why do we continue doing the same things when we know the results? You know my story long ago when the Lord moved my pastor in New Orleans to do what we now know to be, it was law being, but he didn't know that term, my pastor didn't know, he just felt compelled by the Lord to confront the state legislatures, legislate tours with the notion that if you cause sin become state policy that you very well come and be inviting God's judgment on us. Right. And so while my job, I was just a driver, I drove the van for the elders to go back and forth to Baton Rouge from New Orleans. And I met, you know, Jean Mills, his son, who is now the director of the Louisiana family forum and his 12 year old son in the middle of conversation. I was like 17, 18 years old. I ain't saying a word because I don't know nothing at that time. But this 12 year old boy is engaging in conversation within state representatives, Tony Perkins, and attorneys and he's quoting the Constitution, quoting it from memory. It blew me away, which caused me to lean over to Genesis. And I said, Mr. Mills, where does your son go to school? And he says to me, well, he misses Mills and I, that we trained him at home.

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    He doesn't go to school. I was like, oh, never heard of that before. But that put a seat in my heart and say, wait a minute, a 12-year-old, I don't know about Nintendo, that was what I was back then, Nintendo. But a 12 year old can actually know about our nation's history and can know about our constitution and can actually reasonably engage Win some Lee with adults. Yes about our nation's history about our future our nation's future that instance our state's future In light of the way they've been disciplining been trained But in our day and time to actually even say that a 12 year old who's reciting the first amendment from memory Yeah And not just quoting it like he's in a contest for recitations but quoting it within the context of a conversation. Yeah, with adults. Yeah, the unfortunate truth is as you and I experienced in our own educational endeavors in this country, we are not learning. We're not learning. We are not learning. We are being taught what, quote unquote, to think and what is whatever the notion is of the day and whatever is happening in even learning history in a way that doesn't even like register, because we literally just learned about dead people and old dates and stuff, and nobody's interested in it, and we kinda just barely make it through school. That was my testimony, barely making it through school, literally started learning really when I left, when I started homeschooling my kids and realizing, oh God, I did not know any of this stuff. So why are we sending them to school? It's easier, number one, it's easier to send them to school. It is easier to ship them off, have somebody else do the heavy lifting. It is easier. It is also, you have to be selfless to be able to understand what it means to take on these young people and train them to become who God called them to be. Because you have to put your quote unquote dreams on pause, which I hate even using that wording because it's ridiculous. But in the way that the world reasons, that's what they say you're doing.

  20. 40:40

    So you have to put those things on pause. But really what you're doing you take it off something even greater, right? Like we discussed that last time I was on. I mean, when you recognize that the Lord calls to believe it, have a renewment of the mind, where did those dreams come from? What dreams? Where did they come from? What are they? Yeah, exactly. Are those superintendent by the power of the presence of God or is the word of God involved in the cultivation of those dreams or do they rival some things that the scripture would say this is worthy, surprisingly worthy. Yes, yes, yes. So again, but then we get frustrated, right? we get frustrated when we go to the voting booth and we see names and we're like, okay, I guess I got to go with this one because this one is really bad. Yeah, so it's like this guy is really going to be a crazy one. And then this one, you know, I'm just going to have to vote for this one. The reality is that if we are not making disciples, we are not going to see the results that we want to see in the voting booth and nationally in legislation and all that. We're not going to see those results if we're not making disciples because what we're going to be producing, what we have been producing is leftists or let's just keep it real rhinos where they are red, but they really are just kind of like you know moderate, more leaning left because that's what's trending really and they follow the trends. And so we're not going to see the results that we really want to see. So again, we go vote yes and we go and we research and we are diligent and we vote wisely. And there are people who are running that are awesome you know we wrote both of them, But we have got to make disciples. We have got to train the next generation of believers to know what is happening around us when we see Islam. Are we training our kids to understand what it means? For these people to submit to Allah, do we understand what that means? Do we understand what the core doctrines and beliefs of Islam are? Do we know? Do we know as adults? And then are we training the young people to be able to discern? Now, do we teach them to love others? Of course. And do we teach them to understand that the love of Christ is there for every one, no matter if they're wearing, you know, Western clothing or whatever he jobs, we love people, but truth loves, right?

  21. 42:43

    To be able to love, we have to tell the truth. And the truth is that this quote unquote religion is not, not only compatible with freedom, it is literally demonic. So are we teaching our children to love, but to discern and to be able to rightly identify good and evil? The Hebrew writer in Hebrews five and six says that you cannot endure strong meat, because strong meat is for the mature. Yeah. You can only abide milk because the mature by reason of use have this sense of exercise to discern good from evil. Yeah. By reason of use. A lot of people talk about how our society has been dumbed down. But there's not enough conversation as to how the dumbing down ashtray inspired. And then the additional consideration, what must be done to revert, not just reverse, but to replace the dumbing down with training towards maximum efficacy. Get them out of public school. That's one step. Yes, that's not the only step. It's a vital step. It's a vital step. And I don't mean to condemn anybody in a broad breast sense. I know for a fact, there are godly people in the public school system. I know for a fact, there are loving people in the public school system, but the system is what is problem That's the problem. Like my brother Israel Wayne said that if you are on a train that is heading south and you run as hard as you Can with all is your strength with all your zeal with all of your energy with all your fervor to run north On a train is heading south. Where are you going to end up? That's right You're going to end up south in guys if you look at our nation look at the trajectory we've been on, look at how the Supreme Court excluded prayer from schools, look at how the Bible was removed from schools, how our nation has been transformed, the very first textbook ever published for public schools was the Bible originally. But look at the trajectory we have been on and look at where we're going, look at where we're going.

  22. 44:45

    There was a time that if a person came out right and said that they were a Marxist and they were a socialist, they would not get one vote from any bargain. But now you have people openly running as socialists. You have people whose history shows that they are in favor of Sharia law. Yeah. Sharia law, yet they're viable candidates for the US Senate. Guys, do we recognize where we are? And like you said, do we recognize how we got here? We got here because the public school educational system has been set up in such a way to be able to produce what we see. It is not that that's the primary funnel, if you will, where most of Americans go through. Like that's the system that most of us go through. So why are we surprised? Take them out of school. Like we have got to do something now because it's, we are so far ahead in the wrong direction. We got to do something now that's gonna have to, that the Lord by the power of God really, it's gonna be a miracle to turn the ship because we have contributed to this too much. And unfortunately in the church, it's just, it's overrun. It's overrun with people just digging their heads the sand because it's easier because it's normal because we're not as bad as because I went through the system and I'm not as bad as why are we compared to ourselves amongst ourselves the standard is Christ it's not like are you you and I like we can have that debate all day long you went through the system I went through the system you are smarter according to the system than I am because you're a linear learner and I'm a kinesthetic learner so so even just in that we can say oh you turned out okay because look at you you're a lawyer I'm sorry That is not the standard. That is not what God called his causes to be. Like he doesn't say, oh, as long as you get, you know, good grades and you're able to get a juris doctor. Like, that's not the standard. I'm talking about Christ-likeness. Children that grow up, to understand the times, children that grow up, to be able to discern right from wrong, who are able to own their faith, who are able to stand in the face of opposition, who are able to advance the gospel, who are able to penetrate darkness, are we raising a generation that can do that? whose motivation for life course is the love of God and his calling for them, not based on examining how much money to this job produces.

  23. 46:49

    And then that will be the occupation I pursue. Right. That is not what God calls his people to be. Guys, the church right now is being persecuted left and right, all over Africa, all over the Middle East. They're being persecuted. And you know what the parents are training their children to be coming out to my everybody, to become to become martyrs, to be able to say, for Christ I live and for Christ I die. And we're not there in America yet, but we are well on our way. Well on our way over, freedom's being taken over, well on our way to be able to be shut up and just worship in your church. And then eventually the churches will be taken over. So are we raising believers today that in 30 years we'll be able to stand for Christ, not for their own comfort, but for Christ? Yeah, yeah. And that's a feature of discipleship. Amen. That's a feature of discipleship. And it doesn't happen. It doesn't happen just by us most. No. the snap of the fingers, fingers, it has to be cultivated. And we have to have the type of urgency that is responsive to the reality of the moment. Yes. To the reality of the moment. You go on back to discerning the times, yeah. Yeah, you know, it is high time for that brothers and sisters. It is high time when we think about the things that we are confronting. I've shared with you and some others, I remember had a conversation with a pastor one time and we were talking about the Responsibility of making disciples out of churches roles who quipped the saints for the work of the ministry now that the disciple making ministry has to start in the homes And I just asked what do you think the majority of the pastoral concern issues arise from? Do you think it's coming from a parents at home teaching their children? You know to be promiscuous teaching teaching their children to look at illicit material online, where do you think that's coming from? They're learning it largely from peers, you know, at the government indoctrination complex, you know, and in many ways, we are setting, creating the environment that creates the pastoral care and the pastoral concern issues.

  24. 48:53

    And I had to say it plainly, how many more times do we have to have, you know, our young teenage daughters that are being pregnant outside of what, like how many more of our young men do we have to see cart it off the prison and go and do these things. And look, those are our examples on one end of the spectrum, but even short of that. How many more do we have to have young people that have no problem with being deceivers, being deceptive, being followers of the crowd? How much more of that do we need to have an excuse in it by saying, oh, but they're young. Yeah, how much more lukewarm believers though? Like how much more the ones that are that are churchified that know the lingo, but are sitting in the pews left and right? And their hearts are cold. And their hearts are cold toward God because what they're who their God truly is is comfort is the American dream, it's money, it's the applause of men, it is I'm a good kid, I'm a how much more are we going to allow for this to like how long how long do we until our eyes are open and that's why prayer is so important. Is there not a cause? Amen. Is there not a cause? is important, vitally important. And as we pray, obedience is vitally important. The Command If He's a 6-4 Father's do not exacerbate your children, rather rear them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, the nurture and admonition of the Lord, the pidea in the new theity of the Lord, have the decisions we made concerning our family, have they are those decisions conducive to Pidea and Nuthisia of the Lord being accomplished or are we working against what God calls us to? We have to be honest about this and assess it with the White Hot scrutiny of God's Word, super intended by the Spirit of God, and have the honesty, the humility, and the integrity to admit where we may have fallen off and ask God for the grace strength to repent."

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