Q016 - Why Is There So Much Killing In The Bible?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Why is there so much killing in the Bible? This conversation follows the conflict between death and God’s sacred gift of life, from humanity’s first murder to the life offered through Jesus, the second Adam. • God as the giver of life. Acts 17.24-29 • Satan’s rebellion and the unseen spiritual conflict. Luke 10.17-20 • Jesus as Creator and King. Colossians 1.15-17 • The thief who destroys and the Savior who gives life. John 10.10 • Adam, death, and Jesus as the life-giving Spirit. 1 Corinthians 15.42-45 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:...
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Q015 – Why Should I Get To Know God?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Why should we get to know God, and how can we begin? This conversation explores how God’s woven story, the life of Jesus, and sincere belief help us understand our Creator and restore our connection with the Father. • Knowing God through His one woven story • Beginning with Jesus and the four Gospels • Learning from Jesus’ first followers • Growing through belief and the presence of the Holy Spirit • Finding freedom from fear through Jesus. John 6.29 and Hebrews 2.14 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources: https://fourthstream.com
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Q014 - How Does God Feel About Us?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
How does God feel about us? Dave explores what Scripture says about our value as people made in God's image and His enduring compassion and love. • Made in God's image and given value and responsibility - Genesis 1.26 • God's grief over humanity and His favor toward Noah - Genesis 6.5-8 • Compassion that is new every morning - Lamentations 3.22-23 • God is near to people of every nation - Acts 17.24-28 • God's love shown through His Son - John 3.16-17 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources: https://fourthstream.com
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Q013 - What About Fear?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
What about fear? Dave explores the difference between reverence for God and the dread that holds us captive. Where we fix our eyes matters: Jesus invites us to bring our fears to God and find peace in His love. Perfect love casts out fear — 1 John 4.18 Jesus came to give life in fullness — John 10.10 Freedom from the fear of death — Hebrews 2.14–15 Fixing our eyes on Jesus — Hebrews 12.1–2 Rejoicing, prayer, and the peace of God — Philippians 4.4–7 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:
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Q012 - What is 'Very Near'?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
What is very near? In this teaching, Dave looks at the gap between earth and heaven, the nearness of God’s Word, and how our Creator has bridged the distance through His Son. • The word is very near you - Deuteronomy 30.11-14 • Draw near to listen - Ecclesiastes 5.1 • Jesus intercedes for those who draw near - Hebrews 7.25 • Draw near to God and He will draw near to you - James 4.8 • Created in God’s image - Genesis 1.27 • The Spirit disclosing Jesus to us - John 16.13 • Peace, love, value, and rest - 1 John 4.18, Philippians 4.7, Hebrews 4.9 To read, listen, and explore more...
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Q011 - What Is Holy Ground?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
What is holy ground? In this teaching, Dave looks at Moses, Joshua, the presence of God, and what it means to encounter the King with humility, honor, and grace. • Holy ground and the presence of God - Exodus 3 • Joshua, Jericho, and the captain of the Lord’s host - Joshua 5.13-15 • Holiness as being set apart for God • Bowing, honoring, listening, and taking off the shoes of the heart • Jesus washing the disciples’ feet - John 13 • Mount Zion, the Kingdom, and reigning with Christ - Hebrews 12, Revelation 20.6 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:
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Q010 - Can I Be Like Noah?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Can I be like Noah? In this teaching, Dave looks at Noah’s place in the God Story, the seriousness of Genesis 6, and what it means to find favor with God in a world filled with corruption and judgment. • Noah before Abraham and the nations - Genesis 1-11 • The wickedness of mankind and God’s grief - Genesis 6 • Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord - Genesis 6.8-9 • Faith, reverence, and preparing an ark - Hebrews 11.7 • Jesus as the greater rescuer and deliverer • What it means to prepare faithfully for your household To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream...
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Q009 - Why Is The World At War?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Why is the world at war? In this teaching, Dave looks at the deep spiritual conflict behind human evil, impurity, deception, and violence, beginning with Genesis and continuing through the larger God Story. • Spiritual warfare and the unseen conflict - Ephesians 6.12 • The roots of human corruption - Genesis 6 • Impurity, idolatry, arrogance, and the fallenness of mankind • God’s grief over evil and His favor toward Noah • Why the war is both interior and exterior • How God overcomes evil through redemption in Jesus To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:...
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Q008 - Why Cain And Abel?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Why Cain and Abel? In this teaching, Dave looks at Genesis 4 and the sobering account of the first brothers, showing that Cain’s offering problem was really a heart problem. • Cain and Abel in the story of Genesis - Genesis 4 : 1-10 • Cain’s anger, envy, and self-absorption • Abel’s honoring and grateful offering • Sin crouching at the door • Learning the difference between honor and dishonor • Why Jesus alone can master sin in the human heart • Rejecting practiced sin and pursuing righteousness - 1 John To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:
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Q007 - Why Light And Darkness?
Fourthstream - Finding Hope
Why light and darkness? In this teaching, Dave traces the light and darkness thread from Genesis through the words of Jesus, showing how God brings light, reveals truth, and sends His people to shine in a dark and weary world. • God separates light from darkness - Genesis 1.1-5 • The lights given for signs, seasons, days, and years - Genesis 1.14-19 • Jesus as the true Light - John 1.9-10 • You are the light of the world - Matthew 5.14-16 • God is Light - 1 John 1.5 • The Lord is my light and salvation - Psalm 27.1 • In Your light we see light - Psalm 36.9 • Your word is a lamp...
info_outlineWe have considered King first - then Kingdom - then Church in our Kingdom podcast #1. This gives us a Jesus perspective on the Kingdom, which is helpful as we integrate our lives into His Kingship and become disciples of the Kingdom - which in turn will bless the church of the Living God, which is being purified into a spotless Bride of Christ.
Within what Jesus lived and taught us was an example of a self-fulfilling, renewing, and ongoing work of the Holy Spirit who lives within all the sons and daughters of God.
"...that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you." - John 14:17
"In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God." - Romans 8:26-27
There appears to be a Kingdom circle of life which continues to occur within the hearts of His Kingdom servants. A Pure Heart is a heart of humility. We bend to Him because He deserves it. This in turn opens the door to genuinely Knowing God as we enter into a reciprocal relationship with the Father God through His Son Jesus. This results in the genuine ability to Do Kindness into the lives around us, which results in the very real process of Growing Life.
The Kingdom circle or cycle feeds itself and multiplies much like the Kingdom seed Jesus spoke about: "...it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown, it becomes a tree that provides a place of shelter for the birds to nest in its' branches." In this sense we emulate God, because when we provide shelter people are blessed and God is honored. We plant, we water, but the Lord of the harvest brings about growth (Luke 10:2; 1 Corinthians 3:6)
What does this look like in a Kingdom life? Meet Ann. Ann submits herself to the Kingship of Jesus. She bends her will to searching His Word and following His example. This inevitably leads her deeper into knowing who God is and understanding His companionship and partnership in her life. She prays and chooses to activate her gifts and use them for the welfare of others and the patient honor of God. By caring for and "discipling" people in her family, neighborhood, and work-life, she brings the shelter of Jesus into the lives of others. She becomes an encourager for King and Kingdom, and does all she can to see people rooted and growing in faith. This feeds her own spiritual growth and helps her as she cares for her own Kingdom "tribe."
This Kingdom Circle allows us to share in the words "well done" at the end of the age. Beautiful!
The Kingdom conversation is incredibly powerful and very beautiful. It puts religion in its proper place, and unlocks a Kingdom experience which is meant for every follower of Jesus.
Your life is a Kingdom life. Your calling comes from your King. When you stand before Him you, like us, wish to hear the words well done. “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities." - Luke 19:17
And so, by living out the Kingdom we celebrate the coming Kingdom. When we participate in the Kingdom circle and produce fruit that pleases God, we are truly blessed! And if we get to do this with other like-minded Christ followers, it is all the more glorious.
The Kingdom Circle is God's work and it is our work.
√ We come openly to God in humility
√ We experience personal connectivity
√ We invite God's kindness into our thoughts and actions
√ God includes us in the growth of true life
Working together with you,
Dave and Burnadette
More about the Kingdom:
Kingdom Book from Matthew
The Kingdom Journey
Kingdom Connectivity
Kingdom Spirituality Course
Kingdom Heart