Transformed By Grace
Transformed By Grace is a daily television program produced by the Berean Bible Society. Pastor Kevin Sadler presents the transforming power of God’s grace on many different outlets.
- Series: Gifted to Serve
Part: 2
This episode looks at Ephesians 4:11-16, showing how the ascended Christ sovereignly gave gifted men to His Church: apostles and prophets until the Word of God was complete, along with evangelists and pastor-teachers, which continue today. These gifts equip the saints for the work of the ministry, leading us all to the unity of the faith, the full knowledge of the Son of God, and spiritual maturity. Every member, without exception, must faithfully exercise his or her role so that the Body can grow and edify itself in love, remaining anchored in truth rather than “tossed to and fro” by every wind of false doctrine.
- Series: Gifted to Serve
Part: 1
In the Church, God has gifted us in different ways. Our responsibility is to know and exercise the spiritual gifts that He has given us. When we do, we build each other up in the faith, and the Body of Christ is enabled to serve and reach out more effectively. We learn in Ephesians 4:7-10 that the ascended Christ has, by grace, given unique spiritual gifts to every single believer in the Body, so the Church can function as a unified yet diverse team. The Apostle Paul explains that Christ earned the right to bestow these gifts and now fills all things as Head of the Church. Believers are urged to discover, develop, and faithfully exercise their God-given gifts so that Christ is glorified.
- Series: Put Off, Put On
Part: 3
Expounding on Ephesians 4:22-32, this episode shows how the Apostle Paul instructs us to “dress the part” in accordance to our identity in Christ. Believers are urged to decisively “put off” the old man, which is bitter, angry, and mean, and to “put on” the new man, which is kind, compassionate, and forgiving. To accomplish this, we need to starve the old nature and feed and fill our minds with the Word of God, so that the new man controls our daily lives. By living out these instructions, in the power of the Spirit, we will be transformed by grace.
- Series: One Baptism
Part: 2
It is an unspeakable blessing of God to be baptized into Christ by the Holy Spirit, which unites us with our Savior and His death, burial, and resurrection, and also with one another in the Church, the Body of Christ. This episode examines Ephesians 4:4-6, which declares that in “the unity of the Spirit” there is “one baptism”—not with water, but by the Holy Spirit, which instantly places us “in Christ.” This same baptism unites every believer—Jew or Gentile, bond or free, male or female—as equal members, making us one in Him and motivating us to glory in, and stand for, this extraordinary grace.
- Series: One Baptism
Part: 1
There are strong, passionate, but differing convictions among Christians about the subject of baptism, but they can’t all be true. So, the problem has to be with the understanding and interpretation of God’s Word. In this lesson, we learn of God’s progressive revelation through Scripture regarding baptism, culminating with the Holy Spirit’s spiritual baptism that instantly places every believer into Christ and the one Body. Today, under grace, salvation is by faith alone in Christ’s finished work with no water ceremony required; the true cleansing is by His shed blood.
- Series: Why You Can Trust the Bible
Part: 7
God’s promises and prophecies are always accurate, and their fulfillment reminds us that everything the Bible says is true and therefore trustworthy. Highlighting specific predictions spanning centuries and accomplished precisely in Jesus Christ—from His triumphal entry on a donkey’s colt to details about His crucifixion and resurrection—this episode demonstrates how many of the Old Testament prophecies prove the Bible's divine inspiration and Jesus' identity as the Messiah.
- Series: Why You Can Trust the Bible
Part: 6
Predictions regarding the future in the Scriptures are always 100% accurate. With incredible detail, forthright clarity, and impeccable accuracy, the Bible gives prophecies concerning the future which serve as powerful internal proof that it is the inspired Word of God. This lesson highlights three remarkable Old Testament examples that exhibit God’s perfect foreknowledge and faithfulness, assuring believers they can fully trust the Bible’s promises for the future, including eternal life in Christ.
- Series: Life Meets Death
Part: 8
The unbelievable but true story of how a deceased prophet Elisha raised a person from the dead is chronicled in this episode. A mortally sick Elisha dies and as was the custom, is buried in a cave or rock tomb. After his burial, the funeral for an anonymous Israelite is interrupted by an invading band of Moabites, causing the panicked pallbearers to cast the dead man’s body through the opening of Elisha’s sepulcher. Upon the corpse touching Elisha’s, the man is instantly revived and stands up, showing that God’s power continued even after the prophet’s death and providing a picture of the gospel message that saves today.
- Series: Life Meets Death
Part: 7
A generous, childless Shunammite woman and her husband build a private room in their home for the prophet Elisha, prompting him out of gratitude to prophesy that she will bear a son the following year, and she does. We go on to learn in this episode that years later the boy suddenly dies while working in the fields and his mother secretly lays his body on the bed of Elisha, races to Mount Carmel, seizes the prophet in faith, and brings him home—where Elisha prays and stretches himself upon the dead child twice, after which the boy is fully revived. The account foreshadows how spiritual life comes to us today “in Christ” when we believe the gospel of grace that He died for our sins and rose again.
- Series: Life Meets Death
Part: 6
In this episode, we learn of the first recorded resurrection in Scripture. In the midst of a drought, God sends Elijah to the pagan town of Zarephath, where a destitute Gentile widow feeds the visiting prophet a portion from her final meal. As promised by Elijah, God later miraculously multiplies her supplies so that she never runs out for the rest of the famine. When her young son suddenly dies, however, the grieving mother accuses Elijah of punishing her for her sins by taking her son’s life. Still, Elijah compassionately cries out to the Lord in prayer and the child is revived. This miracle authenticated Elijah as God’s true prophet and showed that life comes only through faith in the living God and His Word.