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: The Local Church
Part: 6
Every member in the Body of Christ is equally vital for success, for without everyone doing their part, it cannot function effectively. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, the Apostle Paul reveals that in this dispensation of grace, the Holy Spirit baptizes every believer—regardless of background—into one unified Body, creating beautiful unity amid diversity. We see in this episode how God sovereignly places each member with unique gifts exactly where He wants them, so no one should feel unimportant or self-sufficient. Instead, all must honor and care for one another, avoid schisms or envy, and serve with Christ's humble mindset, because everybody truly is somebody essential to the Church's purpose in being a light to the world by grace through faith in Christ.
- Series: Transforming Truths
Part: 6
In Christ, we have the hope of eternal life, the hope of the Rapture, the hope of our resurrection, and the hope of reunion with our saved loved ones who have passed away. Thus, because of the certain hope we have in Christ, when we grieve at the death of our loved ones, we grieve with hope. Through passages such as 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Romans 15:4, and Revelation 14:13, this episode shows that God is the Father of mercies who comforts us in all tribulation so we can comfort others, and that death for the believer is “blessed” rest and “gain,” a doorway to Christ’s presence and future reunion at the Rapture. Thus, while grief is real, painful, and takes time, we can still grieve with the sure, living hope of seeing our saved loved ones again and being forever with the Lord.
Part: 5
During the Tribulation, there will be a group of people who will be “God’s Untouchables.” The 144,000—12,000 Jewish men from each of the twelve tribes of Israel—will believe in the true Christ and not be influenced by the satanic corruption of that day. This lesson shows they will faithfully bear the fearful persecution and threats of the Antichrist (“the Beast”), and, having been supernaturally protected by God’s seal on their foreheads, will endure to the end of the prophesied seven-year period. In stark contrast to the Beast’s followers, these blameless servants illustrate God’s faithfulness to Israel during Jacob’s trouble, and their example of total devotion, truth-speaking, and sacrificial service offers timeless principles for believers today to walk as children of light and hold forth the Word of life.
Part: 4
Following the Rapture of the Church, at the beginning the Tribulation, God will supernaturally raise up two literal witnesses in Jerusalem to preach the saving message of the gospel of the kingdom—repentance and faith in Christ as Messiah— with many responding in faith. We see in this episode that, empowered by the Holy Spirit, these individuals will prophesy and perform miracles for 1,260 days. At the Tribulation’s midpoint, however, the Beast kills them and their bodies lie unburied in the streets of Jerusalem while the world rejoices. But then, after the Spirit of life resurrects them and they ascend to heaven in a cloud before their enemies’ eyes, God begins pouring out His judgment, reminding us to be grateful for this age of grace and to witness boldly in the power of the Spirit while we still can.
Part: 3
There will be much deception in the future Tribulation, and the False Prophet will be at the center of it all. In this lesson, we learn that as the Antichrist’s religious right-hand man and the Holy Spirit’s counterfeit, the False Prophet appears lamb-like but speaks with satanic authority, performs lying wonders, commands the world to build and worship a living, speaking image of the resurrected Antichrist, and enforces the visible mark of the Beast so that no one can buy or sell without it—while true believers must endure by faith, trusting God for daily provision as taught in the Sermon on the Mount. There is also considerable deception today under grace, and we need to stay vigilant and focused on Christ and His Word to guard against Satan’s subtle doctrinal errors.
Part: 2
This episode explores the Antichrist. Called “the Beast” in Revelation 13, he is a human Jewish man who will rise to global power from among the Gentile nations immediately after the Rapture of the Church. He will initially appear peaceful, signing a seven-year covenant with Israel, but midway through the Tribulation he will be assassinated, resurrect from the dead (counterfeiting Christ’s resurrection), and then demand worldwide worship while blaspheming God, desecrating the temple, and brutally persecuting believers for the final 3½ years. Still, God will sovereignly limit the Beast’s reign, ultimately destroy him at Armageddon, and cast him into the lake of fire. This prophecy serves both as a warning for those left behind and as encouragement for today’s believers to focus on Christ’s return at the Rapture rather than speculating about the Antichrist’s identity.
Part: 1
This lesson shows how the “Son of Man” is the glorified Lord Jesus Christ, as John sees Him on Patmos in Revelation 1—as the eternal High Priest and coming Judge. His appearance reveals divine majesty and authority: head and hair white like wool, eyes like flaming fire, feet like burning brass, voice like many waters, seven stars in His right hand, a sharp two-edged sword (representing the Word of God) from His mouth, and a face shining like the sun. John falls as dead in awe, but Christ comforts him with the words “Fear not; I am the First and the Last…I am alive for evermore…and have the keys of hell and of death,” reminding every believer that the entire book of Revelation is first and foremost the Revelation of Jesus Christ—the victorious King who will judge the world and care for His own through the coming Tribulation.
- Series: Chariots of Fire
Part: 3
In this episode, we discover in 2 Kings 2 how Elijah, Elisha, and the sons of the prophets all knew ahead of time about Elijah’s translation in the whirlwind. As Elijah makes his farewell circuit from Gilgal to the Jordan River, Elisha repeatedly refuses to leave his master, the sons of the prophets confirm the news to Elisha alone of Elijah’s imminent departure, and Elijah parts the Jordan with his mantle so that he and Elisha can cross on dry ground. Elisha then asks for—and receives confirmation of—a double portion of Elijah’s spirit; moments later a chariot and horses of fire separate them, and Elijah is caught up alive in a whirlwind while Elisha inherits the mantle and steps into his role as God’s prophet. Believers are to be reminded today that, just as Elijah left earth without dying, we who are alive at the Rapture will also be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
- Series: Chariots of Fire
Part: 2
We see in this episode as a devastating Syrian siege brings Samaria to the brink of starvation, driving up food prices. The prophet Elisha boldly prophesies that within 24 hours the famine will end, and food will be sold cheaply in the city gate. God then causes the entire Syrian army to hear the terrifying noise of chariots, horses, and a great host approaching, making them flee in panic and abandon their camp; four starving lepers discover the empty tents filled with food and treasure, feast on it, then realize they must share the “good tidings” with the starving city—exactly fulfilling Elisha’s word, as the people plunder the supplies and prices plummet. The lepers are likened to sinners: just as they found unexpected mercy and abundance, we who were dying in sin have discovered deliverance through Christ alone and must not keep that life-saving gospel to ourselves.
- Series: Chariots of Fire
Part: 1
We learn in this episode of the king of Syria’s repeated plans for secret border raids against Israel, but Elisha supernaturally overhears even the king’s private bedroom conversations and warns the king of Israel, foiling every attack. Enraged, the Syrian king sends a massive army of horses and chariots by night to capture Elisha, whose servant panics at the sight of the surrounding troops, but Elisha calmly assures him, then prays for the young man’s eyes to be opened—revealing the mountains filled with far greater heavenly horses and chariots of fire encircling and protecting them. Elisha then prays for the Syrian army to be struck blind, leads the sightless soldiers into Samaria, restores their vision, and—showing mercy instead of retaliation—instructs the king of Israel to feed them a banquet and send them home unharmed; the result is that the Syrian raids cease, as Elisha “killed” Israel’s enemies with kindness.