In this teaching on John 13, Jesus washes His disciples’ feet at the Last Supper to model humble service, not to institute a ritual that the Church must repeat today. In a room full of disciples arguing about who was … Continue reading →

This lesson explains that the unpardonable sin in Matthew 12 refers contextually to Israel’s religious leaders attributing Christ’s Spirit empowered miracles to Satan. Jesus warned that while speaking against Him could be forgiven, rejecting the Spirit’s testimony after Pentecost would … Continue reading →

The series on the Apostle Paul’s storm tossed voyage in Acts 27 concludes with a portrayal of the Church living in the turbulent “present evil age.” As the ship’s crew lost hope, Paul stood up with God given assurance, and … Continue reading →

Our study of the Apostle Paul’s windswept journey continues here. The narrative illustrates how demonic forces oppose the progress of God’s truth today, especially when believers reject Paul’s counsel in favor of human wisdom or the majority opinion. The crew’s … Continue reading →

The first of a three-part series of the Apostle Paul’s stormy voyage to Rome in Acts 27 presents the journey as a picture of the dispensation of grace, showing that the Church is sailing through a stormy age marked by … Continue reading →

By presenting the Apostle Paul’s letters in the order he wrote them, we learn in this lesson that the miraculous sign gifts were active during the Acts period, but temporary, disappearing entirely in Paul’s later epistles. Paul teaches in 1 … Continue reading →

We see in this episode that the miraculous sign gifts—prophecy, tongues, and healing—were temporary tools God used during the “childhood” stage of the dispensation of grace to reveal His Word before Scripture was finished. Paul shows that these gifts would … Continue reading →

This study on 1 Corinthians 12 explains that God gave the early Body of Christ a variety of spiritual gifts to establish the Church and reveal the mystery before Scripture was complete. Apostles and prophets were foundational because they received … Continue reading →

This series-opening message groups Scripture’s sign gifts into three categories. The miraculous signs in Mark 16 and early Acts belonged to Israel’s kingdom program and were temporarily suspended when God set Israel aside. When God began the dispensation of grace … Continue reading →

In this teaching from Acts 16, the Apostle Paul and Silas cast a demon out of a slave girl in Philippi, enraging her masters when their profitable fortune telling business collapsed. The men dragged Paul and Silas before the authorities, … Continue reading →