God is good, but I'm struggling. He's a waymaker, but I'm lost. He can fix it, but I'm broke.

Let's call backwards Christian soldiers. You're talking in the wrong direction.

Dr. Tony Evans says before the Lord can change your circumstances, he needs to change your perspective.

So you've got to be believing what God says, not what you feel.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr.

Tony Evans.

Who do you think you are?

Dr. Evans says you can't really answer that question until you recognize the spiritual

authority God gave you and start using it.

He'll tell us how to do that today

as we join him in Romans chapter 5 for today's lesson. Every Christian has a crown on their head

because you were saved to reign. In verse 17 and verse 20 and 21, he uses the word reign.

The word rain means to rule or to exercise dominion.

So today I want to talk to you about ruling by grace.

Many people, Christians, are POWs, prisoners of war.

They're held hostage behind enemy lines

by sins and illegitimate circumstances

that have handcuffed them and won't let them go.

Far too many Christians find themselves,

rather than reigning, being reigned by an illegitimate force,

person, place, or thing that holds them hostage only to discover that praying more doesn't change it,

reading the Bible more doesn't change it,

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