One of the reasons why Christians have problems that they can't get out of is because they do not understand their position in Christ.

Dr. Tony Evans says understanding your position in Christ unlocks access to the power of Christ.

If God's power can get you up out of the grave, it can show stop you from stuff that's taking you to the grave.

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

Sometimes the best parts of a story are the ones you never saw coming. Today, Dr. Evans explores

the mystery of the church, revealing God's plan

for uniting people from every background into one body in Christ. Let's join him for a look at how

this divine mystery has become our everyday mission. This word mystery, let me define it, and then we'll

go through these verses in summary fashion, is fundamentally

a sacred secret, a sacred secret that is unknown to unbelievers, but available to be known

and treasured by believers. It's a secret that God is unveiled about his people and this new creation called the church.

I want you to notice that Paul calls himself in verse one, the prisoner of Christ Jesus.

Now that's a very important phrase.

He is called the prisoner of Christ Jesus.

Now he's in a Roman prison when he writes this book,

and one of the groups that's helped get him in a Roman prison are the Jews. So he's been

incarcerated by Jews and Gentiles, yet he never saw himself as a prisoner of man. He only

saw himself as a prisoner of God, even when he's in jail. Now, the reason I want to point that out is that when you are in the will of God and

negative things happen, don't spend too much time looking at your circumstances.

He was in the will of God, yet he was in prison, but rather than saying I'm a prisoner

of the Jews or I'm a prisoner of the Gentiles, what do he say? I'm a prisoner of the Jews or I'm a prisoner of the Gentiles,

what do he say? I'm a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Because when you're in the will of God and

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