Your True Self

Every person's sense of self is affected profoundly by the things
they value. In fact, contrary to the conviction of modern
individualism, no one can generate an identity in isolation. Our
identity is always based on something else. For the Christian, it
is Jesus Christ. But simply saying Jesus is the foundation of our
identiy is not enough because our understanding of Christ can be
wrong. And if our understanding of Christ is wrong, it will affect
our understaning of who we are in relation to him. For us to
develop a sense of self that is based on truth, we have to see
Christ as he truly is, and from there we can begin to form a
identity as children of God that is grounded in reality. In this
text, Christ teaches that we must define ourselves in light of the
cross. Sermon is based off of Matthew 16:13-26.