New Mercy Community Church Podcasts

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.