True & Better: Created, Not Constructed | Genesis 1:26–27

Who has the right to define your life?In a culture that celebrates self-definition and autonomy, Scripture tells a very different story. In this message, we confront the modern assumption that identity is something we create and instead recover the biblical truth that we are created, not constructed.From Genesis to the cross, the Bible exposes self-constructed identity not as freedom, but as rebellion against the Creator’s rightful authority. What begins as self-rule always ends in fracture; instability, conflict, and exhaustion; because the self was never meant to sit on the throne.This sermon traces the destructive fruit of self-made identity and lands with the gospel’s clear answer: Jesus Christ is the perfect revelation of God, the rightful Lord of every life, and the only source of true wholeness. Redemption does not begin with self-discovery, but with repentance; laying down self-rule and surrendering to Christ.The question before us is not simply who you are, but whose you are.Learn more about Village at https://www.sacvillage.org Support the ministry and mission of Village at https://www.sacvillage.org/give