Who Are You When No One's Watching Isaiah 51-25 Jeremy Aylett Mesa Church San Diego

God planted a vineyard and gave it everything — fertile ground, the finest vines, a watchtower, his full attention. Then he came looking for fruit. What he found instead were wild, bitter grapes. In Isaiah 5, that vineyard is Israel. And the question it raises cuts right to the core: does who you are on the inside actually match who you claim to be on the outside?Jeremy Aylett preaches through the six "woes" of Isaiah 5 and lands on a theme that feels just as urgent today — identity. Using a striking illustration from a documentary on Hulk Hogan, Jeremy shows what happens when a person builds their whole sense of self around image, performance, and the approval of a crowd. When the lights go off, there's nothing left. No center. No self. The outside had never matched the inside, and eventually everything unraveled.The good news is that Jesus offers something completely different. Through Luke 6, John 15, and Psalm 127, Jeremy calls us to stop managing our image and start opening our lives to the One who can actually transform them. Identity built by Christ — from the inside out — is the only kind that holds. As Psalm 139 closes the sermon: "Search me, O God, and know my heart. Lead me in the way everlasting."Part of the "Find Your Way Back" series through the Book of Isaiah.Preached at Mesa Church, San Diego, CA.