Authenticity
Posted by: stuartdelony in Adam LaRoche, Blogroll, Christianity, Church, Rant, authentic, authenticity, christian, christians, god, real, satan
Authenticity. It’s a word that’s been hitting me for the past few months. So what does it mean to be authentic (or mainly an authentic Christian)?
Hebrews 4:13 says that “nothing in all creation can hide from Him. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes.”
So why are we incapable of being authentic? Fear of shame, embarrassment? Maybe.
I think it goes beyond that. Granted, Adam and Eve eating from the apple shattered true authenticity and lead to us all covering up. There’s a deeper message here. 1) Satan tempted Eve to eat the apple. Shame and distance (from God and man) resulted from it. So then I could say that 2) Satan uses our fear of intimacy to keep us from truly having fellowship with others. Isn’t that his paramount goal? Separate us from God and other believers? There’s safety in numbers and when we stray too far from the herd, we’re toast.
So then, is true authenticity acutally true oneness (with God or others)?
Agree? Disagree?
What is your definition of authentic?
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the dictionary describes it as such:
authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable
not counterfeit or copied;
I think that you are on to something…satan is always try to copy/counterfeit what God does…His efforts toward man are for the purpose of seperating Him from God…because as you suggest man’s true authenticity comes from and can only be found in God.