 So you see you need to be true to yourself. You need to be true to who you are Be authentic See when your heart wants something when you're drawn towards something the best thing for you to do is to go after that To live out your dreams to be true to who you are Excuse me sir. I don't mean to interrupt, but I don't think what you're saying is true Who are you and why are you interrupting my Ted talk? Um, sir, this is not your Ted talk This is my YouTube channel Hey, what's up guys? It's Isaac and welcome back to the daily disciple channel where I help you follow Jesus daily Okay, let's talk about it. You be you be yourself these questions tap into our identity as people What is our identity? Well, we look back at the beginning of Creation God said you are good our identity was good, right? But then we rebelled against God turned away from him went to our own ways In turn we're turning to this flesh that we're fighting against to this day And our identity is no longer categorized by goodness, but actually evil the Bible says we can't do anything good without God in romans it talks about the fact that we've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God It says our good works are like filthy rags to God So if we're going out and we're proclaiming this message of be yourself be true to you What are we really saying? Are we really saying that they should be true to this sinful nature that they have that this flesh that is Actually rebelling against God this flesh that says well, I want to be selfish because this is what I want her I want to have this because this is what makes me happy Or should we be pointing people to something else because it's a really nice feel good fuzzy message to say Oh, be yourself be true to you But when we actually think about it, who are we without God? That's my question to you guys who who might disagree with me here Who are we without God? Are we this, you know, great person who's just like, you know Doing great things and if we just be true to ourselves and we're gonna be you know Just wonderful to others and just be doing great things and all this kind of thing No, without God we have no goodness within us But you see when God saves us our narrative changes our identity changes You know from before when our identity was just grounded in sin Selfishness that sinful flesh that we talk about and if we're saying be true to that that's not right We shouldn't be saying that but our identity has changed our narrative has changed when God saved us Lots of people talk about authenticity. Hey, it's important to be authentic. But what is Biblical authenticity Biblical authenticity is not just saying be true to yourself be true to whatever you desire in your heart Whether that be selfish or greedy or whatever self-centered. No Biblical authenticity actually says to step into the new identity that God is forming within you step into that New creation step into who he is transforming you to be that's why as christians I don't want us to buy into this be yourself be true to you because it's so stagnant It's so lifeless because we're just saying look, however you are now just be true to that no movement It's kind of this uh postmodern idea that whatever you want to be is okay No, there's a calling on our lives that God has put on our lives He has called us to himself And it's not this idea that we can just deny that be who we want to be No, we got to step into who God has created us to be and who God is transforming us to be I want to make one clarification here sometimes when people say be yourself They're just kind of meaning. Hey, don't really change yourself for other People don't change your personality just to fit in look. I'm on board with that But when we start saying oh be true to who you are just kind of look within yourself and try to figure out what you want That's where I have a problem because the bible says to do something very different God tells us not to look inward at ourselves But actually to look at him and his word and who he is Transforming us to be by the power of his holy spirit But when we start encouraging people to embrace the sinful sides of themselves that sinful flesh Be like, you know do what you want to do whatever makes you feel good I got a problem with that and I think God does too secular authenticity says be true to you what you have in your heart What you want be true to that and that's all you need Biblical authenticity says be true to who God is transforming you into and who God has created you to be When we talk about stepping into biblical authenticity here I think that totally includes look embracing your skills and talents and gifts How you look your personality Embracing all of that being authentic and real not trying to fake to impress others and not trying to fake to impress God in someone You see dead religion is duty Without transformation. It's saying oh well. I have to do this I have to look at what God wants me to do just because that's what i'm supposed to do and that kind of thing And so we're we're being pulled by this flesh, but at the same time we're like, oh well I gotta do this stuff. We're compelled by duty Well, what God is calling us into is a transformation by which our heart has changed Obviously, it's not going to happen right away. And of course we still sin But now we desire to do what God wants us to do So my encouragement to you is this be biblically authentic pursue biblical authenticity Not a secular authenticity where it's like be you be be yourself Just whatever you want that's good when you're looking inward But look outward at who God has made you to be and who he's transforming you to be It's not about saying oh man, I hate myself because I'm just bad and I'm evil and all this kind of thing No, it's saying hey god. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for creating me the way you created me And now I want to be real and authentic to who you're transforming me to be and not fake to impress others or impress you But just to be real Well guys, thanks for watching a huge shout out to my patrons on patreon Thank you so much to all my gospel partners on there your support and partnership in this ministry It means so much It's crazy like it really is if you want to join and partner with me on patreon So I can continue to continue to make these videos and other resources on other platforms head on over to patreon.com Slash daily underscore disciple and you can partner with this ministry on there. Thanks so much for watching guys And i'll see you next time