Authenticity

Authenticity is acheivable only when you can become brutally honest with yourself. When you can come to grips with the fact that you deep inside are a man who is fallen then you can begin to realize that you are also a man in need of grace. We begin to realize that we are fallen.

This realization is the step towards actually receiving that needed grace.

We are deep inside greedy, lustful, self-centered and prideful. That is the core of who we are. Or so intitially thought. That is who our flesh is. We are a new creation. We are at the core, no flesh-based, but rather spirit-based. Our core has been reborn.
So now it is a question, because when I get right down to it, I seem to be deep inside a flesh-based person. What is up with this? If I am spirit-based and am truly a new creation, why don't I think/act like it? I don't really know the answer to this. However, I will continue to pursue this. I think it again has something to do with a process, not an arrival. I will ask God and look to Paul and others.
This becomes true authenticity that leaves no place for pride. We realize that we are real with sins and problems, but grace! But grace exists. We are not who we once where, we are now someone new, because of God and His Son. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory!