Are you really and truly being who you are in life and not living some kind of a lie?

Question

are you letting those around you tell you who you are?
the devil will decieve and trick people into believing they are
so and so and others will believe this is who they really are
which is all a big lie
Other Christians judge those by what they see on the outside
and the Lord God see's our hearts and only the Lord God
knows who we truly are?
Yes you could be presenting yourself as an imposter?
and that is not who you really are and not the real you

I ask this because I do know some people who are just like
this living that lie and not being true to themselves and honest
to others around them

Answer 1

I just wanna be me.

Answer 2

Yes I am being who I am in life. Yes, I judge other Christians by what I see on the outside because God told me to do so. I don't have the ability to judge the heart and don't presume to do so, but I do believe that God had a very good reason for telling us to judge Christians by their behavior. The fact that people can lie and trick and deceive you doesn't mean that you don't need to have people to help you follow God's plan for you. Fellowship with other Christians is mentioned as important any number of times in the bible for one simple reason. We are often unable to see our own mistakes (sins if you will) until someone points them out to us and because it is easy to be deceived when you are seeking ways to overcome various sins. When you judge other Christians by their "fruits" you aren't judging their salvation, you're judging the value (the truth) of the things they tell you. In short, the advice offered by someone who can't practice what he or she is preaching is questionable at best...at worst, it is an outright deception or lie!

Answer 3

People identify themselves (or give themselves identity) through comparison to those around them. Whether it be through closed society dictates or meeting strangers on the street, we all chose those traits most acceptible to ourselves.

When someone lives in a limited sense where the concept of good or bad has been subjegated by some outside source, the resulting attitudes that are picked up tend to be contrary to that of the society in which they live. Humans thrive upon difference and color.

Answer 4

exactly what do u mean ' judge those by the outside ' ?

by seeing how someone act and judge ? or do they think they know everything and judge ?

some people are actually caught in the spot .. especially those with parents or sibling being in different religion .. its hard for them to be true to themselves .. they do wish certain part of the religion is wrong .. then again if they wish this way , it would mean they dun fully trust god , and yet if they fully trust god , it meant that their beloved one are going to hell. while its easy to say that ' your parent choose that path ' or ' you didnt spread the gospel to them well ' some already died b4 they could spread the gospel .

some people are never once being in such situations yet they are the first to pass judgement on people who are caught in between . its easy to say or give comment when you are already born in a christian family.

these people numbers will be proportional to my BOO

Answer 5

I am not really sure where you are coming from with the whole "devil" thing, as i am pagan. But I actually have no interest as to what others perceive me to be.
I am ok with who and what i am as well as the spiritual path that i follow. I try to live by the words of
"To Thine Own Self Be True"

and in the words of Bonnie Raitt

what is living if i cant be free and what is freedom if i cant be me?

Blessings to you and yours
)o(
Trinity

Answer 6

Are you really and truly being who you are in life and not living some kind of a lie?

yes

Answer 7

I Do not tell people here that I am a Wiccan because they will harm me or my family plain and simple. So I am forced to lie by omission about what I really am. Isn't that christian love for you.

Answer 8

I think that you are stating opinion more than asking a question.. I don't know your intent anymore than you know that of the people of which you speak.

Can you ask your question again in a different way ?

If not the answer is, no. I don't look for approval to decide but I do ask opinion to better understand my choices.

Answer 9

I live as truthfully as I can.
Many people are encouraged to live lies by the Church.
Like Gays. "God hates the sin...loves the sinner."
They want people to deny their natural inclinations.
Does a pot look at the potter and say what have you made of me?
Christianity should prefer people to be honest about themselves but they choose to force people into a one size fits all package to better process them through their faith factories.

Far better to believe something else or nothing at all then to live a lie to be a Christian.

Love is truth.
Love truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-1JVctSOY
♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

Answer 10

I would love to truly know "who I am", but how does one go about that. I just live.

Answer 11

yeah, and you christians forcing all your views upon the rest of us for all these years has forced us to live the lie you condemn. Thank luck it is finally changing and more and more of us are free to be.