How to be most "real"

Hebrews 3:1 - "Therefore, holy brothers you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession." Jesus is "the apostle" who was sent from (appointed by) God to live and die for us to become our "high priest." He is the beginning and the end. So how is Jesus "the apostle and high priest of our confession?" "Our confession" is first an agreed upon statement by a group of people. In this way it can be said to be "our" confession. Belief in Jesus and considering Jesus is then a community effort. So what are we doing to help others (who share the same confession) to "consider Jesus"?

Jesus is the apostle of our confession in that we, the church, believe that Jesus was sent (appointed) by God from heaven to earth in order to eternally save us. Jesus is the apostle from God! This is the truth, regardless of whether we believe it or not. Yet Jesus is the apostle of our confession in that we believe or confess (agree with the truth of reality) that Jesus was sent from God. By grace, we align our minds and hearts with the truth of who Jesus really is. This is what it means to make a confession. When we confess sin, we agree with reality (tell the truth about what's going on in our hearts). When we confess Jesus as the apostle of God, we agree with reality (tell the truth about who Jesus actually is). We do the same thing when we confess that Jesus is the high priest of God; he is the high priest of our confession. He really is the high priest of God, our confession is a corporate affirmation of this truth (or a corporate aligning of our hearts with reality).

The way to be more "real" or "authentic" is then to grow in your confession of the truth of God in the Bible, in addition to growing in your confession of who you are (or are not). Beware of defining the word "real" or "authentic" in a self-centered way. Those most real are those most God-centered, because a true knowledge of self comes from seeing ourself in light of God.