DROP THE ACT: THE AUTHENTICITY EXPERIMENT
DROP THE ACT: THE AUTHENTICITY EXPERIMENT
The People Experiment - Part 2 | October 10-11, 2026
Gabe Kolstad | @gabekolstad
What if the thing you’re doing to protect your relationships
is actually the thing destroying them?
1 John 1:5-2:2
5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.
1 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
1 John 1:5-2:2
1. Be REAL
2. Pursue the IDEAL
3. Do it TOGETHER
THE EXPERIMENT…
Where are you now?
What do you want to change?
What could you try?
DIGGING DEEPER: For personal or group discovery
Read Genesis 3:1–24 out loud. Then retell the passage in your own words. Then discuss the following questions:
What does this passage teach us about God?
What does this passage teach us about people?
If this is true, what should I do in response?
Who could I share this with?
