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The Testimony of an Unchanged Life“Wherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”— 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)A changed testimony must come from a changed life. Anything less is empty religion.The Bible does not teach that salvation merely adjusts behavior or polishes the old man. Salvation crucifies the old man and raises a new one. If there is no change, Scripture does not call it growth—it calls it deception.Many speak loudly of their “testimony,” yet live quietly unchanged. The cross is mentioned, but sin is coddled. Grace is praised, but repentance is avoided. Christ is confessed with the lips while denied by the life.Scripture is blunt: “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him.”— Titus 1:16 (KJV)An unchanged life testifies against the gospel, not for it. It tells the world that Christ has no power to save, no power to cleanse, and no power to transform. That is a false testimony.When the Holy Ghost truly works in a man, He convicts, corrects, and converts. He does not leave a man comfortable in sin. He produces fruit, not excuses.“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.”— Titus 2:11–12 (KJV)This is not perfection—but it is direction. A saved man may stumble, but he does not settle. He may fall, but he does not remain content in the mud.If there is no hatred for sin, no hunger for holiness, no desire for obedience—then the testimony being preached is not of Christ, but of self.The question is simple and unavoidable: Has Christ changed you?Because the testimony of an unchanged life is not a testimony at all— it is a warning.