Do Testimonies, Change Lives?

[MatthewG]

All I know is that one day, Yeshua changed my life.
It was not a first when I started reading the Bible, I was a Pharisee.
However, when I started really learning the Bible, I became more in tuned with Yeshua, within.
Still not perfect, not in the sense of my flesh, however when the Spirit of Christ comes through.
There is perfection, only by and through the Spirit of Christ. That does come a choice cost.
Lowering my self into the grave, knowing in faith that to let Yahavah work on and through me.
By that Spirit, in which Yeshua within the heart, provides the spiritual goodness, which comes.
Down from heaven itself, through us, and to others.




I don't believe testimonies change lives. Yahavah changes lives by the Spirit, when a person.
Actively chooses to seek first the Kingdom of Yahavah...


Because changing your fleshly actions, while they may benefit, they don't show your heart truly.
Only you know your own heart. As well as Yahavah knows where your heart lies when it comes.
To the concern of you and his relationship.

 

[Lambano]

All I know is that one day, Yeshua changed my life.

And that’s the testimony of a changed life.

 

[MatthewG]

And that’s the testimony of a changed life.

I don't think there is inherently wrong with people sharing testimonies, however sometimes I believe people can make it all about themselves.

Kind of like a pharisee.

Luke 18:9 Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 10 “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 14 I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

I use to judge people harshly, and sometimes that old person comes back up within me and I have to actively put it to death in Christ and raise with Christ and let him forward.