Many born-again Christians always go along with a bible scriptures that says, 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" They forget and never cares of the evil they have done to people in the past.They don’t border about the lies they told clearly in the past that brought someone into trouble. They don’t border about the serious damages they have caused someone. Bible said, you must compare scripture with scripture. You don’t take just a scripture and run with it. Every scripture has it own reason and it needs, the bible said, none of it shall fail for my mouth has said it.
The scripture is not alone. There is another scripture that speak of that scripture to make it clear, to show that in the mouth of two or three witnesses. All you think you know, is just a part. So you can’t say, the things you did yesterday, you have forgotten, but God has not forgotten. In time of grace, every sins leads to Hell. You forgot but the heart of the offended has not forgotten. When you got born-again, did your face change? Did your stature change? A stolen Car will still remain a stolen car even if you claim to be a born-again. The fact will still remain that, the money you are enjoying now was stolen from your office.
Luke 19:7-9 "And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner;And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold; And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham"
Zacchaeus said, I will restore all what I stole from people because people have started looking down at Jesus that was walking with a robber. At that spot, he made necessary restitution and Jesus said, today salvation has come to your house. Why didn’t Jesus tell him, No it’s not necessary, the old has past away. Restitution is the evidence that Salvation has come. God commanded it and it has being in practice for many years even before the Law of Moses.
Brethren that cloth you stole from the line, Now that you have given your life to Christ, go back and return it. Return that shoe you stole before is too late. Go and return those things you stole from your office even if you are no more working there, still return. Even the things you borrow return them. Even the Bible you borrow, return it. Death will never inform you before coming to take you.
Return everything before death comes. Ezekiel 33:14 "Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right" and Judges17:1-2 "And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah; And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son."
The bible you borrowed from your friend hand, A whole Jesus himself and you fail to return it, if you die at that spot you are heading over hell. to us it is nothing, but to God it is something. In time of grace, every little sin will lead you to hell. People don't know who God is, if they know they will fear him. You tell a lied that lead someone into trouble, go back and say the truth; else, Hell is waiting for you. That little salt you took from your neighbor without telling him will lead you to hell if you die without telling them. A box of matches is not up to 5 cent but taking two stick without telling your neighbor will lead you to hell.
Divine Revelation Of Undone Restitution.
A woman came to that hall; and she was told, “You cannot pass-by.” And she said, “I lived a holy Christian life. What did I do?” The Angel said, “Fold you hands.” She folded her hands, and the Angel said, “Open them.” When she opened her hands, twelve sticks of matches were in her hands. And the Angel said, “Where did you get these twelve sticks of matches?”
Then she said,
“My neighbor gave me a box of matches to light my stove
because I did not have any. I lit one and it did not light, but the
second one was used to light the stove.” And then, she took out twelve
extra sticks and put into her own match box without telling
her neighbor. But the Angel asked her,
“Did you tell that you removed twelve sticks of matches.” And she said,
“I did not.” The Angel now said,
“Look up and read.” And she read,
“No unclean thing will ever go in.” And the Angel said, “How many unclean things did it say?” She said,
“Only one.” The Angel now said,
“How many matches do you have?” She said, “Twelve.” And then the voice said, “DEPART!” Curled From
-Pastor Abraham Yakubu; testimony titled;
Do not glory yet..!
Revelation 21:27 "And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life" Those things you stole from your office, even Biro, return it now, it's dangerous for your soul. You called yourself a man of God, and you cast a curse on someone because he disrespected you, or because he stole away your members, Haven’t you once disrespected God before? Go back and pray for him now. I’m not advising you But commanding you in the name of Jesus.
You commit adultery with another woman, you must confess your sin to your wife because, you have cheated on her. As a choir master, you commit fornication with one of the chorister, don’t think you can cover up your sin, you must report yourself to your pastor, so that they will punish you now, than the eternal punishment that await you in hell
You are a pastor, and you end up committing adultery with a lady that seduces you in your church, don’t cover it up, you must report yourself to the elder of the church and also your wife. You are about to get married to an innocent man that knows nothing about your past, and because of your past life, your womb has being destroyed, confess your past to him, if he’s yours he will stay with you and will still marry you
The money you borrowed from that man that died two years ago, you must still pay it back to his family or else, hell await you.You are yet to pay your wife dowry, you are a thief, even if she is now 70 years old, go and pay her dowry, else hell is waiting for you. Those of you that beat your wife as if she is in kindergarten, the rod of God is waiting for you if you die without begging her. I will teach my husband a lesson, he think he can cheat on me; I will show him that I am a woman. The Lord who created woman will show you too that He is God.
And what make you think you can divorce your wife for committing adultery? My dear you can’t. if you have divorce and re-marry, hell is waiting for you for the sin of adultery. Romans 7:2-3."For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband; So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man" Barrenness or no barrenness Children or no children, Witch or no witch, Poverty or no poverty, Adultery or no Adultery the law binding husband and wife is for life. You can’t divorce and remarry if you have done that, hell is waiting for you; Malachi 2:14-16 "I hate separation" Never look for a reason to put away your wife or your husband.
SHOULD WE DIVORCE OUR WIFE FOR COMMITTING ADULTERY?
Let he that is without sin be the first to cast the stone, that means.God equate Adultery with stealing, lying, anger, bitterness etc. if none of these can separate marriage, then Adultery can’t separate marriage. That fowl you stone for eating your food, and accidentally, the foul died in your hand, don’t bury it, go and report yourself to the owner. Because you got married to a stingy husband, that shouldn’t give you the reason to steal his money, if you do that and you fail to restitute, it is hell. You women that tied the glory of your husband in a pot, go and loose him now before is too late, else hell will arrest you when you die
You cursed your boyfriend because he cheated on you and ran away with your friend, tell me is there no more man in town? What if he marries you and use your head for ritual? Because of your curse at 40 he still remain single, go back and loose him and the lord will forgive you. You need to go back and confess your crime to those you have offended and Seek forgiveness from them. Follow peace with all men. False property, false result, False certificate, you need restitution in order to be free. Men with two wives, you are a thief
RESTITUTION IN AREA OF FALSE ACQUISITION.
God Also promise to punish Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, for accusing Job wrongly, else they do to him a necessary restitution and allow Job to pray for them, his wrath will be on them.
YOU SPEAK , CHALLENGED AND REPORT ANY HOW.
You must do something about it before standing before the judgment throne. He that speak careless words, shall stand at the judgment of his words. He shall account for any foul words. Else, Repent now and go back to apologies
RESTITUTION IN AREA OF FRAUDULENT MINISTRY.
1 Samuel 12:1-5 "And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you; And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day; Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you; And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand; And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness"
Samuel was ready to restitute if He has taken anything in a wrong way from anyone just as Zaccheus did. It is expected as a ruler of the church, elder, pastor or any leader of the church to make sure their way is pure in any circumstances, so that your way will be just before the lord. You borrow money from church you fail to pay back. You embezzle the church money. You committed adultery with a member of the church, you must do restitution, even if you are no more in that church, you must go back.
Judges 17:1-4 "And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah; And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son; And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.; Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah"
This was a story of a boy Micah who stole the silver of his mother, even when his mother was causing who stole it, the man was still saying amen. But later, after many years, this boy repented and returned the money, it was until then the woman blessed him after he restitute. The boy bear the shame, and confess his sins, yet the boy never knew it’s lord money. Still her mother gave him back the money.What did God said concerning this?
Ezekiel 33:14-16.. Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die., None of his sins that he hath committed shall be m mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
God is only interested in a serious human. He is ready to take if just only one that will be ready. If God can only remember Noah in his time, then he will only take to his kingdom, the only one ready for his will. So that the one not ready will be cast into the lake of fire, and they will not come to become another Satan in heaven.
RESTITUTION ON HUMAN STEALING.
Solomon restores back the stolen child back to her mother. Any child you bought, any child you stole, restore it back to the owner. It’s different from abduction . You sneak into the hospital to steal that child. 2 Samuel 21:1-9. Gibeonite was not among the children of Israel, but God punish the people of Israel for the evil they did to Gibeonite. Because God called you his beloved child, doesn’t mean he hate other people. He is the God of the Jews and the Gentiles. David met the people of Gibeonite to apologies and ask what they can used for restitution, and they requested for the life of Saul family
Saul killed them because of his own religious believe, forgotten the covenant they made with them through Joshua . Because God called you his people don’t mean he rejected other people. He is a God of all flesh I will visit iniquity upon the first and second generation even the fourth generation. Saul brought sin upon his generation, and his generation paid for what he owe. God needs a thorough work of righteousness. If you are really sorry, then return what you have stolen
RESTITUTION ON MAKING PEACE WITH YOUR OPPONENTS.
Follow peace and holiness with all men for without no man shall see the lord . Even before giving gift to God, you must first Restitute, apologies to whosoever you offended that is holding grudge against you, even before your offering can be accepted by the Lord Mathew 5:21-26. Telling your brother he’s useless, even the devil is still useful in some aspect, despite a whole man created by God. Calling your brother fools. Beating your wife, and maltreating your workers. Disrespecting your Father or Mother, even your Boss. Or even calling your brother FOOL habah that’s dangerous. be careful. Mathew 18:15-18. Even if your brother is angry with you, go to him and tell him his fault, instead of holding grudge or malice against him
RESTITUTION ON PERSONAL BELONGING.
Personal belonging may be sold for the purpose of carrying out restitution. Mathew 18:23-25 "Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants, And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents,But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
So, when you say; I want to restitute but I don’t have the money, don’t you have anything to sell? If the doctrine of restitution is highly regarded by God in this manner; to the extend of commanding the wife to be sold in order to ensure complete restitution. You have to reason and tinkle within your heart and be very serious with your restitution. If you don't have money, why not sold your properties and do your restitution; or else you will be sold to hell eternity.
WISDOM IS REQUIRE IN RESTITUTION.
Moreover, you must humble yourself because humility turns away anger. A wife should use soft language in humility to apologies to his husband. Jacob sent gift to Esau when he wanted to do his own restitution. He bow 7 times when he saw his brother. Jacob obtains mercy from his brother through the act of humility. Therefore, If you refused to humble yourself before those whom you offended, it will leads you to destruction.
PAUL MADE A RESTITUTION
Act 23:2-5 "And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth; Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
This is a great apostle apologizing after he realized he has spoken rudely to a high priest even if he’s an unbeliever. Many people, including i before i repent, am so fond of speaking rudely against the men of God. They can spit on a pastor face, If an Apostle of Christ can plead for the mistake he made, then who are you?
Philemon 1:17-18 'If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account" Restitution made by Onesimus to Philemon. He stole from Philemon, but later repented after the preaching of Paul, and Paul has to send him back to Philemon because he knew keeping him, will transgress against the word of God. Paul even promise to pay it from his own account. He sent him back to do his restitution. Its time to restitute and delay is dangerous.
