UNDERSTANDING RESTITUTION ( Part III - The concluding part )

This is the concluding part of the Study about Restitution, the first part treated what restitution is all about, why a child of God must do restitution and consequences of unsettled restitution. The second part treated the blessing of Restitution. You can check Part 1 & 2 on our facebook page or our website www.rtemoutreach.org

WRONG NOTIONS ABOUT RESTITUTION
So many Christians and pastors, especially the modern day pastors and lost ministers, do not have the biblical understanding of God’s command about restitution, they see it as unnecessary and they teach just that. They say when you are saved, God forgives your sins and that settles all without restitution. What that mean is that you can keep using what you stole before you were saved, you can keep covering the evil you did before you were saved, but the truth is that Christians who believe such will not want people to do so to them. You will not want your wife to keep hide serious secret from after she is saved, if she excuses, "I did not tell you because God has forgiven me" Will such excuse justify why your wife covered up premarital son until you found out yourself? So it is applicable to people who hide under the self deception that, "I have confessed to God and that settles it"

Such people will not want their husband who left them with children for strange women to continue staying with the strange women after the husbands are saved; they will want the husbands to do restitution by returning and apologizing. Pastors who say restitution is of no use will not want their wives to continue keeping secrets from them even after their wives are saved. Christians who disagree with restitution will not want the thieves who stole their only cars or life’s precious belongings to keep them after the thieves are saved; they will definitely want the thieves to return them, they might even be praying that God should touch their hearts.

If a dubious person ganged against you and used his influence to claim your developing housing property which you have spent all your hard earned money to build, after the dubious person is saved, wouldn’t you expect him to come back to you, at least to apologize?

Restitution is infallible truth of Christianity that cannot be biblically or reasonably denied, it is soul depravity and self deception that make “so called” preachers to ignore or deny restitution after salvation. If you go to such people for counsel, they will counsel you wrongly and cancel your life. Such preachers can tell you to just forget about it since God has forgiven you, they may tell you to fast and forget about it, they may tell you to give special offerings, sow into their ministries and God will pardon you. But the truth is that there is no substitution for restitution expects to restitute. You can contact us at RTEM for godly counsel on restitution or any genuine and godly preachers or people you may know that have biblical understanding about restitution.

God has used this ministry to guide and counsel several people on restitution, many people have done unbelievable restitution in their marriages, schools, workplace, etc. So far in my experience, no single restitution has broken any marriage, but rather strengthen their marriage, because God makes everything work together for good. You will not want to miss the peace of mind and presence of God you will experience after you do the right thing.

If you attend any of these prosperity, modern churches, be sure they will not give you needed encouragement for holiness.

Restitution is biblical command only for the saved children of God, it’s not an option.

HOW TO DO RESTITUTION
Restitution is urgently important but then all restitution, either simple or serious, must be done the following manners:

(i) Prayer - Pray for God’s grace, favor and then take a move. You can also share with godly people to pray along with you.

(i) Godly counsel. You need godly, unbiased counsel for restitution from godly ministers who have biblical understanding about restitution.

(ii) Humility - Know that when you are restituting – maybe returning something, revealing something, restoring something, etc, you are actually doing yourself, your soul, your life a favor not the person you are doing the restitution to. So you must do it with a humble spirit no matter your position or the level of the person, not arrogantly.

(iii) ) Restitution must be done “now” without delay because you may not have “later”. Satan will always suggest that you postpone, delay or even defy the restitution so that he can destroy you forever. As previously said, undone restitution can hinder you from making the Rapture, causing untimely death, hinder you from entering heaven; as well hinder your prayer and blessing.

Restitution is more important than your service to God, than your offerings, your prayers, fasting or your business and work. It determines your better life and eternity. In doing restitution, you may suffer loss, shame, even death but it worth more than that. Don’t allow Satan or anyone to scare you, God is right with you and He will definitely see you through to the end. Look ahead at the joy, blessing and glorious eternal rewards, look at Jesus! Don’t look at the present, temporal pain but at the eternal, permanent gain!

“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:28-33.

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