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Is Restitution A Must For Christians? by FreshGreen: 9:39pm On Feb 07, 2016
IS RESTITUTION IN THE BIBLE?
"then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. 8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him." Numbers 5:7, 8.

Restitution is making right what we did wrong before we are saved. Restitution is not an optional, it is not a human ideology or theology, but it is a Bible command, a Bible standard!

WHEN TO DO RESTITUTION?
"Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full" Numbers 5:7

Restitution is to be made after you have confessed your sins to God and you are saved. Restitution is not a topic to argue with people about, because if you are not yet saved, you need not to bother yourself about restitution, you need to first confess your sins to God and forsake them before you move to higher level of restitution in your Christian life; and because if you are saved, you need no one to hammer on you before you are convinced about restitution. Conviction for restitution is natural to those who have experienced genuine salvation. When you are genuinely, the Spirit of God will come to dwell inside of you, and it is the same Holy Spirit that will teach you and convince you about restitution without anybody forcing you.

WHAT IF?
"But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of the atonement with which atonement is made for him." Numbers 5:8

Restitution is restoring and returning things that were wrongly taken or possessed; it is reconciling with people we offend or who offend us, revealing lies and secret sins or covered-up, and repaying those we owe bad debts. So what if we can't retrace the person to return or repay? In such case, the Bible says we should trace their relatives and pay to them, and if we can trace anyone related to them we should pay it to the Lord, maybe into your church offering box. The Lord knows how to repay the untraced person.

BUT MY CHURCH DOES BELIEVE OR EMPHASES ON RESTITUTION
The truth is that, a church that does not believe restitution does not have or believe genuine salvation, because restitution is a confirmation of a genuine salvation, so if your church and your pastor do not believe restitution as a must, they actually do not have genuine salvation and they don't teach genuine salvation. If a Christian does not believe restitution as a mandate, you may need not to argue with such Christian or pastor, he has not experienced genuine salvation. It is not man that convinces a man on restitution, it is the Holy Spirit that convinces, convicts and compels only the genuinely saved people to do restitution. Arguing with people about restitution is a waste of time, instead, first share with them about genuine salvation.

AND IF?
If you die or the rapture takes place with pending or postponing restitution in your life, you will miss heaven. Undone restitution of a child of God unmakes him for heaven.

COUNSEL? YES!
There is need for biblical counsel before many restitution should be made, though many churches and ministers cancel people's lives with their unbiblical counsel on restitution, but you need a godly counselor to give you a godly counsel. If the Spirit of the Lord is laying on your mind and leading you on any issue to restitute, or if you need clarification on any matter of restitution, you can please contact us in this ministry for biblical counsel and prayer.

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Re: Is Restitution A Must For Christians? by ifenes(m): 10:46pm On Feb 07, 2016
For Christians,yes. But for normal human,no. You don't have to if you do not find it in your heart to do. People should be allowed to find it upon themselves to say sorry for wrong doings,and not for rewards or escape from punishments.
Re: Is Restitution A Must For Christians? by analice107: 2:05am On Feb 08, 2016
ifenes:
For Christians,yes. But for normal human,no. You don't have to if you do not find it in your heart to do. People should be allowed to find it upon themselves to say sorry for wrong doings,and not for rewards or escape from punishments.
HahahahahahahahaHHHa. Kia, see this guy. Yea, you are very right, Christians are indeed not normal people. That is, if being normal entails being stupid like you Ifeness. Then yes.
When you are done removing God so that you won't have him to answer to Him for your wrong doings, you will still the law to fight against.
You are not even an atheist. You are confused.
Re: Is Restitution A Must For Christians? by ifenes(m): 3:18am On Feb 08, 2016
analice107:

HahahahahahahahaHHHa. Kia, see this guy. Yea, you are very right, Christians are indeed not normal people. That is, if being normal entails being stupid like you Ifeness. Then yes.
When you are done removing God so that you won't have him to answer to Him for your wrong doings, you will still the law to fight against.
You are not even an atheist. You are confused.

Do you do the right things for god or harmony of humanity? If you say god you are deluded.

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