Soloter: Sir, if these brethren have followed the steps of BRO. Zaccheus in the Scripture whose act was approved of by Christ Himself, then who are we to question the decision of fellow sojourners like Zaccheus? this is to the glory of God, not all can do it. Joseph resisted Potiphar's wife for a long time, David went up and saw a naked bathing woman from a distance. If you're a Bible student, think about the reactions of these people.

odizeey: dat is not restitution,i dnt knw wat dey did,mayb na attention,wat abt d benefits dat came wit d cert,will d return dem

Soloter: Sir, if these brethren have followed the steps of BRO. Zaccheus in the Scripture whose act was approved of by Christ Himself, then who are we to question the decision of fellow sojourners like Zaccheus? this is to the glory of God, not all can do it. Joseph resisted Potiphar's wife for a long time, David went up and saw an unclad woman bathing from a distance. If you're a Bible student, think about the reactions of these people.

odizeey: zacheus returned d wealth he stole from ppl,n did it wit interest,n u r telling me dey followed him,if dey went to uni wit d cert let dem return d bsc cert too,deir job too,etc

Faith93: yea dats tru, wat about the benefit they gt Frm d certificate; but are u saying what they did, isn't restitution, Or are u saying they should have been a better way to go about it? Or lemme say how would you have handled it, if it were u?

Soloter: Sir, if these brethren have followed the steps of BRO. Zaccheus in the Scripture whose act was approved of by Christ Himself, then who are we to question the decision of fellow sojourners like Zaccheus? this is to the glory of God, not all can do it. Joseph resisted Potiphar's wife for a long time, David went up and saw an unclad woman bathing from a distance. If you're a Bible student, think about the reactions of these people.

Soloter: My relation went as far as 200 levels with a WAEC result he got through cheating, upon accepting Christ as His Lord and saviour, he left the university (Unimaid) came back, wrote ssce up to three times before he finally went back to school to read Law where he's about to graduate. Bro, this is not for every body.

Faith93: yea I get your point dear, but what about those who try to clean up their mess by not engaging in such act anymre, having to do away with it(malpractise) nd doing every exam dey cum across by dere own, do u tink dey still need to restitute?

odizeey: na understanding my bro. Some people say to rich na bad thing,n dey use dat bible passage of camel n needle,if dey die poor n live holy,dey will mk heaven,so as dose that r rich n r living in Christ

Soloter: It's not understanding, it's a matter of conscience and eternity.

odizeey: u dnt restitue waec result,use ur imagination,its hard to explain,except dey ddnt use it for anytn,its useless to dem. Me i use runs write,but nw i say i no go do am again,e no mean say i go return am. Tk for example,a guy raped a girl,n he is nw in Christ,will he tell d girl to rape him bk or mayb he will cut his man hood?

Soloter: I don't understand you.

Oluwatola5: Concerning the issue of restitution one has got to be very careful not to be led by the flesh or by ones emotions. If you arent duly led by the Holy-Spirit i will say you are on your own and anything you see, you brought it upon yourself.


Take for an example, a man who used to have sexual intercourse with his neighbour's wife now peradventure meets Christ and he is led by his burdened and disturbed emotions to confess to the husband about what he used to do with the man's wife. If such a person doesnt put the Holy-Spirit in His rightful place in this issue, he is at the risk of;

1. Loosing his life(Yes! Is the man is the violent type then he should believe he is as good as dead)

2. Breaking up a home. If the neighbour isnt the forgiving type then the newly-saved brother may likely live with another added burden for the rest of his life of being the one who caused the tempestuous storm in a once-peaceful or semi-peaceful family.

3. What if the husband of the woman is the diabolical type? How far have you grown in God and in faith to be able to gain victory when the battle becomes fierce.

Is just that most people even after God has forgiven them wouldnt let go of the guilty-conscience and will not forgive themselves. Making them remain in eternal bondage. I am not sure tho, but i dont believe all restitutions can be done.


I personally feel that if you arent led by the Holy-Spirit, dont do it, make peace first with your creator and find peace within, if you can't and you feel the Holy-Spirit wants you to restitute, then nothing stops you again, the H/Spirit will take pre-eminent control.

Oluwatola5: Concerning the issue of restitution one has got to be very careful not to be led by the flesh or by ones emotions. If you arent duly led by the Holy-Spirit i will say you are on your own and anything you see, you brought it upon yourself.


Take for an example, a man who used to have sexual intercourse with his neighbour's wife now peradventure meets Christ and he is led by his burdened and disturbed emotions to confess to the husband about what he used to do with the man's wife. If such a person doesnt put the Holy-Spirit in His rightful place in this issue, he is at the risk of;

1. Loosing his life(Yes! Is the man is the violent type then he should believe he is as good as dead)

2. Breaking up a home. If the neighbour isnt the forgiving type then the newly-saved brother may likely live with another added burden for the rest of his life of being the one who caused the tempestuous storm in a once-peaceful or semi-peaceful family.

3. What if the husband of the woman is the diabolical type? How far have you grown in God and in faith to be able to gain victory when the battle becomes fierce.

Is just that most people even after God has forgiven them wouldnt let go of the guilty-conscience and will not forgive themselves. Making them remain in eternal bondage. I am not sure tho, but i dont believe all restitutions can be done.


I personally feel that if you arent led by the Holy-Spirit, dont do it, make peace first with your creator and find peace within, if you can't and you feel the Holy-Spirit wants you to restitute, then nothing stops you again, the H/Spirit will take pre-eminent control.

Soloter: The believer here doesn't have anything to do with the woman's husband. he only needs to make amends by telling the woman "sorry, we were into a wrong relationship but it can't continue again now that I've known My saviour " .

odizeey: is sorry restitution?

Soloter: Yes! If you kill a man, or committed a crime that can't be compensated, it is expected that you show remorse. even the earthly courts of judgment often speak of remorse during judgment delivery. sorry is same as remorse.

Soloter: Point of Correction!
@op failed to make one thing clear to us. The believers were not the ones that chose to return the certificates, they confessed their sins to God and to WAEC, the council then said if you cheated as you confessed then return the certificates - that was why they returned those certificates. The best thing the council was supposed to do was to say, "go, you're forgiven, after all there are millions there including some of us in the council that are guilty of this sin" but they chose the path engineered by the devil to cause colossal but earthly loss to these brethren and also to discourage others who have such intention in the future. the council members who made the decision to ask those brethren to return the certificates were aware that by doing so, the born again Christians will loose their jobs and other benefits which to these 'Josephs, Daniels, Meshacks etc.', are nothing but mundane things that shouldn't mar their pilgrimage history.

Soloter: Hi, everyone in the forum. assuming you were an armed robber, you went to a family, killed the bread winner, carted away the entire family's treasure which is the basis of your affluent lifestyle and now you are born again. what will you do? note 1. the family is in the neighborhood. 2. Heaven demands you must preach to them.

Soloter: The believer here doesn't have anything to do with the woman's husband. he only needs to make amends by telling the woman "sorry, we were into a wrong relationship but it can't continue again now that I've known My saviour " .

Faith93: 100likes for this....everything should be done through the holyspirit nd not by man's decision or idea..tnx for contributing dear.

Oluwatola5: You are welcome dear, missing you so much!!!