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Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by cutecommend(op): 7:29am On Apr 13, 2025

If you have stolen money or things in your office, stole from friend or neighbour, forged certificate, had children from paternity fraud, committed adultery, lied against someone, falsely accuse someone, duped people, did internet fraud, slept with someone's wife, slept with someone's husband, slept with your EX few days/weeks etc. to your wedding, killed a neighbour and covered it up, slandered someone, used a close person for rituals, poisoned someone, tied someone's destiny with juju e.t.c, when you genuinely repent from sin, do you still need to go clear your conscience by apologising to those people or their loved ones, or are you to move forward?

When you repent genuinely, God forgives you totally and you begin to enjoy His presence. But as you begin to move on, the HolySpirit will begin to tell you of some things you need to go and make peace about, stolen things to return e.t c. It could be people you hurt so bad that you need to apologize to. At this moment if you snub such leading of the HolySpirit, you become disobedient and it is sin. The HolySpirit is willing to assist you if you pray to Him for grace to make peace with those you have offended.

When the HolySpirit reminds you of something to confess, restitute e.t.c, if you refuse to do it, you will not enter heaven. And yes, the HolySpirit helps a lot if you pray for His assistance in make peace with anyone. He is a Helper in many things.

Pray this morning: Lord Jesus Christ, please forgive me all my sins, come into my life and be my Lord and personal Saviour in Jesus name. Amen.
Attend a good church also.

Happy Sunday to you.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by cutecommend(op): 7:30am On Apr 13, 2025

Let the HolySpirit lead.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by ebubeson: 7:37am On Apr 13, 2025

Making peace is good.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by helinues: 7:47am On Apr 13, 2025

Move on. Religious or not, you can never be 100% perfect in attitude and behavior

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Antichristian2: 8:17am On Apr 13, 2025*

Give back whatever you owe or stole!

Increase your charity on behalf of your debtors!

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:27am On Apr 13, 2025

How many can you still remember?
What gladdens God's heart is when you repent of such evil deeds and start a new life one thing is certain: with you out of the number of evildoers evil deeds is on the decrease not increase.
Then from that very moment begin to help those who may fall victim by striving to save them from perpetrators of such evil deeds.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Holiness2100: 8:41am On Apr 13, 2025

Resitute wherever you need to.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Righteousness2(m): 8:44am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
Move on. Religious or not, you can never be 100% perfect in attitude and behavior

Religion will not and cannot save you or I.
Religion cannot take you or anyone to Eternal life.

ONLY A GENUIE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST Will grant us Eternal Life in Heaven

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by helinues: 8:46am On Apr 13, 2025

Righteousness2:
Religion will not and cannot save you or I.
Religion cannot take you or anyone to Eternal life.

ONLY A GENUIE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST Will grant us Eternal Life in Heaven

That's your belief. Keep it yourself.

Others have contrary opinion

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Righteousness2(m): 8:50am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
That's your belief. Keep it yourself.

Others have contrary opinion

Listen!
Eternal life is not a matter of your Belief or your choice.
Irrespective of whatever you claim to believe,
Irrespective of how wonderful or good or religious you claim to be.

If you do not BELIEVE AND SURRENDER TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST! YOU ARE HEADING SPEEDILY TO HELL!

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by helinues: 8:53am On Apr 13, 2025

Righteousness2:
Listen!
Eternal life is not a matter of your Belief or your choice.
Irrespective of whatever you claim to believe,
Irrespective of how wonderful or good or religious you claim to be.

If you do not BELIEVE AND SURRENDER TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST! YOU ARE HEADING SPEEDILY TO HELL!

Be tolerant about your beliefs.

I ain't interested in your Jesus or any acclaimed messiah

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Righteousness2(m): 9:01am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
Be tolerant about your beliefs.

I ain't interested in your Jesus or any acclaimed messiah

You Better be interested for the sake of your soul.

Tolerant and grammars without will DESTROY your soul and throw you into the lake of Fire, Wailing , crying, repenting and gnashing your teeth for ever and Ever.

Hear the Truth. Know the Truth. Submit yourself to the Truth.
Hell Fire is too Horrible and Painful for one to toil with his Soul.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by lonelydora: 9:02am On Apr 13, 2025

Didn't you hear of the man who returned his WAEC certificate and asked them to cancel his results that he cheated when he wrote WAEC many years ago.

That's true restitution.

Another people that should restitute and get punished are pastors.

A pastor can't casually say on pulpit that he kpai someone or robbed when he was an unbeliever and not get arrested and jailed. That's confession and he should do the time.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Nwaikpe: 9:02am On Apr 13, 2025

Jesus paid it all.

But we listen to the Spirit that guides us within.

But also, as we listen to the Spirit, we have to be careful not to confuse it with the speakings of guilt, as it doesn't produce Christ.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by helinues: 9:03am On Apr 13, 2025

Righteousness2:
You Better be interested for the sake of your soul.

Tolerant and grammars without will DESTROY your soul and throw you into the lake of Fire, Wailing , crying, repenting and gnashing your teeth for ever and Ever.

Hear the Truth. Know the Truth. Submit yourself to the Truth.
Hell Fire is too Horrible and Painful for one to toil with his Soul.

That's the issue with some of you religious people. Why must you force your beliefs on others?

It's illogical to be educated, exposed and still be religious

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by omoredia: 9:05am On Apr 13, 2025

If u restitute u have a greater ŕeward. I shows how much u have repented and changed ur wicked ways and God will reward that extra effort

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by saintkel(m): 9:05am On Apr 13, 2025

Seun there should b dis kind of agreement that non christians should adhere to like in d Muslim section

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by nairavsdollars(f): 9:06am On Apr 13, 2025

Of course restitution is necessary. Even when you sin after becoming born again, you can always restitute

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Righteousness2(m): 9:06am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
That's the issue with some of you religious people. Why must you force your beliefs on others?

It's illogical to be educated, exposed and still be religious

Drop all these Useless Grammars that has nothing to do for your soul.

Run for your Life. Escape for your Life. Sort out the Matter of your Eternity now that you Have the opportunity.
The Breath in you now is an opportunity.
Embrace JESUS quickly before you join the Lamrnters and Wailiers in the Lake of Fire.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by ZACHIE: 9:08am On Apr 13, 2025

There is no one warning me before I'm able to respond to this topic. So much liberality.

Restitution is a difficult path to tread. You cannot restitute it all. So, what happens to the unrestituted hurts and pains?

Penitence and repentance should get you going. In think

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by helinues: 9:10am On Apr 13, 2025

Righteousness2:
Drop all these Useless Grammars that has nothing to do for your soul.

Run for your Life. Escape for your Life. Sort out the Matter of your Eternity now that you Have the opportunity.
The Breath in you now is an opportunity.
Embrace JESUS quickly before you join the Lamrnters and Wailiers in the Lake of Fire.

Do you have comprehension problem.

I said I am not interested. Respect yourself

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by sleezy106(m): 9:11am On Apr 13, 2025

Amen 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by anonimi: 9:11am On Apr 13, 2025

cutecommend:
Let the HolySpirit lead.

The encounter of Jesus Christ (Prophet Isa in Islam) with the tax collector made it clear that one cannot be saved without doing restitution first.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by 3nity7: 9:12am On Apr 13, 2025

cutecommend:
If you have stolen money or things in your office, stole from friend or neighbour, forged certificate, had children from paternity fraud, committed adultery, lied against someone, falsely accuse someone, duped people, did internet fraud, slept with someone's wife, slept with someone's husband, slept with your EX few days/weeks etc. to your wedding, killed a neighbour and covered it up, slandered someone, used a close person for rituals, poisoned someone, tied someone's destiny with juju e.t.c, when you genuinely repent from sin, do you still need to go clear your conscience by apologising to those people or their loved ones, or are you to move forward?

When you repent genuinely, God forgives you totally and you begin to enjoy His presence. But as you begin to move on, the HolySpirit will begin to tell you of some things you need to go and make peace about, stolen things to return e.t c. It could be people you hurt so bad that you need to apologize to. At this moment if you snub such leading of the HolySpirit, you become disobedient and it is sin. The HolySpirit is willing to assist you if you pray to Him for grace to make peace with those you have offended.

When the HolySpirit reminds you of something to confess, restitute e.t.c, if you refuse to do it, you will not enter heaven. And yes, the HolySpirit helps a lot if you pray for His assistance in make peace with anyone. He is a Helper in many things.

Pray this morning: Lord Jesus Christ, please forgive me all my sins, come into my life and be my Lord and personal Saviour in Jesus name. Amen.
Attend a good church also.

Happy Sunday to you.

Sorry to say but this is just your opinion it's not a criteria for the kingdom of God neither is it a doctrine. The only criteria for God's kingdom is
Rom.10.9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom.10.10 - For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Righteousness2(m): 9:12am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
Do you have comprehension problem.

I said I am not interested. Respect yourself

Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Fiscus105(m): 9:13am On Apr 13, 2025*

Not every time Christian should restitute after repentance, some restitution would damage more than what you taught you want to correct.

Examples. You slept with someone wife, you repented and now go to her husband for restitution.

A married woman committed adultery and go ahead to tell her husband because she wants to restitute.

You are in final year in the university, you now restitute by abandoning your university education and go back to resit WAEC, because you remember you cheated in your WAEC few year back.

You are polygamist before you born again,you are now telling the second wife and her kids to leave your house when there is no single fight between you guys.

All the above and others are too complicated to reverse, doing that, you are not doing it to satisfy God but "gods of men in suits". Hence, sending yourself to religion enslavement.

Even bro Paul admonishing us, we shouldn't be TOO MUCH concern about the laws. Gal:3:19, 1Tim1:9

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Christistruth02: 9:14am On Apr 13, 2025

Zaccheaus did Restitution

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Ihutomi: 9:14am On Apr 13, 2025

Restitution is a personal thing with u and God, and neva go back to that act again, even after restitution the scar remains

Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by Holiness2100: 9:14am On Apr 13, 2025

helinues:
Move on. Religious or not, you can never be 100% perfect in attitude and behavior

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Re: Should A Born Again Christian Restitute Or Just Move Forward In Faith? by anonimi: 9:15am On Apr 13, 2025

MaxInDHouse:
How many can you still remember?

What gladdens God's heart is when you repent of such evil deeds and start a new life one thing is certain: with you out of the number of evildoers evil deeds is on the decrease not increase.

Then from that very moment begin to help those who may fall victim by striving to save them from perpetrators of such evil deeds.

God speaking through Christ said that your repentance is incomplete without restitution.

Why do you want to make Him a liar huh