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Restitution Is Applicable To All Believers

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Restitution Is Applicable To All Believers 

Sunday 12th January

Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Isaiah 34 :16.
Key verse: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 2 Peter 1:20
Some people think that when the Bible says, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” This doesn’t mean that they should not bother about the damage they have caused to people in the past, or about the money they borrowed ten years ago, or about the lies they have told which have had damaging effects on people's lives. You can see here clearly that they are very wrong. We must compare scripture with scripture. You do not just take one portion of the scripture and run with it; it has its own mates. “Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate.” 
Similarly, some people think that restitution was a doctrine practiced in the Old Testament and does not apply to the New Testament. As a moral law, it does apply, except that the additives or percentage of the principal to be added stated in the time of law does not apply now. In the New Testament, the demand is to restore the principal. Any addition to the principal if the circumstances require so, should be done in the spirit of truth and pure conscience. If the person offended demands addition to the principal, discussion should be made to arrive at the justifiable percentage to be added. But if he is content to have the principal sum only, then, that should be done in love and appreciation. No scripture is alone or of any private interpretation; they are intertwined. For every scriptural passage, there is one or more scriptures elsewhere to make it clearer, to show that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter is established.  You do not come out to say that the things you did yesterday do not matter anymore, just because you have forgotten about them. You forgot, but God and the offended have not forgotten. Come to think of it, when you became born again, did your name, face and eyes change? No. 
Thought For The Day: Restitution announces your salvation. 
Song For The Day: Give me that old time religion 3X It’s good enough for me.
Bible Reading For The Day: Genesis 39-41 
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