Too many miss the missing ingredient. For those interested in obtaining the full power, grace, and healing of in the ministry of repentance: pay careful attention.

Repentance:
The Missing Ingredient

(restitution & restoration)

Too often, the discussion of restoration and restitution doesn’t make it to the table.

Therefore, those aware of these missing ingredients, need to be that much more outspoken, and that much more diligent, by  pressing into the subject, and sharing it with others, and living in it, by example, and teaching it in the body of Christ.

The bottom line: when we discuss subjective repentance, and don’t include the subpoint of restoration and restitution, in our pursuit of reconciliation, we become like a wine skin full of holes that can’t hold the wine once poured into it.

Key Bible scriptures on restoration and restitution:

Old Testament

New Testament

  • Acts 5:1-11: Ananias and Sapphira’s failure to restore.

Restoration Themes

Key Verses

  • Luke 19:8-9: Zacchaeus promises half his possessions to the poor.
  • Acts 3:19-20: Repent, be converted and have sins wiped away.
  • Psalm 119:67: Before affliction, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.
  • 1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive.

Restitution Principles

  • Fourfold Restitution (Luke 19:8): Restoring more than taken.
  • Confession and Repentance (1 John 1:9): Acknowledge and turn from sin.
  • Seeking Forgiveness (Luke 11:4): Asking for pardon.

 

 

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