Returning What Was Taken Unrighteously (2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leviticus 6:5 Or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he
shall even restore it in full, and shall add to it a fifth
part of it. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs,
on the day he is found guilty.
Luke 19:8 And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold,
the half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor, and if
I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I
restore four times as much.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Part 2 of 2]
Second, God wants us to not only return in full, but also to
add one-fifth more when we make a recompense. Why must we add
one-fifth? According to this principle, we have to return
abundantly. If we have taken money or things from others, God
wants us to add one-fifth to the full amount when we return
it. God does not want His children to return the bare
minimum. In printing books one has to leave margins at the
top, bottom, left, and right of a page. Similarly, we should
not be stingy in apologizing to people and returning what has
been taken from them. We must be generous and liberal.
Some people do not add one-fifth to their recompense. In
fact, they return much less than one-fifth of what was owed.
They apologize by saying, "Although I offended you in this
matter, I was not wrong in other matters. In other matters I
did not offend you; rather, you offended me." This is a
settling of accounts, not a confession. If you want to
confess, do not be that stingy. It is all right to apologize
more than you need to, but do not apologize less. Why did you
sin in the first place? Since you have to recompense now, be
more generous. Do not take things away from others and then
return only that much to them. You have to return generously.
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Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee, Messages for
Building Up New Believers, pp.337-338. Both are published by
Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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