Concerning the withdrawal of the Unilorin student from school based on conviction. - Restitution

Kindly read carefully and meticulously.



No subject matter of the scripture should be controversial. The scripture teaches us to be ready to supply answer to every man that ask questions about our faith.

1Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

We should not shy away from any subject matter that the scripture clearly teaches.

Hence, the need to be diligent and dutiful in study and preaching-

2tim2:15
15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Paul in 1Tim3:2 Also instructed that the bishop(shepherd) must be apt(ready) to teach


My submission is therefore presented


Christianity is defined by his word: by the written word.

That means, whatever we define in Christianity, it should be based on what is written.

Jesus, sets a pattern for us in Mat4:4,7,11.
Luke24:25-27, 44-46.

Even after the resurrection of Jesus, he kept talking about what is written.

The WRITTEN WORD
Something fundamental about the written word is that it helps to preserve the truth.
It means what is says and it cannot mean what it doesn't mean.

Hence, from the written word we should be able to say, this is what God wants, this is what the scripture teaches.


James1:17... With whom there is no vairableness, neither shadow of turning.


God is consistent in all his ways, what he meant 2000yrs ago is what He mean today, 'no variableness', and he has communicated his mind to us; not in our experiences but in His word. Primarily, the written word.

Hence, the question here is restitution.

Before then, we see that apostle Paul and all other apostles in all their letters wrote extensively on salvation, and he didn't mention experience(s) at all

1cor15:1-4:

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.


Paul, in defining salvation said; “according to the scriptures”.
That means salvation is according to the scriptures not our feeling or experiences.

What then does the scripture teach about salvation?

Eph2:7-8
7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Titus3:5-7

5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Something consistent about salvation as we have seen in plethora scriptures is that salvation is a gift. And this gift is given of God, by his kindness, mercy and Grace.

Rom5: 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God doesn't need our input in His works.

We were helpless, wretched, dead-Eph2:1

Salvation, is God's work.

Salvation is a gift. What do I do to a gift, I receive it.

If I deserve it, then it is not salvation. Rather. It is not from God


Rom3:19
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

God’s Righteousness through Faith.

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Boasting Excluded

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

From the above scripture, we should understand that, salvation is void of the law.

Gal 2:16:

16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

So, haven known that, a man is not saved by the law, (tithing, passover, burnt offering, cropping, clothing) let us study RESTITUTION


One of the greatest errors in bible study is cross-testamental application.

Not being able to separate the OT from the NT.

Heb1:1

1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

Rom15:4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope

1cor12:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

The OT isn't our example, but they were written for us to learn from.


Heb8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord . 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 13 In that He says, “A new covenant, ” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

So, when was the NT established.

Upon the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.

Heb9:17 (AMP) For a will and testament is valid and takes effect only at death, since it has no force or legal power as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 So even the [old] first covenant (God’s will) was not inaugurated and ratified and put in force without the shedding of blood.

Therefore, until the death of Jesus, there was no New Testament.

Jesus, ministered under the Old testament. The new testament began after the his resurrection.

His blood was called the blood of the New Testament. His blood wasn't shed on the street of Galilee.


That said,

Firstly, nobody, mentioned restitution, under the new covenant!

In the 4 gospels (from the above explanation; the 4 gospels up till when Jesus rose from the dead was under the Old covenant)

We have Zacchaeus;

Luke19:8- Zacchaeus was a jew and under the law. Why didn't Jesus rebuke him? Did Jesus rebuke anyman for keeping the law of Moses legitamately?

Did Zacchaeus do as he said? (No further information).
The woman caught in adultery- Jesus simply said your sins are forgiven. What restitution did he command her to do?

I think I started with the conclusion

So, let's go back to see what restitution is. It was a law of Moses to the jews which simply means (to restore or restore back). This was only taught under the law of Moses

Exodus22:1 (AMP) IF A man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him. 3 But if the sun has risen [so he can be seen], blood must be shed for slaying him. The thief [if he lives] must make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.
9 For every unlawful deed, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing at all, which another identifies as his, the cause of both parties shall come before God [the judges]. Whomever [they] shall condemn shall pay his neighbor double.


If a man must keep the law, he must keep ALL; let's see what the following text in

Verse16:
16 If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.

These laws were grievous.

See what Peter said about the law

Act15:10 (AMP) Now then, why do you try to test God by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, such as neither our forefathers nor we [ourselves] were able to endure?

Peter, calls the law 'yoke'. Noone could bear it. Including Peter.


Moses gave the law.
John1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.



Why?

Mark10:5
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept

Christ is the end of the law.

Rom10:1-4
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Could/was anyone justified by the law. No, not One.

Rom3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

If you must keep the law, you must keep everything.

James2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

If you must restitute for your sins to be fully forgiven or for your salvation to be genuine.

You must also ensure that you kill a passover lamb annually.

Hence, you must have an high priest(definitely not Jesus), a temple, holiest of all, ark of the covenant, Aaron's rod, tablets of stone, a ram...

If not,

The sacrifice of Jesus paid it all-Once and for all. Hence we stand justified forever. No merit, no works, no personal input.

I think it is pride to think that the sacrifice is Jesus isn't all sufficient without your efforts.

Gal5:2 Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you [for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him].

3 I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances.

4 If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God’s gracious favor and unmerited blessing).


What if I have a personal encounter with God and He's asking me to restitute?

I will do a further exegesis on this next week


for further study on this subject matter,

visit www.livingwordmedia.org to download teaching for free.

Recommended teachings on the website
1. So Grear salvation Series1-5
2. Forgiveness of sins repentance from sin
3. When (if believers sin)
4. This Gospel. pdf

Cool write up.

There is no problem with restitution, restitution is a very good thing!

But when dealing with issue, one should not leave the circumstances that may have given rise or may have surrounded the issue.

The "ex" UNILORIN student applied for the termination of his studentship status cos he was admitted through result he had through examination malpractice.
As we all know, one may not be able to fit in and perform well in a position one does not merit. It was very likely the boy was experiencing the effect of the unmerited admission due to the malpractice and probably struggling with the CGPA.

The only thing that can convince one the restitution is genuine is if the school can release the CGPA of the guy. If the CGPA still stands, it is a genuine restitution. But if there is a need to introduce a microscope to view the contents in the CGPA, then there is no restitution in that but a devised way to honorably drop out from the school

tuncy:
Concerning the withdrawal of the Unilorin student from school based on conviction. - Restitution

Kindly read carefully and meticulously.



No subject matter of the scripture should be controversial. The scripture teaches us to be ready to supply answer to every man that ask questions about our faith.

1Pet 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

We should not shy away from any subject matter that the scripture clearly teaches.

Hence, the need to be diligent and dutiful in study and preaching-

2tim2:15
15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Paul in 1Tim3:2 Also instructed that the bishop(shepherd) must be apt(ready) to teach


My submission is therefore presented


Christianity is defined by his word: by the written word.

That means, whatever we define in Christianity, it should be based on what is written.

Jesus, sets a pattern for us in Mat4:4,7,11.
Luke24:25-27, 44-46.

Even after the resurrection of Jesus, he kept talking about what is written.

The WRITTEN WORD
Something fundamental about the written word is that it helps to preserve the truth.
It means what is says and it cannot mean what it doesn't mean.

Hence, from the written word we should be able to say, this is what God wants, this is what the scripture teaches.


James1:17... With whom there is no vairableness, neither shadow of turning.


God is consistent in all his ways, what he meant 2000yrs ago is what He mean today, 'no variableness', and he has communicated his mind to us; not in our experiences but in His word. Primarily, the written word.

Hence, the question here is restitution.

Before then, we see that apostle Paul and all other apostles in all their letters wrote extensively on salvation, and he didn't mention experience(s) at all

1cor15:1-4:

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.


Paul, in defining salvation said; “according to the scriptures”.
That means salvation is according to the scriptures not our feeling or experiences.

What then does the scripture teach about salvation?

Eph2:7-8
7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Titus3:5-7

5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Something consistent about salvation as we have seen in plethora scriptures is that salvation is a gift. And this gift is given of God, by his kindness, mercy and Grace.

Rom5: 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God doesn't need our input in His works.

We were helpless, wretched, dead-Eph2:1

Salvation, is God's work.

Salvation is a gift. What do I do to a gift, I receive it.

If I deserve it, then it is not salvation. Rather. It is not from God


Rom3:19
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

God’s Righteousness through Faith.

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Boasting Excluded

27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

From the above scripture, we should understand that, salvation is void of the law.

Gal 2:16:

16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

So, haven known that, a man is not saved by the law, (tithing, passover, burnt offering, cropping, clothing) let us study RESTITUTION


One of the greatest errors in bible study is cross-testamental application.

Not being able to separate the OT from the NT.

Heb1:1

1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

Rom15:4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope

1cor12:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

The OT isn't our example, but they were written for us to learn from.


Heb8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord . 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” 13 In that He says, “A new covenant, ” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

So, when was the NT established.

Upon the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.

Heb9:17 (AMP) For a will and testament is valid and takes effect only at death, since it has no force or legal power as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 So even the [old] first covenant (God’s will) was not inaugurated and ratified and put in force without the shedding of blood.

Therefore, until the death of Jesus, there was no New Testament.

Jesus, ministered under the Old testament. The new testament began after the his resurrection.

His blood was called the blood of the New Testament. His blood wasn't shed on the street of Galilee.


That said,

Firstly, nobody, mentioned restitution, under the new covenant!

In the 4 gospels (from the above explanation; the 4 gospels up till when Jesus rose from the dead was under the Old covenant)

We have Zacchaeus;

Luke19:8- Zacchaeus was a jew and under the law. Why didn't Jesus rebuke him? Did Jesus rebuke anyman for keeping the law of Moses legitamately?

Did Zacchaeus do as he said? (No further information).
The woman caught in adultery- Jesus simply said your sins are forgiven. What restitution did he command her to do?

I think I started with the conclusion

So, let's go back to see what restitution is. It was a law of Moses to the jews which simply means (to restore or restore back). This was only taught under the law of Moses

Exodus22:1 (AMP) IF A man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him. 3 But if the sun has risen [so he can be seen], blood must be shed for slaying him. The thief [if he lives] must make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.
9 For every unlawful deed, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing at all, which another identifies as his, the cause of both parties shall come before God [the judges]. Whomever [they] shall condemn shall pay his neighbor double.


If a man must keep the law, he must keep ALL; let's see what the following text in

Verse16:
16 If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.

These laws were grievous.

See what Peter said about the law

Act15:10 (AMP) Now then, why do you try to test God by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, such as neither our forefathers nor we [ourselves] were able to endure?

Peter, calls the law 'yoke'. Noone could bear it. Including Peter.


Moses gave the law.
John1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.



Why?

Mark10:5
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept

Christ is the end of the law.

Rom10:1-4
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Could/was anyone justified by the law. No, not One.

Rom3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

If you must keep the law, you must keep everything.

James2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

If you must restitute for your sins to be fully forgiven or for your salvation to be genuine.

You must also ensure that you kill a passover lamb annually.

Hence, you must have an high priest(definitely not Jesus), a temple, holiest of all, ark of the covenant, Aaron's rod, tablets of stone, a ram...

If not,

The sacrifice of Jesus paid it all-Once and for all. Hence we stand justified forever. No merit, no works, no personal input.

I think it is pride to think that the sacrifice is Jesus isn't all sufficient without your efforts.

Gal5:2 Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you [for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him].

3 I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances.

4 If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God’s gracious favor and unmerited blessing).


What if I have a personal encounter with God and He's asking me to restitute?

I will do a further exegesis on this next week


for further study on this subject matter,

visit www.livingwordmedia.org to download teaching for free.

Recommended teachings on the website
1. So Grear salvation Series1-5
2. Forgiveness of sins repentance from sin
3. When (if believers sin)
4. This Gospel. pdf

Best write up ever. God bless you. I asked the proponents of restitution one question that they have not answered. The question is this :The thief who was crucified alongside Jesus who also went to paradise, did Jesus request him to make restitution of all he stole before granting him access to paradise?