Do you struggle and fall in your walk in mortality? Do you keep stubbing your toe on the same stupid rock? Do you want to overcome sin, especially addiction, but can't seem to find the strength and/or desire to actually change? While in a discussion with my friend about forgiveness I received spiritual insight on an important element of repentance that is necessary but unfortunately not well known and understood. Restitution Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world, brings about the "restitution of all things". Restitution comes from the Latin word restatuere ; re- , meaning again, and statuere, meaning set up. It means "a giving back of something that has been lost or taken away; restoration"(Webster's New World Dictionary). Jesus Christ, by means of His infinite atonement, makes restitution for wrongs done to us, with or without the restitutions of those who have wronged us. This is necessary to satisfy the demands of both justice and mercy. Upon realizi...
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