Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Question: Will a believer still bear the consequences of his or her sins with God if such commits any transgression?

Answer: You know there are sins against God and there are sins against men and if you sin against God he will forgive you but men don’t always forgive.

For example, if you stole something God will forgive you but the law may not forgive you, you may be taking to court you may be found guilty and even put in prison now those are the consequences of your sin but this time is a bridge against the law. So you have to understand it

depends on the sin from God’s side he holds nothing against you anymore but you know man has a different standard, so it depends on what kind of sin we are talking about if it offended a human being he may lets you go even though God but man have rights in their world so it

depends on what kind of sin it is but be sure of one thing that God will not hold those things against you after he’s forgiven you. There will be no consequences from God’s perspective. However, the believer who is committing a transgression will drift away from God. Sin hardens

the heart; stiffens the neck and creates a gulf between the believer and the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit will not be a partaker of any man's sin against other men and God
He does not desert the believer but until the believer turns from the way of wickedness in repentance, the

Holy Spirit will go quiet
The carnal spirit or human spirit will take over the affairs of such a man throughout that season while the Holy Spirit will try continuously to reach the same man through his conscience and other believers pleading with him to turn from the path of evil

Separation from God is the most dangerous consequence of sin from the believer (Note that this happens automatically when the believer starts making choices that is not in line with the reality of the Holy Spirit.
It is not a punishment God deliberately inflicts the way some

husbands will give their wives the silent treatment or the cold shoulder syndrome!) If we are traveling together in the same vehicle and you decide to drop along the way, from the moment you dropped we will no longer be together and the longer I drive away from you, the more the

distance between us will grow.
This is how sin separates a believer from God
Inevitably, the consequence of sin will come upon that believer
Sin had been programmed to heap burdens and yokes upon its victims
The farther a believer is from God, the more hopelessness and despair

overwhelm such
When such gets to his or her breaking point, he or she will find a way back to God
This is what is called repentance
Like the prodigal son, sin can be enjoyed for a while but it is a killer
A mother introduced her daughter to me some years ago after one of our

Night of Glory meetings
The family (This mother and her two daughters) were located in Akure
The first daughter had gotten a job with an auditing firm in Lagos and the mother was worried that the lure of the city might sweep her off her feet
She had tried very hard to bring her

children up the Christian way but she had always noticed that this young lady had a wild streak in her
I spoke with the young lady, she said her mother was being paranoid and I should tell her not to worry
I prayed with them and this young lady got filled with the Holy Spirit

I made sure I followed her up for weeks and prayed with her until she settled into the city life
Things were good for like a year
Then her mother came to Lagos to visit her and saw that all her gown had become short gowns, she had wigs of crazy colours, strange makeup stuff and

so on
The mother arrived on a Friday
By the time she got to her daughter's flat (She had a key), the daughter had gone clubbing
The daughter returned early in the morning drunk and slurring her words
The mother nursed her
When the daughter recovered she lashed out in self defense

the mother was patient.
The mother noticed that her daughter's phone kept ringing
Many men were calling
Three men came calling and it was obvious to the mother that the men were married
The mother reached out to me in tears
"I have gotten it wrong, this was not what I raised my

daughter to become...."
I told her to relax
I was so sure her daughter would get overwhelmed
Sin is the grandfather of wickedness and heartlessness
Those who indulge in it are casualties in the long run
I told the mother her daughter would be broken by sin, all she needed to do

keep her loving arms wide open to receive her back with love
I prayed with the mother and tried several times to reach the daughter on the phone
She neither picked my calls nor called back
So I prayed for her and left her to enjoy her life...
While waiting for midnight today so

that I can send my wife a love message congratulating her on our 11th Valentine's day together, this young lady called me at 11:53pm & cried till 1:30am
Sin had done what it does not fail to do
Her heart had gotten broken by a man she had been with for seven months who pretended

be single while he was seven years married
The story is long but in the world, such things are fair game
It is to be expected that the children of darkness will do darkness because the darkness is their nature
I told her the rules of the game in the world is different
You cannot

choose to play by their rules and cry foul when the consequences hit
She had gotten pregnant for the guy at a point and the guy had practically drugged her to get the pregnancy out. The abortion thing coupled with her conscience made her feel she had to stay with him
It was a

mixed bag
She said "Brother Gbenga, will Jesus take me back? I am tired. I cannot stop crying
I have lost my peace and joy. I did a lot of things but it just felt as if I cannot stop sinking! I miss my fellowship with the Holy Spirit. I miss God. I am so sorry..."
That is what we

call repentance.
She was genuinely sorry and wanted to be restored to the father of light in whom there is no variableness or a shadow of turning
I led her back to Christ (This is what Apostle Peter called obtaining Mercy) and I prayed with her
Within a minute she was praying in

tongues while crying profusely over and over again
"Lord Jesus, I am sorry. Holy Spirit I am sorry"
She was able to sleep at 1:30
She slept off while we were still speaking
This morning, her mother had already arrived in Lagos
She was in Ibadan when I called to give her the good

news at 5AM
She and her driver got on the road almost immediately
(Oh the love of a Christian mother, how precious)
God didn't punish her and God will never do so
Sin bears in itself the booby trap that attracts to its perpetrators all sorts of bee stings, venom, and poisons

God does not have to do anything but wait, just like the prodigal son's father waited
The lost will eventually return home needing help
When such returns, we will love them & show them heaven in us
See you guys at Lekki Conservation Centre by 11AM

Happy Valentines Day

Love,
GSW

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