The Booby Trap

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 
and 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, 
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 
and show them heaven in us

PS: The GSWMI Single's Summit
had a wonderful Valentines Day 
at the Lekki Conservation Centre
It was fun celebrating the love of
God together and fellowshipping
with the Holy Spirit