Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then began JESUS to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. And they went out, and preached that men should repent. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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The essence of “Repentance” is the hatred of your sins; it is a turning from your sins and a determination in the strength of the Holy Spirit to forsake your sins. Repentance is an abhorring of that which is evil. Repentance is given to us by the Holy Spirit at our conversion. Repentance is to depart from evil, and to depart from evil is Understanding. The cry of Repentance: Let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
The Definition of Repentance: Fear the LORD, and depart from evil. The wisdom which is from above is the departure from evil, that is The Fear of The LORD. The Fear of The LORD is to hate Evil, and it is the Beginning of Wisdom, the true seed of Wisdom, the highest Wisdom. Wisdom from above is first Pure: Repentance. Only the Holy Spirit can put the Fear of The LORD in your heart. Repentance is The Fear of The Lord - A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil. Hate the evil, and love the Good.
Now, true Faith, in its very essence rests in this: a turning from evil to God and leaning upon, trusting upon Christ Jesus Himself. The pith, the essence of faith lies in this: a casting of your heavy laden Soul on the precious promises of God's words. Come to Jesus now, and He will give you Rest. Christ's Blood Atonement is the sum and substance, the root, the marrow, and the essence of all the Gospel. The Precious Blood is the only way Christ is able to forgive sins.
