Repent

  • A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world. Charles Spurgeon
  • In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Acts 17:30
  • Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, Acts 3:19
  • You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be too late. Thomas Fuller
  • If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Luke 17:4
  • I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 just persons who need no repentance Luke15:7
  • The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing. A.W. Pink
  • I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:5
  • In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea & saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” Matthew 3:1
  • God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. Augustine
  • He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil. Job 36:10
  • Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? Job 34:33
  • Many think they repent when it is not the offense but the penalty that troubles them. Thomas Fuller
  • Remember what you received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Revelation 3:3
  • But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. Luke 12:39
  • At this very moment you and I are either committing [selfishness], or about to commit it, or repenting it. C.S. Lewis
  • Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
  • The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient w u not wanting any1 2 perish but evry1 2 com 2 repntnce~1Ptr
  • Repentance is as much a mark of a Christian, as faith is. A very little sin, as the world calls it, is a very great sin to a true Christian. C. S. Spurgeon
  • Those who oppose Him He must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth 2 Timothy 2:25
  • And that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do His will. 2 Timothy 2:26
  • The coming of God’s reign either demands repentance or brings judgment. D.A. Carson
  • Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Corinthians 7:10
  • Or do you show contempt for the riches of His kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance. Romans 2:4
  • Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change. J.I. Packer
  • I [Paul] have declared 2 both Jews & Greeks that they must turn 2 God in repentance & have faith in our Lord Jesus. Acts 20:21
  • Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ 4 the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38
  • Repentance needs to be as loud as the sin was. John MacArthur
  • Paul said, John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus. Acts19:4
  • I [Christ] have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:32
  • To do so no more is the truest repentance. Martin Luther
  • For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17
  • He [John] went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Luke 3:3
  • People who cover their faults and excuse themselves do not have a repentant spirit. Watchman Nee
  • He [Christ] told them, this is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day… Luke 24:46
  • … and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:47
  • Whenever Christians stumble… bend a knee with Christ! Our walk with Christ is a marathon, not a sprint! Christ loves us unconditionally!
  • A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world. Charles Spurgeon
  • God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. Augustine
  • Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. Francis Quarles