No man ever truly repented, and turned away from all his sins, until by faith he accepted the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the cross.
Repentance is getting out of one train and getting into the other. You are in the wrong train; you are in the broad path that takes you down to the pit of hell. Get out of it to-day. Right-about-face.
Repentance can never become a substitute for obedience, neither can it, of itself alone, constitute a just ground for pardon.
Repentance does not consist in one single act of sorrow, though that, being the first and leading act, gives denomination to the whole; but in doing works meet for repentance, in a sincere obedience to the law of Christ for the remainder of our lives.
It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness; and unbelief. Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and of conduct.
The true penitent sees that he has broken God's holy law, and resisted the claims of his rightful Sovereign. The thought that most deeply affects him is, that he has sinned against God. In comparison with this, his other crimes vanish to nothing. The language of his heart is, "Against Thee, Thee only have I sinned."
