Quotes about Repentance

When the gospel is preached, there will be true and false conversions.

The Bible says that it is through the fear of the Lord that men depart from sin (Proverbs 16:6). If they don't fear God, they will be complacent about their eternal salvation (Matthew 10:28).

It is the false convert who is like a dog that returns to his vomit and the pig who goes back to the mire. A genuine convert would rather die than despise the Spirit of grace and trample the blood of Christ under his feet. 3:21 See Psalm 50:22-23.

To convince the world of the truth of Christianity, it must first be convinced of sin. It is only sin that renders Christ intelligible." Andrew Murray, The Spirit of Christ

How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!

When the Lord Jesus Christ gives a man remission of sins, He also gives him repentance.

...But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what he ought to do, he is chargeable with sin

The man who remains in his sin will be damned just as surely as the sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west.

The repentant man rightfully loses trust in himself. He recognizes his self-dependence as the source of his problems, not the solution.

The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.