Repentance means turning away from sin in sorrow and turning toward God to seek forgiveness and new life in Jesus Christ.
We repent by acknowledging that we have done something wrong and seeking out God and the change that God can give us through grace.
You can read more about this in the Bible:
- Matthew 7:13–14 “Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
- Matthew 7:21–27 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’
Read full text - John 3:18 Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
