If thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying “I am saved” is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Another proof of the conquest of a soul for Christ will be found in a real change of life. If the man does not live differently from what he did before, both at home and abroad, his repentance needs to be repented of and his conversion is a fiction.
– Charles Spurgeon –
The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther –
People who cover their faults and excuse themselves do not have a repentant spirit.
– Watchman Nee –
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
– Augustine –
The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center.
– Paul David Tripp –
If one’s conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.
– Watchman Nee –
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
– John R. Mott –
A person repents when he comes to the place where he discovers that the will of God is the government of his life and the glory of God is the reason for his life. He only has repented who has changed his mind about his reason for being.
– Paris Reidhead –