Quotes about Repentance

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.

Saw so much of the wickedness of my heart that I longed to get away from myself…I felt almost pressed to death with my own vileness. Oh what a body of death is there in me…Oh the closest walk with God is the sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on earth!

No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.