Quotes about Repentance

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.

Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.

It appertaineth to the true God alone to be able to loose men from their sins.

If there be a man before me who says that the wrath of God is too heavy a punishment for his little sin, I ask him, if the sin be little, why does he not give it up?

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God.

Praying men stop sinning and sinning men stop praying.

Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.

A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

Submitting to God requires us to deal with the sin in our lives. Sin

The Lord gave David plenty of time to repent of his sins, but when he didn't, He sent the prophet Nathan to confront him (see 2 Samuel 11—12). The guilt tore up David and made him physically sick (see Psalm 32:3—4). He finally confessed his transgressions to the Lord and received forgiveness (see verse 5).

To confess (homologeo) means to acknowledge or to agree. You confess your sin when you say what God says about it: "I entertained a lustful thought, and that's a sin"; "I treated my spouse unkindly this morning, and that was wrong"; "Pride motivated me to seek that board position, and pride doesn't belong in my life.

churches must come to terms with their past and genuinely repent, or there will be no future.