Repentance (2/2)

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 3:2

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 3:2	Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! kingdom heaven nearness
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! Lamentations 3:40	Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. conversion life

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:1-2	Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let’s press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. conversion faith baptism
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ Luke 18:13	But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ conversion humility grace
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. Jonah 3:10	God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it. forgiveness grace evil