Repentance (2/2)

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

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Matthew 3:2	Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. kingdom heaven nearness
Let us examine and test our ways and return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40	Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. conversion life

Therefore, let us leave behind the basic teaching about Christ and advance toward maturity. We must not be forever laying the foundation: repentance for actions that lead to death, faith in God, instruction about baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:1-2	Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. conversion faith baptism
The tax collector, however, stood some distance away and would not even raise his eyes to heaven. Rather, he kept beating his breast as he said, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ Luke 18:13	But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ conversion humility grace
When God saw by their actions that they had turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not inflict upon them the punishment that he had threatened. Jonah 3:10	When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. forgiveness grace evil