Repentance (2/2)

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. Matthew 3:2

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. 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 test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! conversion life

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. Hebrews 6:1-2	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. conversion faith baptism
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!’ Luke 18:13	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!’ conversion humility grace
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. Jonah 3:10	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. forgiveness grace evil