REPENT!

The below are some quotes by Catherine Booth from the book "The Highway of Our God" from a chapter on repentance. Her definitions and explanations have helped my personal repentance but also my efforts in urging others to repent... Enjoy!

Repentance is not merely conviction of sin
Neither is repentance mere sorrow for sin
Neither is repentance a promise that you will forsake the sin in the future

What then is repentance? Repentance is simply renouncing sin – turning round from darkness to light, from power of Satan to God. This is giving up sin in your heart, in purpose, in desire, resolving that you will do it now. Of course this involves sorrow; for how will any sane man turn himself around a given course into another if he does not repent having taken that forbidden course? It implies also, hatred of the course he formerly took, and from which he turns.

Submission is the test of penitence.

Now, do not say “I don’t feel enough.” Do you feel enough to be willing to forsake your sin? That is the point. Any man who does not repent enough to forsake his sin is not a penitent at all. When you repent enough to forsake your sin, that moment your repentance is sincere and you may take hold of Jesus with a firm grasp. Then believe in Jesus and you will be saved.