Repentance we believe to be sorrow for and turning from sin, not
moaning and groaning over the past and continuing the same way of
living; but to quit lying, drinking, swearing, stealing, and to be
honest, virtuous, charitable, forgiving, and to serve God in spirit and
truth--_this_ is repentance.
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (_Luke xiii._,
3). "Repent ye, and believe the Gospel" (_Mark i._, 15). "Repent *
* * * every one of you" (_Acts ii._, 38). God "commandeth all men
everywhere to repent" (_Acts xvii._, 30). "Wherefore putting away
lying, speak every man truth with his neighbors * * * neither give
place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: * * * Let no
corrupt communication proceed out Of your mouth, * * grieve not
the Holy Spirit of God. * * * Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with
all malice" (_Eph. iv._, 25-31). "Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revelings, and such like: of the which * * they which do such
things shall _not_ inherit the kingdom of God" (_Gal. v._, 21).