9. What is required of the sinner as well as confessing his sin? Acts 17:30.
NOTE: ‘Repentance includes sorrow for sin and a turning away from it. We shall not renounce sin unless we see its sinfulness; until we turn away from it in heart, there will be no real change in the life. There are many who fail to understand the true nature of repentance. Multitudes sorrow that they have sinned and even make an outward reformation because they fear that their wrongdoing will bring suffering upon themselves. But this is not repentance in the Bible sense. They lament the suffering rather than the sin.’ Steps to Christ, page 23.
10. Why is Christ’s Second Coming apparently delayed? What is the Lord waiting for? 2 Peter 3:9.
NOTE: ‘The simple story of the cross of Christ, His suffering and dying for the world, His resurrection and ascension, His mediation on the sinner’s behalf before the Father, subdues and breaks the hard and sinful heart, and brings the sinner to repentance. The Holy Spirit sets the matter before him in a new light, and the sinner realizes that sin must be a tremendous evil to cost such a sacrifice to atone for it. How grievous must sin be that no less a remedy than the death of the Son of God could save man from the consequences of his guilt. Why was this done in behalf of man? It was because God loved him, and was not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, believe in Jesus as a personal Saviour, and have life eternal.’ Sons & Daughters of God, page 228.