Repentance is not just turning from sin.
Anyone can turn from sin.
It's the turning to Christ that's the important part and that's where the repentance comes in
We are changing how we think about Christ
Repentance is not simply *God, I'm sorry for my sin and I promise not to do it again.*
It trusting in Christ to save us and not ourselves, which is what we are doing when we make the focus of repentance on our *repenting* from sin to save us.
Certainly repentance is more than turning from sinful behavior. The word repentance is the English translation of the Greek metanoéo. As Professor Zodiates explains when translating:
“repentance not just as a feeling sorry, or changing one’s mind, but as a turning round, a complete alteration of the basic motivation and direction of one’s life. This is why the best translation for meta do; is often ‘to convert’, that is, ‘to turn round”.
Which is just another way of saying to sincerely believe, with all your heart, everything Christ taught, did, and stood for.
Great post.
For the Christian, repentance is a constant, daily, moment-by-moment process as we walk in faith with the Lord Jesus Christ.