Matthew 3:7-12 (NASB) [SUP]7 [/SUP]But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? [SUP]8 [/SUP]"Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; [SUP]9 [/SUP]and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. [SUP]10 [/SUP]"The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. [SUP]11 [/SUP]"As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. [SUP]12 [/SUP]"His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Mark 1:15 (KJV) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
[HR][/HR]Mark 6:12 (KJV) And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
[HR][/HR]Acts 2:38 (KJV) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
[HR][/HR]Acts 3:19 (KJV) Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
[HR][/HR]Acts 17:30 (KJV) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
[HR][/HR]Acts 26:20 (KJV) But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
[HR][/HR]Revelation 2:5 (KJV) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
[HR][/HR]Revelation 2:16 (KJV) Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
[HR][/HR]Revelation 2:22 (KJV) Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
[HR][/HR]Revelation 3:3 (KJV) Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
[HR][/HR]Revelation 3:19 (KJV) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
You know, the last time I looked in the Word, it said judgement comes without repentance, & true repentance demands fruits (works).
Repentance first begins in the heart, but works of repentance shows we follow through with it.
I can say "I believe" till I'm blue in the face, but I can't prove it to God, myself, or others unless I do something about it.