“When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent’ (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.”  This was the first of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses.  Contrary to popular belief, the secret to spiritual progress is not perpetual goodness, but persevering in repentance.  None of us is perpetually good, but if we stop repenting, it means we have stopped believing.  Jude calls us to “keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21).  May we persevere in believing that God loves us, and that He sent His Son as a sacrifice for our sins to prove it.