Hardest thing is to repentRepentance is duty imposed on all mankindActs 17:30What repentance does not meanNot just being afraid – Acts 24:25Not simply being sorry – Acts 2:37Not simply reformation of lifeWhat repentance meansMatthew 21:28-30Matthew 12:31 (Jonah 3:10)Luke 15:11-24 (prodigal son)Repentance involvesSense of sinSorrow for sinSeverance from sinII Corinthians 7:9-10Two things used to bring men to repentanceFear – II Corinthians 5:10-11; Philippians 2:12; Jude 1:23Love – Romans 2:4Cannot escape repentanceLuke 13:3 – “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”Alien sinnersLuke 24:47; Acts 2:38; 3:19Erring ChristiansActs 8I John 1:5-10ConclusionHebrews 4:7