This is one of the most compelling quotes I've ever read....
'...Make no mistake on this point, God “now commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30).
'In requiring repentance from us, God is pressing His righteous claims upon us. He is infinitely worthy of supreme love and honor, and of universal obedience. This we have wickedly denied Him. Both an acknowledgement and amendment of this is required from us. Our disaffection for Him and our rebellion against Him are to be owned [acknowledged] and made an end of.
'Thus repentance is a heartfelt realization of how dreadfully I have failed, all through my life, to give God His rightful place in my heart and daily walk.....
'... In true repentance the heart turns to God and acknowledges: my heart has been set upon a vain world, which could not meet the needs of my soul; I forsook Thee, the fountain of living waters, and turned unto broken cisterns which held none: I now own and bewail my folly.
'But more, it says: I have been a disloyal and rebellious creature, but I will be so no longer. I now desire and determine with all my might to serve and obey Thee as my only Lord. I betake myself [=I turn myself] to Thee as my present and everlasting Portion."
-- A.W. Pink, "Repent or Perish"
