“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all  men every where to repent” (Acts 17:30). 

“It is not the nominal worship of God that makes us children of  God but repentance unto salvation or the new birth. Aborn-again Christian  is one whose heart has been changed through faith in Christ Who shed His  Blood for our redemption. Salvation is a must for everyone who wants to  enter Heaven at last. Have you tasted of God's saving grace and the  accompanying life-changing power? If not, delay no longer. Repent of  your sins today with godly sorrow and plead the Blood of the Lamb and  “thou shalt be saved.” 

“My friend, this plan of God has not changed. God wants everyone  everywhere to repent. Any soul that fails to repent is awaiting the day of  God's judgment and the fierceness of the anger of the just God. Failure to  repent is tantamount to saying, “What can God do?” That means you are  saying that there is nothing God can do to you if you refuse to obey Him  and keep His commandments. This is dangerous! My friend, God can do a  thousand and one things. 

“Right now, throughout the whole wide world, God is doing a great  deal. Many travellers do not safely reach their destinations. Through  accidents, they leave the world without being reconciled unto God for a  doomed eternity. The end can come when it is least expected. What about  someone who was kidnapped in his house and then murdered? Ah! Tell  me, where would his soul go if he had no salvation? Suppose you are the  one? God has commanded you to repent. God has a piece of advice for you  from Job 22:21-25: 

'Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come  unto thee.  

'Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 

'If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away  iniquity far from thy tabernacles.  

'Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of  the brooks. 

'Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of  silver.’ 

“Here Job is telling us what we have to do: that is, we must acquaint  ourselves with God. It is repentance that can make us acquaint ourselves  with God. What this means is that we must forsake our own way which we  once loved and take to God's way. When we do this, God Himself in His  mercy will draw close to us and save us. As I said earlier that repentance is  the first step towards receiving salvation, it is the same thing that Job is  saying in a simple language which we can easily understand: 

'Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace: thereby good shalt come  unto thee.' 

“The only way which is open to the peace and blessing of God is  repentance, which brings us to God's forgiveness.”