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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The parent who studies to subdue self-will in his child works together with God in the saving of a soul. The parent who indulges self-will does the devil’s work, makes religion impractical, salvation unattainable and does all that is in him to drown his child, soul and body forever.
Susanna Wesley

Repentance is NOT: 1. Merely being ashamed or sorry over sin, although genuine repentance always involves an element of remorse. 2. Merely a human work. It is, like every element of redemption, a sovereignly bestowed gift of God. 3. A pre-salvation attempt to set one’s life in order. It is a command to recognize one’s lawlessness and hate it, to turn one’s back on it and flee to Christ, embracing Him with wholehearted devotion.
John MacArthur