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.