“Remember that the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance. We can no more repent perfectly than we can live perfectly. However pure our tears, there will always be some dirt in them: there will be something to be repented of even in our best repentance. But listen! To repent is to change your mind about sin, and Christ, and all the great things of God. There is sorrow implied in this; but the main point is the turning of the heart from sin to Christ. If there be this turning, you have the essence of true repentance, even though no alarm and no despair should ever have cast their shadow upon your mind.”

Excerpt From
All of Grace
Charles H. Spurgeon
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I absolutely love this Spurgeon quote! Thank you for posting it!

I have a friend that's struggling with lack of assurance of salvation and he fears that he never truly repented. I think he has a twisted view of what repentance should look like. I'm going to share this quote with him right now.

Great to hear and I pray it brings him hope! The chapter this comes from is concerning Romans 5:6 - “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Spurgeon really hits it home for those feeling and believing their lack of strength, faith, sins, etc. somehow diminishes or interferes with what God, through Christ, has done for us. Impossible!
This is a great book to read, should be free to download through the Apple Bookstore.