A mouse is foolish to build his nest under the cat's bed. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. You may make an effort to repent of some sins without repenting of all the sin you know . The businessman learns to show concern for the needs of his clients, yet he batters his wife through neglect. Another gives his money in the offering plate weekly but steals time from his employer daily.
Every man boasts of some sins conquered, but true repentance is a repulsion of sin as a whole.
The repenter hates all sin, though he fails more readily in some than in others. He may not know all his sins, but what he ki.ows he spurns. R epentance and faith are bound together. A repenting man has no hope for obedience without faith in the source of all holiness, God Himself. In repenting of sins, he loses his self-sufficiency.