Romans 2:4 says that God's kindness leads us to repentance. Many think this is a one-time deal as we come to receive Christ as Lord. I personally believe that God's kindness will always lead a believer to repentance as he/she goes on in this journey walking with Jesus.
James 3:2 says we all stumble in many ways, yet "He has not dealt with us according to our sins, And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities" (Psalm 103:10). Let that resonate in your minds. God does not deal with us according to our sins. He does not give us what we deserve, which one of them of His kindness that leads to repentance.
The Bible says:
For we ourselves also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another. But when the kindness and affection of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not by works which we did in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:3-7).
God, in His kindness, has given us Christ. Christ came to save us from our sins.
In His kindness, God has given us the ability to confess our sins. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." When do sins, in His kindness, we have been given an advocate who speaks to the Father on our behalf, Jesus Christ (1 John 2:1).
We can repent of our sins because of the kindness of God.
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