"The Bible tells us that it's the change of mind.
The true Christian needs, first of all, to go through repentance, or rather, it's necessary to have his mind totally changed, in order to receive the Holy Spirit and truly become a new creature.
To repent does not mean to be sad or to regret the act practiced before.
To repent doesn't mean only to firm in your heart the desire of not practicing such acts anymore, because you did not like to practice them, you suffered because of them or something like that.
To repent is much more than that; it means to change your mind completely regarding what you practiced.
The true Christian needs, first of all, to go through repentance, or rather, it's necessary to have his mind totally changed, in order to receive the Holy Spirit and truly become a new creature.
To repent does not mean to be sad or to regret the act practiced before.
To repent doesn't mean only to firm in your heart the desire of not practicing such acts anymore, because you did not like to practice them, you suffered because of them or something like that.
To repent is much more than that; it means to change your mind completely regarding what you practiced.