"Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"

God calls us to abandon our self-centered ways. He invites us to come to Him and submit to His will. We must be aware that we are taking the road to death if we refuse. God desires to accomplish the work of rebirth and regeneration, but He requires us to turn away from our harmful ways and offer our hearts to Him to be renewed by His Holy Spirit. Repentance is turning away from the path that leads to destruction and toward the path that goes to the Father's house, the place of life.