True repentance: Removing the dirt swept under the carpet.

True repentance is many times, mistaken by sorrow or mourning alone, but in fact, it goes much further than just a feeling. John the Baptist defined as a change of heart, where the sorrowful feeling leads to behavioral changes and correction of the wrongs done in the past. Luke 3:7-14. Was John a revolutionary socialist? Was he playing a communist leader? Of course not! He was teaching the basic principles of God's Kingdom. How many people today in the church, that call themselves christians, are bearing fruits worthy of repentance? Not too many! That's probably why Jesus said that many are called and few are chosen. John is not talking about "equality", communism preaches that, that's why it's a failed system, John is talking about righteousness, where one cares for the others, where there's no "lacking" of basics, because the "have" help the "have-not". That's not the "utopia land", that's the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, because there's no "perfect political system", along the way the church became complacent, acting just like the world: What is mine, is mine, what is yours is equally mine. Generosity is a condition of the heart, not a feeling. Because i am a righteous person and i have two tunics, i will give one to him who has none. So, even when i don't feel like giving, because i am righteous, i will meet someone else's needs according to my capacity. So, if we say that we repented and don't show fruits, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. it's time to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the dirt (sin) swept under the carpet (our hearts) and become the people God is calling us to be. God is not calling us to become socialists, egalitarians or even capitalists, He is calling us to be His righteousness. 2 Corinthians 5:21.