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Repentance is not sorrow for sin. It's turning from sin.

It's a conscious choice to turn from sin to God. Sorrow may enter into it. I think often regret does more.

But sorrow for sin is not enough. That could simply be being sad because of the mess we're in, not because it's offended God.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

I have conviction of my standing before God because of my faith. I know that I am forgiven and have eternal life now because I believe Him when He tells me that if I confess and repent I will be saved, I AM saved.

The penalty for my sin has been paid and payment has been accepted. A transaction has taken place and I am a new creature in Christ and have been transferred into the kingdom of the Son He loves.

It's no different than the kid whose dad tells him he's going to Disneyland because the father has already got the tickets and promised him that he's going there. It's not presumptuous for the child to tell his friends that he's going as if it were a done deal, because it is. That's called *trust* and faith in his father's promise.