Repentance is all about realising that following the world's machinations leads to the opposite of what Jesus taught to us and promised us and so choosing righteousness instead.
There are many benefits to quietly and calmly, sincereley and respectfully taking in the accurate knowledge of Jesus...many of which I have already brought to your attention...that is the collective 'your'. But there are also benefits not so obvious.
Take gravity for example. By repentance we become more spiritually aware and by upbuilding our spiritual strength gravity which bears heavily upon us all becomes less of a dead weight. We can see just how much of a burden it can be when we see many people shuffling around the hypermarket with various combersome difficulties. Now Jesus walked on water so following him...accurately...is a sure fire way of reducing the burden of gravity and will make repentance well worthwhile.
Life in Christ, I personally find repentance is knowing who Jesus is and what he did for us all.
We repent of our sins resolved to walk in the light and knowledge of Jesus Christ so coming to know God.
The more we remove sin the close our walk and relationship with God develops. The more our relationship develops the less we want to sin and the more we recognise sin in our life and it becomes grevious to us.
It is a complete sacrifice so no need to sacrifice the LORD over and over again. A sacrifice which covers all sins when we come to God through Christ because Christ died for ALL sin. The sins of the world so we can know and love God and each other.
In our heavenly Fathers Kingdom, there is no least or no greater, we are all loved by God and held in the palm of his hand.
It isn't about what others think of us, it is the reassurance of God knowing and loving us that makes our walk with him count.
Paul said: " For me to live is Christ, to die is gain." He didn't mean just being alive here he meant being alive in Christ and dying to self here. In Christ he was made alive and the old person died.His gain is knowing Christ and walking in Gods way till it was time to be with the Lord Jesus and the LORD God.
We, that is each of us need to stop looking in the mirror and seeing what we think we are. But look in the mirror of love and see ourselves as God sees us. Restored, healed, forgiven and loved.
It is easier to fail if we see our old self, but it makes living as a believer easier when we see ourselves as God now sees us.
Nothing we earn or can earn but Gods love and grace changing us from within looking at us through his eyes.