@Chris1975
You say the following
Not sure if you think I am the person you mentioned above.
I don't think so but just in case.
No, not you in this instance.
I am a person who believes that we repent at conversion.
We repent of the sin the that Holy Spirit came to convict us off.
That sin being the sin of unbelief in Jesus.
That I have stated in this thread.
I think it may be more than just unbelief in Jesus. I believe even the 10 commandments can be used to convict a sinner of the need for a saviour. For example the Ray Comfort method of using the law to show that we are all guilty under the law - this is quite a proven method of drawing people to seeing the need for a saviour. If a sinner can come to realise that they have broken many of the commandments, and that there is a righteous and holy God who will judge men on an appointed day, their eyes may open to the truth. At this point the message of Jesus Christ, and the cross does a wonderful work. So yes they previously are all in a situation of unbelief, but when they trust the message and call upon the Lord, then this faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of the Lord.
The basic of repent/repentance is
repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.
turning away from our old direction as we turn to Christ.
Proverbs 28v13
He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
- we find Adam and Eve making themselves fig leaves for covering and hiding in the garden. So too today we have those who believe they can hide their sins from God and others. God says those who cover their sins will not prosper. But to rather Confess and Forsake them. The Forsaking part necessarily is a behavioural change. And a behavioural change is the outcome of a change of mind and heart on the matter. The fruit of repentance.
Look at what Jesus says:
Matthew 3v8
8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit [a]and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
In some respects we could substitute the word Abraham in this for Jesus and it would be just as applicable to the Church today. John was addressing the Pharisees and Sadducees of the day who were claiming that they were "A-OK" because they had Abraham as their father. They were purporting "Innocence by Association". And so too I suspect is the mindset today in the church of "Innocence By Association". Association with Jesus Christ. The above passage is as clear as daylight that Repentance is part and parcel of the walk with Christ, together with fruit bearing.
At conversion we receive the the Holy Spirit.
It is the Holy Spirit who reveals to us when we sin.
As a result we confess that sin. Agree we got it wrong and ask God for help.
Agreed
Is that how you understand repentance?
Yes, and more so. There will be fruit of repentance as shown above. NOt just a mental assent that what we did was wrong, but a putting to death the misdeeds of the body. This is the evidenciary fruit that the change of mind has occurred. Because we are no longer under total domination of the flesh, because we have the Holy Spirit.
To be perfectly honest I cannot see how to repent implies sinless perfection.
Paul says it best in my opinion in Philippians 3
12 Not that I have already attained,[c] or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [d]apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already [e]attained, let us walk by the same [f]rule, let us be of the same mind.
Because we know that we will not be sinless until we go home (but I have seen a few on here who claim to be sinless, even telling me they never sinned since conversion)
So I believe that Paul implies that even he (who walked so close to the Lord) has not already attained, or is already perfected. But look at his mindset. The follow-on verses above say it all.
So would be interested to know what you mean by repent after conversion.
Pretty much what is written above.