After all, Paul wrote that the goal for all of us is “repentance,” the “come to their senses” (2 Tim. 2:25–26). How does this happen? The Bible tells us that “God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance” (Rom. 2:4). God led Israel through the wilderness with “cords of kindness,” as One who “bent down to them and fed them” (Hos. 11:4).
