Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
If I am content to go on in sin, I am an enemy, an adversary of God. Hell, not heaven, follows at the end of my life. I must not comfort myself in this state. I must repent!
Author: Tom Wells Source: Christian: Take Heart! 1987, p. 90.
Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.