“Some say, “If God has truly forgiven me, why then do I still need to repent? If I’m free of my debt and am no longer guilty, why do I still need to repent?” These questions reveal a misunderstanding of grace and forgiveness. This thinking reduces forgiveness to an absolving of consequences but not a restoration of a relationship. On the one hand, forgiveness is a legal tender, but it is also a means of reconciling broken ties.”