Part of repentance would be acceptance of the worldly consequences.
This is why Jesus told the thief on the cross "Today you will be with Me in Paradise," not "you know I am the Son of God? Cool, hop down off that cross and go home, dawg!" Forgiveness is eternal, but sin and transgression has temporal effects.
This is why Jesus told the thief on the cross "Today you will be with Me in Paradise," not "you know I am the Son of God? Cool, hop down off that cross and go home, dawg!" Forgiveness is eternal, but sin and transgression has temporal effects.