Despise Not God.

 If we do NOT despise God and His goodness, His forbearance, and His longsuffering, we WILL be led to repentance, we WILL be led to salvation through Christ.

If we DO despise God, if we despise His goodness, if we despise His forbearance, if we despise His longsuffering, we will NOT be led to repentance, we will not be led to salvation. 

God help us to NEVER despise His goodness, His forbearance, His longsuffering!  His will in all things, not our idea of how things should be, how God should be! His ways are far above our ways!

(Excerpt - EJ Waggoner)

"Repentance Is a Gift. 

"By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God."  Eph. 2:8.

"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Acts 5:30, 31. 

But it was not to Israel alone that God gave repentance through Christ. "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins." Acts 10:43. 

And so plainly did God make this appear that even the exclusive Jews were forced to exclaim, "Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." Acts 11:18.

Incentives to Repentance. 

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 

The goodness of God leads men to repentance. Therefore the whole earth is full of incentives to repentance, for "the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." Ps. 33:5. "The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy." Ps. 119:64. God may be known through his works, and "God is love." All creation reveals the love and mercy of God.

And we need not try to improve on the Scriptures, and say that the goodness of God tends to lead men to repentance. The Bible says that it does lead them to repentance, and we may be sure that it is so. Every man is being led toward repentance as surely as God is good. But not all repent. Why? Because they despise the riches of the goodness and forbearance and long-suffering of God, and break away from the merciful leading of the Lord. But whoever does not resist the Lord, will surely be brought to repentance and salvation."