Q88: What is the true repentance or conversion of man?

It is the dying of the old nature

and the coming to life of the new.1

Q89: What is the dying of the old nature?

It is to grieve with heartfelt sorrow

that we have offended God by our sin,

and more and more to hate it

and flee from it.1

Q90: What is the coming to life of the new nature?

It is a heartfelt joy

in God through Christ,1

and a love and delight

to live according to the will of God

in all good works.2

Q91: But what are good works?

Only those which are done

out of true faith,1 in accordance with the law of God,2 and to his glory,3

and not those based

on our own opinion or on precepts of men.4