Simon Magus told to Repent of His Attempt to Buy the Power of God: Acts 8:9-22
Simon Magus was told to repent of his attempt to buy the Holy Spirit. We should also repent of our modern forms of claiming we can possess God for our own use or profit.
Selling Forgiveness
Repentance, in the Weaker Sense, in the Parable of the Two Sons
As the parable of the two sons in Matthew 21:28-32 shows, repentance is merely changing our minds so that we start to do what the Father asks. Repentance does not require remorse, payment of a penalty, or even in all cases a spoken apology, and the forgiveness that it produces cannot be sold.