See that, you detoured from what Jesus says.
Jesus: Repent of your sins.
You: No, Jesus, I can't do that, make me do it.
That is not what I'm saying brother.
I'm also saying repent of your sins.
Meaning make a choice, make a decision to repent(turn) from sin.
However, that state of the heart, does not immediately change. You are giving the Holy Spirit,
but the work of sanctification, by which you grow in Holiness is a process.
Since your heart does not immediately change, that means that although people should and DO repent
sins (make a choice to turn), they may continue to sin because the work of sanctification by which
the heart is changed continues. I know you are aware of the scriptures where Paul talks about
His battles with sin, He cries "O wretched man that I am". Are we to say that Paul did not repent
because he still struggled with sin? Of course not. I believe Paul did repent, but the struggled
continued.
So I agree with you that we should make a choice (freewill) to repent (turn from sin),
yet in turning, we don't immediately stop sinning(which I think is your definition of repentance.
I think you are defining repentance as stopping sinning, and I'm defining repentance as turning
from it (and that turning does not immediately stop you from sinning.
Remember what I shared,
We are saved from the
penalty of sin, (justification) -- Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth
being saved from the
power of sin, (sanctification) -- workout your salvation with fear and trembling
and will be saved from the
presence of sin (glorification) -- At the 2nd coming of Christ when corruptible puts on incorruptible,