Why repentance is a requirement for salvation

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. Romans 3:10–11

"From the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed their Creator in the Garden, humanity has attempted to deflect conscious acceptance of guilt. 

Adam blamed God because “the woman” was given to him by the

Creator. 

Eve blamed the serpent—and you and I have continued that reaction ever since.

--That is precisely why repentance is a requirement for salvation. When Adam rebelled, the relationship between man and God was destroyed: “By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation,” and “by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners” (Romans 5:18–19). 

Each of us must change our mind and admit we are sinful and desperately need God’s gracious forgiveness, praying, “God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13). 

HMM III