Tozer says (you quote), "Repentance is a condition we meet in order that God...." after he's criticized others for supposedly saying repentance "makes you fit so that God can save you.” Unless he was quibbling over God-can versus God-will, both statements are equivalent. And nothing in either even suggests that repentance changes the character of God. Tozer was picking a fight with a straw man.

John the baptist called on people to repent. He pointed out the societal disconnects with God. And the recognition of the personal disconnect was a matter for the person and the Spirit.

I turn, and return, to God (1) as the Spirit reveals -- thru prayer, introspection, and the witness of others -- more of my own disconnects and (2) I agree to respond to that awareness.

It is the job of The Holy Spirit to draw men to Christ and His cross.
There are 8 parts of Salvation. Imagine a pie that is divided by 8 pieces. Starting at the upper right is redemption, then remission, then regeneration, then adoption, justification, sanctification, then crucifixion and lastly,glorification.
It is a process or growth as some say. My advice is to read and study The Scriptures, for in them you find life and all the answers one might have.
Linda L.

The questions were asked:

"After we repent, change our ways, do a 180, how do we get those we work with to do the same? Or can we? Or is that the work of God’s Spirit?"

The granting of repentance and the opening of blind eyes is solely the work of God; even when He chooses to use lowly vessels to carry out His task.

We are to live for Him and tell others of the good news but it is God who grants the increase.

The Psalmist (PS 127) captures the sovereignty of God in tandem with human responsibility here:

"Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain."

Are we to build? Yes. Is the watchman to wake? Yes. But always we are mindful that God is the One who awakens the darkened heart.

"What brings you to a place of repentance?"

When I see my utter helplessness without the Lord, revealed in my thoughts and actions. Oftentimes it's through His Word, other times through something revealed through His Spirit, or even a situation I'm confronting.

Great reflections and questions! Some thoughts:

"After we repent, change our ways, do a 180, how do we get those we work with to do the same?"
We speak the Word to them. As others of said, getting to a place of repentance is the work of God, not us. Yet He uses us to speak into people's lives to deliver His Word to them.

And the Word is both of law, like John the Baptist - "repent!" and of grace - "your sins have been forgiven". Both of these words of God can lead us to a place of repentance.

Rom 2:4: "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?"

I would also say that repentance is not a one time act, as if we can repent once and we're good. We constantly need correction to re-align our thoughts and behaviours with God's Word.

Luther's first of his 95 theses: "When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said "Repent", He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance."

"What brings you to a place of repentance?"
The knowledge that something I've done, thought, or said doesn't line up with God's holiness, and the knowledge that through Jesus' death, as God moves me to repent, He also assures me of forgiveness.

I think this is one of the most beautiful things about being a Christian. If I did not believe that forgiveness has already been won, I would fight with everything I had to not repent - to not acknowledge sin, to hide it, to make myself appear holy. Why would I want to confess something for which I'd be punished?

But in Christ, we have been given the freedom to repent - as Tozer says, "turning around from our evil ways in order to look to Jesus". There's no way I'd want to look at Jesus if I didn't already know that freedom was there.

The bottom line for me is that true repentance is the genuine turning of the heart. Our actions will be different as a result, but true repentance doesn't mean we will reach a place of sinlessless during this life. But it is how we view sin - do we hate it and struggle against it, turning to Jesus when we succumb to it, or do we love it and cling to it? When we view it as the former, it is because God is working in our hearts to turn against sin and not love it.

Phil. 2:13: "...for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure." Even the fact of us wanting to please God is His work in us!