Catechesis: Confession and Satisfaction

It is beneficial to teach the following: common evils are reduced by our repentance and by the true fruit of repentance, by good works completed from faith… Here belongs the example of the Ninevites (Jonah 3:10), who by their repentance (all of repentance) were reconciled to God and received the favor that their city was not destroyed.—Ap XIIB:68, 69.