 If you repent, you can still go through suffering, so what good is repenting if they're still going to suffer? This is the fruit of Jesus always being preached as a life improvement plan. We come to find out that we still encounter hardships in this life, and we wonder what the point of Jesus is because we were given a sales pitch and not the full picture. Jesus didn't die to make us rich, or make our life on earth easy, or make our relationships smooth sailing, or make us feel all warm and fuzzy all the time. Jesus died because we had a deadly problem, sin. That sin was leading us straight to hell. But God and His mercy took that punishment on Himself and died on the cross that we could have new life and eternal life. So why repent because you've sinned against a holy God who gave Himself to save you?