Repentance is a fruit

Is repentance necessary for a relationship with God? Is it necessary for a watermelon vine to produce watermelons? However, we are not plants. We have the freedom to choose whether or not we will produce fruit. That’s why all the prophets command, “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance." (Matt 3:8 NIV)
Now that I have known God's kindness I don't want to do anything that ofends him. "Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?" (Romans 2:4 NIV)

It's kind of funny that Jimmy is from Ica, the land where the best watermelons in Peru are produced. Here he is in Ayacucho eating a watermelon probably from Ica.