believe- to think to be true, to place confidence in, to be persuaded of.
obey- to submit what is heard, to change one's conduct to God's standards.
'so, no, they do not mean the same thing.
one ( belief ) produces salvation.
one ( obey ) is done as a RESULT of belief.
One must obey the Gospel to be saved.
There is only one command in the Gospel, which is to repent.
The Gospel message is: Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.
This is the call to turn to God, in submission to His rule and authority.
This is the command of the Gospel that we are to obey, if we believe the Gospel.
Repent is about being transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God.
It's about changing who you serve, as your Lord.
Repent is the command of the Gospel.
Repent means to turn to God.
If you are called to
turn to God, then by default you are
called to turn from Satan as your lord.
The way that you express
this obedience of faith, concerning the Gospel is to
confess Jesus as Lord.
This is what grants the
believer/obeyer of the Gospel, the forgiveness of sins.
The way we are granted this, is by repenting, which means
turning away from Satan and his kingdom, and turning to God, and confessing Jesus as Lord.
This is plainly what the Lord Jesus Christ taught to and commissioned Paul to do.
15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order
to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Acts 26:15-18
Look closely at what Paul said here in Romans, to see this principle of faith working together with obedience.
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-19
... with the mouth
confession is made unto
salvation.
Confession is the action of believing faith.
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