Faith and Obedience Are Inseparable

by Ten Cent

Mark,"Do we preach a divided Christ to the world when we preach His Saviorhood without His Lordship?"
1 John 3:23This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us"

Not only are faith and obedience inseparable, but faith is obedience. When a person believes in Christ, puts their faith/trust in Him, they are obeying His command.Which could even lead me to a very loose argument for predestination. Because who can reject the Word of the Lord? Even the wind and the waves obey His voice, so for Him to command us to believe in His name, how could we reject it? How could we refuse to do what the very Creator of heaven and earth has commanded us to do? Because it's not an offer, it's a command. I say it's a loose argument because there's some obvious holes in that logic.

But here is some further support for my answer that faith is obedience. Notice the difference between translations.
KJV says, "believeth not".
NIV says, "rejects".
NASV and ESV say "does not obey".
Darby says, "not subject to the Son".

So on one side of the equation you have believing the Son resulting in everlasting life. On the other you have not believing, rejecting, not obeying, not subject to the Son resulting in wrath remaining on him.

KJV - John 3:36"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

NIV - John 3:36"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."

NASV - John 3:36"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

ESV - John 3:36"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

Darby - John 3:36"He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

So, I would say we would a great disservice and even harm to message of the gospel when we only declare one aspect of it. As believers, we sing a new song, we serve a new master, wear a new name, walk a new road, have a new goal, know a new peace down deep in our soul. (FG people can't sing that song with their whole heart.)

In Christ,
Ten Cent