Obedience Is Essential in Order to Believe in Jesus. But some claim faith makes obedience unnecessary. As long as you believe in Jesus, it doesn't matter whether or not you do these other things. A. Faith Is a Form of Obedience. If we recognize the importance of faith, we must recognize the importance of obedience, for faith itself is a divine command we must obey.
Faith is essential to salvation.
Therefore obedience is essential to salvation, since faith is a required form of obedience. If one claims that works of obedience are not necessary, he is saying faith is not necessary. If he then says faith is necessary, he contradicts himself. B. Saving Faith Requires Us to Obey Other Commands. Without obedience, faith is dead and incomplete.