A promise of submission is no where indicated when we are saved.
We do not promise anything in order to receive the free gift of salvation.
It plainly means understanding who He is. Period
You have TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD ME,
SALVATION HAPPENS THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVE HIM AS LORD,
AND that is when you are Born Again.
THEN because YOU have Had your Human Spirit changed into ETERNAL LIFE,
You will LOVE HIM, and You will out of that LOVE, strive to OBEY HIM, because your Spiritual Will has been CHANGED.
No AND's, IF's, or MAYBE's.
John 14:15 (HCSB)
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“If you love Me, you will keep My commands.
That will keep verbiage does not imply PERFECTION, but rather a CONTINUOUS ATTITUDE of Striving to KEEP. It is Aorist Tense, and here is the definition:
(Quote) The aorist tense is characterized by its emphasis on punctiliar action; that is, the concept of the verb is considered without regard for past, present, or future time.
It describes indefinite or undefined action. The word
aoristos derives from an alpha privative (ie. negation) and the verb
horizô (meaning "to bound") thus meaning "without boundaries". (End Quote)
If you do not Have this CHANGE in your Human Spirit, YOU COULD BE JUST FAKING BEING BORN AGAIN, OR YOU ARE SELF DECEIVED AND HAVE SETTLED FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN GENUINE SALVATION.