If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (Romans 8:11 ESV)
Jesus’ Life (Again) and Obedience
“Believing in Jesus” means believing in ALL of Jesus… particularly, here, in His Resurrection. That belief, according to this verse, enables our mortal physical selves to be empowered to obey!
Jesus’ resurrection… perhaps because it overcame the EFFECT of sin, death… cuts out the power of sin in His people. We now are able to obey.
Not to gain salvation… we have that through Grace, by faith…
But BECAUSE of the power of the Resurrection over death, really knowing God’s law, loving God’s law, and keeping God’s law is now within our power! Or really, of course, still within Christ’s power, manifesting itself in us.
We cannot obey to gain salvation… but we have the ability to obey BECAUSE of salvation.