All definitions are drawn from his exercize.
Obedience is following orders or commands.
It is a conscious choice of my will, something I do to follow laws or imposed rules. It is done with or without the heart. Obedience is a response to a will, action, or desire something that comes from outside of me.
Obedience is the change of my actions to comply with a demand by an authority figure.
There is an Old Testament verse that states “Obedience is better than sacrifice.” Relating to Saul, the first King, offering a sacrifice (a gift) to God that He did not request, in place of doing the thing fully with his heart that God did request.
Sacrifice is a gift, but it can be altruistic or self-seeking.
Compliance occurs when I publicly agree with the greater will or the group but I have changed nothing internally.
To comply is to yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self;to consent or conform. It is a sour thing to me, an outward obedience done without a single piece of the heart. It is done against my will. Compliance is all show and fully situational to another person or groups will compelled or imposed upon mine and I do it only until it is no longer necessary.
Conformity is one effect of the influence of another’s will.
Acceptance happens when the greater will crushes mine, when I internalize the belief or attitude or action that has been imposed on me. My will has fully conformed and been transformed into another’s. I’ve given in, usually without pleasure or joy. It is a ceasing of my will with a desire to stop fighting.
Submission is yielding to power or authority.
The difference between the submission and everything else {obedience, sacrifice, compliance, acceptance} is in my heart and my will.
To surrender is to give up into the power, control, or possession of my will, while obey is to do as ordered, to act of my will in accordance to another’s.
To obey, I exert my conscious will to follow a command.
To conform, I submerge my will and play-act obedience.
To accept, my will has given up, there is no fight left.
To submit, I surrender my will, fully (my heart, my trust, my body, my possessions) to one who commands.