Repent and Believe…

[Jerry]

Refusing to believe is a sin. Being an unbeliever is a condition that needs to be remedied.

Repentance and faith are the two sides of salvation - you can’t have one without the other. You turn FROM sin TO the Saviour. They are not opposites though. They both are required to be saved.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

It doesn’t make sense Biblically to make them mean the same thing. Believe and repent of your unbelief. God is not into needless repetition.