I like your explanation. Nice.
Your welcome. In fact, what the Belief Alone Proponent does not realize is that while "
grace may abound" (Romans 5:20), they need to understand that "
grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life," too (Romans 5:21).
20 "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:20-21).
So while grace abounds, grace also reigns through righteousness.
For sin reigns unto death. Grace reigns through righteousness.
For Romans 6:1 (which is the very next verse after Romans 5:21) says,
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? "
1 John 3:7 says, "...let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous,..."
1 John 3:8 says, "He that committeth sin is of the devil;"
John 3:20 says, "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."
John 8:47 says, "He that is of God heareth God's words"
1 John 3:10 says, "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
1 John 3:15 says, "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
Titus 2:11-12 says that God's grace teaches us to deny ungodliness, and that we should live righteously and godly in this present world.
Ephesians 5:25-27 says that the reason why Christ died for us was so that He might sanctify the church with the washing of the water of the Word (i.e. the Bible) so that he may present to Himself a church that is holy, and without blemish.
So God's grace and righteous living go hand in hand.
This is why James say in James 2:18 that he will show you his faith by his works.
For a faith without works is dead (James 2:17).
A belief alone (without works) is like that of the belief of demons (James 2:19).
Hebrews 12:14 says, "Follow... holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."
This is why we are not saved by a belief alone.
Works and holiness need to be present.
So in conclusion:
1. Grace reigns through righteousness.
2. God's grace teaches to deny ungodliness.
3. Jesus died (God's grace) so as to make us holy.
4. Faith without works is dead.
5. We show our faith by our works.
6. Faith alone is like that of the belief of demons.
7. God has chosen us to salvation via by belief of the truth and Sanctification.