You are drawing lines, arranging them to point to a conclusion, which you then say illustrates your belief.
However, you are picking and choosing verses. Each of the ones you choose is taken from a whole. Naturally, all grace originates from Christ. Naturally, Christ fulfills the old covenant. There is no disagreement there.
The disagreement comes when you utilized two verses (James and Galatians) as a "if-then" equation. The equal being Eph 2:8. However, this is a false equation. The laws being spoken of are not being made null, rather (keep in mind we agree here) they are fulfilled. Does being fulfilled denote a status of obsolete? Of course not.
Allow us to examine Eph 2:8. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." It does say "saved through faith," but that is not the essence of the passage. It is that our very faith is a gift from God. A gift of grace. This does not mean that our salvation is attained via faith alone. Note the verse does not say "faith alone."
How do you reconcile a "faith alone" stance, in any coaxing, against James 2:24?
(time and again I give this charge: the only time "faith alone" appears in Scripture, it is preceded by the words "not by." No one is able to adequately defend their position, refuting this key piece of evidence against them. I would gladly welcome any)
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