Resolved: Grace Requires that We Strive for Obedience.

We split hairs therefore on this point, but what an important point it is! My opponent asserts that our mere faith can save us, but that anyone with faith will also have good works, and if they don`t have works, they don`t have faith. This is not scriptural in my view; James 2:16 says the following:"19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble." Demons, knowing that Christ is Lord, having dare I say more faith in the traditional sense of "belief" that you or I, do not obey Him, and therefore are not saved. All the belief in the world did not motivate them to action."20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." James supports the view I am espousing. Faith is perfected by works. "Faith without works" as James said "is dead."I assert that one who has faith can work, and his good works (which Jesus` sacrifice capacitates him to do, along with the Holy Ghost), over a near infinite amount of time, will make him like unto Jesus ("Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect" "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us") and overcoming as Jesus did will permit us to sit in His throne, as he overcame, and sat in His Father`s throne. I know that nobody but He was perfect. Fortunately, all Jesus is expects it that we, as I quoted earlier, "by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality" and He will give us "eternal life:"To round off this argument, I would like my opponent to flesh out his beliefs so that a contrast can be drawn. Not much of what he said needed to be rebutted, so I would like to understand his position before critiquing it. 1. Is baptism by immersion necessary for salvation? Can anyone be saved who having sinned was not baptized?2. Is orthodoxy (belief in correct doctrine) necessary for salvation? 3. Is belief on the Lord Jesus necessary for salvation? If not, what of those who never learned of Him? 4. What sins can a Christian commit before his faith is invalid? What, if any, are sufficient sins to make someone lose their salvation? 5. Why aren`t the demons saved, even though they believe in the One True God and confessed that Jesus was the Son of God?6. Is confession needed for forgiveness of sin?7. Is repentance needed for forgiveness of sin? If so, how should one repent? 8. Is it possible for someone who has some small sins they are aware of but don`t find worth changing and so keep repeating, but nevertheless avoids the large sins such as murder, theft, and fornication to have sufficient faith to be saved? 9. If someone who has faith will naturally do works, how does this doctrine differ materially from the doctrine I believe, which is that our works amount essentially to our consent and a vehicle for Christ to help us be better people? How would someone who believes as you act differently from someone who believes as I do on this point?