An entire doctrine of salvation of works built on ONE misunderstood scripture
The book of James was written to the converted Jewish church , not heathens seeking salvation It tells them how their conversion is seen by the unsaved world . It is not about becoming saved or being saved. It is about the fruit of your salvation.
Jam 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jam 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
This is an amplification of the teaching of Jesus that we know a tree by the fruit it bears.It is how we know the saved from the unsaved. It does not declare that the man has faith ...but that he SAYS he has faith.
This addresses a hollow profession of faith , not a saving one .Can a hollow profession save him? NO, any more than works can save.This scripture says to the church that this faith is non existent , it is dead.
The bible is clear that it is God that gives the faith and it is God that ordains the works of the saved
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Hbr 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Phl 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.
Galatians 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
We do not have a doctrine of salvation by works. We have the biblical doctrine of salvation through faith and works, by grace alone. Nor is it built on that one scripture. We see that we are judged by our works (Mt 25:31-46, Rm. 2:6-10); we are told to do good works (Eph 2:10, Titus 3:8, the ending of any Pauline epistle); we are warned that without them we cannot enter heaven (John 5:29). The opposite is true: the Protestant counterscriptural theory of salvation by faith alone contradicts all that, and it is only supported by the misunderstanding of Romans and Galatians as epistles teaching against salvation by good works, whereas both these letters teach against false pharisaic salvation by legalism, and also call for the good works of charity (Gal 5:6).
The bible is clear that it is God that gives the faith and it is God that ordains the works of the saved
Right. So they who have faith must do these works. Your own words condemn your false doctrine.