Yes.
Yes I did.
And then you changed the definition of ‘grace’ right in the middle of it to include works. Yep.
Which, you know, is against the plain words of both Jesus and Paul.
Do you know what IS the Grace of God in Christ? ... Eternal life to ALL those who believe in Whom GOD sent for our redemption. That Life begins when we turn our will, to believe He is our Savior. That Grace continues as we are gradually raised up in the way that we should go as already in God's Family. GOD's GRACE IS NOT CONDITIONAL, on whether you make yourself worthy of it. Eternal life is begun in this life, in this body, because when the will is turned to JESUS you are then, right then, a member of the body of Christ. That is what Paul referred to as 'discerning the body of Christ; you are a member of The Ekklesia.