There is no verse that says faith is just an attitude and nothing more.
Belief is obedience, an obedient work.
Romans 5:1----------------------faith>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>justifies
James 2:24----------------------works>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>justifies
Since there is but one way to be saved/justified then faith must be an obedient work. Again John 3:36 contrasts "believeth" to "obeyeth not" meaning believing is obedience and not believing is disobedience.
Again, no one can produce one example of a person who was saved while that person continued in disobedience. He that continues in unrighteousness continues to not be of God 1 John 3:10
In James 2:24, works justifies because it shows forth the fact that the person's faith is genuine, i.e. that the person has an obedient attitude.
Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).
Before God, a person is justified by faith alone, which is invisible to detection by man, except when the person shows forth their faith by their works.
Justification by works is not before God...it is only before man (Romans 4:2).
And I have never contended that a person with genuine faith will continue in disobedience. What I am contending is that obedient action does not save anyone. Because salvation is "
not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:9).
Obedient attitude does save a man.
What this means is that a person can come to faith, an obedient attitude, and die two minutes later without doing any good works, and still go to heaven. Because we are saved by grace through faith (an obedient attitude) apart from works (Ephesians 2:8-9).
To him that
worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness (Romans 4:5).
God imputes righteousness
apart from works (Romans 4:6).
We are regenerated and renewed, "not by works of righteousness which we have done." (Titus 3:5).