You keep saying, we are not saved by works….

Lutero said,
You keep saying, we are not saved by works, but we must accomplish a list of works before we can be saved. So what's the difference?

The difference is simple. Look at the Pharisee at the temple:
Luke 18:9-11

King James Version (KJV)
⁹And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

He presumed he was saved by his works. And therefore claimed salvation before time. Just as you claim to be saved by your faith and claim salvation for yourself, trusting in your faith.

We don't do that. Look at Matt 25:31-41

Matthew 25:31-41
King James Version (KJV)³¹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:³²And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:³³And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.³⁴Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:³⁵For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:³⁶Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?³⁸When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?³⁹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

The righteous did not do the works of God to receive a reward. But they received the Reward of Life:
⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
As the Scripture says:

Revelation 22:13-15
King James Version (KJV)¹³I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.¹⁴Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.¹⁵For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

As you can see from Matt 25. God will divide the people into two groups. Those who DO His Will. And those who DON'T DO HIS WILL.

Those who will be saved will be those who DO HIS WILL. Those who will be condemned will be those who DON'T DO HIS WILL.

I'm not judging anyone. But it seems to me that if a person denies the value of keeping the Commandments, that person will probably wind up on the side of those who DON'T DO THE WILL OF GOD. But that is just my thinking. God will judge the hearts of men.

Sincerely,

De Maria