Do good works assure us a home in Heaven?
Here’s a list of where Good Works are mentioned in the New Testament.
Is there any mention of Good Works assuring us a place in Heaven?
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your {good works}, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many {good works} have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of {good works} and alms deeds which she did.
Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to {good works}, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Ephesians 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.
1 Timothy 2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with {good works}.
1 Timothy 5:10 Well reported of for {good works}; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every {good work}.
1 Timothy 5:25 Likewise also the {good works} [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
1 Timothy 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in {good works}, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all {good works}.
Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of {good works}: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of {good works}.
Titus 3:8 [This is] a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain {good works}. These things are good and profitable unto men.
Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain {good works} for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to {good works}:
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] {good works}, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Salvation, or How to be Saved, is not mentioned anywhere!
The only thing that will get us to Heaven is Faith in the Shed Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Romans 10:9-13
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