THE TRIAD OF SALVATION

Today I want to discuss the Triad of Salvation - work, grace, and salvation. Work is our part, grace is God’s part, and salvation is our part together - God working together with us in a partnership to help us do His will. We must be working in partnership with God if we want to be saved. Why? Because no one can be saved walking alone. Jesus said that only those who endure till the end will be saved. The only way that we can endure till the end is when we walk in a partnership with Him, as the Prophet Enoch did. He walked hand-in-hand with God until the finish line.
Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 7:21)
What is the will of the Father? Jesus explained in the following text.
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This [is] the first commandment.” (Mark 12:30).
In John 14:15 Jesus clarified the word love, "If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15).
"And the second, like [it, is] this: `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12:31).
Love God and loving our neighbor is both WORK. Without work salvation is impossible. In other words, salvation must be earned through work. Why? Because doing the will of the Father involves work, and we will be doing His work if we are to be saved. And without humans to do the work, who will be saved? A dead individual cannot be saved. Why? Because no one is doing the work. The Bible says that God will measure us by our work, who "will render to each one according to his deeds": eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of a man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God.” (Romans 2:6-11). Paul says that we will be judged according to our good deeds, or by our works.
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them. "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis 6:5-8) Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord because of his good deeds (work). The rest perished in the big flood. Without good deeds or good work, neither the Jews, Greeks, Noah, nor we will receive grace from God. I believe that good work is necessary to earn God’s grace and salvation. Work is our part that we must do for Him; grace is His part, and salvation is His gift to us so that we can do our good part with His help till the end. We must, however, be totally obedient to Him and do our part in our partnership with Him. This is my theory of the Triad of Salvation.
Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me on that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' (Matthew 7:21-23). Do we know what the will of the Father is? Doing the will of the Father is work that we do that the Father had told us to do.  If we do the will of any of His disciples or servants that contradicts the will of the Father, we are not doing the will of the Father. Some say that the will of the Father is that we have a good personal relationship with God. That is true, but could we have a good personal relationship with God when we humiliate and dishonor God by trashing His HOLY commandments in the garbage? Do we know who God is? Is He our mother? No, He is not! Is He our high school chum? No, He is not! He is our KING! He is our GOD! Do we know that God's Holy Commandments are His Words? He created the world with His Words, He created the angels with His words, He created Adam and Eve with His words, He created life with His words, He created everything that we see around us with His Holy words, and we deliberately disregarded and thrash His words, His Commandments, in the trash without regard to how He would feel? Have we no fear of the Lord? HAVE WE NO FEAR OF THE LORD?
Let me now introduce Him to you : "If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” (Matthew 5:29); "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast [it] from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” (Matthew 5:30).
No, this is not hyperbole. Jesus exaggerates nothing. Also,  have you read what Jesus said to the Torah scholars, scribes, or the equivalent of Bible scholars of today? "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead [men's] bones and all uncleanness.” (Matthew 23:27) For further study please read Can I Ask?