ANSWER: Certainly it is necessary that Christians engage in doing good works (Matthew 25:31-41). However, it is just as certain that one cannot be saved without obedience to the totality of the New Testament, the Law of Christ (Matthew 7:21-29; Romans 6:16-18; Romans 8:1-2; Ephesians 2:8-10; I Peter 1:22; I Peter 4:17; II Thessalonians 1:7-9). It is by all of the Law of Christ that all will be judged (John 12:48), not simply by the good deeds we may do. Consider Cornelius in Acts, chapter ten. In verse two, we find he was a man of many good works, yet he needed to hear “words” by which he could be saved (Acts 11:14). His “works” did not save him! Peter spoke “words” to him (as recorded in Acts 10:34-43) so that he could receive remission of sins (vs.43). In verse forty-eight, Cornelius was there given a commandment, which if “obeyed,” would result in the promised remission of sins. This was the very thing that Peter had commanded those on the Day of Pentecost to do (Acts 2:38). None can be saved in any other way, because God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34).