That's why a person must be justified by their works too.
Already clarified that.
If a person really is saved their works will show that. If their works don't show that they aren't really saved. Unsaved people can't walk after a Spirit they don't have. Saved people can, and do.
A couple of things you seem to mix.
• A man submitting in HEARTFUL Belief TO the Lord God...
Is the requirement-
Is the Justification, BY Lord, to SAVE that man's soul.
• Works is a completely separate issue.
• Because There is NO Works a man can do through Christ, "TO" Glorify God", UNTIL his soul IS "restored" (Saved).
• Men CANNOT SEE the thoughts of a man's Heart. Only the individual man AND God KNOW the thoughts IN a man's HEART.
• Anyone can CLAIM to be Saved.
• men ONLY can KNOW another's Hearts Thoughts...."BY" the man's "WORKS".
Those are "Indications". ^
• However Again, only the man AND God "KNOWS" the thoughts IN a man's Heart.
Certainly, it is GOD (not men), who JUSTIFIES, what WORKS will be "Rewarded" and what WORKS will be "Burned".
Men observe..."BY" a man's WORKS...and men LOVE to Judge others.
The World IS full of Side-Line "judges", even on this Forum.
Trump is repeatedly Judged...
• Cheating on his wife-
Yep, that happened...
But the People complaining, were Not married to Trump. And the Forgiveness TO Trump was Resolved between his wife and Trump.
• Law suits against a Trump Company-
Yep, those happen...
Since people Have a legal recourse to "settle disputes" with any company.
A "settled dispute", IS each party, "giving" and "accepting", the forgiveness of debt.
Just saying... God is all knowing....and Just.
He "Knows" a man's Heart.
Whereas men, THINK, they are "entitled", to Endlessly JUDGE others, without consideration,
IF "the other", has already been "forgiven"...
But yet these same, "same-sideline judges",
Think "their" own "forgiven wrongs"... have "merit"...while having "zero" consideration of others "forgiven wrongs".
^ hypocrites ^
ORDER and WAY is Gods WAY.
"a soul", restored, "IS Saved" unto God.
"a works," Glorifying to God, "IS Rewarded" by God.
Two different things.
Receiving of Two different things.
You appear to be trying to make those Two things ONE thing.
Glory to God,
Taken