SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS

before the fact

iF i SAID TO ANYONE, HERE IS $50.00; YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORK FOR IT NOR DO ANYTHING TO GET IT: there it is; just believe it, walk up here, take it and confess that I said so: it's /I already decided it, offered it, it's it's freely given without working for it. All you have to do now is take and receive it to be yours.

So, you accept my offer and you take it.

Then,

after the fact

after you take it, then I come back and say to you - you cannot keep this $50.00 unless you stop drinking and driving..........

no, no, no, no, no
that was not part of the deal.
you deceived me.
this $50.00 is mine now and I do not have to do anything for it - that, is what you said.

There isn't anyone who would not understand this.

(if) Salvation is not of/by works (before the fact)
(then) it is not of/by works (after the fact).

SALVATION IS NOT BASED UPON WORKS
YOU CAN'T GET IT BY WORKS
YOU CAN'T LOSE IT BY WORKS
SALVATION DOES NOT DEPEND UPON WORKS
SALVATION IS NOT PREDICATED/CONTINGENT UPON WORKS/IS NOT THE RESULT OF WORKS - NEiTHER TO OBTAIN TO NOR TO LOSE IT

JESUS DEALT WITH THE SIN AND DEATH AND WORKS OF DARKNESS AND THE WORKS OF THE SINFUL CARNAL FLESH OF / MAN, SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO
we COULDN'T DO IT ANY WAY...... 
 John 1:29;
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:28-30;

Matthew 1:21;
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:20-22;

Hebrews 2:9;
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 2:8-10;

2 Corinthians 5:21;
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21;

Romans 3:25;
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:24-26;

1 John 2:2;
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:1-3;

1 John 4:10;
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:9-11;


(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)1 Peter 3:21;
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us...(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,) BUT, (the answer of a good conscience toward God,)1 Peter 3:21;

1 Thessalonians 5:10;
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11;

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 2:13-15;

Hebrews 11:40;
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 11:39-40;

Hebrews 2:9;
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 2:8-10;

2 Corinthians 5:21;
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21;

Romans 3:25;
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Romans 3:24-26;

1 John 2:2;
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:1-3;

1 John 4:10;
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:9-11;

Luke 17:1;
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Luke 17:1-3;

God knows this....
Psalm 103:14;
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Psalm 103:13-15;

All we can do is want to, try to, fail, suffer because of it, get up and try again and again and again and again - all we cah do is our very best.
 
if you suffer because of sinful things = this means that you have ceased from sin !!!
1 Peter 4:1;
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1 Peter 4:1-3;

IF NOT, TAKE HEED.........