I agree.
Sadly some people still seem to think that they need to do something to get it from God.
Though some may claim that they believe and teach that we are saved by God's grace and mercy, they deny that we receive His gift by faith alone. They may even claim we are saved by grace through faith - and that IS what Scripture clearly says - but then throw in the caveat that we must do works in order to remain in God's grace (i.e., cooperate with grace) and we cannot know until we die and face His judgment whether or not we will be saved. I don't see how that way of thinking demonstrates any understanding of grace or mercy. Paul said in Romans that it is either grace or works, not both, and that if it's by grace then it can't be by works because grace wouldn't BE grace. (Romans 11:6) If we have to do good works to either get OR keep salvation, then it's not grace.
Through our actions, our way of life after we come to Christ, we exhibit genuine faith. Good works certainly have a place in the life of a Christian. How can they not? God created us unto good works that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10). But, these works are because God is working in us, giving us the desire and the power to do what pleases him (Phil. 2:13) and NOT to count towards the righteousness required for salvation - that's what Jesus imputed to us through faith.