The most important word in the english language: Why
Faith enables works to be done for the right reason. Without faith, there is no way Abraham would have obeyed, or at least not for the right reason. It would have been out of abject fear.
It’s not what you do. It’s why you do it. To you obey God because you have faith that he has your back in the end, or do you obey God to be a “good boy” come “reading of the will” time.
The former is the higher path. It’s about “why”.
So people who believe out of fear aren’t saved?
Proverbs 9:10