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There are those that say works are un-necessary for salvation, and that is not Biblical. Here is one of the references I found:

James Chapter 1: (vs 16-27)

16 -Don't be deceived, my dear brothers.

17 -Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

18 -He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

19 -My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

20 -for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

21 -Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

22 -Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

23 -Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror

24 -and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

25 -But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.

26 -If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

27 -Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Thereore, works do matter, according to the Bible.

Ephesians 2:4-10

2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

2:6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:

2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

2 John 1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
1:10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
1:11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
1:12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write] with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.ohn:

It is a mistake to even consider casual fellowship with them!