[count-your-change]

In order not further add to any confusion let’s see if by “works” we mean the same thing.
I understand the term to indicate some sort of action or visible evidence of one’s faith as Paul and James described.

That one cannot perform the “works” of the Mosaic Law as a means of attaining salvation I think we agree on already and needs no further elaboration.

[annalex]

let’s see if by “works” we mean the same thing. I understand the term to indicate some sort of action or visible evidence of one’s faith as Paul and James described

The "good works" are works of self-denial examples of which are given in Matthew 25:35-36.