Of course. When did I say anything to the contrary?
We are saved according to our works and we are purified according to our works,-- if we are saved.
“Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” John 6:28-29
Right here...
Both groups are believers, however, not everyone is fully sanctified and every one -- mature and immature is to be tested by his works after he dies
You claim every person is to be tested by his works...That's not true and that's not what the scriptures said...
Co 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Every man's WORK shall be made manifest and the fire will test every man's work...
No man will be tested...
It's pretty simple and it works like this:
A man writes two lists of things he done as a Christian...One list for things he's done for the Lord and will receive rewards for...Another list of the things he has done that may even remove rewards from God...
At the Judgment seat of Christ, Jesus will look at the list of bad, or not so good things and burn up the list...That list is no longer part of his history...
The good list was also set to fire but it wouldn't burn...It passed thru the fire...
The man suffers loss because he wasted so much of his time doing things that did not benefit the Lord and he lost out on many rewards... But he is still saved and, as yet by fire since the fire burned up any record of the man that in other situations could have brought condemnation...
It's as simple as that...The man does not get judged...He has been judged already and found to be just...
saved, and according to our works do not belong in the same sentence together...
If you are trying to get saved according to your works, you will be judged according to your works and you will fail...You can not possibly have works good enough to survive condemnation...