It is commanded. Being obedient is not a good work, it is the expected of His family members. Catholicism turns that on it head, making obedience to the Catholic Church a necessary good works process, and tops it off with teaching a ritual drinking of the literal blood of Christ, a practice which God condemned for ALL THE GENERATIONS of Israel, which included the one into which Jesus was born.
Your comment:”It is commanded. Being obedient is not a good work, it is the expected of His family members”
So Not being obedient to God’s laws are not evil works (sin)? Do we have free will to either follow the commandments of God or not?
You must be confused: Work (definition Webster’s Dictionary) n. activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something; sustaining physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective.