[wmfights]

Matthew 7:21”Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23”And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’

Are you saying that for your sins to be forgiven you must do the "right" good works?

[righttackle44]

Are you saying that for your sins to be forgiven you must do the "right" good works?

That's not what anyone is saying. What Jesus is saying is that there are some who profess to do works in the name of the Lord are, in fact, unrepentant and unsaved.

[jennings2004]

Acts 2:44 describes what believers did in order to be in that chosen category. John 3:36 includes the necessity of obedience in order to please God. Also Acts 6:7; Romans 1:5; 16:26.

In Matthew 26:28, Jesus connected His “blood” to “remission of sin.” Peter used the same Greek word for “remission of sin” connected to the necessity for repentance and immersion on the part of those who “were pricked in their hearts” in Acts 2:36-38. The Lord added those who followed these instructions “to His people” per Acts 2:47. In Acts 20:28, Paul declared that the church was purchased by “the blood of Christ.”

The basic article mentioned Acts 16:31. It is worthwhile to meditate on verses 32-34, also.

[El Cid]

Are you saying that for your sins to be forgiven you must do the "right" good works?

You must be resting on the one who did do the "right good works" - our Lord Jesus.
If anyone is counting on their own righteousness and good works - they don't get it, nor understand that their best works are but filthy rags in the sight of God.
We are saved by good works -- the good works of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.

[Mechanicos]

No works are necessary for salvation:Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. See also Galatians 2:16.

God’s laws for all but those mosaic laws relating to earning salvation (which included the requirement to do works), are still in force. Jesus fulfilled all the works’ etc requirements for salvation with his sacrifice. Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

However, it is the new person, born-again (2 Corinthians 5:17) who wants to please God so we do charity etc, out of love. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

Does that answer your question?

[Mark17]

Actually, I guess I was already on your ping list.