We should want and feel the need to do good works for Christ whenever we are born again. We are, after-all, His servants. Our motive to do good works should always be to praise God Almighty. However, we can and will never do enough works to get and to keep salvation.
It is never a teaching of God through Jesus and His disciples to save themselves but to labor for the sake of those who would be saved through FAITH in Christ for the glory of God.
The body of Christ is led by the Spirit to do what the Head commands them to do. The Lord is the Spirit.
We work not for our own benefit but for the benefit of other people.
It is God's work to save His people.
We are His fellow workers and instruments of His righteousness.
We are the good and faithful servants of God who obey His commands and therefore bear fruit that will last.
A dead tree will not bear fruit and is cut down and thrown into the fire...just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith without works is dead also.
"REMAIN IN HIM AND HE WILL REMAIN IN YOU."
...You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. DO NOT BE ARROGANT, BUT BE AFRAID. For if God did not spare the natural branches, HE WILL NOT SPARE YOU EITHER. Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you CONTINUE in his kindness. Otherwise, YOU ALSO WILL BE CUT OFF. Romans 11:19-22