Since at the final judgment we will be assessed for eternal life at least in part on the basis of our works, a better gospel invitation will not polemicize in an unqualified fashion about “faith, not works,” but will leave room for good works (not good works produced on our own through rule-keeping, but good works embodied in allegiant union with Jesus) in our final justification. For such good works are indicative of enacted and maintained pistis.
