There could be a genuine misunderstanding there. Love in Latin is caritas, from which we also have “charity” — not quite the same thing, especially in modern society that industrialized charity. The modern understanding of “work” is “paid job”. As we know, any work done for a reward — social recognition or plain old salary — is not salvific. On this point Catholics and Protestants often speak past each other. The inability of recognizing the good works — a term of art for Catholic Christians, — of the Good Thief is an illustration of this problem.
That’s an excellent point. Thanks for that.
Good post. I like to think of the “good works” that are required as a “labor of love” (charity, as you said). That is, the “good works” that are salvific aren’t done to “expect” anything, rather, simply because we enjoy doing them. For example, as Scripture says, “the cheerful giver” is loved by God. (cf 2 Cor 9:7)