"I know your works"

Hmm.  I wonder if there is any significance to this?  There are some who believe that all you have to do is accept Jesus and that is enough.  As I have written before, accepting Jesus is enough to get you saved but that is it.  Your reward in Heaven will be based on your works. 

Here are a few verses to support that view.  This is Jesus talking.

Revelation 2:2(NKJV)

“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 

Revelation 2:9(NKJV)

“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 

Revelation 2:13(NKJV)

“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 

Revelation 2:19(NKJV)

“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 

Revelation 3:1(NKJV)

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 

Revelation 3:8(NKJV)

“I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 

Revelation 3:15(NKJV)

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 

 I have a simple question.  If works is as unimportant as some believe, why is Jesus so focused on it?  Hmm?