Your works cannot save you. You can live a horrible life of sin and rebellion against God, yet, in His incredible grace, He will save you on your deathbed if you genuinely repent. That isn’t a reason to put off this decision (that’s a risky game to play), but it does demonstrate the nature of His love. As Pastor Dion demonstrates with the story of the thief next to Christ on the cross, he was minutes from death, but Christ didn’t require anything of him but his faith, and he granted him access to the Kingdom.