Salvation, a “right standing” with our Creator is attained by:
1) Works, keeping laws, rules?
2) Works, keeping laws, rules + faith?
3) Faith alone?

What is the Biblical Truth?

Works, keeping laws, obeying rules, play no role in salvation.

Christian works, the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23), manifest SUBSEQUENT salvation and are the resultant of the anointing of the indwelling Holy Spirit working through the “new creation” (the new person) in Jesus (John 15:8; Galatians 5:16-23; 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Works or striving to keep laws for righteousness, a right standing with the Father, are theologically equivalent to the odor of a bloody menstrual cloth in the nose of the Father (Isaiah 64:6); the “work of God” that opens the door to salvation is “to believe in the One the Father has sent into the World” to provide blood atonement for your sin (John 6:29); that is, believe with a sincere heart that Jesus is our Messiah who died to pay your sin-debt owed the Father, a debt you cannot pay yourself through striving after obedience to laws, rules, customs, days, traditions (John 14:6). Salvation being a divine gift of “grace” (unmerited favor you cannot earn) through faith (trusting-believing that Jesus is Messiah).

Works, fruit, SUBSEQUENT salvation are a sign of legitimate saving faith (James 2:17-26) but those works/fruit are NOT causative (Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16). Works, in the pursuit of righteousness-salvation, do not honor the Father lest they’re performed through you by the indwelling Holy Spirit which can only manifest subsequent salvation as the Spirit is the Guarantor and Seal of New Covenant relationship given to all who believe Jesus is Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14).