I think the majority of people who believe in God are trying to earn their way to heaven because they mistakenly believe that God's economy operates like man's economy.
(Proverbs 14:12) There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
God does not reward people for doing good work like the world does. In the world, you do a good job and you get rewarded, but God rewards us for having faith in His Son, Christ Jesus, Messiah Yeshua.
(John 1:12) But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
