By grace through faith

The way God saves never changes: Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Salvation has a past component: 'the Lord saved me on such a such a date'
Salvation has a present component: you are being saved by the Lord
Salvation has a future component: those that confess Jesus and believe in their heart shall be saved
He that believes and is baptized shall be saved....

In all of this, salvation is by grace through faith. It is never due to our works at any time. As Christians, we shall have works, yet those works are never saving us, nor should they ever be purposed to obtain God's favour, but instead, in true faith, are and only should be because God is saving us as a gift, and because we already have and will forever have the favour of God.

A gift is never earned, and when a gift is received, you do not turn around to pay the person who gave it to you. Then it would no longer be a gift.

God gave the gift by grace because you and I could never do enough works to earn the gift, and because all we could do would only and ever earn eternal death and damnation.

Praise God for His wonderful gift of grace.