Do Jehovah's Witnesses Practice/Espouse a Works-Righteousness Scheme for Salvation?

Sometimes we Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) are accused of teaching a works-righteousness scheme for attainment of salvation, as though we might do enough in God’s sight to earn salvation on our own merit. No, that is not true. We JWs do not teach any such thing. It is, however, quite a different matter should we downplay the requirement that we Christians must do the fine works informing God’s will for us as taught us by Jesus Christ, because even though such fine works do not earn salvation — are not in and of themselves sufficient for salvation —, they are nonetheless necessary for salvation. It is a matter of “everyone who comes to [Jesus] and hears [his] words and does them” who gets everlasting life. It is a matter that we be “the ones, after hearing the word with a fine and good heart, retain it and bear fruit with endurance,” this so that we may hold on a valid hope of everlasting life, yes, that we thereby appropriate God’s undeserved kindness He extends to us on the merits of Jesus’ shed blood for forgiveness of our sins, another necessary thing if we will lay hold on the gift of everlasting life. When Jesus answered the rich young ruler’s question, “Good teacher, what do I need to do to inherit everlasting life?”, did Jesus in any way intimate that our salvation does not involve us in what we may or may not do as respects showing our love for all who are our neighbors? Did Jesus say that salvation involves only our giving intellectual assent/approval to the proposition that Jesus came to Earth to become our ransomer from Kings Sin and Death? No! Jesus’ answer was that we must ‘keep on doing’ something if we will get everlasting life. What work was that? We must keep on showing our love for God with all our soul (life), with all our strength, and with all our mind (sound reasoning). Yes, we must keep on showing love — doing spiritually beneficial works — even for neighbors who presently may remain unbelievers, and who may even persecute us and make themselves enemies of our hope. Why else did Jesus make it a point to remind us that our love for God should involve our whole strength unless work is involved — is required? We must keep on reaching out in a show of love for our neighbors in need of mercy. And we teach them the need for their being and remaining a disciple of Jesus by their living by all the teachings of Jesus Christ, which certainly includes our show of faith in Jesus’ teaching that he was sent to the Earth to become a ransom sacrifice for us (cf. John 6:27 — “Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that remains for everlasting life, which the Son of man will give you; for on this one the Father, God himself, has put his seal of approval”). Yes, Jesus has become the one “responsible for everlasting salvation to all those obeying him” (Hebrews 5:9). So, even though salvation is not per a legalistic works-righteousness barter / scheme for salvation, it is certainly a matter of a Lordship-salvation — a matter that we recognize that Jesus has purchased us by his blood, that we “have been called to belong to Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:6) —and “to follow his steps closely” (1 Peter 2:21).