Misuse of works arises when undue emphasis is placed upon human effort as though salvation depends primarily upon it. This mindset elevates personal performance above God's initiative and thereby reduces the importance of His Word and grace. Because no one can serve two masters, the greater the perceived role of works, the more God recedes into the background. From this central distortion flow two further effects. As knowledge of God's high standard increases, human nature begins to experience the way of life as an oppressive burden rather than a liberating privilege. At the same time, God Himself comes to be viewed as unreasonable, harsh, and excessively demanding. Such distortion reverses the biblical order. Salvation is secured by grace through faith in the past and remains in that state; good works follow as the consequence of God's ongoing creative activity rather than its precondition. When works are treated as the cause of deliverance, the principle that only the doers of the law shall be justified is misapplied, producing the false impression that human effort initiates or maintains the relationship with God. In reality, God sends forth His Spirit to create a new heart, to renew the mind, and to cause His people to walk in His statutes. The resulting conduct mirrors His own character and is empowered by the same Spirit that first called and continues to shape the individual. Because the entire process originates in God's sovereign choice and faithful workmanship, any presentation that makes works the fountainhead of salvation inverts this sequence and places an unsustainable load upon the believer. The proper understanding relieves that burden by showing that good works are the designed outcome of divine creation already underway, not the means by which salvation is earned.