Here is what Jesus said on this topic:
MAT13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
MAT13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
MAT13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; MAT13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
MAT13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
MAT13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
God. KING JAMES BIBLE TOUCH - KJV (Kindle Locations 37940-37949). Kindle Edition.
This is what James taught about Faith and Works:
JAM2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
JAM2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? JAM2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? JAM2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? JAM2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
JAM2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
JAM2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? JAM2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
God. KING JAMES BIBLE TOUCH - KJV (Kindle Locations 47647-47651). Kindle Edition.
But what did Jesus tell Paul, the lone apostle who was to create and teach the Gentile church??? You guys are lost in the days before the church...And reject what Jesus taught Paul and the church...