Our Risen Lord sent Paul to DECLARE this Gospel of Salvation, and the message is that God justifies those who believe in Jesus Christ. More was required of the Jews, and that's why you keep quoting from James and ignoring what Paul says right here....as clear as clear can be.
hahahahahahaha The RISEN Lord, you say---as if the Lord Jesus Christ's words would be changed from when he walked the earth!
The risen Lord says what he always said, and it is that we are TO OBEY and REPENT OF OUR SINS.
So you want only words from the ascended Christ?
Here are some words from the ascended Christ:
Revelation 3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;
obey it, and
repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who
obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus
Revelation 2:5 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and
repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place-- unless you
repent.
Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and
repent.
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not
repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 16:10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to
repent of their deeds.
11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to
repent of what they had done.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously
sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
In the name of Jesus obey and repent of your sins!