If anyone is confused about the true gospel message, especially those trained by the false church scheme which has presented itself as the face of Christianity in our world, they need to look no further than the parable of the sower to understand why imposters and charlatans want Christians to embrace a "faith without following" gospel.

"Following" doesn't justify you, it is simply an indication that you are a Christian willing to endure and overcome the world and "bear fruit" which, again, is an agricultural term for a reason. A plant doesn't "work" to grow, and neither does the Christian "work" to walk out the fundamentals of the faith which include regular prayer, study of the word, and having a humble, teachable attitude when studying God's word. These components are necessary for a healthy life in Christ, but they are no means a form of justification which is only by faith. It's what Christians do once they "believe" in Jesus Christ as their Savior.

When fakes deceive people into a faith without following Jesus, they have drawn them to become the soil that is rocky or the soil that is overtaken by thorn bushes:

Matthew 13
3 And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;
4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
5 "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
6 "But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
8 "And others fell on the good soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 "He who has ears, let him hear."


This quick video may help explain further: