You delusional Christians are a problem. You embrace your religious "dogmas" and exclude the words of Jesus Christ himself and his brother. Pay attention please…
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Faith without works is DEAD! Period. You must walk the walk. And as Jesus said before and AFTER he was killed…
Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
and…
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I hope you get it. It is not what you believe in your mind, it is what he said to do. And if you believe on him then believe what he said to do - not just believe he existed.
The thief on the cross did not receive anything. Jesus told him that he would be with him in a future park like setting to receive his judgment on judgment day. The Greek word for Paradise does not mean salvation, heaven, or any such nonsense. Paradiso is the word and it means a future setting more or less.
Also, as Paul says…
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
He is not talking about Law. He is talking about works of law called Judaism or at that time the oral law of customs and traditions. Paul tells you…
Act 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
You people have twisted Jesus' words worse than the Jews have.