@needGod_net , This is shameful. "Hello rich young ruler"? Before I get to proving that Scripture itself says we can not only love God and walk uprightly in our hearts such that He is pleased by it, I would simply point out to you that your basic framework here nullifies the principle of grace in the eschaton. All Christians believe that in the New Eden (Rev. 21-22), and even now in the souls of the just as they pray for pilgrims on earth, the glorified saints will be incapable of saying "No" to God (e.g., fallen angels + Adam/Eve). Is this impossibility of another Fall in glorified humanity elicited by human works, or by the principle of God's grace perfecting the soul in charity? If you can't synthesize how glorified humanity is incapable of sin with the principle of God's grace, then you needn't be worried about how Catholics promote being rich young rulers here on earth whilst you have the everlasting Kingdom of God, which will have no end packed with nothing but rich young rulers. That sounds like you've got yourself an eternity of boasting! Can you imagine all of us sitting on a rocking chair in heaven with our thumbs under our overalls straps just gloating in how it is impossible for any of us to sin? Sounds like you need to rethink your eschatology, and not just your soteriology. Although the interrelation between the two is more so what you are missing, since it is abundantly clear, as is known by Pauline scholars, that Paul really does think the present age overlaps in a significant way with the glorious liberty of the age to come, even so far as moral imperatives go. Now, with the very important distinction that in this life, the saints are not perfected with the beatific vision, there is nevertheless what the author to the Hebrews calls a "taste" of the world to come (Heb. 6:5), there are still instances in the Bible where it can be said that the Saints walked in keeping with God's commandments. My family is going through 1 Kings right now. We just read King Solomon's prayer to God for wisdom, wherein the Holy Spirit, through Solomon's voice, said that King David "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, BECAUSE he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day... Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people." (1 Kings 3:6-9) What about the Holy Spirit through St. Luke, who described Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth as “walking in ALL the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." (Luke 1:6) What about the same Spirit speaking through St. Paul who said that neither circumcision nor uncircumcision (i.e., whether you are Jew or Gentile) avails with almighty God, but rather "KEEPING (τήρησις) the commandments of God." (1 Cor. 7:19)? What about the Holy Spirit, who said through St. Jude, "Keep (τηρήσατε) yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." (v. 21)? The word "keep" (τηρήσατε), the same root as in 1 Cor. 7:19, is an aorist active imperative, indicating it is something we must do in order to reserve and maintain ourselves in God's love, which means we can fail to do this. The implication is that we can lose out on Christ's mercy if we do not "keep" (τηρέω) ourselves in that love.