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You highlighted Jesus words ”but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” in an attempt to prove that going back under the law and following the commandments is required. Yet you neglect to include the words in that same passage where Jesus also said ”If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor”. Surely you have sold all that you have and have given the proceeds to the poor right? Or are you some sort of hypocrite and only take those words of Jesus that fit your little package of beliefs?

Jesus taught us many things in His encounter with the "rich young ruler." Jesus gives us the example of how to witness the Gospel to others. Jesus presented the young man with the Law, which means He dragged him up Mt Sinai to see if he met the muster. As is the case with all 'sons of Adam' the young man was found lacking and did not meet the standard of perfection which the Law requires (as we see at the end of Matthew 5, be perfect like your Father in Heaven is perfect). Jesus then goes on to state to the amazed disciples that these things are impossible for men, but with God all things are possible. Teaching them that One will go to Mt Zion to deliver them.