>As it is written:
>“None is righteous, no, not one;
>no one understands;
>no one seeks for God.
>All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
>no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:10-12
>And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
Mark 10:18
One does not "simply believe" in God, you either have true faith which guides your life and changes you for good, or you're a lukewarm "christian" and God does not favour those.
>‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ublind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
You say that someone who lives a "good life" should be rewarded, but by what standard do you define what is good?
The only true good is God, He is goodnes itself and the source of all that is good, so one cannot actively reject Him and claim to be good. He created everything out of himself, we are created out of Him but we cannot create anything out of ourselves alone. We receive good from God, and out of love for Him and our brothers we give out of it to others. That's what it is to be good. If someone is rejecting God, but doing good deeds that means that God still works through Him, becaue even if we abandon Him, He does not abandon us. One who truly does good with an honest heart will be led to God.
>John 15:4-5 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
>John 5:19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”
>John 1:3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
>Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
>Deuteronomy 31:8 It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
>Galatians 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
>Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
>Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.