Luke 13 - The Narrow Door

“22Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"
He said to them, 24"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' "But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
26"Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
27"But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!' 28"There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last."

Jesus is speaking of the “narrow door”, the “path less taken”, that is salvation and Heaven. Though the door is narrow, many will try to enter once they face Judgment; however, as the verses say, many will not enter and will be cast out. They will say how they “knew” Jesus, that is, they had “heard” of Him, but He will not know them. He did not know them because they never established a RELATIONSHIP with Him. Simply KNOWING of Jesus is NOT ENOUGH, you must have a personal relationship with Him, accept Him into your heart and life, and live for Him. Then you can be greeted and allowed through the narrow door as a known friend and allowed into the glorious Kingdom of Heaven.