““你们应当竭力进窄门！我告诉你们，将来许多人要进去，却是不能。”
路加福音 13:24
““Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.”
Luke 13:24
Someone asked Jesus, “Are only a few people going to be saved?” (Luke 13 v. 23). In reply, Jesus challenged the person to “make every effort to enter through the narrow door” to God’s kingdom (v. 24). He was essentially asking, “Will the saved include you?”
Jesus used this analogy to urge the Jews not to be presumptuous. Many of them believed they’d be included in God’s kingdom because they were Abraham’s descendants or because they kept the law. But Jesus challenged them to respond to Him before “the owner of the house . . . closes the door” (v. 25).
Neither our family background nor our deeds can make us right with God. Only faith in Jesus can save us from sin and death (Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5–7). The door is narrow, but it’s wide open to all who will put their faith in Jesus. He’s inviting us today to seize the opportunity to enter through the narrow door to His kingdom.
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