True faith includes an obedience to God's word. An obedience which requires consistency through diligent participation. In Matthew 7:13-14, Christ began his conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount. He called people to choose between two completely different pathways—the narrow road of the kingdom of heaven which leads to life or the broad road of the world which leads to destruction and or death. By mentioning the narrow road, he describes how hard it is to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is not the path of least resistance—it is the hard road. One that is difficult to find and follow. To add to the difficulty of getting into the kingdom, Christ shares that there are false prophets and/or believers who deceive people and keep them off the narrow road (v. 15-20). At times the necessity to focus strictly on the Lord may indeed require your isolation from others. If there's a purpose behind your reasoning then the Lord will indeed understand.
Matthew 7:21-29
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven—only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?’ Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!” When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law."
