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It's whatever the Lord commands, isn't it? He has authority to command, right?

"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" - Matt. 28:18ff

After announcing the authority God had given Him, Jesus instructed His apostles to "make disciples". A disciple is a student, a follower, one who learns from his master and imitates him. That's what Jesus wants - followers who believe on Him, submit to Him, obey Him, learn from Him, imitate Him, lean on Him. That's faith. When He commands, a disciple obeys without question. A disciple doesn't try to figure out why, he just does it. If the Master explains why, well and good. But the disciple doesn't demand an satisfactory explanation before obeying.

If the Master says to love one another, that's the work we must do. If He says to confess Him before men, that's what is required, so we submit and do it. If He says to assemble together on the Lord's Day, proclaim His death with the memorial of the bread and the cup, sing songs of praise to God and of teaching to one another, we obey. If He tells husbands to love their wives, wives to submit to their husbands, children to obey their parents, it's because that's the work He wants from us.

Who is going to refuse to obey and still call himself a disciple? Who's going to rebel against the King and still think he'll be allowed into the kingdom?

The Master has given a law, and the disciple submits to Him, in whatever He commands. That's the work involved in striving to enter into His kingdom. And why does the disciple do this? Because he has faith in his Master.

>>If the Master says to love one another, that’s the work we must do. If He says to confess Him before men, that’s what is required, so we submit and do it. If He says to assemble together on the Lord’s Day, proclaim His death with the memorial of the bread and the cup, sing songs of praise to God and of teaching to one another, we obey. If He tells husbands to love their wives, wives to submit to their husbands, children to obey their parents, it’s because that’s the work He wants from us.

A lot of people think that the narrow path requires you to be perfect in all these things. If you could do that, you would be the Master.

>>Who is going to refuse to obey and still call himself a disciple? Who’s going to rebel against the King and still think he’ll be allowed into the kingdom?

Refusing to do is quite different from trying and falling short (literally missing the mark, which is the meaning of sin.)

>>And why does the disciple do this? Because he has faith in his Master.

And that is all there is to it.

"... the work involved in striving to enter into His kingdom." Um, Jesus didn't agree with that assertion. Jesus didn't indicate we are to strive to enter the Kingdom. He said to Nicodemus except a man be born of water and of the spirit, born from above, he cannot see the kingdom. When the twisted leadership of the Sanhedrin asked Him what work God required that they could be so born from above, Jesus told them the work of God is to believe on Him Whom God has sent for their deliverance. [John 3 and John 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.]

We are saved by believing in Him as Deliverer, not by works striving to attain some reward. BUT, once born again, born from above, He comes into us to raise us up in the Way that we should go as members of His family. And brother, that is no easy road to walk even though He said His yoke is easy.