Matthew 26:50 Jesus replied, ‘Do what you came for, friend.’ Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus called Judas friend when he was about to betray Him?

Being the loving Christ He is, Jesus was not about to stop what was happening, but did He have to call Judas friend?

If there was any conscience left in Judas would he not have stopped his action at hearing those words?

Jesus knew what would happen and was still was willing to call Judas a friend, probably as an example to us all about willingness to forgive.

Matthew 22:12 He asked, “How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?” The man was speechless.

Just because the king had told the servants to go out and invite anyone in to the wedding banquet did not automatically give everyone the right to come in…

Does that sound wrong? Well, the servants invited lots of people but they would have been told it was a wedding banquet and they would have to dress accordingly.

This person had not listened and assumed they would be let in anyway… Never assume!

The same is our entry to Heaven. We are all invited, but we do have to believe in Christ first of all.

Matthew 20:13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

When you make a deal with someone do you try your very best to stick to that deal? How do you feel when you find out someone else has a better deal than you?

It is not nice to find out that someone else got more for their money than you, but we all make what we think are the best choices at the time given the best information.

When information and circumstance changes we should not expect others to bend over backward to make sure we get more for nothing!

Be happy with what you have managed to get; it is bound to be better than nothing!