This banquet gives Jesus the opportunity to teach his disciples that those we are called to disciple are those he has invited, not just those we think should get in. We would all love to be in a church full of people just like us, where all our friends had come to faith and we could all just hang out singing Bethel songs and eating meat together! But, the challenging truth is Jesus might not have invited all of our mates but rather those completely unlike us (often the poor and needy) who appreciate the inv