Matthew -- The Gospel of the King

1. You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose. You dress your little girl in her Easter Sunday best, and she'll look just as pretty when you finally make it to church an hour later. Chapter 23:1-11 You dress a boy in his Easter Sunday best, and he'll somehow find every mud puddle from your home to the church, even if you're driving there. Boys' rooms are usually messy. Differences between girls and boys Girls' rooms are usually messy, except it's a good smelling mess. A tape or CD of this message will be available (free of charge) following the service

2. A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonderment at what nature has made. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King A baby boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun. When girls play with Barbie and Ken dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. Chapter 23:1-11 When boys play with Barbie and Ken dolls, they like to tear off their appendages. Boys couldn't care less if their hair is unruly. If their bangs got cut a quarter-inch too short, girls would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public. Differences between girls and boys

3. Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting their face. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls. If a girl accidentally burps, she will be embarrassed. Chapter 23:1-11 If a boy accidently burps, he will follow it with a dozen fake belches. Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their fingernails long - not because they look nice - but because they can dig them into a boys arm. Differences between girls and boys

4. Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt. By the age of 6, boys will stop giving their dad kisses. By the age of 6, girls will stop giving their dad kisses unless he bribes them with candy. Chapter 23:1-11 Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make machine-gun noises. Differences between girls and boys

5. Girls will cry if someone dies in a movie. Boys will cry if you turn off the VCR after they've watched "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie three times in a row. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys. Chapter 23:1-11 Differences between girls and boys

6. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 "Moses' seat" from 4th century synagogue in Chorazin

7. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 Deut. 6:8

8. Rabbi ~ Matthew -- The Gospel of the King • From Hebrew rab meaning more, great or much • My great one Chapter 23:1-11 • Guru

9. Father ~ giver of life Matthew -- The Gospel of the King • 1 Cor. 4 ~ 15For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Chapter 23:1-11

10. Teacher ~ not didaskalos Matthew -- The Gospel of the King • kathēgētēs – better, guide • Only here and in verse 8 John 14 ~ 6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." Chapter 23:1-11

11. Ps. 111 ~ 9 (KJV)He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. Ps. 111 ~ 9 (NKJ) He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 • yare` – usually translated to fear or to be afraid

12. Ex Cathedra ~ "In general, exemption or immunity from liability to error or failure; in particular in theological usage, the supernatural prerogative by which the Church of Christ is, by a special Divine assistance, preserved from liability to error in her definitive dogmatic teaching regarding matters of faith and morals." "By a definition 'ex cathedra' is meant a formal infallible decision of the pope, obligatory on all the faithful." Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia, ref. Infallibility Source: The Catholic Encyclopedia, ref. Cathedra

13. 1Now it happened, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, "Take note! David is in the Wilderness of En Gedi."2Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.3So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to attend to his needs. (David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.)4Then the men of David said to him, "This is the day of which the Lord said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.'" And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.5Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.6And he said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord." Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 1 Sam. 24:1-6

14. 5So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him.6Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." 7So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.8Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!" 9But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?" 10David said furthermore, "As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.11The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go." Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 1 Sam. 26:5-11

15. Ps. 62 ~ 2He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11

16. "The essential thing in religion is Life. The false knew nothing of life in the soul, the false spent its time in making burdens, and binding them on men. There is the difference between false and true religion. False religion is on; true religion is in…The difference between the two is Life." Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945)

17. "Being humble involves the willingness to be reckoned a failure in everyone's sight but God's." "A man can counterfeit love, he can counterfeit faith, he can counterfeit hope and all the other graces, but it is very difficult to counterfeit humility." "He whose garments are the whitest will best perceive the spots upon them. He whose crown shines the brightest will know when he has lost a jewel. He who gives the most light to the world will always be able to discover his own darkness." Matthew -- The Gospel of the King Chapter 23:1-11 C. H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) D. L. Moody (1837-1899) Roy M. Pearson