Your kids are playing.  Suddenly you hear, “Hey you cheated.”  A theater director in rehearsal suddenly shouts to an actor, “Wait, that’s not what you are supposed to say.  Stick to the script.”  In the army, everyone is marching on their right foot; you are on your left.  Drill Sergeant Conlin shouts out, “Soldier, get back in line!”  A quick corrective and everyone is on their way: playing nice, acting with Oscar-quality, and the soldier no longer trips everyone up.  Rule-makers are in authority, and they always want you to play by the rules.

Like in a play, our scene in Matthew is about to play out and things look out of line. The script seems to be changing.  Someone is cheating and not playing by the rules. The question is, “Who has the authority to make those changes?