Characters: Narrator Jimmy Shelley
Sammy Mike John
Matt Sue Sharon
Frank Joe
Narrator-- Jimmy and Shelley have been elected to be the most popular
students in their school. The vote was a tie so there is going to be
another vote to determine which one is the most popular.
Sammy, Mike and John are talking and kidding around with each other in the classroom
Jimmy and Matt walk into the classroom
Jimmy and Matt (walk over to Sammy, Mike and John)
Jimmy: Did you hear about Shelley?
Sammy: No, what about her?
Jimmy: I heard Shelley was at the store today and she tried on a
shirt and a pair of jeans and then she walked out with them
hidden under her other clothes.
Matt: Yea
Mike: You mean she stole them.
Matt: Yes, and that’s not all. I hear she does this all the time.
Jimmy and Matt: (walk out of the room)
Sammy, Mike and John walk over to Sue, Sharon, Frank and Joe.
Sammy: Hey guys did you hear about Shelley?
Frank: No, what’s up.
Mike: Jimmy told us that he heard she was stealing clothes at the store.
Sharon: What? You must be kidding!
Joe: No, it is true.
Sammy: Boy she sure has fooled a lot of people.
Sue: Isn’t there a vote Friday to see who is the most popular person
in school between Jimmy and Shelley.
Mike: Yes, what are we going to do?
Sue: I am in charge of the school paper I will make sure that everyone hears about this.
(she walks out of the room)
Mike: (to Sammy, John, Sharon, and Frank) It is hard to believe that Shelley
would steal anything. She goes to church and she is always witnessing
and sharing the things the Lord is doing in her and her family’s lives.
Sammy: Just yesterday she invited me to her youth group I guess
you never can tell about people.
Sharon: Hey guys, what if this is not true about Shelley? After all she has always been nice to us even when we haven’t been nice to her.
Mike: Yeah and don’t forget about the vote that is coming up maybe Jimmy is lying to win the vote and be the most popular kid in the school.
Jimmy and Matt: (walk back into the room) Hey guys what’s up?
Sharon: Are you sure about what you heard about Shelley? You know she is a nice girl.
Jimmy: Yes I’m sure and I have been telling everyone I know.
Matt: Me to!
Frank: Yaw know Sue is going to write about it in the school newspaper.
Jimmy and Matt: That’s great then everyone will know.
Narrator: The vote was taken and Jimmy won the vote. Shelley denied ever
stealing and started crying. Her mother and Father and her sister
and her Pastor even came to school to try to straighten things out
because they knew it wasn’t true, but no one would listen to them.
Jimmy: (walking out very smug and happy walks over to his close friend Matt) I told you it would work.
How would this skit make you feel if it was real life? For Christians it should give them a righteous anger. Think about the last time you had a righteous anger over anything.
Righteous anger is not sin. Jesus was very angry when he cleared the temple, did he sin? no
A righteous anger isn’t just rage and it doesn’t result in bitterness, unforgiveness or holding a grudge. Righteous anger comes when an injustice is done and brings forth actions that will remedy the situation.
One of the problems I see among Christians is they get angry and bitter over things that don’t really mean a whole lot just because their pride gets hurt and I am including myself also. Far to many times the things we should be angry over we just overlook because we have bought into the lie that we can’t offend anyone. Let me assure you that if you live a godly life you will offend people and you will be persecuted for it.
For many that are not Christians this skit would be no big deal just another way to get ahead in life.
To a believer this verse could apply to this situation, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It seems that many non-believers would like to change these words to, “do unto others before they do it unto you.”
This is very foolish when you think of what the Bible says about reaping what you sow. In case you don’t know what this means think of this, the way you treat others is the way you will be treated. In other words, your sins will find you out. Your sins may be overlooked on this side of Heaven but God knows and He never excuses sin. You can never get away with sin and there are always consequences for it.
God is truly a loving and merciful and forgiving God but He is also just. God never winks at sin and He never sweeps your sin under the rug, so to speak, no God hates sin and deals with it and at times very severely. The Bible says that, “the wages of sin is death.”
In other words, if you live a life of sin and never repent and confess your sins and trust in the Lord to forgive your sins and you die, you have chosen Hell as your resting place, but there won’t be any rest there just an eternity of pain and anguish. There are many people that think that God will never make anyone go to Hell because He is just to loving and kind and merciful. They are right, all these things are true God will never make anyone go to hell but He will allow you to go if that is what you choose to do.
Remember this, man has been given a free will to choose either Heaven or Hell so if you do end up in Hell you chose to go there. Think about this, you won’t be able to blame God or anyone else for your choice. Hell wasn’t created for man it was created for Satan and the fallen angels who choose to rebel against God. But the good news is that we all have a choice.
Like I said earlier, the Bible says, “that the wages of sin is death,” but it doesn’t stop there, the rest of the verse says, “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
In John 3:16 the Bible says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” Verse 17 says, “For God didn’t send His Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through Him.” Praise God!
This is great news God isn’t willing that any be lost but that all will come to repentance. This means that God loves us so much that He made it possible for us to make the right choice. God will do what you can’t do on your own and all you have to do is tell him that you are a sinner in need of His forgiveness and His grace. Tell Him you are sorry, ask him to forgive you of your sins and ask him to be Lord of your life.
If you mean what you said welcome to the family. Now go and tell somebody what you did and then find a Bible teaching church and start growing. And be sure to thank and praise the Lord and if you would tell me about it too, thanks. God Bless.
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