A lesson on the Armor of God.
Cast:
OZZIE – an excitable little monster
MISS REBECCA – the teacher who sets him straight
Props:
A paper plate attached to OZZIE
(MISS REBECCA starts on stage.)
OZZIE: (enters dramatically) There's no need to fear.... Snap!
MISS REBECCA: What's the matter, Ozzie?
OZZIE: I still don't have a superhero name, Miss Rebecca.
MISS REBECCA: Well, maybe I can help. Do you have any ideas?
OZZIE: Since I'm green, I figured my superhero name should have green in it.
MISS REBECCA: I like your thinking.
OZZIE: Since I'm going to be spreading the light of God, I was thinking... The Green Lantern.
MISS REBECCA: Sorry, but that's already taken, sweetie.
OZZIE: Oh. Well, since I going to be a straight shooter, what do you think of... The Green Arrow?
MISS REBECCA: I like it. I liked it when I first saw him on the Justice League.
OZZIE: That's OK, I've got more. Since I am going to be stinging evil, I could be... The Green Hornet.
MISS REBECCA: Taken.
OZZIE: Since I will be gobbling up my enemies, I could be The Green Goblin.
MISS REBECCA: Taken, and he's a villain.
OZZIE: The Green Giant?
MISS REBECCA: Taken.
OZZIE: The Green Grocer?
MISS REBECCA: Taken.
OZZIE: (giving up) It's not easy being green.
MISS REBECCA: Taken.
OZZIE: Huh?
MISS REBECCA: Never mind. Tell me what your wearing.
OZZIE: This is (dramatically) THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
MISS REBECCA: Looks more like (dramatically) THE PAPER PLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
OZZIE: Hey, sometimes you just gotta work with what you got.
MISS REBECCA: I understand, but you don't need to wear anything.
OZZIE: You mean I should be naked?!?
MISS REBECCA: No, I meant...
OZZIE: Oh, wait. I'm always naked. I'm a monster. I'm all covered with fur.
MISS REBECCA: I mean it's a metaphor.
OZZIE: Grown ups sure like to use that word.
MISS REBECCA: I don't know about that, but in this case, it applies. Paul used the image of a breastplate, because righteousness protects us from the enemy. When we are righteous, or in right standing with God, we are protected.
OZZIE: Then I'm in trouble, cause I'm too rotten to be right with God.
MISS REBECCA: Each of us is too rotten to be right with God?
OZZIE: Even you?
MISS REBECCA: Even me.
OZZIE: Even Jessie?
MISS REBECCA: Even Jessie.
OZZIE: But she's so quiet.
MISS REBECCA: The Bible tells us that everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
OZZIE: Oh, snap.
MISS REBECCA: But the good news is that Jesus died for us. If we accept Him as our Savior, then we are right with God.
OZZIE: Phew!
MISS REBECCA: So you see you are already wearing the breastplate of righteousness and didn't even know it.
OZZIE: That's nothing. I wore a strip of toilet paper on the bottom of my foot for a week and didn't even know it. (exits)
MISS REBECCA: Ozzie!
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