Scripture Reference: Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:1-22, Matthew 9:37-38, Luke 10:2
A lesson about The Great Commission.
Cast:
DILLY – a southern fried chicken who doesn’t always get things straight
MR. MIKE – the teacher who sets her straight
Props:
None
(DILLY enters exhausted.)
MR. MIKE: Hey, Dilly. How are you doing?
DILLY: I’m so tired I’m left-handed.
MR. MIKE: Why are you so tired?
DILLY: I was reading in the Bible that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
MR. MIKE: That’s great that you’re still reading the Bible, but how did that make you so tired?
DILLY: Rein back your horse; you’re getting ahead of me.
MR. MIKE: Sorry. Go on.
DILLY: I’ve learned the hard way to be more obedient to what I read in the Bible, so I went to a farm and started harvesting crops.
MR. MIKE: Oh.
DILLY: (indignant) “Oh” what?
MR. MIKE: I’m glad you’re taking the Bible seriously, but that’s not what that means.
DILLY: Well, don’t that just take the cake. Then what in the wide, wide world of sports does it mean?
MR. MIKE: It means that there are lots of people in the world who need to hear the Good News, but not enough people to tell it.
DILLY: Well, flip me over and call me done. That’s a whole lot easier. (talking to the kids) Hey you! God loves you. Hey you! Jesus died for your sins. Hey you! Accept Jesus or you’re going to H-E-double hockey sticks. Hey next kid! ...
MR. MIKE: Dilly!
DILLY: Hush! I’m busy spreading the Good News. (turning back to the kids) Hey you! Jesus loves you this I know. (continue until all of the kids have been spoken to)
There. That wasn’t so hard.
MR. MIKE: Dilly, there’s a lot more to it than that.
DILLY: Do tell.
MR. MIKE: Jesus said to go and make disciples of all nations and baptize them.
DILLY: Well, that’s easier than falling off a greased log. We can go down to the bathroom and baptize the whole lot of them right now.
MR. MIKE: We’re not baptizing these fine young ladies and fellows in the bathroom.
DILLY: Suit yourself, but if we did, we’d be done with it all.
MR. MIKE: That’s what I’m trying to say. We wouldn’t be done with it. Being saved is eternally important, but that’s not the end. Jesus said to make them disciples.
DILLY: I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Mr. Mike, but the disciples are all dead.
MR. MIKE: The original ones are, but we are supposed to be disciples, too.
DILLY: Pull the other one.
MR. MIKE: Truthfully. Christians are supposed to be disciples, or students, learning to serve God and be pleasing to Him.
DILLY: Well, don’t that just pop out your monocle. All those people I told about Jesus left high and dry. I must go find them and make them disciples. (running back and forth) I gotta go to my neighbors. I gotta go to the feed store. I gotta go to my neighbors. I gotta go… (exits quickly)
MR. MIKE: (stares at stage surprised at Dilly’s sudden departure)
DILLY: (reappears) I almost forgot – bye, y’all! (exits)
A lesson about The Great Commission.
Cast:
DILLY – a southern fried chicken who doesn’t always get things straight
MR. MIKE – the teacher who sets her straight
Props:
None
(DILLY enters exhausted.)
MR. MIKE: Hey, Dilly. How are you doing?
DILLY: I’m so tired I’m left-handed.
MR. MIKE: Why are you so tired?
DILLY: I was reading in the Bible that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
MR. MIKE: That’s great that you’re still reading the Bible, but how did that make you so tired?
DILLY: Rein back your horse; you’re getting ahead of me.
MR. MIKE: Sorry. Go on.
DILLY: I’ve learned the hard way to be more obedient to what I read in the Bible, so I went to a farm and started harvesting crops.
MR. MIKE: Oh.
DILLY: (indignant) “Oh” what?
MR. MIKE: I’m glad you’re taking the Bible seriously, but that’s not what that means.
DILLY: Well, don’t that just take the cake. Then what in the wide, wide world of sports does it mean?
MR. MIKE: It means that there are lots of people in the world who need to hear the Good News, but not enough people to tell it.
DILLY: Well, flip me over and call me done. That’s a whole lot easier. (talking to the kids) Hey you! God loves you. Hey you! Jesus died for your sins. Hey you! Accept Jesus or you’re going to H-E-double hockey sticks. Hey next kid! ...
MR. MIKE: Dilly!
DILLY: Hush! I’m busy spreading the Good News. (turning back to the kids) Hey you! Jesus loves you this I know. (continue until all of the kids have been spoken to)
There. That wasn’t so hard.
MR. MIKE: Dilly, there’s a lot more to it than that.
DILLY: Do tell.
MR. MIKE: Jesus said to go and make disciples of all nations and baptize them.
DILLY: Well, that’s easier than falling off a greased log. We can go down to the bathroom and baptize the whole lot of them right now.
MR. MIKE: We’re not baptizing these fine young ladies and fellows in the bathroom.
DILLY: Suit yourself, but if we did, we’d be done with it all.
MR. MIKE: That’s what I’m trying to say. We wouldn’t be done with it. Being saved is eternally important, but that’s not the end. Jesus said to make them disciples.
DILLY: I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Mr. Mike, but the disciples are all dead.
MR. MIKE: The original ones are, but we are supposed to be disciples, too.
DILLY: Pull the other one.
MR. MIKE: Truthfully. Christians are supposed to be disciples, or students, learning to serve God and be pleasing to Him.
DILLY: Well, don’t that just pop out your monocle. All those people I told about Jesus left high and dry. I must go find them and make them disciples. (running back and forth) I gotta go to my neighbors. I gotta go to the feed store. I gotta go to my neighbors. I gotta go… (exits quickly)
MR. MIKE: (stares at stage surprised at Dilly’s sudden departure)
DILLY: (reappears) I almost forgot – bye, y’all! (exits)
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