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EASTER Skit Characters Flossie Jack Smart Doggie Bunny with a lily Just a rabbit Dog with Bible Flossie It’s Easter time! It’s Easter time! How do you like my new Easter shrug, Jack? Jack Girls! That’s all they think about. Clothes and more clothes. Flossie Hey, Jack! That’s not true. There are a lot of things to think about at Easter time. Jack Oh, yeh? Like what? Flossie Well, there are Easter fairs all over town and Easter baskets with chocolate bunnies and eggs and, of course, those cinnabuns. Yum, yum, makes me hungry. Then there is the wonderful Easter dinner and oh, yes, there are Easter lilies, too. Jack Easter lilies? Flossie You should see the lovely lily plant my friend gave me. Here, I’ll show you. Oh, NO! Look at it. It’s dead! It was so beautiful. I think I’m going to cry. Jack Hey! Don’t cry over a silly plant. You should know that nothing lives forever anyway. Flossie Nothing? Jack Well, do you know of anything or anyone who has lived forever? I don’t. Smart doggie Please excuse me, but I could not help but overhear you talking. I just want to say that I know of someone who has lived, died and lived again. Flossie Jack Together Who are you? Smart doggie They call me “Smart doggie,” and this is a true story. Would you like to hear it? Flossie Oh, yes. I like stories. Jack Me, too. But what is that large book you are holding in front of you? Smart doggie This book is called a Bible. It tells us everything about how to live in this world. It is all about God’s thinking and teaches us right from wrong. One of the most important things is that it shows us the reason we celebrate Easter. Flossie That sounds interesting. Jack Sure does. So go ahead, and tell us the story. Smart doggie You may already know that God, who lives in heaven with His Son, Jesus Christ, made everything on earth and in heaven, including the first man and woman. He named them Adam and Eve and He gave them a beautiful garden to live in. There were animals and flowers and wonderful fruit trees from which they could eat freely. From just one tree God told Adam and Eve, “You may NOT eat.” That tree was called The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was the only tree in the garden that was forbidden. Then one day, God’s enemy, Satan, sneaked into the garden in the form of a snake. He told Eve a lie. He said that God didn’t want Adam and Eve to eat from the forbidden tree because God did not want them to become as smart as He was. Eve believed the lie and she chose to disobey. She ate some fruit from the forbidden tree. Then Eve talked her husband, Adam, into eating some also. Flossie Wow! That was sure silly of her after God had given them so much. Smart doggie Yes, it was. That was when man’s first sin took place. It was the sin of disobedience. God was not pleased and, as punishment, God said they could not be friends anymore. He kicked Adam and Eve out of the perfect garden. He said that everyone who lived after Adam and Eve would be under the penalty of sin. Smart doggie This meant that none of us could live forever with God in heaven after our life on earth. There was no hope for any of us at that time. Jack Boy, I’ll bet Adam and Eve were really sorry. Smart doggie I’m sure they were, but it was too late. They had disobeyed. Because of God’s justice, they had to be punished. The snake was also punished. From then on, it had to crawl on the ground in the dust. Of course, everyone fell under the penalty of Adam and Eve’s sin. No more life after death. Flossie Oh dear! But what does the word penalty mean? Smart doggie A penalty is a price that needs to be paid by some kind of punishment. And, in this case, God had to be satisfied. Let’s say that your parents had set up a rule that you were to come straight home from school. But you decided to disobey, and you stopped over at a friend’s house to play. This made you late coming home. As a punishment, your penalty was not being allowed to watch TV for three nights. Flossie I see. Then when the three nights were over, the penalty was paid. Right? Smart doggie Right! Jack In football, when one team member doesn’t play by the rules, the whole team gets penalized. This causes the whole team to pay for one player’s mistake. Smart doggie Now, you understand. So that’s why God’s special son, Jesus Christ, said that He would come down to earth as a man and die on the cross for the sins of the whole world. Then the penalty for Adam and Eve’s sin would be paid for everyone, forever. God was satisfied, and this brought hope for the whole human race. Flossie So, I guess that means that Jesus Christ took our place on the cross. Now that the penalty has been paid, what happens? Is there anything else that we must do to have everlasting life? Smart doggie Yes, there is one thing. The Bible says in Acts 16: 31, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” This means that you just tell God, the Father that you understand you are a sinner and that you believe in His Son, Jesus Christ, as your personal savior. Faith alone in Christ alone. Jack But that is so easy. Are you sure that there is nothing else we must do to have everlasting life? Smart doggie I am very sure. After we accept this free gift of salvation, God, the Holy Spirit, comes to live inside of us. He is our helper, and he teaches us God’s Word through teachers and pastors. However, there is more to my story. After some mean men beat Jesus Christ, they nailed Him to a cross, and He died. Then they laid Him in a tomb. (That’s how they handled the dead in those days.) On the third day, Jesus Christ came alive again and went to heaven to live with God again. So, you see this is the real reason that Christians celebrate Easter. Jack Wow! That’s quite a story, and I believe it too. Flossie Me too. Just thinking of all that makes me realize how unimportant new clothes and Easter lilies are compared to what Jesus Christ did for us. Smart doggie It’s alright to have new clothes and Easter baskets and to enjoy other things at Easter as long as we understand the true meaning of why we celebrate this special day. Jack Thank you so much for explaining to us how much God must love us to send His special Son to die on the cross for all of our sins that we might live forever in heaven. Flossie Jack Together Easter is a wonderful time to remember our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. |
