Fourth of July Skit

4^th OF JULY

SKIT

CHARACTERS

Foxie, the fox Al, the duck Cassie, the cat

Band Music

Al Hey, let’s celebrate!

Cassie Celebrate?

Al Yeah, you know. It’s the 4^th of July. Firecrackers,

lots of noise, flags waving . . . all that stuff.

Cassie Oh, yes, we should have a party, but remember . . . firecrackers can be dangerous unless we have an adult around. Isn’t that right, Foxie?

Foxie Absolutely, Cassie. You know it is a very important

Day for the United States of America. And we want to remember that on the 4^th of July back in the year 1776, America won her freedom from the British during the War of Independence.

Cassie Well, we know that freedom is very important.
Hey, I’ve got it. Let’s have a tea party.

Al A tea party! No thanks! That’s one of the reasons America and Britain got into the war of 1776. Haven’t you ever heard of the Boston Tea Party?

Cassie Oh, yes, I have and I can understand why they wanted to be independent. Most cats are very independent.

Al Yes they are. They are also very curious.

Cassie That’s right. I am curious. I just wonder about things sometimes. Right now, I am wondering why people are willing to fight in wars and maybe even die for our freedoms.

Al Maybe it’s because freedom is never free.

Foxie That is very true. Sacrifices need to be made. We should be very thankful for the men and women in our military who believe enough in our freedoms that they would give their lives for this great country so we can stay free.

Cassie Well, you know what? I’m also curious about what God thinks about wars. Doesn’t the Bible say we should not kill.

Al I believe we are told not to murder. That means not to take an innocent life. The Bible does say there is a time for wars, doesn’t it, Foxie?

Foxie God helped the Israelites to win many victories over their enemies through wars. The Bible teaches there is a time for war, and that it is sad when,
sometimes, innocent people die. But if we do not fight to keep our freedoms, we could have unfair, evil men ruling over us. They could keep us from telling others about the Lord Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins. And telling others how, if we are believers, we can live in Heaven with God forever, after our life on earth is over.

Cassie Could our Bibles ever be taken away?

Foxie That has happened in other countries before.

Al But without our Bibles, we couldn’t learn what God thinks, so we can grow to love Him and grow up spiritually. Wow! Freedom is really great!

Cassie (singing) Born free . . . da da da da da

Foxie Sorry to interrupt your song Cassie, but you see, through God’s perfect plan, everyone in the world has choices to make, like accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as personal saviour, or not accepting Him. We are not born free.

Al Wasn’t there some kind of penalty to be paid when when Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the garden?

Foxie Yes, the penalty of sin was handed down to each of us because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and that was the first sin. Remember that story?

Al Yeah, that got us all into trouble. Then God sent His son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for everyone’s sins, so He paid the penalty for the whole world.

Cassie Now that the penalty has been paid, what about our life on earth before we go to Heaven?

Foxie While we are living on earth, we as believers can also have freedom over our old sin nature. In 1^st John 1:9, the Bible says that if we name our sins
to God, He will forgive us our sins and will cleanse us from all the ones we did not realize were sin. This gives us the freedom to get back in fellowship with God and continue to grow spiritually.

Cassie Wow! We do have a lot of freedoms, don’t we?

Al I’ll say. The freedom to choose to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and go to Heaven.

Cassie And as a believer, the freedom to use 1^st John 1:9 and learn to control the sin nature with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then we can please God.

Foxie Also, we are free to have our Bibles and free to tell others about the good news that Jesus Christ died for their sins. In some countries, you can be punished if you are heard telling others about God’s plan for salvation, or for having a Bible.

Cassie In our great country of America, we can worship the way we choose.

Al We can say what we want and write about what we think, and when we are old enough, we can vote for the leaders we want.

Foxie We should be very thankful to God that we can live in the United States of America and enjoy so many freedoms. We also need to be careful not to abuse our freedoms.

Cassie I’m sure glad that we were born in America, the land of the free.

Al I am proud of our flag, and I am proud to be an American. Guess we just lucked out.

Foxie I think we can say we were “graced out” by God. May she always stay free. Henry Cabot Lodge once said, “The flag stands for all that we hold dear . . . Freedom and Democracy . . . a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Then it is our duty to defend the flag which stands for all.”

Together SO LET’S CELEBRATE!

(Band Music)