Excuses Unacceptable

Judgment day is approaching for everyone. No one knows when.

As Christians, we are responsible for telling others of the saving grace of Jesus.
We must be ready. Are we? Are they?

There is no excuse for not telling the story.

Sample of script:

Cast: 5 m or f

• Actor1
• Actor2
• Actor3
• Actor4
• Offstage Voice

Bible Reference:

• Luke 6:37; Matthew 7:2; James 5:9; John 3:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:12; Romans 2:12; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Peter 4:6; 1 Corinthians 11:31; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 20:12; Revelation 20:13

Set: bare

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting:

• single spot to illuminate individual actors

SFX:

• at end of drama a gavel sounds or book or door slams shut

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions: none

Time: 12

actor slowly enters stage in low light, looking around, frightened. Spot slowly up.

Actor 1, nervous: Um, hello? Hello, . . . anyone? Where am I? What’s this all about? Hello?

all cast come on stage tentatively, looking around, frightened

Actor 2: What is going on here? I was at home working in my garden when all of a sudden . . .

Actor 3: I was at work, and there was this brilliant flash of light and then . .

Actor 4: I am much too busy to be here . . wherever “here” is . . .

Voice over, actors tremble: For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

Actor 1: Judge? What’s to judge? And where is that voice coming from anyway?

Actor 2: Judged? We are being judged? Right now? Well, I wish someone would’ve told me about being judged, and what to expect. (points to another actor) Hey, look, judge him, not me. I didn’t know that I would be judged.

Voice over: Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.

Actor 3: It’s a little late now to be explaining the rules. Why wasn’t all this explained a long time ago? And where is the safety net for protection when these sort of things happen?

Voice over: He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Actor 4: Wasn’t there someone who was supposed to tell me? Did they blow their assignment, or were they just incompetent?