Bad Attitude Billy

 

(Betty enters, singing/whistling a song)

 

(Freddie enters)

 

Freddie – Hi Betty.

 

Betty – Hi Freddie.  What do you have there?

 

Freddie – This is the animal balloon I won in Sunday School.  Hey, wasn’t that a good lesson we learned in Sunday School this morning?

 

Betty – Yea, especially the part about giving.

 

Freddie – I like the part about the widow woman that gave her last meal to the preacher during the famine.

 

Betty – Boy, that would be hard to give up your last meal knowing that you will die soon.

 

Freddie – But, do you remember how God supplied her food after she helped the Man of God?

 

Betty – Yes I do, every day when she went back to her cupboard there was always just enough for one more meal, as long as she kept helping God’s man.

 

Freddie – I guess God is trying to tell us that we need to take good care of OUR preacher.

 

Betty – Hey, I just got a great idea.  Let’s go right now and make our preacher a card to let him know how much we appreciate him. 

 

Freddie – That sounds great, let’s go.

 

(Enter Billy with bad attitude)

 

Freddie – Hi, I’m Freddie and this is Betty, what is your name?

 

Billy – I’m Billy

 

Freddie – I haven’t seen you around here before, are you new here?

 

Billy – Yea, we just moved here a couple days ago.  Hey, what’s that?  I want it!

 

Freddie – I won it in Sunday School.

 

Billy – Sunday School!!  That’s for sissies, give me that.

(Billy grabs balloon and exits)

 

Betty – He wasn’t very nice, I wonder what his problem was?

 

Freddie – Maybe he just needs Jesus.  We better remember to pray for him.

 

Betty – That’s a good idea.  Let’s go make those cards for Preacher now.

 

Freddie – Okay

 

(Both exit)

 

(Enter Freddie and Betty with cards in their hand)

 

Betty – I can’t wait to give these cards to our preacher.

 

Freddie – Me either, He is going to love them.

 

(enter Billy)

 

Freddie – Oh, hi Billy.

 

Billy – Hi guys, what do you have now?

 

Betty – We made these for our preacher and your not getting them.

 

Billy – Well, I don’t want them.  In fact, I came to give your balloon back.

 

Freddie – You did?!?

 

Billy – Yea, there is something different about you guys.  When I took your balloon, you didn’t even get mad.

 

Betty – That’s because we know Jesus!

 

Billy – Jesus?

 

Betty – Yea.  Hey Freddie, do you know what the greatest gift is?

 

Freddie – What is it?

 

Betty – The Bible says in John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

Freddie – That’s right, that makes Jesus the greatest gift ever.

 

Billy – What in the world are you guys talking about?

 

Freddie – Well Billy, the Bible says that we are all sinners, that means we have all done bad things.  Because of our sin, we deserve to go to a bad place called Hell.

 

Billy – Sounds like I’m in big trouble.

 

Betty – That’s why Jesus died for us.  He paid our price so we don’t have to go there, we can go to Heaven.

 

Billy – How can I go to Heaven?

 

Freddie – Well Billy, the Bible says in Romans 10:13, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  This means anyone, even you Billy.

 

Billy – Wow.  Can I ask Jesus to save me right now?

 

Freddie – Of course, you can pray right now and ask Jesus to save you.

 

Billy – Okay.  Dear Jesus, forgive me of my sins, thank you for dying for me.  Please take me to Heaven when I die, in Jesus name, Amen.

Wow, I feel like a new person.

 

Betty – That’s because you are!

 

Freddie – Hey Billy, why don’t you come to Sunday School with us next Sunday.

 

Billy – I think I will.

 

Betty – We’re going to the park, do you want to come?

 

Billy – Yea, let’s go.

 

(all exit)