Sat 01 January 2000

[ Introduction: leader picks child to knock on bin, everyone calls 'come out Stinky!', Stinky comes out singing his intro tune ]

STINKY: Hello little monkeys!

LEADER: Hello Stinky!

STINKY: Hello Mr Nathan. I've got something for you!

LEADER: Really? What?

STINKY: Well, you have to talk a lot when you're teaching me... so I brought you... a glass of water! [Hands over glass]

LEADER: Oh, thank you Stinky! I am a bit thirsty, actually... I'll have some now... [Brings to mouth but stops just short of drinking, looks at bottom of glass] Hey Stinky...

STINKY: Yeah?

LEADER: What's this little thing at the bottom of the glass? [Shows glass to Stinky, pointing to bottom]

STINKY: [Matter-of-fact] Eh, let me see... Oh, that's bird poop.

LEADER: BIRD POOP?!

STINKY: Yeah, bird poop.

LEADER: Stinky, I nearly drank that! Why is there bird poop in my water?

STINKY: Well, I was outside and my lid was open... I poured your water and then I heard... 'plop!'. I looked up, and I saw a bird flying away. Ha, funny...

LEADER: Not funny! I can't drink that -- it's yuck!

STINKY: Oh, but it's so small. Look, big glass of water, a tiny little birdy poopy! It's OK!

LEADER: No, it's yuck, I don't want it close to my mouth.

STINKY: OK, OK, I have an idea. Get a spoon and mix it all up.

LEADER: [Skeptical, but stirs it] OK...

STINKY: See! It's all mixed in, you can't see the poop anymore.

LEADER: No, the poop is still there - it's still yuck.

STINKY: Oh... OK, OK, I have another idea. Get some clean water from a jug, and pour some in the glass.

LEADER: [Skeptical, does it] OK...

STINKY: OK. Now all the clean water makes it OK -- you can drink it now.

LEADER: No way, it's still yuck, I'm not drinking it.

STINKY: So what can I do to make you drink the water, eh?

LEADER: Nothing! This water is all spoilt. The only way is if I do something.

STINKY: What?

LEADER: I will swap this dirty water with my own clean water. [Gets new glass, pours water from jug, and drinks] Ah, that's better!

STINKY: OK, OK... Hey Mr Nathan, I have a question...

LEADER: Sure Stinky, what is it?

STINKY: Are we ever yuck to God?

LEADER: Wow, good question! You know, God made us and He thought we were very good.

STINKY: Yes

LEADER: But then we all sin. God is perfect and holy. He can't be together with sin. Sin is yuck to Him so we can't get close.

STINKY: Oh no. But what if I only do a tiny little sin?

LEADER: No, God is perfect -- we can't get close.

STINKY: But what if no one knows about my sin and everyone think I'm good?

LEADER: No, God knows the sin is there.

LEADER: OK, OK, maybe I could do lots of other good things, and that would make it OK?

STINKY: No, just one sin means we can't get close. God is perfect. Let's see the Bible:

[ Slide (verse): Suppose you keep the whole law but trip over just one part of it. Then you are guilty of breaking all of it. -- James 2:10 NIRV ]

STINKY: Oh... But people that come to church all the time, and pray, and don't swear... God likes them.

LEADER: You know, everyone disobeys God, so no one can get close to God on their own.

STINKY: Really? Even Mr Dave? He's a rrrreverend!

LEADER: Really!

STINKY: So what can we do to make God like us then?

LEADER: Nothing.

STINKY: Nothing?

LEADER: Nothing. Unless...

STINKY: Unless what?

LEADER: Unless God does something.

STINKY: Oh, what did He do?

LEADER: He sent Jesus. At the cross, Jesus became yuck to God, so that we could get close to God. It was like a swap.

STINKY: What a swap!

LEADER: Yes! Let's see our Bible Bite:

[ Slide: Bible Bite: God is holy; we can only get close because of Jesus ]

LEADER: Stinky, can you say it?

STINKY: Ehh... If your glass has a hole, don't get close to any pooping birds.

LEADER: Oh, Stinky! Let's say it all together now. [Say together]

STINKY: Oh, I better go now. Bye bye little monkeys!

Category: scripts Tagged: God Holiness Jesus