(the LORD sitting at table, studying through record books, making notes in ledger, approached by stream of SEEKERS waiting in line)
SEEKER#1:
(goofing off, not taking anything seriously) Hey, is this where they’re passing out the seals?
(SEEKER#5, waiting in line, is not amused, keeps checking watch, sighing, crossing arms, making mean faces, checking watch)
SEEKER#2:
Oooh! Seals are REAL cute! (acting like a seal, flapping flippers together, throwing back head and barking) Quick some one! Throw me a fish! I GOTTA have a FISH!
SEEKER#1:
(laughing, slapping Seeker#2 on back) I get it! A SEAL! Yeah! A SEAL! This must be the zoo! (looking back at the line of SEEKERS) Yeah, a zoo! And those must be all the monkeys! Ooh, look at all them animals! Look, but don’t feed ’em!
SEEKER#2:
I LOVE monkeys! (starts making monkey noises and scratching like an ape)
THE LORD:
Please, come. The time is short, My children…
SEEKER#1:
Oh boy! That’s right, we got that concert to go to! Maybe we can do this seal stuff later.
SEEKER#2:
Oooh! Ooh! Yeah, these tickets are hot! Let’s BOOGIE! (they dash for the exit)
SEEKER#1:
And look at all them losers waiting in line! For a seal! (makes barking seal noise!) (exit)
SEEKERS#3:
(step up from the line, silently)
THE LORD:
(watching #1 depart, sadly, turns to #3) Please, My children. Don’t let this time go to waste. Please, will you accept Me? (raises hand with ring to give seal)
SEEKER#3:
(walks sadly away from the table and exits, thinking heavily, shaking head)
SEEKER#5:
(angrily, still in line) Come on come on come ON! Can we speed this thing up? I’ve got Bible studies to give! (snapping fingers, nervously walking in place, sighing loudly, making angry incredulous faces, I mean why is it all so slow?)
THE LORD:
(to Seeker#4) The gift is free, My daughter. It is free. Only believe. Believe in Me.
SEEKER#4:
(thinks about it, turns and makes comical face at audience, and then exits, running)
SEEKER#5:
(stepping up, angrily) Is it my turn? Can I speak to someone about this bogus seal stuff?
THE LORD:
Certainly, My child. You can talk to Me.
SEEKER#5:
Well listen. I don’t think that this seal stuff is a very good idea.
THE LORD:
(bemused) Why is that?
SEEKER#5:
It seems to me that You’re lowering the standard — I mean, with Your plan, just about ANYBODY is going to get into heaven. What kind of place is it going to be, with all these losers getting in? It gives me the creeps just thinking about it.
THE LORD:
My Father sent Me into the world so that anyone who believes in Me…
SEEKER#5:
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . I know all that stuff. I mean, I’ve been a part of Your Body since I was a kid. Sure, I know what the Gospel is. But I’ve moved beyond that stuff. That’s MILK. I’m WAY BEYOND milk. I’m into the real MEAT. I mean, we need to hear more about the LAW, you know? We need to hear more about living a sinless life — obeying the law, PERFECTLY — isn’t that WHY you came?
THE LORD:
(glancing into His record book) Hmmm. And you are doing this? Living a sinless life?
SEEKER#5:
(proudly) Why yes I am. In fact, for the last three years I haven’t sinned.
THE LORD:
(checking in books again) But what about this morning, just an hour ago? On the freeway, remember? What you said? What you said a few times, and louder each time?
SEEKER#5:
Oh! You mean that woman who cut me off? That idiot. Sheesh. Okay, yeah, that, well. Well, you know, that was really HER fault — HER sin. But hey, Lord, if she apologizes to me, I’ll forgive her! I go by the Book, Your Book, Lord, and only the KJV.
THE LORD:
(in agony, pleading) Please, please, please, accept Me, my dear friend! Things can be so different for you! I can give you PEACE…
SEEKER#5:
(putting nose up) I’ll come back for Your seal when You’ve got your doctrine straight. (exits, haughtily)
SEEKER#6:
(stepping up, loudly, proudly) I agree with that guy! Dedication. Concentration. I do everything by the Book, and I’ve been keeping all of your rules for the last 15 years. Hey, perfection isn’t easy, but I’m living proof it is possible!
THE LORD:
So you are accomplishing what I accomplished?
SEEKER#6:
Yep. Yep-yep-yep-ah-doo! Sure am! Following Your example, to the letter, just like it says in the Good Book.
THE LORD:
And you fully believe you are right, that you are succeeding?
SEEKER#6:
Yep yep YEP! Sure am! And the best thing is, I also do my best to stay . . . HUMBLE!
THE LORD:
(lifting hand with signet ring) Will you come forward and accept Me?
SEEKER#6:
Lord, I don’t want to cheapen Your grace. I can’t accept any gifts. I’ve got to do it on my own, or else it just won’t be worth anything to me . . . but don’t worry, I’ll be ready when You come again — I’m almost perfect now… (turns and begins walking away)
THE LORD:
(in anguish) Please! I DIED . . . for YOU…
SEEKER#7:
(approaching, hesitantly) Lord? Can I talk to you about this seal stuff? Getting sealed and everything?
THE LORD:
(still in anguish, turning to SEEKER#7 with renewed hope) Yes, dear child, I am here for you. You can talk to Me about anything.
SEEKER#7:
Well, I just need to know WHAT to do . . . all these TV shows with these guys healing people, and knocking people down — and tongues, and the Sabbath, the Ten Commandments — I’m so confused I don’t know what to do . . . I want You to seal me. I can feel it with my whole heart!
THE LORD:
Believe in Me. Accept Me. Abide in Me.
SEEKER#7:
But I haven’t been keeping the Ten Commandments, not exactly . . . and I have a lot of bad habits. I don’t think I can ever be good enough to have You seal me…
THE LORD:
(rising, placing His arm about SEEKER#7) But that’s just it, My dear, dear child and friend. I accept you as you are, right now!
SEEKER#7:
(moves away from LORD’s arm, sits on step, dejected) But don’t I have to do a whole lot of Bible studies first? I’ve never read the Bible. Don’t I have to pray a whole bunch, and go without eating for 32 weeks? I don’t know how to talk to You, Lord, and I really love to eat! How can there be any hope for me?
THE LORD:
That’s one of the most powerful deceptions loose in the world right now for My followers — this belief that they can do ANYTHING to make themselves right in My eyes. Even BETTER in my eyes. You CAN’T, not anything. In fact, the best that you can be, the closest to perfection that you can come — if we compare it to clothes, your best clothes would be nothing better than filthy, stinking rags.
SEEKER#7:
But what about the Commandments? Are these TV guys right? If we can’t do anything, like you just said, then the Ten Commandments must be GONE…
THE LORD:
No, that’s just it — with my death, for you, I made the Law complete. My Laws exist, and will always exist, just like I said they would. But now I’ve provided the key, My death, so that you can be righteous, when you’re in Me.
SEEKER#7:
(frustrated) But how do I get this key? What do I have to DO?!
THE LORD:
(holding up ring on His finger) This is the key. And you have the matching part to this key…
SEEKER#7:
I do? What is it? What do I have?
THE LORD:
(pointing at SEEKER’s heart) That. Your HEART. It is the lock to My key. You have to believe — just accept Me, right now, and My key will unlock your heart.
SEEKER#7:
It just seems so CRAZY! So impossibly EASY! How am I supposed to believe this stuff?
THE LORD:
It is the narrow way. Many will take the wide path, believing they can do it on their own. But you are at the Gate, right now — the Gate leading to the Narrow Way.
SEEKER#7:
Please, Lord, make it even more clear for me! Please! I want to understand!
THE LORD:
I am the Gate, and Faith is the Narrow Way.
SEEKER#7:
(opens arms to LORD) Please! Yes! Okay! Please! I accept You! I want Your seal! Desperately! Please, Lord, unlock my heart!
THE LORD:
(smiles hugely) This is My greatest pleasure!
(He places ring against SEEKER’s heart and presses in — there is a great rushing sound of wind — SEEKER closes eyes with greatest experience of peace ever known, takes a huge, deep, cleansing breath, and sighes)
SEEKER#7:
(places hands upon LORD’s hands) And now I’m sealed?
THE LORD:
(nodding) Yes. And NOW you are different. Only now can My Laws really mean anything to you — now you will live differently, because you have My Holy Spirit, and now you will think differently, because you have My Mind. You are one of the few to find the Narrow Way!
SEEKER#7:
(delighted, overjoyed) And now all my bad habits are gone?
THE LORD:
(smiling) Child, child, child, you are still human, you know. You won’t be perfect until I come again on the clouds, in glory! But don’t worry, your life will change for the better, from this moment on! Now you can live with confidence, and your life can be lived more abundantly!
SEEKER#7:
And you won’t leave me, not ever?
THE LORD:
I will be with you always.
(they exit together)
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