Act 3 (Trinity)

"I want to learn about God. That's why I ask." 

Enter student 3. 'You just want to pick a fight.'

Mostly serious but still skeptical "No, really. What has God done for you? Tell me what He's done in your life." 

'I can't tell you because you don't want to hear it. Your... perspective.... is too limited.'

"Uh, I'm a pretty open-minded person."

'But you wouldn't understand the significance of what I would be trying to tell you. You just want to argue and I'm not going to waste my breath.' 

[[Student 3- feel free to correct this dialogue, because my memory isn't well to-day]]

Student two turns back to student one. "Ok, so anyways, [name]... how do I get to be God?"

What? I don't understand your question. 

"Can I be an angel? How do I get to this?"

Woah, wait. You can't be God or an angel. You're human, that's what you were created to be. 

"Why not? You're like, Jesus or something." Cracks up laughing. 

Horrified. No, no! Don't say that! That's blasphemy! 

"What's blasphemy?"

Pauses. What exactly is blasphemy? It's like, speaking against God or the Holy Spirit. Like if you call someone else God or something, that's blasphemy, because you're saying a human being is on the same level as God, which isn't true. Smirks Far from true. 

Smiles "Ok Jesus." 

Student one rolls eyes and grimaces. 

"So really, God's just teasing us." 

What? 

"He's all great and whatnot and we're just here sinners." 

We're suppose to be Christ-like, not Christ. 

"What does God look like? Does He have a face and hands?" 

I think God can look like whatever He wants to look like. But the Bible says we are made in His image, so yes, I think He probably does have a so-called body. 

"Why would I want to follow someone or something that I don't know or understand?" 

I think a more appropriate question would be why would you serve something you fully understood. Why should you have faith in something that you 100% knew, and you could predict all of its action? That would be like following another human being. Pointless. 

Gap in conversation as the teacher directs the class to play a matching game. Student two is silent. 

Talk continues. 

"It's like I want to believe so bad but I just can't. I'm a logical guy. I need to see things and feel things... I don't know about God. I don't believe, but I don't not-believe either." 

Student 3 'There's no in-between. Either you believe or you don't.'

Can I show you a Bible verse?

"Sure."

Flips through Bible to the book of Revelations, chapter 3, verse 15, and begins reading. I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.... I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference. 

"I don't understand all of it."

It basically says to not be indifferent towards what you believe. 

"Do you have to tell other people about Jesus? Like, is it required?"

It's called the Great Commission. The Bible says 'go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, spreading the Good News...', something along those lines. But telling others also increases your own faith. Like, I'm glad you're questioning me, because it helps me to strengthen my faith and make sure what I believe is really what I believe, because I have to explain it to someone... does that make sense? 

"Yeah. It does. Thinks and says, not rudely, But just because you tell me about it doesn't mean I believe it or whatever. It's something I have to believe for myself." Said as if discovering something. Light bulb. 

Exactly. But I'm planting a seed that will sprout at an unknown time. It might grow today, or tomorrow, or in eighty years. God makes it grow. 

Bell.