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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for January 13, 2010
“There Stands One Among You”
Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
(begin music)
His eyes scan the crowd.
He’s here, somewhere.
Face to face to face – he looks but doesn’t see what he’s looking for.
Wait…was that him?
A group of men approach from his left. He’s aware of them, but unconcerned. He’s been expecting them. It was not a matter of if, but when.
“May we have a word with you?”
“Go ahead.”
“We’re on official business.”
“So am I.”
He looks as if he’s looking at someone. Their eyes follow his, but they see nothing.
(excerpt of preacher: “John answered them saying, ‘I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.’”)
(music transition)
In a hospital room, a mother leans over the bed and strokes the hair out of her little girl’s eyes – eyes that have been closed for days. The family has gathered, waiting for the pastor. The girl is still . . . and they wait.
(excerpt of preacher saying, “…but there stands One among you whom you do not know.”)
(music transition)
The men gather closer to the speaker in the wild clothes.
“We’ve been sent to ask you a question. Maybe we should find a more private place.”
“Here is fine.”
One nods permission, and another man speaks.
“Our question is this. Who are you?”
(excerpt of preacher saying, “There stands One among you whom you do not know.”)
(music transition)
After a grand introduction, a preacher takes a stage in New Delhi. Friends are near the front, but there’s hostility on the edges. He is not preaching to the choir today. And a little buzz of fear grips him.
Maybe he shouldn’t do this. Maybe he just needs to go back to the States, to his little family. He feels weak. He feels dread. But they have planned this. They have called together this crowd, and the Gospel must go forth.
But he can’t do it in his own power.
(excerpt of preacher saying, “There stands One among you whom you do not know.”)
(music transition)
In the wilderness, the man is prepared to answer his interrogators. And he looks back through the people one more time. And there he is. They make eye contact. He is there.
The man looks back – John looks back – and now he is prepared to give an answer.
“I am not the Christ,” he says.
“Then why do you baptize?”
“I baptize with water . . . but there stands One among you whom you do not know.”
(There stands One among you…)
And the pastor arrives at the little girl’s hospital bedside. “The doctors offer no hope,” he says to the lost family. “But there stands One among you…”
(There stands One among you…)
And the preacher takes the microphone in New Delhi. “You’ve all come to get something, but I have nothing to offer. However, there stands One among you…”
(There stands One among you…)
It was true for John the Baptist, and the pastor in the hospital, and the preacher in New Delhi, and it’s true for you today. There is hope, and it’s found in “the One,” the One who stands among us even now. Though unseen, and unknown by most, He is here.
He is our Lord and risen Savior, Jesus Christ.
He is . . . The One.
(music out)
© 2010 The Arrow’s Tip
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Why “The Arrow’s Tip”? Each morning, after diligently seeking the Lord, I write Apples of Gold. Then before I release it to the public I pray one final prayer, “Lord, send forth your arrows.” I envision Apples of Gold as arrows, tips dipped in the river of the water of life that flows from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1), sailing toward the hearts and minds of men and women around the world.
Doug Apple
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Christian Radio for Tallahassee
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