Object: Some spoiled fruit, such as a banana.

Good morning, boys and girls. Did you know that some people are like a spoiled banana? That's right, they are overripe and spoiled, and that means that their lives are not good. When you have a banana that looks like this (hold up the banana) you cannot eat it or use it in any way, so you get rid of it. How many of you have ever seen a banana like this? (Let them answer.) What do you do with it? (Let them answer.)

Saint Paul said that the people who are like spoiled bananas are the people who think the cross is foolish and not for…