The Courtroom - Easter Production 2026

This year’s Easter Production, The Courtroom, pointed us to Jesus, our Advocate and Defender, and how our past can be exchanged at the Cross for a new life! The play’s director and scriptwriter, Jeremy Joseph shares his testimony.

What was the inspiration behind the Courtroom?

The inspiration to write the script came from a dream I had during last year’s church camp – it was my first church camp since I joined the staff, and there were many thoughts of inadequacy going through my mind.

In the dream, I saw myself in a courtroom with a judge (presumably God, the Father) standing before me. On my right, I saw a dark figure that started accusing me of things I had done in my past life, and how they disqualified me from serving the Lord.

This went on for a while, and I was unable to speak in my defense. But suddenly, an authoritative voice coming from my left declared, “Objection!” Immediately, I knew this was Jesus who was speaking.

He said, “Jeremy is now a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, new things you will see (2 Corinthians 5:17).” His words immediately stopped the accuser, and then I woke up. Then the Lord spoke to me and assured me that He has made all things new since I came back to Him. “Don’t look back upon the past, look forward,” were His words to me.

When I returned to Singapore after camp, I began writing the script. It was a bit difficult initially because I had to revisit old memories in the process, but it was better over time as I prayed for God to take control over my

thoughts. It became a refreshing time for me, looking back upon the goodness of God that “took me from the miry clay” and rescued me when I was on the verge of taking my own life.

The three characters in the play were shaped after different times in my life when I lived carelessly, prioritised my needs and desires before everything, and eventually hit rock bottom when I lost it all.

How did God encounter and rescue you from the life you used to live?

For many years, I grew up in church, attending services with my Christian parents and even serving in a ministry, but what I lacked was a personal encounter with Jesus. I didn’t have that “first love” experience, or what you would call a “road to Damascus” moment that radically changed the Apostle Paul’s life in Acts 9. Because of this, I took the gift of salvation for granted and lived in any manner I wanted. Halfway through

polytechnic, I asked myself, “Why Jesus?”

I was a Christian only because I was born into the Christian family, so I did not choose Christianity in that sense. This led me on a path of searching for answers – How did God encounter and rescue you from the life you used to live?

I read about different religions and sought to find fulfilment in the ways of the world.

My darkest days were when I mixed with the wrong company and dabbled in drinking and drugs. But my mother never stopped praying for me. At one point, she told God, “I am giving him up to You, and You take control now.” There’s something powerful about a mother’s prayers for their children.

I fell deeper into the world and crashed to my lowest before I met God. That day, I was writing a suicide note in my bedroom, thinking about how many pills I needed to take to end my life. I had no choice but to drop out of school, and I didn’t know what to do anymore. It felt like I had lost everything.

In tears, I called out to God, “save me”. And immediately the love of God filled my room and touched me. His presence was so real to me, and it was not judging or angry. It was love. It was an assuring love that told me that everything was going to be alright with Him. That was a huge turning point in my life - an encounter that God brings me back to.

I will forever remember how He picked me up from that place of loss, worthlessness and hopelessness. That moment is like an anchor that grounds my walk with Him.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind but now I see!