{"id":37263,"date":"2021-08-06T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/repeatedly-lost-sheep\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T11:48:00","slug":"repeatedly-lost-sheep","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/repeatedly-lost-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"The Repeatedly Lost Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a YouTube video, a young boy comes across a small sheep stuck headfirst in a long narrow trench which has been dug beside a road. The boy uses his hands and a belt around the leg of the sheep to rescue the trapped sheep.<\/p>\n\n<p>Immediately on being set free, the sheep takes a few stumbling steps, and then a couple of joyful leaps &hellip; only to land headfirst back in the same trench further along the road. The audio then records then sheep baaing helplessly after finding itself right back in the same condition.<\/p>\n\n<p>Some of the comments that accompany the video make the application very easy:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Duarte Santo &ndash; &ldquo;The story of my life&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Browill9 &ndash; &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why Jesus called us sheep&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tim Walker &ndash; &ldquo;Me and Jesus on a regular basis!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>victor carjan &ndash; &ldquo;Jesus said in John 5:14 &hellip; Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Keefe Ulmschneider &ndash; &ldquo;This is a great representation of what believers do after Christ Jesus drags us out of the ditch, we fall\/ jump right back in and need to be saved again. 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