Example
Illustration★★★★‘Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that went astray, In the parable Jesus told: A grownup sheep that had gone astray From the ninety-and-nine in the fold. And why for the sheep should we earnestly long, And as earnestly hope and pray? Because there is danger if they go wrong, They will lead the lambs astray. The lambs will follow the sheep, you know, Wherever the sheep may stray. When the sheep go wrong, it will not be long Till the lambs are as wrong as they! And so with the sheep we earnestly plead For the sake of the lambs, today; If the sheep are lost, what a terrible cost Some lambs will have to pay.
The point
A poem about how sheep lead lambs astray; a wayward adult's bad example ruins children, making influence and leadership of the mature critical.
Scripture
Matthew 18:6
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 117 words
Subjects