📖 Matthew 18:10-14 - Wandering Sheep
🎙️ Sermon by Pastor Casey Lewis | Foundation Baptist Church | Euless, TX
📅 November 2025

In this compassionate and convicting sermon from Matthew 18:10-14, Pastor Casey Lewis draws out the heart of Christ for His people—especially those who stray. In these verses, Jesus gives a clear command: do not despise His children. Instead, imitate the Great Shepherd who goes after the one wandering sheep.

This is a call to humble love, not spiritual arrogance. A call to pursue, not to ignore. A call to restore, not to reject.

🔍 Major points from this sermon:
1️⃣ Do not despise or look down upon any of God’s sheep—as you are also a sheep

• Every believer is vulnerable to pride, but Jesus calls us to humility.

• “Little ones” in this passage are not children by age, but believers in Christ.

• We must not look down on other Christians for any reason—status, theology, failure, or struggle.

• God values His children enough to send His angels for their care—so should we.

2️⃣ The amazing work of the Great Shepherd caring for wandering sheep is our perfect example

• Jesus actively seeks out His own who stray—not to shame, but to restore.

• This parable is not about evangelism—it’s about the Church’s care for fellow believers.

• We are called to pursue the hurting, search for the drifting, and love the discouraged.

• We are to reflect Jesus by seeking after one another with humility and grace.

3️⃣ The Great Shepherd will bring His sheep all the way home. REJOICE!

• God’s will is that none of His children perish in spiritual ruin.

• Jesus preserves and restores His sheep through His Word and His people.

• When a believer repents and returns, the Church should rejoice!

• God’s promises are sure: we are sealed, secure, and never outside His care.

“So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.” (Matthew 18:14)

This sermon is a timely call for every Christian: Don’t sit and despise—search and shepherd.