The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, the well-known former pastor of President Barack Obama, delivered a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep during First Baptist Church Mahan Street’s one-night revival on Monday.

More than 200 people packed the pews to hear Wright speak during the service, which began at 7 p.m. Wright took the pulpit after rousing selections by the choir.

“Please do not take this awesome music ministry for granted,” Wright told the congregation, after also praising his host pastor, the Rev. Dr. Steven Blunt.

Wright is pastor emeritus at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where he served for 36 years. He serves on the board of trustees at Virginia Union University with Blunt.

Some of Wright’s statements in sermons caused controversy for Obama during his first run for president, including suggesting that America knew about the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack ahead of time and that America’s actions overseas were to blame for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

But while Wright made brief allusions to political topics on Monday evening, his sermon mostly focused on Luke 15:1-8.

In the passage, Jesus speaks to the Pharisees after they grumble that Jesus is spending time with tax collectors and sinners.

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them,” Jesus tells the Pharisees, according to the New International Version. “Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”

Jesus also tells parables about a widow with 10 silver coins who loses one and searches until she finds it, as well as the more widely known story of the prodigal son whose father rejoices when he returns.

“In each of these three stories, Jesus is talking about God,” Wright said. “Jesus is saying God is the shepherd.”

Wright reminded the congregation that the people to whom Jesus was speaking knew sheep a lot better than modern-day Suffolk residents.

“Sheep can only see six feet in front of their face,” Wright said. “Sheep get lost six feet at a time.”

He drew laughter from the congregation by mimicking a sheep wandering across the stage.

Wright also addressed the difference between what “church folk” say and what Jesus said.

“There was something about the way Jesus talked that was very different from the way other men talked,” Wright said. He noted that whatever Jesus said to Zacchaeus — a reviled tax collector — after he called him down from the sycamore tree caused Zacchaeus to give half of his possessions to the poor and to pay back four times the amount he had cheated people.

“You won’t hear this passage preached on Wall Street,” Wright said.

He also condemned typical “church folk” statements ranging from telling women they can’t wear pants to church to blaming the Haiti earthquake and Hurricane Katrina on the actions of certain groups.

He also chastised actions of “church folk” who “took this country from the real Americans,” instituted slavery and “made up laws that enforced segregation.”

“Maybe church folk just need to shut up,” Wright said.

Some people in the congregation said they were impressed with Wright’s sermon.

“It seemed like people enjoyed it,” said Vice Mayor Leroy Bennett. “He was a low-key person speaking. I think it was what a revival’s supposed to be about.”

Thelma Hinton also attended and said she has been following Wright’s philosophies, both religious and political, for some time.

“I think everybody enjoyed it,” she said. “He was very spiritually savvy in his speech. I have heard that sermon before, Luke 15. Everybody preaches it. But I wanted to hear from him, and I was very impressed.”