Like any good practitioner, the robber also has their duties, the way they work and their goals for best results.
They first locate their victim, examine their sensitive points, study their movements, and eventually, at the right time they attack, grab the sheep that has been isolated, slaughter it and take away its life.
These are the characteristics of the thief. They don’t regret, they are not ashamed, they do not appreciate life. For them, the best thing is slaughter and death, not life. Unlike the merciless thief, Christ taught with the same precision and detail, His own duties, the way He applies them, and His goals for better results.
The objective of Christ is the perpetua vitae, meaning the continuous and ongoing life without gaps and dead ends, without trauma to the lost sheep, but safely leading it to its own safe tower and, when it recovers from the discomfort that the thief had caused, to go out, find food and return to its master’s security.
This is the work of Christ and the work of the thief.