I happened upon a story in the bible and was particularly struck by the wording. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same as a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the door keeper opens and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
The application of the above group of verses are very interesting when you think of who comes into your house, bring on to work in your business, the responsibility as a leader, or how people come into our country - how our friends mesh with our values coming through the door, the hiring process or assimilating into our country. It is a biblical principle with just as much relevance today as when it was written. "He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same as a thief and a robber."
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