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    The Saviour’s Prayer for Unity

    “That union and love might exist among his disciples, was the burden of our Saviour’s last prayer for them prior to his Crucifixion.... ‘Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou has sent me.’COOD 57.5

    “Paul writes to the Galatians: ‘I would they were even cut off which trouble you. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.’COOD 58.1

    “The apostle adds a caution to the independent and self-confident: ‘If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.... Every man shall bear his own burden.’ He who considers himself superior in judgment and experience to his brethren, and despises their counsel and admonition, evinces that he is in a dangerous delusion. The heart is deceitful. He should test his character and life by the Bible standard. God’s Word sheds an unerring light upon the pathway of man’s life. Notwithstanding the many influences which arise to divert and distract the mind, those who honestly seek God for wisdom will be guided into the right course.”-“Testimonies for the Church.” No. 31, pages 232, 233, 239, 243.COOD 58.2

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