1.    What expression does Christ make concerning the oneness of Himself and His Father?

“I and My Father are one,” John 10:30.

2.    In what way are Christ and His Father one?

“For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me,” John 6:38.

3.    Do Christ and God agree concerning God’s commandments?

“For I have not spoken of Myself, but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak,” John 12:49. See also John 14:24.

4.    In what way did Christ pray for His followers?

“And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one,” John 17:22.

5.    Why did Christ desire this perfect unity of belief, and practice to be among His followers?

“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 hast sent Me,” John 17:21.

6.    By what did Christ say all men should know His disciples?

“By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another,” John 13:35.

7.    In what way did Paul speak concerning a oneness of God’s people?

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment,” I Corinthians 1:10.

8.    In Paul’s closing remarks to the church at Corinth, what admonition did he give?

“Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you,” II Corinthians 13:11.

9.    Since Paul speaks of God’s people as having one mind, and living in peace with each other, what then does he call them?

“And hath put all things under His [Christ’s] feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all,” Ephesians 1:22, 23, also I Corinthians 12:27.

10.    Being members of the church or body of Christ; of what else do we become members?

“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another,” Romans 12:5.

11.    As members of each other what is the duty of each?

“That there should be no schism [margin, division] in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another,” I Corinthians 12:25.

12.    What should they endeavor to keep?

“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called . . . endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,” Ephesians 4:1, 3.

13.    As to unity, what will be the final condition of God’s watchmen?

“Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion,” Isaiah 52:8.

14.    United, what will be the cry of God’s people when Christ comes?

“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation,” Isaiah 25:9.

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