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         (Dad:) The Devil's favorite trick with missionaries is "Divide and conquer." Don't fall for it! Beloved, this is a wake-up call! It's time to wake up and open your eyes! It's time to get back up on the wall, to fight to repair the breach, and let His love wash away the black filth of disunity.
         I don't want to hear of any more disunity, disagreements before others, and people doing their own thing! If you want division, you can have it--division from us! That is perfectly all right with me, and under the Charter you are free to go. Go back to the churches! They love to feud and fight and quarrel and bicker and debate. They specialize in that sort of thing. But we are going on to do a job! We are here to usher in the Kingdom of God, to be united in vision and goals--one mind, one heart, one soul, and one body.
         You folks need to do everything you can to strive to keep the unity. Of course you're going to stumble. Of course you're going to fall and make mistakes; I won't blame you for that. But at least you can try. This is what is important and this is what I expect. At least give it your all! Otherwise, go find a church!
         All of you have to do something about it. All of you have to do your part to strive for unity, to strive to keep the peace. "I beseech you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1Cor.1:10). And I beseech you, dear Family, to hold on to the Word, the Lord and the Letters, because this is your uniting force. (ML #3072)



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