God designs that His people shall be a unit, that they shall see eye to eye and be of the same mind and of the same judgment. This cannot be accomplished without a clear, pointed, living testimony in the church. The prayer of Christ was that His disciples might be one as He was one with His Father. “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 hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.” {3T 361.3}

Gud har til hensigt, at hans folk skal være en enhed, at de skal se med de samme øjne og have det samme sind og det samme skøn. Dette kan ikke opnås uden et klart, tydeligt og levende vidnesbyrd i menigheden. Kristi bøn var, at hans disciple måtte være eet, ligesom han var eet med Faderen. »Ikke alene for disse beder jeg, men også for dem, som (362) ved deres ord kommer til tro på mig, at de må alle være eet; ligesom du, Fader! i mig og jeg i dig, at også de må være eet i os, så verden må tro, at du har sendt mig. Og den herlighed, du har givet mig, den har jeg givet dem, for at de skal være eet, ligesom vi er eet; jeg i dem og du i mig, for at de må være fuldkommen eet, så verden kan forstå, at du har sendt mig og har elsket dem, ligesom du har elsket mig.« Vejl f menigh bd. 1 side 285-287]