The Genuine Oneness


	The Genuine Oneness The genuine oneness of the church is a oneness in which we have the Father Himself as the source, the Father's life as the nature, and the Father's sanctifying reality as the realm, which enables us to live in purity, being unrelated to the world, and which expresses the divine radiance and splendor through God's life with His nature. This oneness is the Body of Christ; it is also the building God is after (p. 16). We all want the church here to receive grace and blessing. But do not forget Psalm 133. The commanded blessing of the Lord, which is life forevermore, is upon the brethren dwelling together in oneness. It is like the ointment that flows over the whole body and like the dew that descends on Zion (p. 19). The oneness revealed in the New Testament is not a oneness where we come together, give up our prejudices, and convince each other to agree to be together. This is a oneness produced by the world. The oneness we are talking about is the full mingling of the Triune God with us (p. 25). -All quotes taken from The Oneness and the One Accord according to the Lord's Aspiration and the Body Life and Service according to His Pleasure. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1990.