Section 15
one of them is attacked, the others stand as one to fight against the attacker. Likewise, the Father's name, the reality of which is the Father's life, keeps His children one.
However, if the Father's children allow their mentality to overcome and overshadow their inner life, they will be divided. The Father's life unites them and keeps them in oneness, but their mentality divides them. Christians today are divided by their big mentality. While their mentality is overdeveloped, their stature in life is that of a dwarf. The more developed you are in your mentality, the more you are a dwarf as far as life is concerned. This overdevelopment of the mentality is the cause of division. If we allow the inner life to develop, we shall all be united in the life of the Father. If we stay in the Father's life, we shall all be one.
Any person in a local church who considers himself quite smart in his mentality will be a main cause of division. Never consider yourself smart in your mentality. You must fear your smart mind just as you fear the poison of the serpent. Oh, how we need to be kept in the Father's life! Many brothers in the flesh love one another, not according to the outward condition but accord ing to their inward blood. I had four brothers.