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to be built together in the gold, in the nature of God. This is the oneness for which the Lord Jesus prayed in John 17.

It is also the oneness in Romans 12 through 16. In 12:5 Paul says, "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another." The boards in the tabernacle also illus trate how we are members one of another. The width of each board was one and a half cubits. In the Bible three is a basic number in God's build ing. For example, in the dimensions of the ark built by Noah, the number three is found. The ark had three stories, and it was three hundred cubits long. Since three is a basic unit in God's building, one and a half cubits denotes half a unit. This means that in God's building we are not com plete units by ourselves. Each of us is just a half. This means that you need someone else and that someone else needs you. If we are truly members of one another, then we shall be like the boards joined together. No matter how we may feel at times about a "board" with which we are con nected, we should not separate ourselves from him. If we separate ourselves, it indicates that we have never truly been built into the church. If we have been built in, it will not be possible to take ourselves out.

To be one with the saints in the building is an aspect of reigning in life. It is difficult to over come our temper, but it is more difficult to overcome our divisive nature. Many years ago I realized that as a man I have to be a Christian and as a Christian I need to be in the church. This is simply the best way for me to go on in the Lord. Therefore, I have made a strong decision that, although I am not always happy with the way things are in the church life, I shall stay in the church life and be one with the saints. To keep the oneness is to reign in life. Only in the divine life, not in our human nature, can we keep the genuine oneness. In the divine life we have grace, God embodied in us, and also the living Spirit. In this Spirit we live and reign in life.

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