I.　The one accord is the master key to every blessing in the New Testament:

A.　The word in Greek for one accord, homothumadon, is strong and all-inclusive; homo means the same and thumos means mind, will, purpose (soul, heart)—Acts 1:14; Matt. 18:19.

B.　When we practice the proper one accord, we must realize the attributes of the church as the unique Body of Christ; every attribute of the church is one—one Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one God, one faith, one baptism, and one hope—Eph. 4:4-6.

C.　The proper one accord in the church is the practice of the genuine oneness of the Body:

1.　When we practice the one accord, we must learn to be in one spirit and with one soul—Phil. 1:27.

2.　To practice the one accord, we must be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion—1 Cor. 1:10; Phil. 2:2; 4:2.

II.　The practice of the proper one accord in the church is based upon the following items:

A.　The seven golden lampstands, symbols of the seven churches, are all identical in essence, appearance, and expression:

1.　Although the churches may differ in the business affairs of their administration, they should be the same normally in the positive things concerning the testimony of Christ—Rev. 2:2-3, 6, 9-10, 13, 19; 3:4, 8, 10.

2.　The seven churches differed abnormally only in the negative things, which were rebuked, judged, condemned, and corrected by the Lord for elimination—Rev. 2:1a, 2, 4, 12a, 13-15, 18a, 20; 3:1-2, 14-15, 17.

B.　The seven epistles in Revelation 2 and 3 were written as one book to the seven churches—Rev. 1:4a:

1.　These epistles were addressed by the Lord to the seven particular churches separately, but they were sent not as seven books but as one book.

2.　All the seven epistles are closed as the speaking of the Spirit to all the churches, indicating that all the churches should be the same—Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22.

C.　The apostle Paul taught the same thing in all the churches—1 Cor. 4:17; 7:17:

1.　The Epistle to the church in Colossae was also for the church in Laodicea, and the epistle to the church in Laodicea was also for the church in Colossae—Col. 4:16.

2.　Teaching differently was prohibited by Paul; all the teaching ones should teach the same things in all the churches according to the apostles' teaching—1 Tim. 1:3-4; Acts 2:42; Rom. 15:6.

D.　All the churches were the same in their custom and practice—1 Cor. 11:16; 14:33-34.

E.　The one solution made at Jerusalem for the problem of circumcision became a decree for all the churches to keep so that the churches could be in one accord—Acts 15:1-31.

F.　The Gentile churches imitated the Jewish churches, making all the churches the same in Christ—1 Thes. 2:14.

G.　All the books of the New Testament, as one New Testament, were written not only to their receivers but also to all the saints and to all the churches universally, that is, through all the centuries—1 Cor. 1:2.

H.　All the churches through the centuries should imitate all the churches unveiled in the New Testament in all their positive aspects.

III.　"This is my word of love, my word of warning. As those who are taking care of the churches and participating in the Lord's recovery, you have to realize the recovery of the genuine church life is altogether, absolutely, wholly, and ultimately one in teaching, in practice, in thinking, in speaking, in essence, in appearance, and in expression." (Elders' Training, Book 7: One Accord for the Lord's Move, p. 41)

IV.　Both the Lord's presence and God's blessing to the believers in the churches are based upon their oneness in the Spirit, their one accord among themselves, and their harmony in prayer, work, and love. Psalm 133 shows us that God's people dwelling in unity is the base of God's anointing and of God's refreshing grace that they may participate in the God-commanded blessing of life forevermore (1993 Blending Conference Messages concerning the Lord's Recovery and Our Present Need by 47 Speakers, pp. 91-92).