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In Numbers 31:13-54 we see a beautiful picture of the one accord among God's people who had been formed into an army ready for battle—v. 31:
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The entire situation among the different categories of people was peaceful, pleasant, and harmonious because they were all in one accord—Acts 1:14.
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The genuine one accord in the church is the practice of the oneness of the Body, which is the oneness of the Spirit—Eph. 4:3-6:
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One accord refers to the harmony in our inner being, in our mind and will—Acts 1:14; Matt. 18:19.
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To be in one accord is to be one in our whole being, and this results in our being one in our outward speaking—Rom. 15:5-6.
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In order to be in one accord, we need to have one heart and one way; this one heart and one way are the one accord—Jer. 32:39.
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For the Lord's move, all the churches need to be in one accord; we should all voice the same thing, trumpet the same thing, teach the same thing, and be the same in practice—Josh. 1:16-18; 6:1-16; Acts 2:42; 4:24, 32; 1 Cor. 4:17; 7:17; 11:16; 14:34; 1 Tim. 1:3-4; 6:3.
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God's army was prepared and ready to take the good land under the blessing of God in His Divine Trinity and also under the blessing of Moses, the man of God—Num. 6:22-27; 2 Cor. 13:14; Deut. 30:16; 33:1.
Morning Nourishment
Acts 1:14 These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.Eph. 4:3-4 Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace: One Body and one Spirit…
Rom. 15:6 That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What the Lord desire[s] in His Body is oneness….When the church came into being, there was the need of the practice of this oneness. The practice of the genuine oneness is the one accord,…not merely a matter of our meeting together….Our oneness is the oneness of the organic Body of Christ, … [which] is a mingling of the Triune God with His redeemed and transformed people. Because it is such a mingling, the Body itself is the oneness. The three of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—are three divine factors of this oneness, and these three divine factors are mingled with one human factor, consummating in the Body.
The oneness that we have is the accomplished oneness, the oneness of the Spirit [Eph. 4:3-4]. We all have the Spirit in our”bank account,” that is, in our spirit (Rom. 8:9,16), …but we may not write”checks of oneness” because we may not remain in the spirit. Instead, we may remain in our mind. When a certain brother prays, we may be in our mind discerning whether that brother's prayer is genuine or whether there is hidden intention in his prayer. Thus, we may not say Amen to his prayer. In such a situation there is no practice of oneness. The one accord actually is the using of the oneness, which is the using of our possession. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 4,”Elders' Training, Book 10,” pp. 359-360, 373-374)
Today's Reading
By the time of Acts 1, there were one hundred twenty people praying steadfastly in one accord (vv. 14-15a). All of them had one mind, which was to receive power from on high and to testify of the crucified, resurrected, and ascended Lord, whom they loved and followed.First Corinthians 1:10 says that we have to speak the same thing and to be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion. How can we speak the same thing and have the same mind and the same opinion? The whole book of 1 Corinthians shows us that this same speaking is Christ, and the same mind and same opinion are also Christ. In our daily life, if we take Christ as our center and everything, what we speak, think, and understand will all be Christ. This is the one accord, which is the practice of oneness.
Furthermore, Philippians 2:2 says,”Think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking the one thing.” What is it to think the same thing? And what is it to think the one thing? After reading through the whole book of Philippians, and especially after reading through chapter 3, we can see that this refers to the subjective knowledge and experience of Christ.
The practice of oneness touches our mind, our love, and our speaking…. If we would first consider and think a little before we speak and would ask if it is Christ or not, there would be no problem. If we love the saints, we should ask ourselves if our love has different classes, degrees, or depths, and we should be adjusted by the Lord accordingly. The same is true with our speaking. We should speak only if our speaking is Christ; otherwise, we should not speak. I have a heavy burden within me. 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 forever, is upon the brethren dwelling together in oneness….In order for us to receive God's blessing, we must practice the oneness, and the way to practice the oneness is by the one accord. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2,”The Oneness and the One Accord according to the Lord's Aspiration and the Body Life and Service according to His Pleasure,” pp. 73-76)
Further Reading: Fellowship concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups, chs. 7, 9-10,12; The Governing and Controlling Vision in the Bible, ch. 2; Life-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 19; Life-study of Philippians, msgs. 2, 8; Life-study of Romans, msg. 29