One Mind And Heart

One Mind And Heart

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.

1 Peter 3:8

We should strive to live in harmony with each other. Both Peter and Paul emphasize that we all should be of one heart, one spirit, and one mind. What seems right and good to one person should be regarded with consideration by others also. This is a powerful teaching that we should strive to understand.

All of us cannot do the same work. Each one of us must pursue our own work. It’s foolish to teach that we all should do one kind of work, as some preachers have taught. They preach about the legends of saints—that this saint has done one work, another a different one. Then they conclude we also should do these works. Undoubtedly, Abraham did a precious work when he offered his son, because it was specifically commanded by God. But then the pagans wanted to sacrifice their children too. That was an outrage to God. Similarly, King Solomon did well when he built the temple, and God rewarded him for it. Now these blind fools come along and tell us to build churches and temples when God has commanded nothing of the sort. So it’s reversed today: they say we all should do one work, but there are various opinions about which one. This teaching is directly against the gospel.

So we must teach that there should be one mind and many works, one heart and many hands. We all shouldn’t try to do the same work. Rather, each of us should pay attention to our own responsibilities. Otherwise, we cannot be of one mind and one heart. We must allow the works to be varied so that each of us can remain with what God has entrusted to us. We should simply do the work at hand.