In the eldership there should be no pride, no thought of being a hero, and no opinions. These three factors work secretly to frustrate and damage the Body of Christ, and we all need to be warned against them. Instead, in the eldership there should be only truth, the Spirit, Christ, and the church, the Body of Christ.

To be those who are in the practicality of the Body, we first need to keep the oneness of the Body. To keep the oneness of the Body is actually to keep the oneness of the Spirit because the Spirit is the reality and the essence of the Body. In addition to keeping the oneness of the Body, we need to maintain a good order in the Body. To keep a pleasant, good, and beautiful order, we need to be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. “Then we will keep the one accord without criticizing, without despising, and without opposing. We should respect one another, help one another, perfect one another in life, and complete one another in work. We should never despise or criticize others. Instead, we should always receive help from others and return help to them…If we take this way, we will be greatly blessed by the Lord’s dear, sweet presence.”