Unity is a vital condition that each person must personally strive to create. It cannot be imposed externally, for God Himself restrains from forcing it, as it must arise from the free choice of a moral agent to act in ways that foster oneness. The standard of unity is profound, calling us to be one with the Father and the Son as They are with each other. This level of unity is significant, yet it is complicated by the reality that disconnection from others in the body of Christ also affects our oneness with the Father and Son. We cannot have unity with one without the other; both must be present together. The responsibility to create unity lies within each individual, requiring a deliberate choice to function rightly according to love and wisdom. This process is part of God's creative work, taking time to develop as it does not emerge fully formed overnight. A key aspect of creating unity is maintaining a relationship with Jesus Christ, the vine, from which the enablement to produce this fruit flows to us, the branches. Without this connection, unity cannot be achieved. Sin, as a deviation from the standard, inherently produces separation and disunity, whether committed against fellow members or not, because God is always in the picture. Conversely, love is the solution to creating unity within the body. Yielding to the love of God, shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, unites us and must be actively used, even if imperfectly, to strengthen the body. The church, as the body of Christ, is one, with each member placed by God to fulfill a role. To mistreat any member, regardless of their position, is to affect the whole body and ultimately to reject the Head, for spiritual strength flows from Him. Creating unity requires recognizing the importance of commonality over exaggerated differences, fostering an atmosphere of peace where the fruits of righteousness can grow. In disputes, the standard is to sacrifice personal gain, to suffer loss if necessary, and to respond with kindness, submitting to God to resolve issues, thus creating peace and unity within the congregation.

God first directed Herbert Armstrong through a vivid dream given to his wife shortly after their 1917 marriage, in which Christ appeared and charged them with important work preparing for His imminent return, warning against wasting time on motion pictures or other vain pursuits. This instruction established the proper use of time—the first gift recorded in Genesis—as the framework for accomplishing God's purpose. The same principle applied to Adam, whose obedience or disobedience with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would determine life or death within the measured period God had created. Throughout the material this focus on time leads directly to the unchanging work of God set forth in Christ's final prayer. In John 17 Jesus petitions the Father that those given to Him may be one exactly as the Father is in the Son and the Son in the Father, so that the world may believe and that they may be made perfect in one. This unity is presented as the overriding objective that must consume the brief lives of those called. When the Worldwide Church of God drifted into surface unity maintained by activities and complacency, God scattered the corporate body to shake His people from self-reliance and redirect them to this singular work. Scattering forces each person to choose between returning to personal comfort or entering the holiness of unity within the Family of God. Psalm 133 describes the resulting blessing of brethren dwelling together in unity as precious oil and refreshing dew, possible only when sanctification and the flow of the Holy Spirit occur through oneness with the Father and Son first. Practical expressions of this unity appear in the steadfast continuance in apostolic doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers recorded in Acts 2, in the like-minded reception of one another commanded in Romans 15, and in the care each member exercises for the others as described in 1 Corinthians 12. Ephesians 4 further shows that the gifts Christ gave equip the saints for ministry until all reach the unity of the faith and the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Loyalty to the precise place and responsibilities assigned by the Father within the body, maintained through daily prayer offered together with the ascended Christ, produces the genuine unity that glorifies God and fulfills the work for which time was given.

Unity is created through deliberate effort rather than occurring spontaneously, as similarity, commonality, and cooperation draw people together while difference, variation, and rivalry drive them apart. God initiates the process by separating individuals from the world through His calling and truth, thereby uniting them with Himself, and He bears primary responsibility for producing this oneness, as demonstrated in the repeated requests of Jesus for the disciples to become one with the Father and the Son. Human participation remains essential, however, since each person must choose to submit to God's governance, sacrifice personal interests, and follow the pattern set by the Father, who gave His Son, and by the Son, who emptied Himself to achieve oneness. Leadership advances this goal, as God first unites a converted leader with Himself and then gathers others under that leader through voluntary submission to divine authority. Positive qualities such as humility, patience, kindness, and self-control foster unity, whereas negative qualities such as anger, envy, pride, and rivalry destroy it. Sin always separates, even when forgiven, and its divisive effect spreads like leaven beyond those directly involved, yet obedience to truth simultaneously unites one with God while detaching one from lesser associations. Events may produce both unity and division at once, and neither is inherently good or evil; the outcome depends on how the event affects those involved and whether it aligns with God's purpose. The church functions as the spiritual counterpart to marriage, expanding oneness beyond physical ties to encompass diverse peoples for the sake of God's Kingdom. Unity with God must precede unity with others, and only by following the Father and the Son in attitude, conduct, and sacrifice can this most difficult challenge be met, enabling entrance into the Kingdom.

Jesus declared His oneness with the Father and repeatedly sought the same oneness for believers with Them, a unity of shared kind and perfect agreement that produces peace and productivity as its fruit. In Ephesians Paul traces the creation of this unity to God's calling and the gift of His Spirit, which establish a common faith in Christ, justification, and hope in the Kingdom for both Israelites and Gentiles. Despite the Adversary's influence fostering disunity, God's merciful grace overcomes the resulting destruction by reconciling both groups into one body through Christ's sacrifice. This reconciliation breaks down dividing walls of hostility that arose from attitudes of superiority on one side and resentment on the other, attitudes rooted in human nature's opposition to God's law. By humbling themselves, repenting of pride and resentment, forgiving one another, and carrying out their responsibilities on the strength of their common relationship with Christ, individuals fulfill the conditions that allow God to forgive them and make unity a reality.