No matter what form the church takes, there can be unity and agreement where mutual love and charity reign in the church. There is division and exclusion when the loves of the self and the world are the leading principles. The Lord has provided churches so that people may be able to find the truth that they need in order to live their lives in such a way as to prepare themselves for heaven. Truth is the standard by which they can judge their lives. Truth is the one thing that they can understand and receive even when they do not wish to.
Truth is the foundation of any church, and therefore, the greatest enemy of any church is falsity.
There are different kinds of falsity, some less harmful than others. For example, the falsity that comes from ignorance is not as harmful as falsity arising from evil desires, for it does not come from the heart, but by accident. But falsity from evil desires comes into being when the origin of the falsity is in the will, that is, when the falsity originates from someone fabricating a lie for the sake of hiding some evil, or for the sake of defrauding someone else. A person who is wholly selfish, or wholly dedicated to his love of the things of the world does not acknowledge any truth, except when he can twist it to his own advantage. Everywhere in the Word, whenever a stone is mentioned, truth is signified.