1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
These two verses show how we can get closer to God by being in unity. We see it begins by talking about the antichrist and how there is many of them. This refers to those christians who claim to know God but do not. It also makes reference to the last anichrist. Verse 19 goes on to says that these antichrist went out from among us because they were of us. We see this in churches today where people come and want to be all fired up to do all they can, when they are really just trying to sew seeds of doubt in the true believers, and when they see it is not working they leave. If they had been in unity with the true believers they would have never left. Because they left though people will begin to see their true nature as continue to do this. It is very important that a church be in unity, even if some have different opinions, for it to survive. A church that can work out its differences is a church that is is not only in unity but also in God’s will.