• To give a brief summary of mankind from the very creation, showing how men have continually left God and His divine will and in doing so have brought upon themselves misery and heartaches
• To show also how men in our Christian Era left God's New Testament truth which has resulted in the doctrines of men and religious strifes and divisions
• To assure the believer that religious unity is possible through the Lord's church which is founded upon Christ and His Holy Word.

Synopsis:
Beginning with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the story of man's departures from God is revealed. When Jesus established His church, we see the same principle involved for some Christians departed from the faith. This resulted in the gradual development of the Roman State Church or Catholicism in the Sixth Century and later... divided - protestantism in the Sixteenth Century. Our lesson ends with the plea of the membership of the church of Christ throughout the world to return to God's Way as revealed in the New Testament. In this way all may be one in Christ Jesus.