Each role in the family unit--father, mother, children--teaches us something about God's ideal in the organization of the church. So I want to spend some time looking at the roles and responsibilities of the family unit with the understanding that church duties should first begin at home.

True church unity and organization, biblically speaking, starts at home. It started at Creation as God ordered everything according to His will, which is perfect order. God, not the author of confusion, demonstrated Gospel Order in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve.

God has given us a system of benevolence that is to keep our minds and hearts directed toward Him and the helping of others—thus protecting us from coveting that which is our neighbors. This system or reminder He calls tithes and offerings.

Spiritual order is the foundation of Gospel Order. As we learn more and more of Christ we will be taught more and more of the divine characteristics of true order… as individuals first, which will ripple into our family life and all through the church. This well ordered life will be seen by others and be a testament to Jesus working in you.

What is Gospel Order? It is proper order and system established for the conduct of all affairs pertaining to the spiritual welfare of the believers in God! Where do we find this system delineated? In God's Word! Who is at the heart of this order? Let's see what the Word of God says...

The call of the fall of spiritual Babylon and to come out of it is a call from the Savior of mankind. This is something that we must realize in its totality… that Jesus is calling His people to Himself so that He can have a pure and undefiled church, as He is pure and undefiled. As the Head of the true church it is He who is calling for His lost sheep to separate from fallen churches and follow His voice.

The Bible has given us incredible counsel on what we are to do when confronted with sin. We have studied Matthew 5 and 18 on how to deal with sin in the church—God’s checks and balances, but what if you follow the counsel of God’s word but your church rejects it? What do you do?

In part one we began to look at some biblical principles on how to correctly deal with sin within the church and more principles are shared here in part two. I want to emphasize that these principles deal with those who are in the church, not those who are not members, for the church has no authority over unbelievers. God has instructed us to use these principles to keep His church from falling or apostatizing.

God has laid out principles of organization and checks and balances in governing that organization to keep it from falling into apostasy (forming a different organization, which we have learned means joining the antichrist organization known as Babylon fallen). Just what are these checks and balances?

We must understand that when we join ourselves by covenant with an organization, we are held accountable for what that organization does. We cannot say to God that it was the leaders fault and blame others. Adam did that by saying it was Eve's fault, Eve said it was the serpent's fault. It is the spirit of antichrist that lays the fault of personal and corporate sins on others. Satan blamed God for the division in heaven that he had started!