A person who has been regenerated is made new in the Spirit. He or she becomes God's personal child. He or she no longer belongs to this earth but has been bought with a price. God has purchased us from the slave market. We were slaves to sin and Christ bought us out of the economy of false scales and he put us in an economy of promises. Christ transformed all of our relationships by creating in us a clean heart completely free from sin. He declared us innocent in the courts of heaven by placing us in a body that makes all judgement in this earth as yea and amen.He took us out of a society that was full of threats and destruction, where we were constantly crying out in distress, and placed us in a community that is based on voluntary socialism. We have already been present in heaven as complete in His presence as if we all were united in one desire and goal. Even in a society of professional theologians we are not guaranteed a true real experience of Christian companionship because all men major on the minors and change grace by their own prejudice. Where is this moral sin placed?If God has promised us completeness in community, why are we still experiencing dread and persecution? One reason is that we do not see that moral sin is defined in scripture as a departure from orthodoxy by attacking God's people. We think that it is only about individual obedience. However, God does not approach His own through the law. He condemns this Pharisee. Where in the New Testament do we find a church panel for members to stand before in order to be questioned about their sin?What specific evidence can you find in the New Testament that the apostles established a new Jewish Sanhedrin-like court to adjudicate religious disputes? The only examples of such judgement mentioned in the New Testament relate to people who have apostatized from the faith. In fact, the main opposition the apostles faced came from established religious institutions. Paul did not codify the requirements for church membership into a set of rules and regulations. He did not apply these qualifications in a systematic way within the church.Paul was not trying to establish a set of behaviors or rules to be followed, but rather was concerned with creating a holistic understanding of the gospel that would produce unity in the body. He was not trying to create a club with requirements for membership, but rather was urging people to follow his example as he followed Christ. In other words, he was not trying to establish a church government with a set of rules, but rather was urging people to apply the gospel to their lives personally. This was in line with the Old Testament idea of a shepherd taking care of his flock, meeting their needs and helping them to grow.If we say that there is no condemnation for sinners under the new covenant, but then focus on obscure parts of the new testament that were never as important as the main things, we are practicing the very system that Paul opposed and that they opposed Paul. We are saying that there is no condemnation for covenant sinners, but by our practice we are condemning them. Seriously, what right does one person have over another? What right do you have to control someone's life? What right do you have to bring your brother into judgement?What justification do you have for ignoring the gifts of the gospel because you see sin in the church? All of the connections in the new testament are a way of living in covenant with God. There is no option or system that is perfect above the simple applications of the gospel. This is why the church is protected as an institution of grace. Because it must be reformed not realigned to man's worldly institutional applications in authority structures. We all are required to focus on one path to wholeness. There is no other option.If the gospel message does not match the application of it in the church, then one part of the message will end up denying the other part. Unless we speak the gospel of grace not only as encouragement, but also as the foundation of our local church community, then we are only enforcing our own prejudices upon the institution. Reformation is about getting back to the application of the gospel as the engine for unity. It is reforming from the top down that will bring these gifts to enjoy. There is no condemnation! This is writing about the general state of the church. I am not pointing to Calvinism or Armininism, but to the American experience of what I call always kicking a can.