Judges 20:1 says, Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.  The people of Israel were about to go to war with each other.  If we are really followers of Christ, there should never be a time when we are at war with each other.  Verse two states, And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.  The leaders of all the people of Israel presented themselves to the people.  There was a large number of men who were able to draw a sword, whether they were called an army or not.  We should be able to stand and defend our calling as Christians today, no matter what it might cost us.  Verse three says, (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizrpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?  The people of Benjamin were not there, but they heard abut the gathering;  The ones in charge there asked the Levite who had his concubine killed by the people of the tribe of Benjamin to tell them what had happened.  At least they were attempting to gather the facts before taking any action.  We today need to make sure that we know all the facts before we take action in any situation.  Verse four declares, And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.  The Levite told the people that he and his concubine had come to Gibeah, in the land of Benjamin.  He was a fellow Israelite who expected to be safe there.  Verse five adds, And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.  The man said during the night that they men surrounded the house that he was in and would have killed him if he had gone out, and that they did rape and kill his concubine.  Then verse six continues, And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.  The Levite told them that he had cut his concubine into pieces and sent the pieces to the leaders of the tribes to bring to light the great evil that existed in Israel.  Though they were separate tribes, they were still supposed to be united as the people of God, just as we as Christians should be united spiritually as the people of God.  Verse seven continues, Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.  The Levite asked them as the people of God to give him advice and counsel as to what should be done.  If we are wronged today, especially by someone or group who profess to be god's people, we should take the issue before the church to see what we should do, after we first pray about the situation.  Verse eight declares, And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.  They resolved to not return home until the matter was resolved.  Verse nine adds, But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;  The people of Israel then resolved to go up by lot against Gibeah.  Verse ten continues, And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.  They were first going to send a tenth of their forces to get provisions for the rest.  They had committed to not return home until the matter was resolved, so they would need provisions.  They could not stay long without provisions for their needs, and neither can we today, but we have God's promise that He will meet our needs daily if we put our trust in Him.  Verse eleven concludes, So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.  The men of Israel were united as one man against he city of Gibeah, just as we need to be united in purpose today as followers of Christ, and that purpose should be to do what God has called us to do.