The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the first, last, and ultimate decentralized protocol.

"𝘣𝘜𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘚𝘶𝘚 𝘪𝘚 𝘵𝘏𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘕𝘵𝘌𝘳! 𝘚𝘰 𝘐𝘵'𝘚 𝘯𝘖𝘵 𝘋𝘦𝘊𝘦𝘕𝘵𝘙𝘢𝘓𝘪𝘡𝘦𝘋!"

The point of decentralization is to not have a single point of failure. The Pharisees also thought Jesus was the center of what they saw as His cult, known back then as simply "The Way," and believed that if they had Him killed, that would be the end of it.

Quite the contrary, it only solidified the Gospel. Not because they "created a martyr"; that only solidified Jesus' teachings in the minds of His disciples (which was important, but not part of the Gospel itself). But it was because Jesus had to be killed to rise again and break the bands of sin and death for all of us. His resurrection was the finishing touch to His Father's Gospel protocol.

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What is this protocol exactly? To some members of a couple lost tribes of the House of Israel, (some of His "other sheep" - see John 10:16), Jesus taught:

"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴. 

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥.

"𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺."

That is the protocol. Jesus has a central role in it, the way cryptography does in Bitcoin, but that doesn't make it centralized. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂. You can think of it like each individual who turns their life over to Christ becoming a "node", with a full copy of the protocol contained within them.

Jesus warned those lost tribes, though, that some people would try to pass off more or less than this protocol as His doctrine:

"𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮."

There are many who claim that repentance or baptism aren't necessary, because God's grace is freely available to all. Many others say that in addition to all that Jesus taught, things like baptism must be done through men who have been given authority by other men, and then that our salvation must be confirmed by our works. Both groups have an element of truth, but neither one is totally true: The first declares less than what Jesus taught, the second declares more, therefore they are both built on a sandy foundation, and not on the rock of Jesus and His Gospel.

This isn't to say, though, that the above quote is all the scripture we need! All other true scriptures delve deep into Jesus' Gospel, to explore and expound on it, but they never remove or add anything to it. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 to all the good that can be said about Jesus and His Gospel. As John said:

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯."

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So, if you're a Bitcoiner who also believes in Jesus, and don't go through any bank to access your money or a custodial bitcoin service to interact with the protocol, why would you go through a church or fallible (even if well-intentioned) human being to access God? Like Bitcoin, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹, but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is meant to make you a sovereign heir over 𝘢𝘭𝘭 God's works (Romans 8:16-17). You don't need to go through anyone else to achieve that level of literally infinite sovereignty. You only need to follow Yeshua Hamashiach Himself, directly, with no intermediaries or trusted third parties. Just you and Him.

In a very real sense, this is The Way. 

 True to a point.

"and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near."  (Hebrews 10:24-25)

The Bible does say we are to assemble together, to disciple others, etc.  "And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart."  (Ecclesiastes 4:12)  We are not to be lone wolves.  

It is true; however, that many organized churches have become corrupted and that we shouldn't blindly trust any man that says we have to follow or obey them.  No matter how "good" a man seems, his words and actions should be tested by the Bible.

Just because some church leaders have ben corrupted doesn't mean we should avoid the church altogether. 

 💯% correct. Sorry, I didn’t mean to suggest that we don’t need to gather together in Christ, or avoid churches altogether. Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are to love God and love our neighbors. How can we love our neighbors if we aren’t fellowshipping with them and ministering to their needs? Plus: “where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

The truth is that all centralized organizations eventually become corrupt, no matter how pure or noble their intentions were at the onset. But a decentralized network of Followers of the Way — guiding and strengthening each other,and each with an abiding personal relationship with Jesus that’s rooted deeply in their souls — cannot be corrupted. 

Gathering in churches is helpful for us in our efforts to live and bless each other, but only Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation.

Thanks for your comment! 💜