The Second 1000
Chris Seidman
Part of This Is Us
August 20, 2023

This Is Us

The Second 1000
August 20, 2023
Chris Seidman, Lead Minister, The Branch


Church - a gathering of people who’ve answered the call to come to Jesus, spend time with Jesus, be filled with Jesus, and follow Jesus, so that they might be Jesus to people, and call people to Jesus.

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Martin Luther (1517 AD)


Big Three Questions

  • How is a person saved?
    (“not by works, but faith in the blood of Jesus”)

  • Where does religious authority lie?
    (“not the Church, but Scripture”)

  • What is the Church?
    (“not just clergy, but every believer”)


The Protestant Reformation (1600 AD)


The Anglican (Episcopal) Church


The Presbyterians


The Baptists


The Methodists

Catalysts for the Phenomena of Denominations

  • The availability of Scripture.

  • The assumption that a particular way one experienced God it the way for everyone.

  • Moments when the church has pulled a “bridezilla.”

Takeaways

  • “The Lord knows those who are his.”
    (2 Timothy 2:19)


John 3:16 (NIV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


Richard Halverson
In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece, where it became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome, where it became an institution. Next it moved to Europe, where it became a culture, and finally, it moved to America, where it became an enterprise.

  • No body is perfect, but a body is necessary to grow in Christ.