Why True Christians Do Not Use the Cross in Worship?

Answer 1

No where in the Bible does it mention Christ being hung on a cross. The scriptures refer to it as a stake. As well, in the Ten Commandments as well as numerous other scriptures, we are directed not to use items of veneration or idols in our worship of God. Therefore, the cross, being an idol, would not be used in worship. As well, if Christ was hung on a cross, would it be right to worship the item used to put him to death?

Answer 2

I think I m confused with this question; What do you mean "a true Christian" I will go ahead and respond to the worship part....

Worshipping God is anything you do that shows God that you love Him. When you pray to God, that is a form of worship. When you trust God, that is a form of worship. When you listen to praise and worship music, that is a form of worship. When you tell others about the good news of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, that is a form of worship.
Below are 2 defintions of 'worship' according to dictionary.com:

a) The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
b) The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed.

I am not sure how you want the cross to fit in worship, please elaborate??

Answer 3

The simple answer: IDOLOTRY. See http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2005/5/8a/article_01.htm

The more involved answer: JESUS CHRIST DIED ON A STAKE, NOT A CROSS. (Gal. 3:13; Acts 5:30) The Greek word translated "cross" in many Bibles meant just one piece of timber. The symbol of the cross comes from ancient false religions. The cross was not used or worshiped by the early Christians. (Deuteronomy 7:26; 1 Corinthians 10:14)

Answer 4

The cross is only a symbol. What does it have to do with worship?

I mean the cross is wonderful, but this question is comparing apples and oranges.

Answer 5

Use of a bypass in the time of worship isn't a similar as worshiping a bypass. no matter if one makes use of a bypass or no longer does no longer ascertain no matter if or not they're a real Christian. Please study chapters 2 and three of Revelation the position Jesus addresses the seven church homes. He explains who receives in to heaven from each and each church and why and it has no longer some thing to do with no matter if you take advantage of or do no longer use a bypass in worship. a real Christian is someone who follows the teachings of the Christ no matter if the church they belong to is corrupt. we gained't worship a bypass, lol, i have never met all people who does, yet that does no longer avoid use of a bypass as area of formality. i have actual met lots of those who do not realize using the emblem, believing it exhibits death and suffering, at the same time as it actually is a emblem of staying power and eternal existence. all of us have a metaphorical bypass we could undergo if we are to make it to heaven, some type of suffering which will try us and attempt to take us from our course of morality. undergo in thoughts the celebration of Jesus to undergo and save to his teachings, which includes non violence no matter if or not they are violent adverse to you, and also you'll receive your eternal existence. The bypass isn't an idol, that's if it has a representation of Jesus on it, yet with out that which many crosses do no longer have a Jesus image on them, it really is not an idol, Christians utilising a bypass do no longer worship the bypass, that's a emblem. imagine of it like the way you carry images of relations individuals on your wallet, you may take them out and seem at them once you're separated and sense on my own. The p.c.. make you sense better appropriate, remind you of those you want, and grant you with uplift and power. The bypass is a emblem to assist concentration interest to non violence and non hatred and staying power by adversity so eternal existence will be executed, it really is not worshiped for goodness sakes, it has no power, it really is an merchandise, no longer a being. My goodness, the failings human beings assume and misunderstand. also, LDS would not use a bypass yet has a majority of those images of Jesus and different prophets, in sparkling violation of the commandment adverse to images. looks backwards to me.

Answer 6

We do no worship the cross we worship the Risen Savior.

Answer 7

The bible tell us not to worship Images in heaven or earth.

Answer 8

Is the Cross Really Christian?

A ROMAN emperor was preparing for battle and felt the need of help from the gods. As the story goes, he saw a bright light in the sky in the form of a cross and with it the words: “By this conquer.” Adopting the sign as the standard for his army, he went on to win a series of crucial victories that led to his becoming sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 324 C.E.

The hero of this famous story was Constantine the Great. From that time on, the Roman Church became the official religion of the empire and grew rapidly in prestige, popularity and power. At the same time, the cross became the official symbol of the church—it gradually adorned religious buildings, was erected on hilltops and mountains, at crossroads and in public squares. It was hung on the walls of homes and around the necks of millions of people.

Did First-Century Christians Use the Cross?

Showing that the cross was not a symbol used in early Christianity, the book Records of Christianity states: “Even the Cross was not directly employed in church decoration . . . The earliest symbol of Christ was a fish (second century); on the earliest carved tombs he is represented as the Good Shepherd (third century).” Also, J. Hall in his Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art writes: “After the recognition of Christianity by Constantine the Great, and more so from the 5th cent., the cross began to be represented on sarcophagi [stone coffins], lamps, caskets and other objects.” (Italics ours.) Adds Sir E. A. Wallis Budge in Amulets and Talismans: “The cross did not become the supreme emblem and symbol of Christianity until the IVth century.” No, there is no record of the use of the cross by first-century Christians.

Interestingly, the cross that Constantine is reputed to have seen in the sky and then used as his military banner was not the Latin cross but the sign [Artwork—Greek characters] that some relate to sun worship (Constantine himself was a sun worshiper) and others to the Chi-Rho monogram—the first two letters of “Christ” in Greek. Since then the cross has been frequently used to add an aura of righteousness to unchristian military activities such as the Crusades, when many vile atrocities were committed by “soldiers of the Cross.”

What Does the Bible Show?

‘But,’ you say, ‘my Bible actually states that Jesus died on a cross.’ And, in reality, many Bible translations do use the word “cross.” But what word did the original Bible writers use? There are two Greek words used for the executional instrument on which Christ died—staurós and xýlon. The authoritative Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible gives as the primary meaning for staurós “a stake or post,” and for xýlon “timber,” “tree” or “wood.” The New Bible Dictionary says: “The Gk. word for ‘cross’ (staurós, verb stauróo) means primarily an upright stake or beam, and secondarily a stake used as an instrument for punishment and execution.”

The Latin word used for the instrument on which Christ died was crux which, according to Livy, a famous Roman historian of the first century C.E., means a mere stake. The Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature says that the crux simplex was a “mere stake ‘of one single piece without transom [crossbar].’” (See diagram.)

In confirmation of this, appendix No. 162 of The Companion Bible states concerning staurós that it “denotes an upright pale or stake, to which the criminals were nailed for execution. . . . It never means two pieces of timber placed across one another at any angle, but always of one piece alone.” (Italics theirs.) The appendix concludes: “The evidence is thus complete, that the Lord was put to death upon an upright stake, and not on two pieces of timber placed at any angle.”

With its roots in ancient pagandom, and the evidence that Christ was not impaled on the traditional cross, nor did the early Christians use such a symbol, one is led to this conclusion: The cross is not really Christian.

What Will You Do?

It takes courage to break away from an entrenched religious tradition originating in the mists of pagan antiquity. A good example of such a break is in the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, which renders staurós as “torture stake” and the verb stauróo as “impale,” not “crucify.” This frees from all taint of paganism the precious sacrifice that our Lord and Savior made.

How will this knowledge affect you in relation to venerating and displaying or wearing a cross, or making the sign of the cross? The apostle Paul urged Christians to “flee from idolatry.” (1 Corinthians 10:14) The apostle John added: “Guard yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) So one seeking to worship God would want to be very careful to avoid putting worshipful or superstitious trust in idols of “silver and gold, the work of the hands of earthling man.”—Psalm 115:4, 8, 11.

A fine example was set by those in ancient Ephesus who, heeding the preaching by the apostle Paul and finding that the items they used were not in harmony with true Christianity, brought them together “and burned them up before everybody.” (Acts 19:18, 19) After all, why cherish and adore the instrument that was supposedly used to murder the Lord Jesus Christ?

Answer 9

Because we are NOT to worship symbols.

Answer 10

because, the cross symbolizes death, and Christians believe that Jesus isn't dead that he is alive and sitting at the right hand of God.