Is it OK For Christians to Wear a Cross?
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We see the cross in churches and steeples, hanging in homes and, worn around the necks of many Christians; however, many don’t know what the cross means. There is also much debate as to whether or not it is appropriate - or even sinful - to wear religious jewelry like crosses and crucifixes. In order to understand whether or not it is ok for Christians to wear the cross, we have to understand the history of the cross and what the cross really means, particularly in our own lives.
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I wear a cross to remember what He did for me 🤍
@Manan Dhyani sorry I don't understand what you are trying to say?
@Manan Dhyani He didnt save Himself, He died along with all our sins so we could live an eternal life with Him in heaven. He is God because He is a part of the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) He is God and He came to Earth as a human so He could experience all the hardships along with everyone else. So yes, He didnt save Himself but God raised Him from the dead and a month later He ascended into Heaven (without dying again) to sit by the right hand of the Father.
@UCcmBeBSTI4dSZx9KDj9tU_g Firstly, Jesus was Jewish which evolved from the religion Yahwism. Christians believe in the same God as Jewish people but we believe that Jesus died for everyone.
Secondly, Adam and Eve were the first man and woman on the Earth and they walked with God. Adam and Eve lived about 156000 yea ago and as I said before, they walked with God. That is WAAAAY Hinduism was started.
Furthermore, Jesus died for EVERYONE, even you, we have to accept Him into our hearts and let Him help us live out our daily lives to be like him. Sadly, because of the devil, there is sin in the world which steers us away from God with temptations. Have you ever told a white lie? Have you ever done something bad? It is all sin, even the small things. Everyone sins, even you. The only person who has never sinned was Jesus which is why he could die for us. Jesus died along with all our sins and rose again so we could be new with him.
Plus, America and Britain has nothing to do with Christians, Muslims or Jews. These three Abrahamic religions were founded in the Middle East. Yes, maybe some British colonizers were Christian but their faith is between them and God. The things that they did back then were wrong and sinful. I don’t even live near America or Britain so I don’t really understand how this is relevant.
With Christianity, there are different branches of Christianity, but I believe that Jesus died for everyone and I can pray to Him and the Trinity and have a relationship with Him.
Jesus Christ is the 👑
The one and only in the world, may god bless you and keep you.
Kristus kral
And he died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins so that all who believe in him may have eternal life. Let Noone talk you into taking off your cross necklace or stop celebrating Christmas
Amen
I have been a Christian since I was a child and I'm now 42 yrs old and I wear a cross around my neck with the cross being silver and Jesus a gold color...I don't wear it for fashion or any other reason than to represent the one thing that has been more important to me than anything else in my life and that is being saved by believing on our savior Jesus Christ and as a symbol of my thanks for him dying on the cross for my sins as well as the world....
Same
I left a religion that abhors the cross so I now wear one to help me remember what my Savior has done for me and it even has the Lord’s Prayer inscribed very tiny in the center. I find it opens conversations and helps others remember too. 🙏🏼
Awesome. :)
Mormon or jehovah
@@danmarknorge1676 LDS, (Lucifer, Devil, Satan) 🤮
Religion eslam?
I had a near death experience, and I got one this month. A simple wooden cross being my skin was sensitive to the material on the jewelry.
I prayed over it and it will be my reminder that the most high is with me and to always be about what is righteous. It definitely is a reminder that the love Jesus for us on the cross.
The humble wood cross will also ultimately, for me, symbolize how humble I am onto my my high Heavenly Father.
After nearing losing my life, and losing Lord Jesus and Heavenly Father in my life, I prayed and begged him never to leave me. This is a symbol of me as a man devoted to my walk of faith.
So, I will wear mine and carry one as well in this walk of faith. I never want to be without my savior and Heavenly Father.
I wear my cross as a symbol of who I belong to ❤
I don't wear a cross around my neck,I carried mine
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I do both:)
Jesus carried mine. He even died on it
I'm Catholic. I think this debate is stupid! It's truly mind boggling to me! The cross/crucifix is our symbol as Christians. It means so much, now we can't wear it?! I try to wear a cross every day. I hate taking it off. It brings me so much comfort and I feel Jesus Christ, God, and the archangels with me everywhere I go. I will admit that I often feel very unsafe wearing a cross. I usually keep it inside my shirt depending on where I go. Some people are very evil, negative and hateful. They hate Christians.
Yess so true I wear mines for protection I don’t wanna have to feel like I must tuck it in just to make others happy. I don’t even try to push my beliefs on people I wear it for me I’m just a human just like everyone else people are so weird 😔
I don’t wear mine as a symbol, I wear it as a reminder 🤍
Angry muslims right
Well catholics are not Christian in any sense of the word.
@@christykelly1 so it's a symbol of remembrance?
My reason for wearing the cross is a symbol of my faith and love in Our Lord Jesus Christ..... It’s a representation of my believe and it is also for me is like a reminder of His love and a form of security
I wear mine for the same reason
I don't wear mine as a symbol because I don't want to idolize the inanimate object. I wear it as a reminder.
You may want to check what the Bible has to say about these things🤷🏿♀️
I need to get one same reason I wanted wear
I do wear a small cross. The closer I come to Christ, the darker the world becomes. My hand goes to my neck at times, the small cross reminds me what He has done for us, his children. It reminds me who I am without Him. It reminds me that I must die daily and live in Christ. It reminds me that Christ left the Holy Spirit to convict me and comfort me. It reminds me that He is preparing a place for me. When true persecution comes and they take it away from me, that’s ok. They will never take away the scripture I have hidden in my heart and the God I know who is my Master, Savior and Father.
Then you wear one, my friend.. your heart is in the right place. And if that works for you, then you should do that.
God bless you my sister in Christ i wear mine proudly also...we wear it for the right reason
That seems accurate. Everybody is searching for "what is truth"? You take everything you hear and reference it with the Bible. Filter it through God's word. What is truth? The Bible is the truth.
How do you feel about slavery?
The bible says "the pillar and ground of truth is the ?????"
Look it up.
You rip 7 books out of the bible then retranslate it to suit your belief and you have sola scriptura and 40,000 new denominations.
@@Lordmazrim666 What about Slavery? What does that have to do with anything? You all love bringing up strawman arguments out of ignorance and a lack of knowledge about the Bible. It is usually the ones who don't read or study Scriptures, take Bible accounts out of context and trying to use human mind to understand spiritual matters🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️.
Again, what about Slavery?
@@cd3881 what does your Bible say about slavery? Spoiler alert…I’m one of the people who have actually read it… does the Bible say “don’t have slaves or treat other human beings as property”? Or does it in fact say the opposite?
@@Lordmazrim666 if you read it then you wouldn’t be even asking about it bc if you actually studied the Bible you would know that it doesn’t support slavery…. You only heard it from someone and never looked into for yourself and actually studied
the crucifix reminds me of the sacrifice made for me🤷🏾♂️ “he didn’t die on the cross” is a very tired argument to me personally
I were a cross to show my love for jesus
I am thinking of getting a cross or crucifix to wear, not to brag about my Christianity, but because Jesus commanded us to not be shy or shameful for worshipping Him, AND to inspire others who are agnostic, AND to remind myself to try and live to His standard and desires, as I would be representing Him. ✝️❤️
Amen!!! I just filmed & uploaded my testimonies over the past three weeks by the Grace of God.
I never take mine off!😭 Thank you, Jesus!
And you think you are doing something good?...I suggest you search the Bible and get Scriptural take on matters such as these, because many of you all are sadly mistaken with all the unscriptural things you do...traditional customs and practices just to name a few....YES and I am referencing church goers.
@@cd3881 scriptural take on what matters _such as these?_ Wearing a necklace? Lol.. As far as it “doing something good” ?? It’s good for me. And it’s been a wonderful conversation starter regarding the Lord. Not sure what more there is to say about that.
Perhaps you meant your comment for someone else.🙈
I’m a Christian and I just got a cross necklace now I feel like god and Jesus is with me where ever I go and now I feel safe
I wear a cross around my neck, just a regular metal cross, but I am still praying for the Lord to reveal to me if it is disrespectful. I am willing to give up this world for my Lord, of course. I’m not sure if it’s right.
I’m in the same predicament can you tell me if you’re still wearing it?
@@user-ks2xq6zd2l I’ve had several crosses break unexpectedly on me, and since then I haven’t worn any!
However, I do have a bracelet with a wooden cross, and I got it as a gift from a Christian-based thrift store. (I never get or give material gifts but this one seemed particular.) That, I do wear. I think a lot of (materials) and decor especially should always be considered and one should try to trace back to its origins and purpose of the company behind it. Like there’s nothing wrong with a Walmart necklace, but if I could make one or find someone to make one instead, that may be more intentional, and I think that matters. Where we buy from, totally matters. There’s some great (truly) Christian stores online and in-person.
I found 3 cross pendants in my home within the last year and am confused why ? Is this a sign ! It it good or bad ? And hat should I do with them ? I don’t know how they are getting here , no one has placed them here . Any advice ?
I think Christians should wear the cross. Not only is it analogous to to wearing a miniature electric chair or other torture/killing device, which demonstrates a disturbing viewpoint to me, it lets me be aware of who are the superstitious people around me.
Why? Do you want it to be an identifier kind of like the Star of David was on Jews during the Holocaust? Would somebody believe as far as religion should be no concern of yours
I always wear a cross bracelet, because it reminds me throughout the day of what Jesus did in the cross for me, and because it gives me hope
"This cross is the tree of my eternal salvation nourishing and delighting me. I take root in its roots, I am extended in its
branches, I am delighted by its dew, I am fertilized by its spirit as by a delightful breeze. In my tent I am shaded by its shade and fleeing the excessive heat I find this refuge moist with dew. Its flowers are my flowers; I am wholly delighted by its fruits and I feast unrestrainedly on its fruits which are reserved for me always. This is my nourishment when I am hungry, my fountain when I am thirsty, my covering when I am stripped, for my leaves are no longer fig leaves but the breath of life. This is my safeguard when I fear God, my support when I falter, my prize when I enter combat, and my trophy when I triumph. This is my narrow path, my steep way. This is the ladder of Jacob, the way of angels, at the summit of which the Lord is truly established. This is my tree, wide as the firmament, which extends from earth to the heavens, with its immortal trunk established between heaven and earth; it is the pillar of the universe, the support of the whole world, the joint of the world, holding together the variety of human nature, and riveted by the invisible bolts of the Spirit, so that it may remain fastened to the divinity and impossible to detach. Its top touches the highest heavens, its roots are planted in the earth, and in the midst its giant arms embrace the ever present breaths of air. It is wholly in all things and in all places."
-Anonymous author from Asia Minor (2nd century AD), _On the Holy Easter_ 51.
I use it as a reminder when i feel temptation.
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mat 16 24
(My necklace isnt worn outside of my shirt but tucked under it. No one is going to see it unless i let them. It isnt a showoff hey lookatme thing)
I wear the cross to make the world a better place because God what is sacrificed for us and he wants us to make a better place for our children of today
I WEAR A CROSS BECAUSE I LOVE AND BELIEVE IN GOD. POPE IVA. 🕊🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕊
Well... not just a cross, could be anything you wear as a lucky charm.
The religious person wear amulets for good luck for protection from evil etc etc.
The Holy one ,the God of heaven and Lord Jesus , don't go by this practices in the new covenant...instead we the believers have faith in him ,he lives in us we are his temple.
He is our protector ,our provider ,our everything etc etc.
We don't need amulets ,crosses ,garlic wine ,bones ,lucky charms etc that is is only for religious people who do not know the living God.
That is more in witchcraf, cause you put you heart into and amulets or abject instead of the Lord himself.
I Cary my Bible but my Bible it has no power or lucky charm for me if I don't have Jesus in my heart and I serve him according to his word and to his Spirit.
We are to be very careful with this kind of practices,
which could look so attractive and so Holy and make you feel so good /deceive...buy is all fake faith because your faith is know in the amulets instead of God.
Ojo
Who said anything about amulets and lucky charms? Sounds like projection to me…
I wear a pendant of Jesus holding his sacred heart to show people his sacrificial love for humanity
I once told a cop that pulled me over ...... When he made a comment about my Yeager shirt(alcohol) that God doesn't judge he had nothing else to say while I was leaving church service at King's rive
Who's the girl in the thumbnail
Followers of the Church of Rome and Orthodoxy wear a crucifix which is a cross with a corpus (A corpus is the figure of Christ)
We at the Christonian Church believe we should wear a plain cross because "Christ has risen" He is no longer on the cross. It is looked upon as an insult to Jesus to put Him back on the cross.
Regardless what you personally believe, May our Lord Bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May our Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.
I wear it because I remember him and his love and want to show other pepole that Jesus is alive
I wear a cross for protection . It also shows I believe in God.❤
Considering that Christians are dressing in accordance to their ethnic customs, and don't have a religious dress code as such, so wearing a cross, as the symbol of Christianity, is a minimum when it comes to identification.
I hope someone asks me about so it’s an easy segway to share the Gospel
I believe intentions matter. I wear my cross so that whenever I am kind to someone they know it is coming from a christian. We have such a bad reputation due to the media and babes in the faith that i want people to see we aren't all hateful.
Is it ok for muslims and to wear the burka?
Tammuz used a cross as a symbol long before Yeshua was born....
Better than covering your whole face up for mohammed
Cultural, regional at that.
Joshua 24:15
KJV Bible
Well if people keep looking for something that isn't seeable by the vision and perception of the eye . So One will never find. because they truly haven't used the correct vision and the heart is week ...the inability to connect too one's self and true inner feelings within one's soul and hearts ...then one's mind is confused with indecision.....of one's self ...by letting temptations feather their own leg...the mind becomes weak ... Corinthians 12:8
To one there is given through the spirit a message of wisdom.
To another a message of knowledge..by means of the same Spirit ....✝️🙏
FREE WILL ..SO BE IT ✝️🙏
I feel the cross represents the Victory of Jesus and His love for us as He took our place. I don't see anything wrong with wearing a cross. It's just an opinion.
Hmm you’re right but the Lord is not clear for his word and other books written of him are all have contradictions . I believe we are in the famine of the word for no man can interpret the text exactly as if he was here in the flesh. I wear a cross to boast in the lord and protection against some spirits that fear the cross and that alters their actions or thoughts against me if I didn’t wear one
I don't like wearing a cross because it doesn't define me as a person. The way you live does.
Also I believe there is some identity that comes to wearing a cross and people just don't wear it just because, even if it's a fashion statement. I know many people who would never wear one, even if everyone is wearing it, as a fashion statement. There is a spirituality that happens when you wear one. Even the demons know and shutter (James 2:19) everyone makes a choice, that is why God gave us free will.
I do know many people that worship the devil wear it to mock Jesus because he died being nailed on the cross. Or in reference as a way to execute
I purchased a smaller silver cross which I wear around my neck. I was Catholic before, and that was totally normal and even anyone who wore a rosary around their necks on a daily basis, no one was asking questions... I't was just tradicional and religious thing in my country. But as I became a member of an evangelical free group I started to feel strange to wear it, because I felt some kind od jugmental atmosfere when the believers saw my cross... Also, sometimes I felt unsafe when I was among unbelievers or People of other religions.... So, I'm still praying to the Lord about it. I't means a lot to me because it can also be a testimony and something like preaching the gospel without the words...
Need not wear cross. He is no longer on the cross. Treat him now that he is alive. Because he is alive.
That's why it is a plain cross. Jesus not on it.
I don't ware it anymore
I want to where a cross to tell me God died for every one
I wear a cross to remind me .
The cross represents Christianity & it gives me protection.
Amen God
Cross is a symbol of Christianity, i cannot imagine to not wearing it. But it's a personal choice. I made mine.
Erm , should it be taken off whilst doing the you know the carnal act? Just asking because Emma leaves it on and erm touches it you know seductively. Just asking pagans, no need to get triggered.
I bought a cross, because I recently fount God and it’s changed my life so much for the better, so I wanted a cross to wear to always remember what Christ did for me and to help me when I stumble as a reminder
But I feel like my past sinful ways made me go with a more shiny flashy cross and I don’t want to wear a cross that people or even I just see as a fashion statement… I simply want a normal cross to remember our savior, not to look good and flashy because I want to be reminded of what Jesus Christ done for me, rather than how good I’m looking
Ilovemylordiamachristian
Yes if you believe in Jesus Christ 👑
People wearing A cross is like JACKIE KENNEDY wearing a MANLICHER CARCANO RIFLE PIN..you know..The rifle used to Frame OSWALD...
What about thou shalt not make for thyself a graven image???
Finish the verse. Its :though shalt not bow down and worship it. Are you worshiping the cross? People never quote the entire verse
i wear the cross for gods protection it looks good
So if you don't wear it, God won't protect you? And yes, it does look good
Thiers a controversial topic! Nice picture! Probably best left in a car!!!! So many characters these days the value could be ruined or compromised from other symbols they mix to get undesired, unhealthy coding mixes, making the persons beliefs used for things that are not within thier healthy range or intentions! Wasteful
i see this as fake n i think u never read the bible at all but i use my cross to show who i serve n thats jesus christ
Yes I'm wearing cross and I is my prive .Jesus died on cross and its I want to wearing cros
Saint Benedict Cross
I’m so surprised that the narrator said what he did about the cross! Everything amounted to how someone personally feels about the cross, is what I got from him. I think it’s more serious than that! On the walls, on the inside of the ancient Egyptian pyramids, there are crosses depicting usage of it at least 2,000 yrs before Christ in the B.C. Period. There is a constellation in the sky called the “southern cross “ where the ancient Greeks and others used it in astrological purposes to contact their gods through their Delphi oracles, similar to the Ouija Board today. The cross is a B.C. Religious symbol that didn’t represent Christ during its heyday. It’s originally a pagan symbol related to the occult since astrology is condemned in the Bible. That’s why it was in the hands of pagan Rome instead of the Jewish people when Christ came, passed on down from the Greeks, Egyptians and the Babylonians.
Are you Protestant by any chance?
@@AndrewTheMandrew531 No, I’m not a Protestant, I’m one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who believe in Jesus Christ and his Father, like he said. Christians are to walk by faith, not by sight. I’m not supposed to see nothing in my hands, or in my house or on my person that can aid me in my service to God.(2 Cor. 5:7) Did anybody in the Bible, (not after the Bible) but in the Bible wear a cross?
Keep away evil eye or bad karma
It's a heavy burden. Amen God
He is risen He is alive..he is no more on the cross
What a stupid load of nonsense. The cross is what reminds us of who we are and how Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us.
I wear a black ring I am called his bride and so I should live as such
The cross was worshipped in Babylon centuries before Messiah.
The bible says we are not to make false images . To me that means definitely no so called Christian jewellery .
It's not an idol. You don't worship the necklace
I’d rather say the girl used in the thumbnail should not show so much chest,and the cross was significant and powerful but many Christians stay there and mourn before it and forget that He also rose again,He did not Just die
You say the girl in the picture is showing too much chest, yet you chose to watch the video.
No, it’s idolatry. Exodus 12:4 “Thou shall not make onto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything …”
I wondered about this but the previous commandments clarified it
Yeah your not taking my cross
No its not ok. It's an idol
No, it’s an icon. It’s only an idol if you worship it. Icons are a long-standing Christian tradition.
Roman Death Symbol... It symbolizes the destruction of Herod's Temple (2nd Temple), leaving nowhere for the Jews to worship (Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 AD)
@@katrose5179 Exodus 20:4-5 says, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them." On the surface, this command is negative; but as we look more ...
@@michaeldoti3613 just outta curiosity how you doing with keeping the rest of the 10 commandments, cos remember in James he says if you break 1 you break them all, and Jesus turned up the heat on some of the commandments as well 🤷🏻 like the 1st 1 that comes to mind, adultery, even if you look with lust, uv committed the act, or even if you hate someone, uv committed murder
@@Sacrifice-Paid scripture says we were without excuse for sin. We are covered by the blood of Christ. Because no man can keep the law 100%. Absolutely true. But we must remember. In scripture Jesus said if you love me keep my Commandments. Being that Jesus is God. He's telling you you still have to keep the Commandments. We cannot get saved by them. But we must keep them. As an ex-catholic. Idol worshiping is a continuous sin. It is something that we are not to do. Scripture says every sin is equal in the eyes of God except for blasphemy of the Holy Spirit which will not be forgiven in this life or the next. Men will always come up with an excuse. To allow sin in their midst. It's only a statue of Mary it's only statue of Peter Sony statue of Jesus. We're only doing a remembrance. Even though scripture says not to make them it's okay because our Pope says it's okay. Even though he's a pagan
blah , blah , blah….. it’s idolatry!!!!
No Christians should not wear a cross necklaces
Why?
Wearing a cross is idolatry.
How?
@@1dago the cross is a dumb idol
@@1dago People use it as a symbol of Christ and say “When I wear it, God protects me” implying that God only protects you if you wear it, idolizing the inanimate object instead of God
@@christykelly1 “People use it as a symbol of Christ and say...”
Where did you get such a blanket statement from? Have you spoken to _everyone_ who wears a cross? (I wear one and think nothing of the sort) Any true believers in Christ would know they are in His hand because that’s what the Bible says, and know that He is directing their path and will be with them come what may(good or bad).
You can wear something that reminds you of someone you love without _idolizing_ or worshiping it. A wife can wear her wedding ring as a symbol of their commitment and love and not worship it. The rings presence or absence does not make or break the relationship.
@@1dago That is true, I just know a few Christians who say that about their necklaces.