Why do non-Catholic Christians gather on sunday?

[TEPO]

I want to know why people gather if not to celebrate the Eucharist?

 

[TEPO]

Sorry If I’m a bit to-the-point, but that’s how I speak. This is my third attempt at this thread and I’d really appreciate a real answer.

If not for confession or communion, why bother? Even the fourth commandment merely asks to “keep Holy” the sabbath… So on sundays non-catholic christians could just stay home and pray…

Am I wrong? If so, why?

 

[philokalia7]

They gather together in most cases to hear the Word of God preached, communion happened about once per month, and the congregation did confession collectively about once a month also. I used to be a Reformed Presbyterian and that is what we did.

 

[rev_kevin]

We gather to praise and worship our Lord and savior.

See the Eucharist is the main part of your services and I respect that.
Just because we don’t have the Eucharist as our main part of our services don’t mean we don’t keep the sabbath holy. We keep it holy in a different way through song, prayer and worship.

Yes I think you are wrong because what you are saying is just because we don’t have services the way you do we don’t deserve or need to go to our church to hear the word of God, to fellowship with other Christians. to go to Bible Study Classes.

Now I can’t speak for all but I confess everyday. See our confession is different then your’s.We don’t go to a priest and tell him our sins. We go directly to God and ask forgiveness of our sins through his son Jesus Christ.

Some celebrate, what we call the Lords Supper once a month, but we celebrate it once every quater.

 

[panner]

We gather to praise and worship our Lord and savior.

Good answer

 

[WetCatechumen]

We gather to praise and worship our Lord and savior.

See the Eucharist is the main part of your services and I respect that.
Just because we don’t have the Eucharist as our main part of our services don’t mean we don’t keep the sabbath holy. We keep it holy in a different way through song, prayer and worship.

Yes I think you are wrong because what you are saying is just because we don’t have services the way you do we don’t deserve or need to go to our church to hear the word of God, to fellowship with other Christians. to go to Bible Study Classes.

Now I can’t speak for all but I confess everyday. See our confession is different then your’s.We don’t go to a priest and tell him our sins. We go directly to God and ask forgiveness of our sins through his son Jesus Christ.

Some celebrate, what we call the Lords Supper once a month, but we celebrate it once every quater.

We believe that the priest acts in persona Christi. When we go to confession, we confess our sins to Jesus Christ, who is our advocate with the Father. Having all authority over Heaven and Earth, he is the one who grants us absolution.

 

[TEPO]

We gather to praise and worship our Lord and savior.

See the Eucharist is the main part of your services and I respect that.
Just because we don’t have the Eucharist as our main part of our services don’t mean we don’t keep the sabbath holy. We keep it holy in a different way through song, prayer and worship.

Yes I think you are wrong because what you are saying is just because we don’t have services the way you do we don’t deserve or need to go to our church to hear the word of God, to fellowship with other Christians. to go to Bible Study Classes.

Now I can’t speak for all but I confess everyday. See our confession is different then your’s.We don’t go to a priest and tell him our sins. We go directly to God and ask forgiveness of our sins through his son Jesus Christ.

Some celebrate, what we call the Lords Supper once a month, but we celebrate it once every quater.

Hi rev, I remember you from some time ago, but haven’t seen you in awhile… South Bend right?

Anyways, I’m just trying to understand whether it’s acceptable for Baptists or any other non-catholic religion to attend services whenever they want, or whether they are obliged to attend every sunday. You see, I’m just trying to understand why Christians need to leave their homes to hear the word of God when all they have to do is read it out of their bibles.

Maybe they prefer someone else to read it to them?

 

[panner]

There is no yoke of obligation, which is no better than having the law trying to justify when the law leads to death. We gather because we are like minded and Paul says not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together in the Lord.

You may go to services out of obligation to the law, we go out of joy and as King David we rejoice when we go to the house of the Lord

 

[4Squarebaby]

Hi rev, I remember you from some time ago, but haven’t seen you in awhile… South Bend right?

Anyways, I’m just trying to understand whether it’s acceptable for Baptists or any other non-catholic religion to attend services whenever they want, or whether they are obliged to attend every sunday. You see, I’m just trying to understand why Christians need to leave their homes to hear the word of God when all they have to do is read it out of their bibles.

Maybe they prefer someone else to read it to them?

Its hard to fellowship together with brothers if you are just reading at home or watching on TV. In my case I go because I like to go, not because I fear going to hell if I die the week I miss my “obligation”

 

[TEPO]

They gather together in most cases to hear the Word of God preached

Interesting. I’m a cradle Catholic and have never attended any other church but the CC, and just wanted to know some things.

So why not just read ones own bible instead of going out to hear someone preach? I know this has been going on for some time now, so -whats so good about it?

 

[TEPO]

Its hard to fellowship together with brothers if you are just reading at home or watching on TV. In my case I go because I like to go, not because I fear going to hell if I die the week I miss my “obligation”

Fellowship? So in other words, to “group-up” makes everyone feel more secure in their faith.

 

[cooterhein]

Fellowship? So in other words, to “group-up” makes everyone feel more secure in their faith.

No, those are not the words we would use. Those are the words you would use. Not the words we would use.

 

[panner]

There is no yoke of obligation, which is no better than having the law trying to justify when the law leads to death. We gather because we are like minded and Paul says not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together in the Lord.

You may go to services out of obligation to the law, we go out of joy and as King David we rejoice when we go to the house of the Lord

Did I not do a good enough job sounding like a Protestant?

 

[TEPO]

There is no yoke of obligation, which is no better than having the law trying to justify when the law leads to death. We gather because we are like minded and Paul says not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together in the Lord.

You may go to services out of obligation to the law, we go out of joy and as King David we rejoice when we go to the house of the Lord

So you go to church to gather with other like-minded people and because it is joyful?

What about offering praise to God?
What about offering sacrifices to God?
What about laying down your life for God?
What about receiving God?

Catholics go to church to worship, and we worship on our knees.

 

[TEPO]

Did I not do a good enough job sounding like a Protestant?

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Oh, you most definantly did…

 

[TEPO]

No, those are not the words we would use. Those are the words you would use. Not the words we would use.

Just trying to get a better understanding, that’s all.

I just never heard the word fellowship used that way.

 

[rev_kevin]

Hi rev, I remember you from some time ago, but haven’t seen you in awhile… South Bend right?

Anyways, I’m just trying to understand whether it’s acceptable for Baptists or any other non-catholic religion to attend services whenever they want, or whether they are obliged to attend every sunday. You see, I’m just trying to understand why Christians need to leave their homes to hear the word of God when all they have to do is read it out of their bibles.

Maybe they prefer someone else to read it to them?

Ya its me South Bend. Good memory
Well its not manditory, we can’t force anyone to do something if they don’t want to. They have free will, they are free to attend or not to attend.

We leave our homes and go to church to hear the word of God, to fellowship with other like Christians. to praise our Lord and Savior with song, worship, and prayer, to study the Bible in Bible Study Classes or for our younger members Sunday School. The pastor or preacher just don’t read verses out of the Bible, its much more than that they have a message that goes with a passage or with a chapter from the Bible. See the reason you go to church is because its celebrating the Eucharist, to take the Body and Blood of Jesus who is, as you believe, present in the host and wine. And to miss that would be a sin and I understand that. We do things different. Its not about the Eucharist or the death of our Savior its about his life, his teachings, his ministry. Its about praising and worshiping him. Its showing our reverence to the Lord in song and prayer.

 

[rev_kevin]

So you go to church to gather with other like-minded people and because it is joyful?

What about offering praise to God?
What about offering sacrifices to God?
What about laying down your life for God?
What about receiving God?

Catholics go to church to worship, and we worship on our knees.

We offer praise to God in the form of song and prayer.
What kind of sacrifices are you talking about?
We put our life in the hands of God, We give him charge over our lives. We lay our life down for God?
We receive God at every service just not in Eucharist form. We receive him in our hearts when we worship him. He is present at every service, when we gather in his name he is there with us.

We go to church to worship also, some may do it on their knees, we stand and worship him. You stand, kneel and sit. We stand and sit.

 

[cooterhein]

So you go to church to gather with other like-minded people and because it is joyful?

I think the main point of comparison between the Catholic mindset and the Protestant mindset is that for Catholics, there’s punishment involved if you don’t go. To some extent (even if it’s not your main motivation), you have to go in order to avoid damnation, judgment, falling into mortal sin, etc. There is no aspect of punishment for Protestants. We go because it’s something we want to do and it’s a means to an end. Gathering with like-minded people and the joy that’s associated with the whole situation are probably a little more like direct, day-to-day kinds of experiences. I don’t really see either of those things as the “end,” though. Those things are there along the way, but as we are fond of saying, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Meeting and working with other Christians at any time of the week (though our most reliable gathering time is usually Sunday mornings), worshiping God in a half-dozen different ways, serving and loving Him and each other…all of these things are joyful, all are enjoyable, they tend to happen most reliably on Sunday mornings, and all of them are a means to an end.

Glorify God. Enjoy Him forever. Something along those lines. Put another way, you could say the end goal is to come together and help one another “work out your salvation in fear and trembling.” And then we add a little bit of enjoyment to the equation and emphasize the fact that there’s nothing we’d rather be doing. What it really comes down to is this is how we help each other live out an authentically Christian life in joyful obedience to God. Provided that you don’t just fill a seat for an hour and go home, this is where it can begin.

What about offering praise to God?

Yeah, that’s part of it.

What about offering sacrifices to God?

Hee hee…“offering your bodies as living sacrifices” as a reasonable act of worship is consistent with the end goals I mentioned.

What about laying down your life for God?

Yeah, that’s about the same thing.

What about receiving God?

Sacramentally? No. Although it depends on the Protestant church. Other ways, maybe.

 

[Reuben_J]

We go because it’s something we want to do and it’s a means to an end. Gathering with like-minded people and the joy that’s associated with the whole situation are probably a little more like direct, day-to-day kinds of experiences.

I think the OP wants to know why would you like to do it on a Sunday especially. Is it because you’re free or convenient on that day or what? Or is it something you just want to do on a Sunday and not on any other days? So what about the other days then? Then there are the questions about reading your Bible, worshipping and offering your sacrifice to the Lord at home. So why do you have to do it on Sunday?