The FISH Story
(This one didn't get away!)
Mark 1:17: "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
You may wonder why you see so many of, and so many different styles of, fish symbols on cars and trucks these days. Well, the fish is a Christian symbol which got it's origin after Jesus was ascended into Heaven. The new Christians were being persecuted and even put to horrible deaths because of their faith. The story goes that they devised a way to secretly signal other Christians or, if just meeting someone, to find out if that person were also a believer by simply taking their foot and casually drawing an arc with their toe on the ground. Then, if the other person was a Christian, he, just as causally, would draw an ark with his toe to complete the fish. Now, they could speak to each other about their faith and pass along information without fear.
Additionally, Jesus has asked His followers (Christians) to be fishers of men. So the fish is a proud symbol of who we are.
So next time your sitting in bumper to bumper traffic, check out the fish! We hope you will smile because Jesus loves you.
As far as is known, the fish symbol is not directly mentioned in the Bible persay. It came about after Jesus resurected and assended into Heaven. It was, however, documented by secular writers and is found all over the Holy land today.
Some Christians believe that a link between their religion and the fish symbol is seen in the Greek word for fish (ichthus, spelled: Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma). That is an acrostic for "Jesus Christ, of God, the Son, the Savior" [Iesous (Jesus) CHristos (Christ) THeou (of God) Uiou (the Son) Soter (the Savior)]. An acrostic is an "arrangement of words in which the first letter of each line ordinarily combines with others to form a word or words or the alphabet."
Dear ambassadors,
I have one of your symbols on a car that I recently purchased.
How can I safely remove it?
thanks
What a Question...
Answer
Christsambassadors.com does not have any symbols of it's own. The only symbol we have is the universal Christian symbol of the fish. I also purchased a car a few years ago with such a symbol. I knew what it was and
though I was not living a Christian life, decided to leave it on because I considered it good luck. Now, both my cars and even my boat have that symbol of my faith in Jesus Christ. I don't consider it luck any longer, I consider me blessed to be able to proudly display my belief in Christ.
As I never had a desire to remove Christ from my car, I wouldn't know what to use. I would believe that symbol will always leave it's mark on your car.
You decide...
Yours in Christ,
Arlene Ingram
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