Meaning of IXOYE and the Jesus Fish
For Christians, the fish is one of their earliest symbols—used to profess their
faith and to avoid persecution. Christians chose the fish because of its
prominence in Jesus' teachings and because of a famous acrostic (the letters
of a word forming the initial letters of a phrase). The Greek word fish—
IXOYE—forms the acrostic "Iesous, Christos, Theou, Yios, Soter" or "Jesus,
Christ, God's, Son, Savior." Besides serving as a brief profession of faith, the
fish also helped Christians distinguish between friend and foe. When
traveling, if a Christian met another person, the Christian would draw half the
fish (half a crescent) in the sand. If the other person completed the fish, he or
she was a Christian. Gal. 6:17 is a reference to St. Paul's letter to the
Galatians. Paul writes, "From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I
bear on my body the brand marks of Jesus."
Lord and Savior?
It seems that just like in the days of early Christianity many in
today's world are apprehensive to openly admit that they believe in
Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
There is a battle that is unseen. There are many schemes brewing
and in the name of political correctness there are many participants.
Do You Fish.com was created to bring the truth that " I am a
follower of Jesus Christ" into mainstream society.
Say it without fear and with boldness that you follow Jesus Christ.
"Whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of
Man will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of
His Father with the holy angels." Mark 8:38
In other word if you deny, or conveniently omit, that you are a
follower of Christ to others because of shame, then Christ will be
ashamed of you.
