Ichthys

So we can't talk about fish as a symbol and ignore Christianity.

The Jesus fish is one of the most recognizable symbols in Christianity.

And it's a symbol that became popular among Christians all the way back in the second century.

And quoting Tashin again, "...the fish's primal innocence suggested to Christians that it had been spared during the Great Flood." They portrayed those awaiting baptism as fish swimming around Christ's ankles and Christ himself either as a fish or as a fisher of men, end quote.

And the guy would make it back or begin to fill it in.

I-X-O-Y-E, Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior of the world.

And then you knew he was a brother.

Hey, praise the Lord, man.

Identifies us as followers of Jesus Christ.

It was Ichthus, which is, I think it's Greek, which describes kind of who Christ is.

And I don't know, I'm embarrassed.

Somebody look that up and you can figure it out.

We can be in communion with each other.

We can talk about our Lord and our Savior together without risk of dying," right? So this was a secret code that they had, this fish symbol.

And they chose a fish not just because it's easy to draw, but for another reason.

And I have it up for you on the board here, but it's in Greek, so you can't read it.

So this was an easy symbol for Christians to draw to communicate with each other, and it was also a confession of the faith.

They were able to say, just by drawing this thing on the ground, "I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, because He saves me." That's cool, right? They were, they were thinkers.

[laughs] So this, this fish symbol, you know, you see this slapped onto cars all the time as like a bumper sticker or something, and I will confess I'll never do that because I'm not always a very good or gracious driver.

[laughs] So I don't want people to see the fish or the cross or anything on my car and say, "Oh, that guy's a horrible driver.