Symbols

A friend shared a site that shows each of the United States’ symbols. Of course, I had to check out the one for Texas!  Go ahead, take time to look at your states – maybe where you currently live, or the state where you were born, or your parents?

Each of those symbols were chosen specifically for their meaning within the state, commonalities among the people who live there.

The above symbol, though it contains a Greek word, should be familiar to any Christian.

Jesus. Christ. Son of God. Savior.

The name, the title, the descendency, the work are all summed up in the acronym, confirmed by the symbol. For me, this fish symbol, even without the cross, gives the gospel message. This is what the New Testament described.


Jesus is revealed as the child of Mary and Joseph, descendants of King David, as promised in prophecy. (Matthew 1 and Luke 3)


Christ is revealed as the Hebrew word, Messiah, sent from God to Jew and to gentile, as promised in prophecy. (John 4:25-26)


Son of God is revealed as being God. (John 1:1-4)


Savior is scripture revealed, too. (Isaiah 53:3, 1 Peter 2:24)

Those are but a single instance of applicable verses.  A good study Bible will take you from each of those references and follow the train of thought through book after book after book. Each reading will provide foundation and additional studies, and build faith in God and His plan for mankind.  My suggestion is to feed upon it daily, as you do breakfast, lunch and dinner, or starve.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.  (Luke 11:28 KJV)

Oh, I will still wear my cross, as a statement of faith.  I will continue to look to church steeples, carrying my eyes upward to acknowledge God’s presence and I will appreciate the other symbols that speak to Christianity.

But, I really like this one with its gospel message.