{"id":5225,"date":"2025-01-23T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2025-01-25T08:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T13:13:58","slug":"week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/2025\/01\/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of Prayer for Christian Unity &#8211; Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-theme-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><em>The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place this year from January 18-25. The theme is \u201cDo You Believe?\u201d and is based on Jesus\u2019 conversation with Martha in John 11: \u201cI am the resurrection and the life.&nbsp;Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?\u201d<br><br>The theme was chosen in recognition of the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (325), at which the words \u201cI believe\u201d were chosen to anchor the Creed as an instrument of universal Christian unity. For each day during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the members of the Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships (CUIR) committee will share a series of devotions based on the statements in the Nicene Creed.<\/em><br><br><em>You can sign up to receive these devotions each morning in your email or view them <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/unity2025\/\">on our website<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Day 6: <\/strong>He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a wonderful old icon from the sixth century, still kept at Mt. Sinai. Several feet tall, as ancient icons often are, it shows Christ robed in majesty with a halo around his head and looking with interest directly at the viewer. In his left hand he holds a Bible or gospel book. His right hand is raised in a gesture of teaching or blessing. In Eastern Orthodox thought, the icon represents Christ Pantocrator, that is, \u201cChrist, ruler of all.\u201d He is at the same time majestic and awesome, yet benevolent and interested in our welfare. It is also clear from his gaze that he knows all about us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/christian-formation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5227\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We might take this icon as a point of entry into the idea of Jesus Christ as judge of the living and the dead. It is an idea on which we do not often dwell, but it is nevertheless true, as Jesus\u2019 parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25 reminds us. We find it difficult to think that the one who calls us friend is also the one to judge us. Yet, upon reflection, who is in a better position to know us\u2014warts and all\u2014than our best friend? Who is better able to offer us a word of correction, a word of direction, a word of encouragement, than our closest friends? Christ\u2019s judgement is not meant to be harsh; it is meant to be redemptive. Indeed, this is the very root of the idea of restorative justice. Those in the parable who are sent into eternal punishment are sent there because of their steady refusal to accept God\u2019s guidance and mercy. Those who are invited into the kingdom are invited there because they have lived by God\u2019s grace and shown in the way they treat both neighbors and strangers that they accept and know God\u2019s love. Christ\u2019s judgment of us is awe-inspiring in breadth and depth. How we receive that judgment is up to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The creed goes on to speak of the kingdom, in this case Christ\u2019s kingdom. Again, we reflect upon the idea of Christ as ruler of all that is, ruler of all time. As the Father\u2019s only son, Christ rules eternally with him. In Psalm 139, the psalmist considers God\u2019s thoughts: \u201cHow precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My daughters will sometimes ask, \u201cwhere are we?\u201d&nbsp;I will reply, \u201cIn the car.\u201d They will ask, \u201cAnd where are we in the car?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn the road.\u201d&nbsp;They continue, \u201cWhere are we in the road?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn North Carolina.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cAnd where are we in North Carolina?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn the world.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cAnd where are we in the world?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn the solar system.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cAnd where are we in the solar system?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn the Milky Way Galaxy.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cAnd where are we in the galaxy?\u201d \u201cIn the universe.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cAnd where are we in the universe?\u201d&nbsp;\u201cIn the mind of God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You and I, and all creation, are alive because we are in the mind of God, who is creator and ruler of all, now and forever. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roderic&nbsp;L. Mullen is a&nbsp;member of CUIR and serves as&nbsp;pastor at Allensville UMC (Roxboro)&nbsp;and Mt. Tirzah UMC (Timberlake).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Albin Hillert, 4 October 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Ecumenical Centre, Geneva.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roderic L. Mullen, Day 6: There is a wonderful old icon from the sixth century, still kept at Mt. Sinai. Several feet tall, as ancient icons often are, it shows Christ robed in majesty with a halo around his head and looking with interest directly at the viewer. In his left hand he holds a Bible or gospel book. His right hand is raised in a gesture of teaching or blessing. In Eastern Orthodox thought, the icon represents Christ Pantocrator, that is, \u201cChrist, ruler of all.\u201d He is at the same time majestic and awesome, yet benevolent and interested in our welfare. 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