Because we believe that God walks with you down the road, surrounding your whole life with grace. We proclaim that before you took your first steps, God was with you. Even when you’re walking away from the place you should be, God meets you on the road. And if we were being technical here, I would tell you this is what prevenient grace looks like. This is the dawning of salvation in your heart. This is your heart burning within you even though you don’t know why.
This is the beginning of your walk with God, the part of the walk when you don’t realize God is with you.
But we also proclaim that we believe that when the moment comes when you realize you are in the presence of the resurrected Christ, it changes you.
John Wesley would say this is the dual moment of your justification and regeneration. But if that sounds a little ridiculous, let me put it this way. This is the moment you wake up. This is the moment who see Christ for who he is, see yourself for you are and see the world that Christ has issued in. This is the moment you are reborn.
This moment when you see the resurrected Lord in the breaking of the bread.
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image credit: Walk to Emmaus Stain Glass in Pitman UMC's sanctuary (pitmanumc.org)
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