One mild and ordinary work-morning in Chicago, Lew happened to find himself on a public conveyance, head and eyes inclined nowhere in particular, when he entered, all too briefly, a condition he had no memory of having sought, which he later came to think of as grace.
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Here, Lew has a moment quite similar to a moment in Methodist founder John Wesley's life:
"In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death."
It's a moment that may possibly have turned Wesley's mind away from the stricture of predestination, supported by his Methodist co-founder George Whitefield. Wesley chose to believe, as Drave seemed to be telling Lew earlier, God's grace is freely given. And not just to an elect few as Whitefield's predestination suggested. It's interesting in Lew's case that he wasn't seeking this moment because it seems to me most people who suddenly feel saved by Christ are those most desirous of the knowledge of their salvation. But Lew comes to it accidentally, probably because it's not a religious state of grace. It's simply a moment of clarity, as they say in the twelve steps. Perhaps even a moment of enlightenment.
This is the moment Drave suggested would come to Lew, whether he worked toward it or not. Drave even seemed to suggest working toward it was a waste of time, or busy work, because if it were to happen, it were to happen, to be tautological about it.
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