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Glory · Our Walk with Him
Yes. The gospel is made for the worst of us. Scripture's own story includes David, Peter, and Paul the self-called chief of sinners, all met by grace. Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more; God promises that sins as scarlet become white as snow and that our transgressions are removed as far as the east from the west. Christ is able to save to the uttermost, and there is no sin His blood cannot cleanse and no repentant sinner beyond His reach.
https://glorystudy.com/questions/can-gods-grace-really-cover-my-worst-sins · Scripture quoted from the World English Bible
1 Timothy 1:12-17
As you read: Paul's own confession: the worst of sinners saved by the mercy of Christ, as an example of God's great patience.
12And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;
13although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Romans 5:12-21
As you read: Paul's great contrast: the trespass brought death, but grace far overflows through the one man Jesus Christ.
12Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
13For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.
15But the free gift isn’t like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
16The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
18So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.
19For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
20The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
21that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalm 103:8-13
As you read: The Lord forgives all your iniquities and removes your transgressions from you, as far as east from west.
8Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
1 John 1:5-10
As you read: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse; the blood of Jesus cleanses from all sin.
5This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Hebrews 7:23-28
As you read: Christ, who lives forever, is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him.
23Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
24But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
28For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
The Bible is honest about the depth of human failure: David, after adultery and murder, begs, 'Have mercy on me, God... Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.' Peter, who denied the Lord three times, was forgiven and sent to strengthen his brothers. And Paul, who had persecuted the church, calls himself the chief of sinners. If grace can reach them, it can reach anyone, because it is made for sinners.
“Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.”Psalm 51:1
“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.”Psalm 51:2
“The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”1 Timothy 1:15
Paul measures the two: 'where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly.' The prophet Micah pictures God treading our iniquities underfoot and casting all our sins into the depths of the sea; the psalmist sings that God does not deal with us according to our sins, but removes our transgressions from us 'as far as the east is from the west.' Your worst sin is not bigger than His grace.
“The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;”Romans 5:20
“He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”Micah 7:19
“He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.”Psalm 103:10
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”Psalm 103:12
Hebrews gives the widest promise in the New Testament: Christ, who lives forever to intercede, 'is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him.' John adds the sweeping clause: the blood of Jesus 'cleanses us from all sin,' and 'if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' No sin is left off the list that His blood cannot handle.
“Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.”Hebrews 7:25
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.”1 John 1:7
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”1 John 1:9
God's grace is not a waving aside of sin; it is a payment that satisfies. Paul declares there is 'no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,' and John shows us why: 'we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous, and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins.' God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us. The sin is covered because it was carried, and the grace is real because it cost everything.
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”Romans 8:1
“My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.”1 John 2:1
“And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.”1 John 2:2
“For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”2 Corinthians 5:21
Mercy is never a license to keep sinning. The same grace that forgives is the grace that changes: the chief of sinners became the apostle who preached Christ with his life, and David's prayer for a clean heart was a prayer for a renewed life. When we are forgiven much, we love much, and we confess our sins because we belong to the light, not because we fear losing the forgiveness. Grace covers the repentant, and it sets them walking toward Jesus.
“The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”1 Timothy 1:15
“However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.”1 Timothy 1:16
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.”1 John 1:7
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”Romans 8:1