How far can God's grace reach down to save a terrible sinner?
God's grace reaches below the vilest sinner, even one hateful toward God and living like a reprobate. Where sin abounded, grace much more abounds. God still loves such a person, and He is able to lift him up and make him a saint.
Les explains that even when a person seems ungodly, hateful toward God, and living like a reprobate—so that most people do not want to associate with them—God still loves them. God is able to reach below the vilest sinner, lift him up, and make him a saint. This rests on the truth that where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Les ties this to Paul referring to his Gospel as the Gospel of the Grace of God. He also points to Romans 10:9-13, stressing that God expects verbal confession with the mouth, not merely a mental ascent.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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Does God's grace reach even the worst sinner, no matter how deep into sin they go?
Romans 5:20 shows that no matter how far down a person can go into sin and wickedness, the grace of God is always capable of going even lower and bringing him back up to a place of righteousness.