How Do You Explain God’s Grace to Someone Who Feels Unworthy?

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How Do You Explain God’s Grace to Someone Who Feels Unworthy?

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Many struggle to believe they can be loved by God after what they’ve done. This thread explores how Christians can share the gospel of grace with those who feel they don’t deserve it. Join the discussion in Crosswalk Forums.
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We live in a world where everything seems earned—and that mindset creeps into how we view God. So when someone feels weighed down by their past, the message of grace can seem too good to be true.

Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
It’s a rescue, not a reward. But for someone who feels too far gone, how do we make that truth real?

How do you explain God’s grace to someone who feels disqualified from His love?
Have you ever struggled to receive that grace yourself?

“Eternal life isn’t a prize for the righteous—it’s a gift for the guilty.”

This short reflection captures the tension perfectly:

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In Reckless Love by Cory Asbury, the song goes,

“Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine. I couldn’t earn it, and I don’t deserve it, still, You give Yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God”

I couldn’t earn it, I don’t deserve it…have nothing to do with it.

This is because love is not something you can buy. Not if it is real. You cannot manipulate it, force it, demand it, or earn it. So the focus on whether or not you deserve it does not factor in. When someone actually loves you, they freely reveal it with no strings. And God loves us all.

A wise woman once told King David,

2 Samuel 14:14

14 Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.

This is not about God’s Grace. This is about God’s determination to save his children. Especially those who are lost. God is fighting to save the life he has brought into existence.

While the world does not know God, God knows every little one that comes into this world.

When we talk of Grace, we speak of things we don’t deserve. We are focussed on ourselves and our lack.

But this is not about us, or who we are. No matter how true it is. This is about who God is. The Nature of God. God’s heart. God’s desire. How far God is willing to go to pursue the one He loves. God makes a way where there is no way.

But if we do not know what love really is, how can we ever understand why God would love us in the first place?

We must collectively face the fatal flaw that leads us to our destruction. It guides us like sheep to the slaughter. But God does not stand idly by in the background, waiting passively for that moment to judge us. He is actively standing in our way, in every way, devising ways to change our course.

When we feel unworthy before Him, it is because nothing can remain hidden in God’s Presense. All is revealed. We cannot continue to ignore the truth of our situation or believe the lies we tell ourselves to rationalize what we do. This is an intervention. Like a drug addict ashamed of himself when his family surrounds him for that come to Jesus moment, that is the nature of our unworthiness before the God trying to bring us home.

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I would talk about what standard God expects as Matt 5:48,‘Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.’
and point out romans5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us..