Pillar 1 - Foundational Truths
Not Alone
Scripture confirms you are not alone.
Whatever you have done, and however long you have carried it, you are not the first person to wonder whether God's grace could possibly reach as far as your worst moment.
Do You Not Know ?
Your Sins Are Not Too Great …
You Are Not Alone
Have Your Not Heard ?
All Have Sinned And Fall Short … But As
Sin Increased, Grace Abounded All The More
The Choice Is Yours !!
HELL - ENDLESS AGONY WITH SATAN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE
OR
HEAVEN - ETERNAL LIFE OF JOY, PEACE AND LOVE WITH CHRIST JESUS
Are You In God’s Purpose ?
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1
Where Will You Spend Eternity ?
This is the truth in its simplest form — the same words printed on the inside of every Not Alone Truth Card:
Do not move past this too quickly.
If this is true, which it is, it changes everything about your life.
What Scripture Says About Your Sin
One false belief many people experience is that their sin is too great to be forgiven. While they can “see” the outward expression of other people’s sin, they are keenly aware of their own sin from the inside. Thinking your sin is “special” is actually a form of pride. You have placed your sin aside as being out of the reach of God’s forgiveness – untouched by the blood of Christ or the saving grace of the Cross.
Yet, Scripture makes two important statements addressing this false belief. First, “All have sinned and fall short of the of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 You are not alone in your sin; without Christ, all people are equally condemned before God. Second, “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.” Romans 5:20 Your sin cannot exceed Christ’s grace.
The Holy Spirit will allow you to feel the weight of your sin to drive you to repentance. 2 Corinthians 7:10 states: “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret.” But the condemnation that you have crossed the line, and somehow your sin is unforgivable, comes from Satan, ”the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night.” Revelation 12:10
Romans 8:1 sets the record straight. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Even the Apostle Paul noted, as a trustworthy statement worthy of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the foremost.” 1 Timothy 1:15 Here is the man who held the cloaks of those who stoned Stephen. Yet Paul goes on to say he received mercy so “Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.” 1 Timothy 1:16
Grace abounds - will you accept it?
What Others Ask
Q. Is my sin too great for God to forgive?
A. No. Scripture does not place a limit on what God's grace can cover. Romans 8:1 declares: 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.' The Apostle Paul — who held the cloaks of those who stoned Stephen — called himself the foremost of sinners, yet received full mercy (1 Timothy 1:15-16). The belief that your sin is uniquely beyond forgiveness is not humility. Scripture calls it a lie from the accuser (Revelation 12:10).
Q. What does the Bible mean that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God?
A. Romans 3:23 — 'All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God' — establishes that sin is the universal condition of humanity, not the exceptional failure of a few. Without Christ, every person stands equally condemned before God. This means you are not alone in your sin, and your sin does not place you in a special category beyond the reach of the grace that covers every other person who has come to Christ.
Q. Can God's grace really cover any sin, no matter how bad?
A. Yes. Romans 5:20 states: 'Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.' Grace is not a fixed quantity that sin can exhaust — it is the inexhaustible resource of an infinite God. The cross of Christ was sufficient to cover every sin of every person who has ever lived. To believe your particular sin exceeds that sufficiency is to place a limit on what God Himself declared unlimited.
Q. What does Romans 5:20 mean when it says where sin increased, grace increased all the more?
A. Paul's declaration in Romans 5:20 means that no accumulation of human sin has ever outpaced God's grace — and never will. The Greek word for 'increased all the more' (huperperisseuo) means to superabound, to overflow beyond measure. Grace does not merely match sin — it exceeds it. This is not a license to sin freely (Paul addresses that directly in Romans 6:1-2), but it is the absolute assurance that no sinful past disqualifies a person from God's full forgiveness.
Q. How do I know the feeling that my sin is unforgivable is a lie and not the truth?
A. Revelation 12:10 names Satan as 'the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night.' The crushing sense that you specifically have crossed a line God will not forgive is his voice, not God's. God's voice through Scripture produces godly sorrow that leads to repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10) — not paralysis and despair. Romans 8:1 is God's verdict: no condemnation for those in Christ. The accusation and the verdict cannot both be true. Believe the verdict.
Digging Deeper Introduction
An unbeliever can often feel their sin is uniquely terrible, even beyond the point of forgiveness. A believer also can feel this same weight of conviction, just as the Apostle Paul did in 1 Timothy 1:15-16 as he calls himself “the foremost of sinners”. Paul wasn’t claiming his sin was the worst and that he was therefore hopeless, but that he was the worst and yet saved. He goes on to say “But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.”
Here was a man who held the cloaks of those stoning Stephen and who went house to house committing Christians to prison. Paul was marveling that if Christ could save him, the persecutor of Christ’s church, no one is beyond reach. Before his encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul sought to obliterate the church. Yet Christ transforms Paul into the greatest missionary of the early church as the Holy Spirit empowered him to write 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament.
However, comparing sins misses the point altogether. The grace of Christ is infinite. All sin is rebellion against a Holy God. Romans 3:10-12 captures the situation perfectly: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Redemption is possible - will you accept it?
Are you ready for Jesus to cover your sin fully, finally and forever?
Someone’s eternity depends on it!
Awaken the sleeper!
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