Last week we heard how our relationship with God is not based on our works or worth, but is based on God’s grace and mercy; not based on our record of righteousness, but comes to us through and in Jesus Christ. This week we are going to hear from the Apostle Paul why God has done this. Scripture teaches that in this life we see dimly, as if through a foggy window. Passages like this wipe away a little more of that fog and help us see what is really there, what God is really up to, and what really awaits us.