Our sins are blotted out for his sake. God saves the sinner not alone
because of pity for the sinner, and certainly not simply because he is
in danger of hell, but in order that he may glorify himself; and this
is no selfish glorification, but rather in order that he may show to us
now and throughout all the ages what he really is. God has made
different revelations of himself. We have beheld his wisdom in
creation, in his providences and in his word. We have seen his justice
in that he gave his only begotten Son to die for poor lost men. We
have seen his power in the working of miracles and the transforming
effect of his grace. It remains for us to see his love in the story of
salvation, for until we behold him as the Savior of the sinner we do
not know him. It is this that shall make us not only rejoice here in
time but rejoice with joy unspeakable in eternity. The Apostle Paul
writes in Ephesians 2:7-8, "That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God."