Hope as an Incentive to Godliness

For this is the love of Cod, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. I John 5:3 If we are actually in the end times, as it often seems, what motivation is there left for the Christian to work diligently with a view to what lies ahead? This problem is not new. Paul struggled with its already in Thessalonica, a church deeply concerned about the imminent return of Christ (II Thessalonians 2:1, 2). There were those there who had concluded that with no future to look...