Fight Sin with a Clear Vision of the Future

In Romans 13, the Apostle Paul exhorts the disciples in Rome to “cast off the works of darkness” and to live “as in the daytime”, because “the night is far gone” and “the day is at hand”. Paul understands that what motivates discipleship – right belief and right living in light of that belief – is a clear vision of the future as defined by the Law, the Prophets, and the words of Jesus.