The apostle Paul was one of God's most faithful servants. And I believe there were three important motivations behind Paul's faithfulness: hope, love--and fear. Paul had a blessed hope of eternal life that motivated him to faithfulness. He also had a great love for Christ. In 2 Corinthians 5:14 he says, "The love of Christ constraineth us"- meaning, it constrained him to remain faithful to God. But Paul's faithfulness was also motivated by something else: the reverential fear of the hour he would stand before the Judge of the world--on Judgment Day! Today, the vast majority of Christians possess only the first two motivations. Virtually every believer claims to have the hope of eternal life. And many say in all sincerity, "I know I love Jesus with all my heart." But what is missing in the church of Jesus Christ in these last days is that third motivation--the awesome sense that one day we will stand before a holy God and give an account of our ev
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