“Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” (1 John 3:2–3 KJV) There is a future reality that changes present behavior. John does not describe the return of Christ as a distant idea to admire, but as a living hope that reshapes how we walk today. We are already the children of G...