What motivates us to live honorably?

Heb. 13:18, ” ¹⁸ Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.”

I believe a conscience is good or functioning as designed when it is purged from dead works. Adam and Eve’s consciences were “good” prior to the Fall. Now, in Christ, ours should be as well by grace.

When our conscience is purged from sin and dead works an awareness emerges of His will or even willingness. Our thinking is no longer clouded with the thoughts of, “I ought to. I should. If I do not or else. WWJD” and so on. Instead, we grow and into an understanding of His will and then begin to do things because of the understanding of His will. This is a total contrast to the Old Covenant. It is spiritually supernatural. In my opinion, it is true or real spirituality.

So essentially, this or rather His willingness is being created in us again by revelation of Christ in us according to His purpose and the hearing of His word.