Sermon Series: The Beauty of Loving People
Here at Chesapeake, our three core values are: All People Matter To God, Full Devotion To Jesus Christ Is Normal, and Excellence Honors God.
Excellence tends to display itself in all kinds of ways. And Full Devotion is more easily recognizable, too. But the value of All People Matter To God – this can be a bit harder to see at times.
It shouldn’t be this way.
So what if we did something about that? What if we made loving people visible? What if we so clearly displayed excellence and our devotion to Christ in the way we love people? And not just those who are easy to love – but even loving the unlovely. Imagine the community we would be if together we made our God known through the beauty of loving people.
Because if All People Matter To God, shouldn’t all people matter to us?
Nathan Laborie - November 1, 2020
Nothing Better
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:3 - Some of the most beautiful, profound, and inspired words in the New Testament are found in 1 Corinthians chapter 13. At the same time, these are among one of the most misunderstood passages as well. You see, these words about love were not written to an individual or a couple – they were written to the church, to all of us together. For it is in and through the church that God’s perfect, redeeming love for His people is displayed to the world. And there’s nothing better than that.
