Pastor and speaker, Ben Stuart, discusses the superiority of love over faith and hope. He emphasizes the importance of love in shaping beliefs and actions, handling disagreements with unity and respect, and embracing love in the church community despite political differences. Stuart explores the depth of the gospel and the complexity of love through a voting maps analogy, highlighting the enduring quality of love, faith, and hope.
Love is the greatest because it endures and surpasses differences.
Faith, hope, and love synergistically produce positive outcomes and protect from negatives.
Deep dives
The Natural Human Impulse of Making Connections
Children and humans have a natural tendency to connect things they experience, as seen when Pastor Ben Stewart recounts finding his daughter's closet filled with interconnected pictures reflecting connections between money, cities, and people.
Faith, Hope, and Love as Pillars of Belief
The podcast delves into the recurring theme of faith, hope, and love in the New Testament, emphasizing that these pillars work synergistically in people's lives to produce positive outcomes and protect them from negative influences.
The Priority and Precedence of Love
Love is highlighted as preceding faith and hope, as seen in biblical references such as 1 John 4:7, and its essential role in producing and enduring faith and hope through God's unconditional love for humanity.
Love's Enduring and Transformative Power
Love is elevated above faith and hope for its enduring nature, ability to surpass differences, and call for active kindness and patience, urging individuals to prioritize love even amidst disagreements and societal divides for a lasting impact.
"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
This week Pastor Ben Stuart kicks off our new series, The Space Between, exploring the connection between faith, hope, and love. All three show up throughout scripture, and are all foundational to our beliefs, but Paul makes it clear that the greatest of the three is love. What is it about love that elevates it above faith and hope? And how can we apply love to our lives in these uncertain days? — Give towards what God is doing through Passion City Church: https://passioncitychurch.com/give-online — With Passion City Online you can join us every Sunday for gatherings at 10a + 1p + 5p + 8p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com/dc — Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurchdc — Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our BRAND NEW Passion Kids Channel: https://passion.link/passionkidsonline — At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncitydc/ Follow Ben Stuart: https://www.instagram.com/ben_stuart_/ Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C. More info on Passion: https://passioncitychurch.com
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