HOLY LOVE DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH
“…Love is patient, love is kind. It does
not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It
does not dishonor others, it is
not self-seeking, It
is not easily angered, It keeps no record
of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres, Love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
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“…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE …DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
God does NOT delight in any wrongdoing
NOR will he support, condone, be a part of, or approve ANY sinful lifestyle! “…LOVE …DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
He is HOLY and he delights ONLY in
righteousness and truth! “…LOVE … DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
HOLY LOVE will NEVER condone SIN
“EVER. “...God …hath [NO]… pleasure in wickedness:
neither shall evil dwell with thee…”
(Psalm 5:4 KJV). “…God,
you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the
sins of the wicked…” (Psalm 5:4 NLT). “…thou
desirest truth in the
inward parts:
and in the
hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV).
HOLY
LOVE does not condone, delight, or approve your lifestyle of sin JUST because
he loves you. God is
paying close attention to the “…hidden
man of the heart…” (1 Peter 3:4 KJV). “...God sees…[YOU]…
not as man sees, for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart…”(1 Samuel 16:7
NASB). “For from within, out of the heart of man,
proceed evil
thoughts… wickedness…
pride... All these evil things come from within, and defile a
person.” (Mark 7:21-23 KJV).
HOLY LOVE examines the
hearts of his loved ones and knows everything about them. “..O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know everything I do…” (Psalms
139:1-6 NLT).
God KNOWS how
desperately wicked the human heart can be. It “…is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked …who can know it
[except God?]…” (Jeremiah 17:9 KJV). “ ...The LORD
looks at the heart…”(1
Samuel 16:7 NASB).
HOLY
LOVE patiently WAITS to rejoice in the working of truth in your inward parts. “…Thou
desirest TRUTH in the
inward parts:
and in the
hidden part
thou shalt make me to know wisdom…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV). “…LOVE … DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
God’s
HOLY LOVE waits for YEARS desiring for his people to examine their OWN hearts.
“…Thou desirest truth in the inward parts…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV). “…Examine yourself, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV).
“For from within, out of the heart of man,
proceed evil
thoughts… wickedness… pride... All these evil things
come from within, and defile a person.” (Mark 7:21-23 KJV). “…LOVE
…DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL…” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
The HEART “…is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked(evil) …who can know
it [except God?]…” (Jeremiah 17:9 KJV). “...The LORD
looks at the heart…”(1
Samuel 16:7 NASB).
HOLY LOVE desires TRUTH
to operate in the hearts of “HIS” people. “…Thy word is truth…” (JOHN
17:17 KJV).
The TRUTH sets his
people FREE and empowers them to turn from their wicked (EVIL) ways. . “…The truth shall MAKE
[them]… FREE…” (JOHN 8:32 KJV). “…If
My people which are called by My
name shall … turn
from their wicked ways…” (2
Chronicles 7:14 KJV). “…But the people replied, “Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our
own evil
desires” (JEREMIAH 18:12 NLT).
HOLY LOVE is KIND and waits
for years, for his LOVED ONES, to walk in his truth. “… Your kindness to the wicked does not
make them do good. Although others do right, the wicked (EVIL) keep doing wrong
and take no notice of the Lord’s majesty…”
(Isaiah 26:10 NLT).
God “…is
… not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”
(2 Peter 3:9 KJV). HOWEVER, “…EXCEPT YE
REPENT, ye shall all likewise PERISH…” (Luke 13:3 KJV). “… [I]…kept declaring ….that they should REPENT and TURN TO God, performing deeds appropriate to
REPENTANCE…” (Acts 26: 20 NASB).
“… “The Lord will
judge his own people…”
(Hebrews 10:30-31 NLT). “…It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God…:
(Hebrews 10:31 NIV).
“…LOVE
…DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). "…Therefore REPENT (from your ongoing lifestyle of sin) AND
RETURN, “SO” that your sins may be wiped away, in order that
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord…” (Acts 3:19
NASB).
HOLY LOVE does not compromise,
waver, give you pass, overlook, support, condone evil (sin) on ANY level. A
little bit of SIN is “STILL” some sin. God does NOT delight in evil “EVER!” “…LOVE …DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
God
does not delight in evil and therefore cannot ignore it either. HOLY LOVE
corrects his LOVED ONES. “...For whom the Lord loveth he CORRECTETH……” (Proverbs 3:12 KJV). “…If
you are not disciplined – and everyone undergoes discipline – then you are
not legitimate, not true sons and daughters [of God] at all”
(Hebrews 12:8 NIV).
God is NOT and will NOT fellowship
with any lifestyle of ongoing sin. His HOLINESS simply can NOT MIX with SINFUL
actions. “…What fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth
with an infidel?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).
“…[God]… can not look on wickedness (EVIL) with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “… [God’s]…
eyes are too pure to approve evil…”
(Habakukk 1:13 NASB).
Violation
of God’s Holy standards separates “YOU” from Him. God is “NOT” approving,
supporting, winking, or participating with your EVIL lifestyle at all! “…Your INIQUITIES (sin) have separated between you and your
God…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that have cut you off from
God…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT). “…Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me …apart from Me you can do nothing…”
(John 15:4-6 NASB).
Your
personal violation of God’s Holy standards is a CHOICE. “…BLOT OUT
“MY” TRANSGRESSIONS (sin).
WASH ME
THROUGHLY FROM “MINE” INIQUITY (sin), and CLEANSE ME FROM “MY SIN.” For I
acknowledge my TRANSGRESSIONS (sins): and “MY
SIN” is ever before me. AGAINST THEE (God), THEE ONLY, HAVE “I SINNED” AND DONE THIS EVIL IN THY SIGHT…” (Psalms 51:1-4
KJV). “…Choose
you
this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV).
“…God is LOVE…” (1
John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE …DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
“… [God]… desirest TRUTH in the inward parts…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV). “…Thy word is TRUTH…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). “…In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God,
and the Word was God …
(John 1:1-4 NASB). “….The
Word became flesh…”
(John 1:14 NASB) “… He (Jesus) had a
name written, that no man knew … his name is called The
Word of God…” (Revelation 19:12-13 NASB).
“…THE WORDS … they
ARE SPIRIT…”
(John 6:63 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son (the WORD) “INTO” OUR HEARTS…”
(Galatians 4:6 NASB). “… his name (Jesus) is called The Word of God…”
(Revelation 19:12-13 NASB).
“…The
Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…Jesus Christ (the WORD) is in you…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…Christ in you, …” (Colossians 1:27 KJV). “…The Spirit of God dwell in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…Christ liveth in me…” (Galatians 2:20 KJV).
“…The Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV). “…[You
are]… the temple of the Holy…[Spirit]… which is in you…”
(1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in
them…” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV). “…, the Father, the Word, and the Holy … [spirit]…
THESE THREE ARE
ONE.…” (1
JOHN 5:6-8 KJV).
God
has supplied ALL your need! “…I will supply all your NEED…”
(Philippians 4:19 KJV). “ …Your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things…”
(Matthew 6 KJV). “…And God will generously
provide all you need. Then you will always have everything
you need
and plenty left over to share with others…”
(2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT). “…The Lord is my shepherd; I
shall not want…”
(Psalms 23 KJV). “…God will supply all your [need]… according
to His riches in
glory in Christ Jesus (the WORD)…” (Philippians
4:19 NASB).
God has supplied you with, “…a new heart, and …put a new spirit in you. [He
takes]…out your stony, stubborn heart and give[s]… you a tender, responsive
heart…” (Ezekiel 36:26 NLT).
God has reconciled you
to himself, through Jesus, the Word. “…
[He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile
God and humanity—the
man Christ Jesus…” (1
Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…He that is joined
unto the Lord is ONE spirit (or reconciled
with the HOLY God)…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). HOW? “…The Lord (the WORD) is that Spirit…” (2
Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…God [sends]… forth the
Spirit of His Son “INTO” [YOUR]… HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Jesus Christ … [the WORD] is … in you…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV).
Therefore, the indwelling Holy Spirit of TRUTH “now”
dwells “IN” you. “…Thy
word is TRUTH…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). “… his name (Jesus) is called The Word of God…”
(Revelation 19:12-13 NASB).
“…Jesus Christ (the WORD) is in you…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “… This is the new
covenant ...[relationship]… I will make with ...[my people]… says the Lord: I will put my laws (my
WORDs) in their
minds, and I will write them (my
WORDs) on their
hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people…” (Hebrews
8:10; 10:16 NLT). “…THE WORDS … they
ARE SPIRIT…”
(John 6:63 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…God
hath said, I
will dwell in them…” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV) “…Jesus Christ (the WORD) is in you…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV).
“…
[God]…the Father, [God]… the
Word, and [god]…the Holy … [spirit]… THESE THREE ARE ONE.…” (1 JOHN 5:6-8 KJV).
God
has supplied you with TRUTH and he takes FULL responsibility for EQUIPING and
EMPOWERING you to walk in his TRUTH; his WORD. “…
It is God who
worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “…May … God…EQUIP YOU with everything good for doing his
will, and may he WORK IN US what
is pleasing to him, THROUGH Jesus Christ,,,”
(Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). He
will “…strengthened [you]… with
might by his Spirit in the
inner man…”
(Ephesians 3:16 KJV). “…the
Father … he doeth
the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).
His
people are to TRUST or DEPEND upon his indwelling
Holy Spirit to work “IN” and “THROUGH” them. “…The …HOLY SPIRIT …is the SOURCE of [truth]. …it is …God who does the work IN and THROUGH all of us who
are his. The HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of us …
(1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).
The indwelling Holy Spirit EMPOWERS his people to WALK in
TRUTH. “…That great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his
will, and may he work “IN US”
what is pleasing to him, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen…”
(Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “…It is God which
worketh IN YOU both to will and to do of his
good pleasure…” (Philippians 2:13 KJV).
“…I do nothing of myself…” (John 8:28 KJV). “…the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV). “…He helps me, and my
heart is filled with JOY…” (Psalms
28:7 NLT).
“…God is LOVE…” (1
John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE …DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…
[God]…
desirest TRUTH in the
inward parts…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV).
“…What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is
against us? ...Who will separate us from the
love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or
peril, or sword? ... [NO] …But in all
these things
we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. … [NOTHING]…will be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…”
(Romans 8:31-39 NASB).
“…LOVE … DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). God KNOWS truth will
SET every experience, situation, trial, bondage, or tribulation FREE!! “…God’s GRACE has set US FREE ...” (Romans
6:15 NLT). “…he purchased our freedom …” (Ephesians
1:7 NLT). “…if the Son…shall make you FREE, ye shall be FREE indeed.”
(John 8:36 KJV).“…God ...when he freed us …” (Romans
3:21-26 NLT). “…The truth shall MAKE YOU FREE…” (JOHN 8:32 KJV).
When you are EMPOWERED to walk in God’s TRUTH, it “…prove(s) [to you]…what [he has put in
your]…heart, whether [you]…wouldest keep his commandments, or no...”
(Deuteronomy 8:2 KJV). “…God
…sent forth the Spirit of His Son “INTO” [Y]OUR HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6
NASB). “…God has given [you] HIS Spirit as PROOF
that … he [dwells]…in [you]…” (1
John 4:13 NLT). “…The
Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).
(Hebrews 1:9 NASB). “….The
proof of your faith (dependence upon God), being more precious than
gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at
the revelation of Jesus Christ:” 1
Peter 1:7 ASV). “…[God]
knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold…”
(Job 23:10 KJV). “…I do nothing of myself…”
(John 8:28 KJV). “…the Father
that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…”
(John 14:10 KJV). “…He helps me…” (Psalms 28:7 NLT). “…I shall come forth
as gold…” (Job 23:10 KJV).
HOW? “…My Presence
will go with you…” (Exodus 33:14 NIV). “…I
am with you always, to the very end…"(Matthew
28:20 NIV). God will “…Never leave
nor forsake you…”
(Hebrews 13:5 KJV). “…Behold, I
am with … [you] and will keep … [you]
whithersoever [you]… goest…I
will not leave [you] ..." (Genesis 28:15 ASV).
“…if
Christ (the WORD) be in you… [then] …the Lord … [is] … in your presence (and “YOU” are ENGULFED in his presence)
…”
(Romans 8:10 KJV & Exodus 33:16-23 NIV).
“… [Jesus sets]… me in [god’s] … presence forever…”
(Psalms 44:12 NASB). “…LOVE
… DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). BECAUSE, “…The truth shall MAKE [his people]… FREE…”
(JOHN 8:32 KJV).
“…LOVE
…DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL…” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). Evil puts his people in BONDAGE. “… I don’t really understand myself, for I want
to [walk in truth] …but I don’t [choose to depend upon God’s indwelling
Spirit]... Instead, I do what I hate. So I am not the one doing wrong; it
is [the sinful nature]… living in me that does it. And I know
that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to (walk
in truth) … [which]… is right, BUT I
CAN’T…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
Evil promotes guilt, causes depression,
brings sadness over one’s vices, steals joy, kills truth, destroys belief,
pours on sorrow, pushes hopelessness, and defeat.“…
Who will free me from this life that is dominated by
[EVIL]?” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT).
“…The answer is in Jesus
Christ
our Lord…” (Romans 7:14-25 NLT). “…If the Son therefore shall make you free, you SHALL be free indeed…” (John
8:36 KJV). “….Apart
from [jesus]... [you]… can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).
“…A man can receive
nothing, except it BE GIVEN him from heaven…” (John 3:27 KJV). “…[God’s]…
divine power hath GIVEN unto …[his people]… “ALL” THINGS that pertain unto life and godliness…”
(2 Peter 1:3 KJV). “…Every good GIFT and every
perfect GIFT is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights…” (James 1:17 KJV). “…The LORD SHALL GIVE that
which is good…” (Psalms 85:12 KJV). “…What do you have that God hasn’t given you? (1
Corinthians 4:7 NLT).
“…God’s love has been poured
out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us…” (Romans 5:5 NIV). “…God has sent forth the
Spirit
of His Son “INTO”
OUR HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6
NASB). “…Jesus Christ IS IN YOU…” (2
Corinthians 13:5 KJV).“…BLESSED
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HATH BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ…” (Ephesians
1:3 KJV).
HOLY
LOVE has provided you with TRUTH in your inward parts.
“…What do you have that God hasn’t
given you? (1 Corinthians 4:7 NLT). “…Thy word is TRUTH…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). “…Jesus
Christ (the WORD, the TRUTH) is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV).
HOLY
LOVE delights (is happy about) in TRUTH because of the benefit it provides for
his LOVED ONES!
HOLY
LOVE does NOT delight (is not happy about)in EVIL because of the negative
impact it has on his LOVED ONES!!
God’s
HOLY LOVE sent his SON, the TRUTH, to set his people FREE from EVIL! His TRUTH
allows them to experience an abundant LIFE; not a scarce life full of defeat. He DIED
“…that they might have life … more
abundantly…” (John 10:10 KJV).
However,
God’s people are FREE to CHOOSE between “EVIL” or “TRUTH.” “... [You have been]
made free from sin….”
(Romans 6:18 KJV). However,
“…
I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing …[evil and truth]: therefore choose
life…”
(Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV). “Jesus saith…I
am the
way, the
truth, and the life…”
(John 14:6 KJV). “…Choose
you
this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV).
God’s WORD; JESUS or the TRUTH never
FAILS. “…My
word … that
goeth forth out of my mouth: IT SHALL NOT RETURN UNTO ME VOID (it shall NOT FAIL), but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it
shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”
(Isaiah 55:11 KJV). “…Not one of the good promises which the Lord
… made to... [his people]… failed; ALL CAME TO PASS…” (Joshua 21:45 NASB). “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…”
(Malachi 3:6 KJV). “Jesus Christ is the
same
yesterday and today and forever”
(Hebrews 13:8 NIV).
His people FAIL because they don’t
know or depend upon God’s TRUTH, which “is” JESUS CHRIST, who “NEVER” fails. “..My
people are being destroyed
because they don’t know
me…[the
TRUTH]…” (Hosea 4:6 NLT). “…Not one of the good promises
(the WORD) … failed…” (Joshua 21:45 NASB). “...fools are destroyed by
their lack of common sense…”
(Proverbs 10:20-22 NLT).
“…
My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge (TRUTH)…”
(Isaiah 5:13 NASB).“… [God]… desirest TRUTH in the inward parts…”
(Psalm 51:6 KJV).
“…God is LOVE…” (1
John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE … DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
“…LOVE
…DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL…” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…Jeremiah,
say to the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘When people fall
down, don’t they get up again?
When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn
back? Then why do these people stay on their
self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem
refuse to turn back They cling tightly to their lies and
will not turn around. I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone
sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a
terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down
the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into
battle! Even the stork that flies across the sky knows
the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the
swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each
year. But not my people! They
do not know the Lord’s laws. “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of
the Lord,” when your teachers have twisted it by writing
lies? These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for
they have rejected the word of the Lord. Are they so wise after all? ...”
(Jeremiah 8:20 NLT).
“…But
my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They
went backward instead of forward”
(Jeremiah 7:24 NLT).
“…LOVE
…DOES NOT REJOICE IN EVIL, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
HOLY
LOVE SAYS: “…I have no greater joy than
to hear that my children walk in truth…” (3
JOHN 1:4 KJV). “…Thy word is truth…”
(JOHN 17:17 KJV). “…The truth shall MAKE “YOU” FREE…”
(JOHN 8:32 KJV).
“…God … cares about YOU…” (1
Peter 5:7 NLT). That’s
why, “…[HOLY]… LOVE … DELIGHTS IN THE TRUTH…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
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