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1 Cor 13:4-7
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Week three, and our final week in our daily devotional series on love. For our eleventh thing we will look at concerning love, is something that love does do.
rejoices in the truth
Last week we ended with love not rejoice in iniquity, which we learned was love not rejoicing in sin or causing someone to sin. But real love rejoices in the truth, which would mean that it stops or doesn't even start sinning against another.
I know a couple that before they got married, they were alone and started to get a little carried way with each other. They both decided to stop, because they loved each other and knew that the path they were headed on would have been wrong. Sure they could have continued and ended up in sin, but that would not have been love for one another.
But there is also another part to love rejoicing in the truth. If I had a green spinach leaf stuck between my teeth and it looked terrible, would my friend tell me or let me walk around looking like an idiot? I pray that they would tell me the truth.
If my friend is in sin, should I keep quiet about it, or should I tell them about their sin? Out of love I should be able to tell the other about their sin, and I do mean out of love, because we can be harsh and judgmental if we are not careful.
I think I hear someone in the back yelling out, "Give us an example from the Bible" Ok,
Matt 7:1-5 1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 "And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
Maybe you are both in sin, maybe you both like to go out and party and get drunk on weekends? If this is the case, you should be able to say, in love, WE have a problem and WE need to get right with God and each other on this problem.
To rejoice in the truth is to live and be happy with what God's word says. If you are unhappy because you can't have sex with your boyfriend or girlfriend then you are not rejoicing in the truth, because God tells us to wait. If you can't wait, and you do get married, what will be the next thing you can't wait on, divorce?
Mal 2:16 "For the LORD God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one's garment with violence,"
Says the LORD of hosts.
"Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously."
Let's all rejoice in this truth and ask God for help in our marriages or relationships! I know I need it, how about you?
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