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  Someone who has experienced the love of Yeshua rejoices in the truth ( 1 Corinthians 13:6 ) In the previous article , I shared that Love does not rejoice in iniquity, in people's downfall, and the like. I also mentioned that the reason we often lack joy and excitement in our hearts is that we tend to look for others' downfall, condemn, castigate, and crucify them. Operating in joy becomes challenging under such circumstances.  However, through revelation and the experience of the Holy Spirit's work, I've come to understand that if you don't receive and extend the love of the Lord, other characteristics of the Holy Spirit, like JOY, cannot manifest. The default aura of a believer walking in God's love is Joy. I'm not just referring to emotional joy (although it includes that) but heartfelt joy that transcends circumstances and situations. That is the beauty of it. Therefore, when someone knows the truth, specifically the gospel of Christ, they rejoice. That...

  Love does not rejoice in iniquity. What does that mean? It means that Love finds no pleasure in sin. It isn't excited by sin, whether in its commission or when witnessing someone else commit it, and it certainly doesn't rejoice in the suffering or reproach caused by sin. Therefore, someone inspired by Love is not delighted to see people fall into sin. It's not the time to point accusing fingers or spread the news around. Beloved, when we truly understand what sin does to a person, we won't even wish for our enemies to be ensnared by sin. We can only see things in their proper light when we view them through the lens of what Jesus went through on our behalf on the cross. Beloved, it was our sins that led Him there. When you consider the consequences of our sins on Jesus' body, it becomes impossible to rejoice when people fall into sin. No one needs to be a victim of sin and its consequences because Jesus has already taken care of it. However, when someone is taken ...