This Is Love

By Becky Combee

God's command to "love one another" is the heart of the Gospel message, the central theme of our obedience to God, our Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord. The foundation of this love is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 
 
Becky Combee examines God's magnificent love from the manifestation of its grandeur to the glorious victory of faithful Christians. Her detailed explanations are clothed in Scripture and completely outlined for other teachers.
 
Follow the footprints of the Word of God as we discover:
 
The New Testament command of love
The determination of man's flesh
The role of anger and revenge
The great attributes of love
The place of meditation
The possibility of change
 
And so much more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Becky Combee
• Release date: Mar 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524287184

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THIS IS LOVE

By Becky Combee

Published by Becky Combee Ministries, Inc.

P.O. Box 3283

Lakeland, FL  33802-3283

www.beckycombeeministries.com

ISBN-13:  978-0-9832783-3-7

All illustrations were drawn by Becky's husband, Wayne Combee. Cover art by Suzanne D. Williams.

This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise – without prior written permission of the publisher, except as provided by United States or American copyright law.

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references were taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture notations marked AMP were taken from the Amplified® Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. .

Scripture notations marked ASV were taken from the American Standard Version from .

Scripture notations marked BBE were taken from 1965 Bible in Basic English from .

Scripture notations marked BER were taken from The Modern Language Bible, The New Berkley Version in Modern English, Revised ed., 1969 by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture notations marked CEV were taken from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.

Scripture notations marked Knox were taken from The Knox Translation of the New Testament (London, Great Britain: Burns & Oates, 1954)

Scripture notations marked Living were taken from The Living Bible Paraphrased, Copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois  60187. All rights reserved.

Scripture notations marked MSG were taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Scripture notations marked MOF were taken from Moffat, James A.R., The Bible: James Moffatt Translation, Copyright © 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1935 by Harper Collins, San Francisco. Copyright © 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 by James A.R. Moffat. All rights reserved. Accessed 17 May 2011.

Scripture notations marked NASB were taken from Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. .

Scripture notations marked NCV were taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture notations marked NIV were taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Scripture notations marked NKJV were taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture notations marked NLT were taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

Scripture notations marked Phillips were taken from Phillips, J. B., The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition, Student Edition, Copyright © J. B. Phillips, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972. (New York: Macmillan Publishing Col, Inc.) . Accessed 17 May 2011.

Scripture notations marked RSV were taken from The Revised Standard Version from . Accessed 17 May 2011.

Scripture notations marked WEY were taken from the 1912 Weymouth New Testament from . Accessed 17 May 2011.

Definitions written as G+ a number or H+ a number were taken from Strong, James, S.T.D., LL.D., Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers)

Definitions marked Thayer's were taken from Thayer's Greek Definitions from .

Definitions marked Vine's were taken from Vine, W.E., M.A., Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, Unabridged ed. (McLean, Va.: MacDonald Publishing Company)

Definitions marked Webster's, 1959, were taken from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 2d ed. (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1959)

Definitions marked Webster's, 1828, were taken from Webster, Noah, An American Dictionary of the English Language, 1st ed. (San Francisco, Calif.: Foundation For American Christian Education, 2002)

The song quoted in Chapter 7 is Nothing But The Blood. It comes from:  (Words & Music: Robert Lowry, in Gospel Music, by William Doane and Robert Lowry (New York: Biglow & Main, 1876), , Accessed 17 May 2011.)

The song quoted in Chapter 8 is They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love. It comes from: (Words and Music: Peter Scholtes, Additional Words and Music: Carolyn Arends, © 1966 by F.E.L. Publications, Ltd./ASCAP (1925 Pontius Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025), , Accessed 17 May 2011.)

The song quoted in Chapter 10 is Trust and Obey. It comes from: (Words by John H. Sammis, 1887; Music by Daniel B. Towner , Accessed 24 May 2011.)

DEDICATION

We dedicate this book to our daughter, Suzanne. Month after month, she patiently worked with our text to perfect the grammar and vocabulary so that it communicates God’s message of love. Without her tireless effort, we would still be stuck in the mire of punctuation. We love you lots.

Mom and Dad

INTRODUCTION

When my mother asked me to write the introduction to this book, it was at the end of a long day and I was more than a little burnt out. All I could remember about love was a funny ditty my grandfather used to say:

Love is a funny thing shaped like a lizard.

Goes all around your heart and gobbles at your gizzard.

Now in my family, this poem has always provided a good laugh, especially the time my father chose to quote it to my mother in front of her friends. However, I am aware it has little to do with the message of the book, so I left that day and began meditating on the love of