Let Me Call You Sweetheart

9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

We all have a need to love and be loved

John 3:16–17 NASB95

16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 15:13 NASB95

13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

We were not created to be alone or unloved

Loving and being loved by someone changes everything in our lives

What does it mean to have a Sweetheart Love?

Mark 12:30 NASB95

30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Zephaniah 3:17 NASB95

17 “The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Ephesians 3:19 NASB95

19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Psalm 37:4 NASB95

4 Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

How many sweethearts can you have?

1 John 2:15 NASB95

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 3:18 NASB95

18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Intimate sweetheart love can only be shared with one

James 4:4 NASB95

4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Ephesians 5:25 NASB95

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

How does sweetheart love grow cold?

Matthew 24:12 NASB95

12 “Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.

Our love can grow cold, but God’s love does not

Romans 8:38–39 NASB95

38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God’s love should always be extended through us to others “because”

Galatians 5:22 NASB95

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Colossians 3:14 NASB95

14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

1 Timothy 1:5 NASB95

5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 Peter 4:8 NASB95

8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.