St Timothy Presbyterian Church

Scripture Passage Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians, Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children (Ephesians 5:1) Be imitators of God. What does this mean? We often think of imitation as copying or mimicking someone. But when Paul says be imitators, he means more than that. It concerns not just our behaviour, but our entire existence. Being imitators of God means to REFLECT THE IMAGE OF GOD that is within us. It has to do with living the way we were made to live. We are made in the image of God, who is love. John said that clearly Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:8) We are made to love and to live in love. That, I believe, is the essence of Christian anthropology. It is our basic and fundamental disposition. Love is what we experience when we first enter this world. As children, we freely receive and give love to others. Yet somehow as we get older, we seem to lose that capacity to love. The