Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. (Luke 21:28)

What are you? If I asked you that question right now, you might come up with many different answers. You might say, "I am a wife," or a husband, a mother or a father, a grandmother or grandfather. You might say, "I am someone's son," or daughter, or a brother or sister to so-and-so. In other words, you might define yourself in terms of your family relationships or other relationships which are important to you.

You might say, "I am Italian-American" or Irish or Nigerian. You might say, "I am black," or white, brown, yellow or red. I am a woman, a man, a girl or a boy. In other words, you might define yourself in terms of your race, sex or nationality.

If I asked you what you are this morning, you might say, "I am a butcher," a …