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Jangan Sekali-kali Berkompromi Dengan Dosa

Baca: 2 Korintus 6:11-18

"Sebab persamaan apakah terdapat antara kebenaran dan kedurhakaan? Atau bagaimanakah terang dapat bersatu dengan gelap?" (2 Korintus 6:14b)

Kepada jemaat di Korintus rasul Paulus dengan tegas menyatakan bahwa antara kebenaran dan kedurhakaan, atau terang dan gelap tidak dapat bersatu atau berjalan beriringan karena satu sama lain saling berlawanan; artinya tidak ada kompromi sedikit pun. Yang Tuhan kehendaki adalah: "Keluarlah kamu dari antara mereka dan pisahkanlah dirimu dari mereka, firman Tuhan, dan janganlah menjamah apa yang najis, maka Aku akan menerima kamu." (ayat 17).

Sebagai orang percaya kita adalah terang di dalam Tuhan, karena itu kita harus hidup sebagai anak-anak terang. Ingatlah: berkompromi dengan dosa hanya membuahkan kegagalan dan kehancuran! Contohnya seperti yang dialami oleh Yosafat. Alkitab mencatat bahwa Yosafat adalah salah satu raja yang memiliki nama baik, "...karena ia hidup mengikuti jejak yang dahulu dari Daud, bapa leluhurnya, dan tidak mencari Baal-baal, melainkan mencari Allah ayahnya. Ia hidup menurut perintah-perintah-Nya dan tidak berbuat seperti Israel." (2 Tawarikh 17:3-4). Tetapi dalam fase hidupnya dia pernah melakukan kesalahan yang sangat fatal yaitu melakukan kompromi! Dikatakan: "Ketika Yosafat kaya dan sangat terhormat, ia menjadi besan Ahab." (2 Tawarikh 18:1). Yosafat yang percaya kepada Tuhan memiliki besan seperti penyembah berhala.

Semua ini tidak lepas dari upaya iblis! Memiliki besan seorang penyembah berhala adalah kompromi awal yang dilakukan Yosafat. Berkompromi terhadap hal-hal kecil semakin membawa kita berlanjut pada kompromi pada hal-hal yang lain, yang lebih besar. Yosafat pun mengijinkan tentaranya berkolaborasi dengan tentara Ahab untuk berperang. Apa yang diminta Ahab diiyakan begitu saja tanpa bertanya kepada Tuhan terlebih dahulu. Ketika perang hendak berkobar Ahab berniat untuk meminta petunjuk kepada nabi baal, tapi Yosafat mencari nabi Tuhan. Meski Mikha bin Yimla (nabi Tuhan) sudah didatangkan, namun firman yang disampaikan oleh Mikha tidak diterimanya.

Banyak yang bisa diteladani dari Yosafat, tapi kesalahannya melakukan kompromi dengan raja yang jahat di mata Tuhan membawanya kepada kesukaran demi kesukaran.

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