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Mengasihi Sesama Sama Dengan Mengasihi Tuhan

Baca: 1 Yohanes 4:7-21

"Saudara-saudaraku yang kekasih, marilah kita saling mengasihi, sebab kasih itu berasal dari Allah; dan setiap orang yang mengasihi, lahir dari Allah dan mengenal Allah." (1 Yohanes 4:7)

Berbicara tentang kasih tak ada habisnya, apalagi bagi setiap orang yang berlabelkan Kristen, karena kekristenan dan kasih itu tak terpisahkan. Jika kita tidak memiliki kasih ada yang salah dan tidak beres dalam pengiringan kita kepada Tuhan selama ini. Orang Kristen yang tidak memiliki kasih bisa dikatakan sebagai orang Kristen yang gagal; gagal menjadi teladan yang baik dan gagal menjadi terang bagi sesamanya.

Mengapa kita harus memiliki kasih dan mengasihi sesama kita? Alkitab menyatakan bahwa kita mengasihi karena Allah telah terlebih dahulu mengasihi kita. Dan bagaimana kita dapat mengasihi Allah jikalau mengasihi sesama manusia saja kita tidak bisa? Kasih Allah inilah yang seharusnya memotivasi kita untuk dapat mengasihi orang lain. Jadi mengasihi orang lain adalah suatu perintah yang harus kita taati. Tertulis: "Kasihilah Tuhan, Allahmu, dengan segenap hatimu dan dengan segenap jiwamu dan dengan segenap kekuatanmu dan dengan segenap akal budimu, dan kasihilah sesamamu manusia seperti dirimu sendiri." (Lukas 10:27). Kata kasihilah merujuk pada suatu perintah dan itu tidak dapat dilanggar. Dalam kenyataannya kita sering melakukan tindakan kasih yang disertai dengan syarat-syarat tertentu atau pilih-pilih. Kita mengasihi seseorang apabila orang tersebut juga mengasihi kita atau memberi keuntungan kepada kita. Sebaliknya bila tidak, orang tersebut kita anggap sebagai lawan atau musuh.

Bukti dari pernyataan kasih dalam kehidupan kita adalah kasih kepada Tuhan dan juga sesama. Bagian tersukar adalah kasih kepada Tuhan. Kalau kita berkata bisa mengasihi Tuhan, tapi bukti mengasihi saudara atau sesama tidak ada berarti nonsens.

Bukti bahwa kita mengasihi Tuhan adalah jika kita mengasihi sesama kita!

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