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Mengikuti Jejak Kristus : Hidup Dalam Kasih

Baca: Yohanes 13:31-35

"Dengan demikian semua orang akan tahu, bahwa kamu adalah murid-murid-Ku, yaitu jikalau kamu saling mengasihi." (Yohanes 13:35)

Bagi orang percaya kasih bukan sekedar suatu ajaran yang harus dipahami dan dimengerti, melainkan lebih daripada itu, kasih adalah inti kekristenan yang harus dipraktekkan dan dilakukan secara nyata dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Tuhan Yyesus berkata, "Aku memberikan perintah baru kepada kamu, yaitu supaya kamu saling mengasihi; sama seperti Aku telah mengasihi kamu demikian pula kamu harus saling mengasihi." (Yohanes 13:34). Dalam hal kasih ini Yesus bukan sekedar mengajarkan dan memerintahkan para pengikut-Nya untuk saling mengasihi, tetapi diri-Nya sendiri telah menjadi model bagaimana seharusnya kita mengasihi dengan benar.

Mengasihi orang lain selalu identik dengan tindakan memberi atau berkorban. Tuhan Yesus telah membuktikan betapa Ia mengasihi kita dengan mengorbankan nyawa-Nya di kayu salib. "Tidak ada kasih yang lebih besar dari pada kasih seorang yang memberikan nyawanya untuk sahabat-sahabatnya." (Yohanes 15:13). Karena kita telah mengalami kasih Kristus, maka sudah selayaknya kita membagikan kasih itu kepada orang lain.

Mengasihi yang diajarkan oleh Yesus bukan sebuah kasih yang kita berikan karena orang lain mengasihi kita, tetapi kita juga harus mampu mengasihi orang yang membenci kita sekalipun. "Dan jikalau kamu mengasihi orang yang mengasihi kamu, apakah jasamu? Karena orang-orang berdosapun mengasihi juga orang-orang yang mengasihi mereka. Sebab jikalau kamu berbuat baik kepada orang yang berbuat baik kepada kamu, apakah jasamu? Orang-orang berdosapun berbuat demikian." (Lukas 6:32-33).

Kita menyadari bahwa mengasihi musuh adalah perkara yang tidak mudah, namun jika kita mampu melakukannya kita akan menjadi orang yang 'berbeda' dari dunia sebagaimana yang Tuhan inginkan, "Janganlah kamu menjadi serupa dengan dunia ini, tetapi berubahlah oleh pembaharuan budimu, sehingga kamu dapat membedakan manakah kehendak Allah: apa yang baik, yang berkenan kepada Allah dan yang sempurna." (Roma 12:2). Mengasihi bukanlah perbuatan alternatif atau manasuka yang ditawarkan oleh Tuhan, tapi suatu perintah yang harus ditaati oleh setiap pengikut Kristus!

Mengasihi sesama adalah perwujudan kasih kita kepada Tuhan!

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