Saturday, July 28, 2012

Renungan: July 28,2012 - Buang ragi lama

Renungan: July 28,2012

1 Kor 5: 7-8
Buanglah ragi yang lama itu, supaya kamu menjadi adonan yang baru, sebab kamu memang tidak beragi. Sebab anak domba Paskah kita juga telah disembelih, yaitu Kristus.
Karena itu marilah kita berpesta, bukan dengan ragi yang lama, bukan pula dengan ragi keburukan dan kejahatan, tetapi dengan roti yang tidak beragi, yaitu kemurnian dan kebenaran.

Apakah yg dimaksud dng ragi --> Lukas 12:1b Lalu Yesus mulai mengajar, pertama-tama kepada murid-murid-Nya, kata-Nya: "Waspadalah terhadap ragi, yaitu kemunafikan orang Farisi. Artinya ragi dimaksudkan sbg kemunafikan yg dilakukan oleh orang percaya, krn kemunafikan ini jauh lebih berbahaya drpd org yg belum percaya. Musuh didalam selimut itu lbh berbahaya dibandingkan dng musuh yg terang2an, krn terhadap musuh yg terang2an kita akan selalu dpt bersiap menghadapinya tapi terhdp musuh didlm kita tdk akan siap dan perlahan-lahan ia akan merusak kehidupan kita. Itu sebabnya Tuhan Yesus mau kita org percaya tdk lagi hidup dlm kemunafikan artinya mengaku percaya ttp didlm sebenarnya kehidupannya tdk baik, org percaya ttp msh melakukan hal2 yg tdk sesuai dng Firman Tuhan ttp kalau kita dibiarkan lama hidup bersama org2 yg munafik mk kita lama kelamaan juga akan dipengaruhi dan menjadi sama spt mereka.

Shalom sahabatku selamat pagi, kita yg hidup percaya kpd Tuhan Yesus adl manusia yg baru dan biarlah kehidupan kita yg lama, yg munafik itu kita tinggalkan dan kita mulai hidup didlm kebenaran dan kemurnian. Krn dng hati yg murni kita akan selalu dpt melakukan hal2 spt yg Tuhan inginkan, kebenaran Tuhan akan memenuhi kehidupan kita dan itu akan mempengaruhi kehidupan org2 disekitar kita. Tuhan berkata biarlah kebaikan kita diketahui semua org bukan kebaikan yg munafik ttp kebaikan yg tulus murni tanpa mengharapkan balasan. Mari kita mempengaruhi lingkungan kita dng kebaikan demi kebaikan yg murni shg membawa org banyak datang kpd Tuhan, biarah yg baik, yg benar, yg tulus, yg murni dan yg suci yg kita lakukan shg membawa dampak yg baik bg sekeliling kita dan nama Yesus dipermuliakan. GBU



Have a blessed day, God bless you

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