Sunday, March 2, 2014

Renungan: March 2,2014 - Syarat mengikuti Yesus

Mar 2,2014

Mar 8:34-34
Lalu Yesus memanggil orang banyak dan murid-murid-Nya dan berkata kepada mereka: "Setiap orang yang mau mengikut Aku, ia harus menyangkal dirinya, memikul salibnya dan mengikut Aku.
Karena siapa yang mau menyelamatkan nyawanya, ia akan kehilangan nyawanya; tetapi barangsiapa kehilangan nyawanya karena Aku dan karena Injil, ia akan menyelamatkannya.

Syarat utk mengikuti Yesus pd saat itu dikatakan ada 2: Menyangkal diri & memikul salib, apa maknanya bg kita sbg anak2 Tuhan Yesus yg menyatakan diri menjadi pengikut Tuhan Yesus dizaman kini?

Shalom sahabatku selamat hari minggu, menyangkal diri artinya sbg anak2 Tuhan Yesus kita menyatakan kpd dunia ini bhw kita bukan milik dunia ttp kita adl warga Kerajaan Surga. Artinya sbg warga Kerajaan Surga mk tingkah laku kita tdk akan sama dng org dunia, hrs terlihat perbedaan yg jelas antara anak dunia & anak Kerajaan Surga. Menjd Warga Kerajaan Surga hrs ada penyangkalan diri artinya kita tdk lg mementingkan diri sendiri, menolak keinginan pribadi & memilih mengikuti keinginan Yesus. Sdgkan Memikul Salib artinya kita rela menderita utk mengikuti Yesus krn sejak dulu kala yg mengikuti Yesus hrs siap menerima hinaan, malu, cercaan, makian, kekejian, ludah, kesakitan, dan bahkan kematian, utk hal yg kedua Tuhan mengatakan dlm Firman Nya yg menguatkan kita yaitu Berbahagialah orang yang dianiaya oleh sebab kebenaran, karena merekalah yang empunya kerajaan Sorga. Berbahagialah kamu, jika karena aku kamu dicela dan dianiaya dan kepadamu difitnahkan segala yang jahat. Bersukacitalah dan bergembiralah, karena upahmu besar di sorga, sebab demikian juga telah dianiaya nabi-nabi yang sebelum kamu. (Matius 5:10-12)

Krn itu utk mengikuti Yesus kita hrs hdp spt Yesus hdp 1 Yoh 2: 6 Barangsiapa mengatakan, bahwa ia ada di dalam Dia, ia wajib hidup sama seperti Kristus telah hidup, serta rela melakukan apapun utk Tuhan sekalipun kita mengalami penderitaan ttp penderitaan yg kita alami akan membawa kita kpd Kemuliaan Kekal spt Firman Nya berkata Rom 8:18 Sebab aku yakin, bahwa penderitaan zaman sekarang ini tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan kemuliaan yang akan dinyatakan kepada kita. GBU



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