20 Desember 2025
Bacaan Hari ini:
Titus 3:4-5 "Tetapi ketika nyata kemurahan Allah, Juruselamat kita, dan kasih-Nya kepada manusia, pada waktu itu Dia telah menyelamatkan kita, bukan karena perbuatan baik yang telah kita lakukan, tetapi karena rahmat-Nya oleh permandian kelahiran kembali dan oleh pembaharuan yang dikerjakan oleh Roh Kudus"
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Apa pun yang sedang Anda alami, Anda tetap dapat hidup dengan penuh harapan. Itulah kabar baik yang konsisten dari Alkitab.
Dalam 1 Petrus 1, ada lima alasan mengapa Anda bisa hidup dengan harapan. Dalam renungan kemarin kita melihat alasan pertama: Allah memilih Anda sebelum Anda memilih Dia.
Hari ini kita melihat alasan kedua: Allah selalu memperlakukan Anda dengan kasih karunia dan kemurahan hati.
Petrus menulis kepada orang-orang percaya,
"Terpujilah Allah dan Bapa Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus, yang karena rahmat-Nya yang besar telah melahirkan kita kembali oleh kebangkitan Yesus Kristus dari antara orang mati, kepada suatu hidup yang penuh pengharapan" (1 Petrus 1:3)
Petrus tidak hanya berkata bahwa Allah itu penuh belas kasihan—dia memuji Allah karena rahmat-Nya yang besar.
Semakin Anda memahami kasih karunia dan kemurahan Allah, semakin Anda—seperti Petrus—akan takjub melihatnya. Itu benar-benar tidak pantas kita terima. Tidak layak kita dapatkan. Tidak dapat kita peroleh melalui usaha.
Itu adalah anugerah cuma-cuma.
Kemurahan Allah didasarkan pada kasih-Nya kepada Anda. Anda tidak bisa membuat Allah lebih mengasihi Anda daripada sekarang, dan Anda juga tidak bisa membuat-Nya mengasihi Anda lebih sedikit.
Artinya, kemurahan-Nya kepada Anda tidak akan pernah berubah.
Firman Tuhan berkata:
"Tetapi ketika nyata kemurahan Allah, Juruselamat kita, dan kasih-Nya kepada manusia, pada waktu itu Dia telah menyelamatkan kita, bukan karena perbuatan baik yang telah kita lakukan, tetapi karena rahmat-Nya oleh permandian kelahiran kembali dan oleh pembaharuan yang dikerjakan oleh Roh Kudus" (Titus 3:4-5)
Ini sangat penting untuk dipahami: Ketika Anda sebagai orang percaya melakukan kesalahan, Allah tidak marah kepada Anda. Ia tidak ingin membalas Anda. Ia tidak merencanakan hal buruk untuk hidup Anda.
Apa yang Allah lakukan? Ia selalu bertindak dengan kemurahan hati terhadap Anda.
Mengapa? Karena Anda telah diliputi oleh darah Yesus Kristus ketika Anda menerima-Nya sebagai Juruselamat.
Karena Yesuslah, maka setiap kali Anda jatuh, Allah merespons dengan belas kasihan, bukan penghukuman. Dan itulah yang memberi Anda harapan.
Renungkan :
- Mengapa menurut Anda banyak orang sulit menerima kasih karunia dan kemurahan Allah?
- Anda sering mendengar tentang kasih Allah yang tanpa syarat. Bagaimana perasaan Anda mengetahui bahwa kemurahan-Nya pun tanpa syarat?
- Siapa dalam hidup Anda yang perlu mendengar tentang kasih karunia dan kemurahan Allah? Bagaimana Anda dapat membagikannya kepada mereka minggu ini?
Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Zakaria 4; Wahyu 9
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Kasih karunia Allah benar-benar tidak pantas kita terima. Tidak layak kita dapatkan. Tidak dapat kita peroleh melalui usaha. Itu adalah anugerah cuma-cuma untuk Anda.
(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotional by Rick Warren)
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God Is Merciful towards You—Always - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - December 20, 2025
"When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit." Titus 3:4-5 (NLT)
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No matter what you're going through, you can live with hope. That's the consistent good news of the Bible.
In 1 Peter 1, you can find five reasons to live with hope. In yesterday's Daily Hope, we looked at the first reason: God chose you before you chose him.
Today, we'll look at the second reason: God always treats you with grace and mercy.
Peter wrote to those who were already believers, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Peter 1:3 NLT).
Peter didn't just say that God is merciful—he praised God for his "great mercy."
The more you understand God's mercy and grace, the more you—like Peter—will be amazed by it. It's completely undeserved. It's totally unmerited. It's not something that you could earn or work for. It's just a free gift.
God's mercy is based on his love for you. And you can't make God love you any more than he loves you right now. You also can't make him love you any less. That means his mercy toward you will never change.
God's Word, the Bible, says, "When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:4-5 NLT).
This is extremely important to understand. When you make mistakes as a believer, God doesn't get mad at you. God doesn't want to get even with you. God doesn't start planning to mess up your life.
Here's what God does: He always acts in mercy toward you. Why? Because you're covered in the blood of Jesus Christ when you accept him as Savior.
Because of Jesus, God responds in mercy every time you mess up. And that can give you hope.
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God Is Merciful towards You—Always - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - December 20, 2025
"When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit." Titus 3:4-5 (NLT)
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No matter what you're going through, you can live with hope. That's the consistent good news of the Bible.
In 1 Peter 1, you can find five reasons to live with hope. In yesterday's Daily Hope, we looked at the first reason: God chose you before you chose him.
Today, we'll look at the second reason: God always treats you with grace and mercy.
Peter wrote to those who were already believers, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Peter 1:3 NLT).
Peter didn't just say that God is merciful—he praised God for his "great mercy."
The more you understand God's mercy and grace, the more you—like Peter—will be amazed by it. It's completely undeserved. It's totally unmerited. It's not something that you could earn or work for. It's just a free gift.
God's mercy is based on his love for you. And you can't make God love you any more than he loves you right now. You also can't make him love you any less. That means his mercy toward you will never change.
God's Word, the Bible, says, "When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:4-5 NLT).
This is extremely important to understand. When you make mistakes as a believer, God doesn't get mad at you. God doesn't want to get even with you. God doesn't start planning to mess up your life.
Here's what God does: He always acts in mercy toward you. Why? Because you're covered in the blood of Jesus Christ when you accept him as Savior.
Because of Jesus, God responds in mercy every time you mess up. And that can give you hope.
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