Pengampunan

¹But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ²At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. ³The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" ⁶They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." ⁸Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

¹¹"No one, sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

Hari ini Khotbah yang disampaikan Ci Wen I benar-benar menyentuh. Memang chapter ini betul-betul memperlihatkan karakter Tuhan kita Yesus yang penuh belas kasihan dan pengampunan. Begitu besar kasihNya pada kita sehingga kita yang selayaknya dan seadil-adilnya menerima hukuman kekal boleh mempunyai harapan. Sungguh hanya karena karya Tuhan saja kita bisa hidup kekal, gak ada sama sekali setitik yang kita perbuat yang dapat membuat kita lebih layak untuk diselamatkan. Kita itu sama seperti perempuan penjinah itu. Sekalipun kita tidak berbuat hal yang sama, tapi kita semua berdosa dan tidak bisa menyelamatkan diri kita sendiri. Begitu giliran Yesus yang memang berhak untuk menghakimi, Dia memilih untuk mengampuni perempuan ini. Perempuan ini mempunyai iman, dia tidak melarikan diri tetapi pasrah di hadapan Yesus.

How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measures,
that He should give His only Son
to make a wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss,
the Father turns His face away.
That wounds which marred the chosen one,
bring many sons to glory...