Seperti Yason | Like Jason

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Pembacaan Alkitab: Kisah Para Rasul 17

Paulus dan Silas pergi ke rumah ibadat dan mengajar, bukan hanya sekali tetapi berkali-kali dan seperti biasanya, ada yang percaya dan ada yang tidak percaya. Yang menarik adalah bahwa Yason, seorang yang baru bertobat, ketika di tangkap karena Paulus dan Silas, ia tidak takut dan akhirnya mengkhianati Paulus dan Silas, tetapi ia tetap melindungi Paulus dan Silas, walaupun ia harus memberikan jaminan kepada orang-orang yang menangkapnya. Dan pada malam itu juga Paulus dan Silas dibawa keluar agar mereka selamat. Bayangkan bila kita adalah Yason,  kita belum pernah mendengar tentang Paulus dan Silas,  walaupun kita percaya akan apa yang mereka katakan tentang Yesus, apakah kita akan mau melindungi Paulus dan Silas, yakni orang yang tidak dikenal dan bukan orang yang terkenal pula? Tetapi Yason lakukan hal ini karena ia tahu bahwa melalui Paulus dan Silas maaih banyak orang yang dapat percaya kepada Tuhan Yesus seperti Yason sendiri telah percaya. Jadi Yason melakukan hal yang mendukung penginjilan Firman Tuhan, walaupun ia sendiri harus mengalami penderitaan. Bagaimana dengan kita? Apakah kita rela menderita dan melakukan hal-hal yang mendukung penginjilan Firman Tuhan, ataukah kita lebih fokus hanya kepada keselamatan diri sendiri saja? Biarlah kita belajar dari Yason, yang walaupun hanya disebut dalam beberapa ayat, tetapi apa yang dilakukannya membantu penyebaran Injil ke seluruh dunia.

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Bible Reading: Acts 17

Paul and Silas went to the synagogue and taught there not once but many times and as per usual, therr are those who believes and there are those who dont. What's interesting is that Jason, a new believer, who was caught because of Paul and Silas, did not hecome afraid and on the end gave them up, butbhe kept on protecting Paul and Silas, even though he has to give some security to those who caught him. And at that night, Paul and Silas were brought to escape safely. Imagine if we are Jason, we have never heard of Paul and Silas, even though we believe in what they were saying about Jesus, would we protect Paul and Silas, whom we do not know and who are not well-known as well? But ajason did this because he knows that through Paul and Silas, there will be more people who would believe in Jesus as Jason himself believed through Paul and Silas. So what Jason did supports the spreading of the good news even though he himself has to suffer becaise of it. What about us? Are we willing to support the spreading of the Gospel even though we would have to suffer for it? Or are we too focused on our own safety only? Let us learn from Jason, even though he was only mentioned in a few verses, but what he did helps to bring the Gospel to the world.