Uitverkiesing en etiek
Date
2002-08-06
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
Die leerstuk van die uitverkiesing is van fundamentele belang vir die
gereformeerde tradisie. Gedurende die vorige eeu het leidende
teoloƫ baie aandag bestee aan hierdie dogma, wat ongelukkig
dikwels onopgemerk verbygegaan het by predikers en gewone
lidmate. In besonder word in hierdie artikel gefokus op die teologie
van Oepke Noordmans. Die uitverkorenes is dit nie op grond van
hulle uitstaande kwaliteite nie, want juis die uitverkiesing leer ons dat
God hoegenaamd nie kieskeurig is nie. Sy keuse word gemotiveer
deur ons ellende. Dogmatiek en etiek (respektiewelik: geloof en
lewe) is ten nouste verbonde. Die oorgang van leer na lewe wat ons
aantref aan die begin van Romeine 12, word geneem as
uitgangspunt. Die bekende gereformeerde adagium, soli Deo
gloria, word identifiseer as die hart van sowel die gereformeerde
dogmatiek as etiek.
The doctrine of election is of fundamental importance in the Reformed tradition. During the past century much theological labour was focused on this dogma by leading theologians ā theological research that unfortunately was hardly ever noticed by preachers and lay people. In this article special attention is paid to the theology of Oepke Noordmans in this regard. Godās chosen people are the pick of the bunch (1 Cor. 1:26-29), because the doctrine of election rather proclaims that God is not fastidious at all. His choice is motivated merely by our misery. It is argued that dogmatics and ethics (respectively: faith and life) are intimately related. The transition from doctrine to ethics that occurs at the beginning of Romans 12 is taken as point of departure. The well-known Reformed adage, soli Deo gloria is identified as the very heart of both Reformed dogmatics and ethics.
The doctrine of election is of fundamental importance in the Reformed tradition. During the past century much theological labour was focused on this dogma by leading theologians ā theological research that unfortunately was hardly ever noticed by preachers and lay people. In this article special attention is paid to the theology of Oepke Noordmans in this regard. Godās chosen people are the pick of the bunch (1 Cor. 1:26-29), because the doctrine of election rather proclaims that God is not fastidious at all. His choice is motivated merely by our misery. It is argued that dogmatics and ethics (respectively: faith and life) are intimately related. The transition from doctrine to ethics that occurs at the beginning of Romans 12 is taken as point of departure. The well-known Reformed adage, soli Deo gloria is identified as the very heart of both Reformed dogmatics and ethics.
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CITATION: Theron, P. F. 2002. Uitverkiesing en etiek. In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, 36(2):243-260, doi:10.4102/ids.v36i2.507.
The original publication is available at http://www.indieskriflig.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.indieskriflig.org.za
Keywords
Theology, Doctrinal, Noordmans, Oepke, 1871-1956, Christian ethics
Citation
Theron, P. F. 2002. Uitverkiesing en etiek. In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, 36(2):243-260, doi:10.4102/ids.v36i2.507.