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The relation between covenant and conversion : a research regarding a dispute in the Dutch Reformed Church
Daar heers tans 'n verwarring in baie mense se gemoedere, teoloe
sowel as ander gelowiges, aangaande die heilsweg. Aan die een
kant is daar die mense wat glo dat jy jou moet bekeer om in die
verlossing te kan deel (die bekeringsteologie) . Aan die ander
kant is daar diegene wat glo dat die mens klaar gered is, en
enige poging, hetsy deur geloof of bekering, van mensekant is
sinergisme (verbondsteologie) .
In ons soeke na 'n oplossing het ons na die verbond as moontlike
vertrekpunt gaan kyk, en gevind dat die verbond inderdaad 'n
oplossing bied. Die verbond het verskeie prinsipiele eienskappe,
en die kern daarvan is dat dit 'n Godgegewe instelling is met
duidelike inhoude. Onder andere het die verbond 'n monopleuriese
instelling, maar ook 'n dupleuriese werking. Hieruit volg dat
die verbond op die verantwoordelikheid van die mens appeleer.
Die appel van die verbond kom tot uiting in die oproep om die
verlossingsdade van Christus aan te gryp. Vervolgens is gekyk
na die manier waardeur 'n mens sy verantwoordelikheid nakom.
In sowel die Ou as Nuwe Testament is dit duidelik dat die mens
wat nie in 'n verbondsverhouding met die Here leef nie, gevaar
loop om uit die verbond gesny te word. Die enigste manier om
verseker dat 'n mens in die verbondsbelof tes de el, is deur
bekering. Die Bybel maak nie 'n duidelike onderskeid tussen
eerste en voortgaande bekering binne die verbond nie.
God gee die bekering, maar vereis dit ookThere is presently a great deal of confusion in the minds of
people, theologians as well as lay members, regarding the way
of salvation.
On the one hand there are those who believe that one must be
converted before one can share in salvation. It may be called
a theology of conversion. On the other hand there are those who
believe that the people of the covenant are already saved, and
all endevours to claim the salvation by faith or repentance, are
forms of synergism.
In our attempt to find a solution, we have taken the covenant as
pain of departure. The covenant has many qualities, but the
central aspect is the fact that the covenant is a God-given
entity and therefore has certain specific characteristics like
a monopleuric origin (in God} but a dupleuric working (divine and
human responsibility) .
According to the Old Testament as well as the New Testament, it
is clear that those covenant people who do not commit themselves
to the God of the covenant, and accept its demands, are in danger
of being cut off from the covenant. The only way to restore the
covenant relationship is by repentance and conversion.
Concerning the covenant the Bible does not make any clear
difference between a radical initial conversion and an ongoing
one.
God gives conversion, but also demands itPhilosophy, Practical and Systematic TheologyD. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie
DNS sintese van chromosome by die mens
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Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa
The genetic structure of the indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa, the oldest known lineage of modern human, is important for understanding human diversity. Studies based on mitochondrial(1) and small sets of nuclear markers(2) have shown that these hunter-gatherers, known as Khoisan, San, or Bushmen, are genetically divergent from other humans(1,3). However, until now, fully sequenced human genomes have been limited to recently diverged populations(4–8). Here we present the complete genome sequences of an indigenous hunter-gatherer from the Kalahari Desert and a Bantu from southern Africa, as well as protein-coding regions from an additional three hunter-gatherers from disparate regions of the Kalahari. We characterize the extent of whole-genome and exome diversity among the five men, reporting 1.3 million novel DNA differences genome-wide, including 13,146 novel amino acid variants. In terms of nucleotide substitutions, the Bushmen seem to be, on average, more different from each other than, for example, a European and an Asian. Observed genomic differences between the hunter-gatherers and others may help to pinpoint genetic adaptations to an agricultural lifestyle. Adding the described variants to current databases will facilitate inclusion of southern Africans in medical research efforts, particularly when family and medical histories can be correlated with genome-wide data