Is there anything in ourselves that can merit salvation? Are some saved because they are better able to muster up belief in contrast to others who do not have the same inherent ability? If belief has its ultimate source in humans, people can boast about themselves before God because they are the ones who by their own goodness and power made the initial difference between whether or not they were saved. Such people would not suffer judgment like others because they would be inherently “better” than unbelievers.
— G.K. Beale (b. 1949), Neutestamentler und Biblischer Theologe
Topics: Grace & Redemption, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
G.K. Beale
Gregory K. Beale (* 1949) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Neutestamentler, der unter anderem am Westminster Theological Seminary und am Reformed Theological Seminary lehrte. Er profilierte sich durch Forschungen zur Verwendung des Alten Testaments im Neuen Testament und vertrat in innerevangelikalen Debatten eine strikte Haltung zur biblischen Irrtumslosigkeit. Für Bibelleser erschließt seine exegetische Arbeit typologische Bezüge und die theologische Einheit des gesamten biblischen Kanons.
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